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Turning an Ear Toward The Listener
By TOMMY SMITH
"I have found that a new challenge is what fuels each new project," says playwright Craig Lucas (photo). "I'm not interested in revisiting old terrain." Indeed, his new play, The Listener, which receives its premiere in January at Juilliard, strays far from familiar terrain. A sci-fi musical (he collaborated with composer Michael Torke), Lucas describes it as a fantastic "play with music" that one of the characters proclaims is "a bedtime story for wicked boys and girls."
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New Music at Juilliard Comes Into Focus
By JAMES M. KELLER
The annual Focus! festival, with Joel Sachs (photo) at its helm, is an annual exercise in modernity that since 1985 has immersed listeners in musical stimulation they would be unlikely to encounter otherwise. It invariably manages to shed unaccustomed light on its subjects, and this year’s festival, themed "New and Now," should prove no exception.
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Evening Division Students Fulfill Lifelong Dreams
By DAVID PRATT
If, on some weekday evening, you pass the corner of Broadway and 65th Street, don’t be fooled by the appearance of the crowd. At night, Lincoln Center draws not just tuxedoed maestri and patrons in furs and jewels. Running against this crowd are men and women en route to classes in Juilliard's Evening Division—adult students, well past conservatory age, who come to fulfill a long-deferred desire to know and make music.
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Revitalized Chamber Music Program Flourishes at Juilliard
By TAMAR HALPERIN
In 2001, chamber music—which to that point had been administrated through the orchestra office—was given a more significant place at Juilliard, with the physical creation of a Chamber Music Office. This marked the beginning of a dramatic change in the "state of affairs" at the School. What used to be a musical, graceful, do-as-you-wish kind of chaos is now a carefully supervised, planned, and supported matter.
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2 Minds Make for Endless Possibilities
By AARON LOUX
What is the difference between collaboration and compromise? Is there one? In an effective and successful collaboration, compromise is inherent. This is one of the main themes in the Composers and Choreographers experience, a class that culminates in the annual "ChoreoComp" concert, which this year takes place on December 14 in the Peter Jay Sharp Theater.
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