Vol. XX No. 5
February 2005


Drama Division Lifts the Curse From Shakespeare's (Shhh …) Macbeth
By TOMMY SMITH

Please. Don't say the real title of this play out loud in any theater. Especially when viewing the upcoming production by the Drama Division's fourth-year actors. Their lives may depend on it. More...

Reflections on Art, Race, And Black History Month
By AWOYE TIMPO

Does the race of performers have any bearing on the audience turnout? This and other questions are examined in a special Juilliard Journal feature that takes a hard look at the place Black History Month has in today’s world of the performing arts. More...

Center Stage
For our third annual Center Stage section, devoted to Juilliard alumni, we look behind- the-scenes, at those Juilliard alumni who have become players of a different sort—running dance companies, orchestras, and theaters; shaping the films we watch and the recordings we listen to; managing artists; writing about the arts. They let us into the inner workings of the performing-arts world, sharing the vast expertise gained in careers that are no less essential for being out of the limelight. More...

New Book by President Polisi Calls Artists to Action
By AARON WUNSCH

In a new book by Juilliard's president—a collection of essays and speeches titled The Artist as Citizen—Joseph W. Polisi offers the outsider an insightful and sometimes amusing window into how Juilliard works on a day-to-day basis, but at the same time, makes a serious call to action addressed to artists everywhere. More...

Alsop Brings a Passion for Expression to the Podium
By SARAH CROCKER

Marin Alsop's innovative approach and intense personal commitment to music and conducting have shaped her career in a highly individual way. When the Juilliard alumna steps onto the podium to lead the Juilliard Orchestra this month, students and audiences alike will be treated to an example of where a life guided by a passion for expression may lead. More...

Puccini Meets Wargo in Unusual J.O.T. Double Bill
Conversations in Jazz With Phil Ramone
Studying With William Kapell—A Personal Perspective
In Budapest and N.Y., Composers Exchange Music and Ideas
Researching the 6 Solo Violin Sonatas of Eugène Ysaÿe
Remembering Gregory Mitchell
Juilliard Alum Witnesses Tsunami's Rampage
On Transcriptions and the Nature of Compositional Identity
Laurie Carter Honored as an Outstanding Woman of the Bar


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