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Juilliard Receives Gift of Rare Manuscripts
By LISA ROBINSON
In a gesture of breathtaking generosity, Juilliard’s chairman, Bruce Kovner (photo), has donated his extraordinary collection of rare music manuscripts to the School. Comprising some 140 items, the collection includes primary source materials for many of the seminal works of the repertoire and represents one of the finest private collections of music scores to be amassed in the last century.
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The Exuberant, Controversial, and Thrilling Milton Babbitt
By PETER GOODMAN
Milton Babbitt (photo) has been among the most controversial yet influential figures in American concert music of the past 60 years—the composer and theorist whose vision about the direction that music should take dominated the academy for decades; the teacher who has guided generations of young composers both at Juilliard and Princeton. This month, Juilliard honors Babbitt on his 90th birthday with a concert of his works.
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The Landscape of Dance: 5 Professionals Assess the Field
By JANET MANSFIELD SOARES
To take a pulse on the world of dance today, alumna Janet Mansfield Soares recently spoke with five leading professionals who offered their perspectives on the field of dance and the role of Juilliard’s Dance Division and its graduates in it. Read what Elizabeth Weil Bergmann (B.S.’60, dance), Laura Colby (B.F.A.’84, dance), William Forsythe, Lar Lubovitch (’64, dance), and Sylvia Waters (B.S.’62, dance; photo) have to say on the subject.
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For Trevor Pinnock, the Music Always Comes First
By TONI MARIE MARCHIONI
Internationally renowned Baroque music specialist, virtuoso harpsichordist, and founder of the English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (photo) comes to Juilliard to conduct the annual Jerome L. Greene Concert. Dedicated exclusively to the performance of 17th- and 18th-century music, the concert features an all-Handel program to be performed by Juilliard musicians on modern instruments. Maestro Pinnock enthusiastically discussed the challenges and subtleties of period performance with oboe student Toni Marie Marchioni.
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Spelling 'Psychomachy,' Southerland Wins the Gold at First Annual Bee
By KATERINA ISTOMIN
Can you spell p-s-y-c-h-o-m-a-c-h-y? Wilson Southerland could, and by so doing, he became the winner of the first annual Juilliard Spelling Bee, which was held in February. The three finalists—Southerland (center in photo), Joel Ayau and Mimi Do—were presented with gold, silver, and bronze medals. Proving that it was all in good fun, all contestants received a pocket dictionary to help them on their road to future spelling bee glory.
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