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Direct From Finland, 3 Views of Manhattan
By PETER GOODMAN
Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara (photo) studied at Juilliard in the 1950s, and his experiences living in New York City at that time provided the inspiration for Manhattan Trilogy, the orchestral work he was commissioned by the School to write and which will be given its premiere on October 11 at the Centennial Day concert at Carnegie Hall.
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'Ten Times Ten': Dramatic Math
By DAVID PRATT
To celebrate Juilliard's 100th anniversary, the Drama Division commissioned 10 alumni of its Playwrights program each to write a 10-minute play. The authors were given one stipulation: the number 100 must figure into the theme or action. The plays will be premiered this month, in a single evening’s program titled “Ten Times Ten.” The Journal caught up with the playwrights last summer.
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Training the 21st-Century Artist
By ERIC BOOTH
'If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you always got.' In a special centennial feature, Eric Booth (photo) explores how the way we "do" the training of young artists is changing, because, he says, we need 21st-century artists, not 19th-or even 20th-century ones.
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Chamber Concert Celebrates the Legacy of Mennin
By LISA ROBINSON
Juilliard's fifth president (from 1962-1983), Peter Mennin (photo) came to the position not just as an experienced administrator, but as one of the most highly regarded and frequently programmed American composers of his time. Juilliard celebrates his formidable artistic legacy in an all-Mennin chamber music concert this month, performed by Juilliard faculty, alumni, and current students.
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Commission Unites Viñao and J.S.Q. in Passion for Exploration
By RAY LUSTIG
When the Juilliard String Quartet was asked by the School to choose a composer that it wished to have commissioned to write for a piece for the ensemble, its members began an exhaustive search that led to their selection of 45-year–old, Argentine-born composer and alumnus Ezequiel Viñao (photo). His new work—String Quartet No. 2, The Loss and the Silence—will be premiered by the J.S.Q. later this month.
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