Six Awarded Honorary Doctorates at Commencement Six distinguished artists will be awarded honorary doctorates at Juilliard’s 98th commencement on May 23. They are: soprano Renée Fleming; ballet master Alfredo Corvino; actress Marian Seldes; trumpeter William Vacchiano; flutist Julius Baker; and jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. More...

Will the Real Larry Rhodes Please Leap Forward By ELIZABETH KEEN The new director of Juilliard’s Dance Division arrives with a lengthy, varied, and successful professional track record. He himself likes to say he has had a “fortunate career.” But a career such as his is built on much more than good fortune. More...

Finishing School: A Look Back at the Highlights of the 2002-03 Season The 2002-03 school year had barely begun when the Juilliard community took the time to memorialize the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. But the somber mood of that day gave way to a more upbeat atmosphere as the season’s events got underway. In this year-end slide show, we recap some of the more memorable moments of the year. More...

Jazz and Juilliard: A Solid Synergy By LISA ROBINSON At Juilliard’s 98th commencement on May 23, the happy assemblage of graduating students will include the first recipients in the School’s history of the Artist Diploma in Jazz Studies. The relationship between jazz and Juilliard has come a long way in past several years. Lisa Robinson looks back at how it started, and where jazz at Juilliard is headed. More...

Third-Year Actors Explore Midsummer’s Magic and Mischief By GILLIAN JACOBS Each May, the third-year drama students present a Shakespeare play as their last project of the school year, which also marks their first appearance in the Drama Theater. This year, Group 33 will present one of the Bard’s most popular comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. More...

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