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 The following events occurred in Juilliard's history in May and June.
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| Peter Schickele (left), composer and soloist, and Albert Fine (middle) on stage after an alumni concert on May 26, 1959. They are standing behind an instrument built for the event with the assistance of Philip Glass (right) for the premiere of Mr. Schickele’s Concerto for Horn and Hardart. (Photo by Ray Pierce) |
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1906 June 5, the Institute of Musical Art, Juilliard's predecessor institution, held its first commencement exercises. After an address by founder Frank Damrosch, eight graduates of the Public School Music Course received the first certificates awarded by the Institute. 1959 May 26, the Juilliard Alumni Association presented a special concert following an alumni dinner in honor of the graduating class. The concert featured the premiere of Peter Schickele's Concerto for Horn and Hardart (1756), with Leon Kuntz on French horn and the composer at the "hardart" (pictured), an instrument constructed especially for the occasion with the aid of Philip Glass. The program also included Schickele's Quodlibet for Chamber Orchestra (c. 1200-1959), performed by the 606 Festival Orchestra, "Gesamtkunstwerke Mester" conducting; Ein Musikalischer Spass (1959); Peter and the Wolf, the Wolf and Peter and Peter, the Wolf (1936) narrated by Albert Fine (composed by Prokofiev, Stein, and Fine); Beethoven's "Eroica" Variations, Op. 35, and selected Debussy piano preludes performed by Herbert Chatzky.
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1959 May 14, the New York City Ballet premiered Episodes, the first collaboration between choreographers George Balanchine and Martha Graham. The ballet, set to music of Anton Webern, was also Graham's first work choreographed for a company other than her own. Among the performers were Graham, Jacques d'Amboise, Melissa Hayden, and Paul Taylor.1977 In May, Pierre Boulez left his position as music director of the New York Philharmonic to head IRCAM, a center for contemporary music research and performance in Paris.
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1977 May 9, members of the Juilliard Theater Center began a three-week tour of Brazil at the invitation of the State Department's American Specialists Program. Juilliard actors presented the dramatic revue "U.S.A." by Paul Shire and John Dos Passos, directed by Gene Lesser. The students also gave classroom demonstrations and participated in seminars in schools and theater training centers.1983 Peter Mennin, Juilliard's president since 1962, died on June 17 at the age of 60.Jeni Dahmus is Juilliard's archivist.
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