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Nora and Torvald, in Plain English
By DAVID PRATT
Ibsen’s drama A Doll’s House was written long before the word “feminist” was part of the lexicon, but the play is often regarded as a study in feminism. Juilliard’s fourth-year drama class presents six performances of Ibsen’s timeless play, in a new translation from the Norwegian by Paul Walsh and directed by Mark Nelson (seen in photo).
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Still Fresh After All These Years
By TONI MARIE MARCHIONI
Once a face that graced the halls of Juilliard on a yearly basis, Maestro Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (photo) returns this month after a 15-year hiatus to conduct the Juilliard Orchestra. For nearly two decades in the 1970s and ’80s, the maestro worked with Juilliard students frequently, including an extensive tour with the Orchestra to Japan and China (which he recalls as “wonderful”).
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Benny Goodman: The Quintessential American
By LOREN SCHOENBERG
In the 1930s, what are today disparate strands of music came as close as they ever have to merging in the popular arts, and Benny Goodman (1909-1986) was a vital agent in bringing them all together. The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra pays homage to the great “King of Swing” this month in a concert featuring his music.
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A Rare Stringed Instrument Collection Revealed
By WENDY WEISMAN
A new book by Lisa B. Robinson gives the world a chance to take an up-close look at Juilliard’s historic stringed instrument collection. A Living Legacy: Historic Stringed Instruments at The Juilliard School vividly portrays the collection, with photographic and narrative accounts of 25 instruments (and three bows) of particular historic interest made by such illustrious artisans as Amati, Bergonzi, Guadagnini, Guarneri, Stradivari, and others.
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Tribute to the Tall Man in the Cowboy Hat
By ADAM GLASER
Andrew Thomas (photo) recently retired as director of Juilliard’s Pre-College Division, a position he held since 1994. In an essay paying homage to “the tall man in the cowboy hat,” Adam Glaser, a Pre-College alumnus who is chair of the division’s conducting department, paints a loving portrait of Thomas—composer, conductor, humorist, and mentor to hundreds of young musicians.
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