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More Than 700 Performances Scheduled for New Season
Two new-music events open The Juilliard School’s 2003-04 season this month: Afterlife, a multimedia work by Mark Gould, and a concert by the New Juilliard Ensemble. They are among the nearly 700 classical music, jazz, dance, and drama performances to be presented from September to May. More...
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A Spoleto Sojourn
On June 8, some 100 members of the Juilliard Orchestra boarded an all-night flight to Rome, Italy. They were on their way to take up residency at the renowned Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto. For flutist and writer John McMurtery, the five weeks that followed provided the opportunity of a lifetime. More...
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242 Degrees Awarded at 98th Commencement Ceremonies
A new page in Juilliard history was written as the first Artist Diplomas in Jazz were awarded at commencement on May 23. Soprano and alumna Renée Fleming spoke—and sang—and the incessant spring rains let up long enough for the graduates and their families to gather on the plaza following the ceremonies, where refreshments and congratulations were the order of the afternoon. More...
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DeLay Legacy Lives On at Second Biannual Symposium
Why, one year after Dorothy DeLay left us, would people be eager to participate in the Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies? What is so unique about her legacy? With these questions in mind, 119 people flocked to the second biannual Starling-DeLay Symposium at Juilliard in June. Gert Kumi reports. More...
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A Quixotic Adventure: Pink Baby Monster Arrives at Juilliard
Trumpeter and Juilliard faculty member Mark Gould is part of Pink Baby Monster, a band that will launch Juilliard’s performance season on September 19 with Afterlife, a multidisciplinary work sure to stir emotions. Bruce Brubaker explains. More...
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