Juilliard 2022-23: Season Preview

2022-23 Performance Season

It’s a thrill to be unveiling highlights of this performance season. Over the course of the academic year, more than 700 performances will take place, from student recitals to multidepartment extravaganzas.

All of these performances take place at Juilliard unless otherwise noted. Performances will be linked to the calendar when ticketing information—as well as other box office, livestream, and up-to-date performance details—is available. 

DANCE

Unavailable Memory: In Conversation with Cunningham & Cage Totem Ancestor (1942) and Loops (1971) Baryshnikov Arts Center and the Merce Cunningham Trust collaboration (Oct. 27-29)

Choreographers and Composers aka ChoreoComp (Nov. 18-19)
Also livestreamed

New Dances: Edition 2022 world premieres created for dance students by Chanel DaSilva (BFA ’08, dance; first-years), Sidra Bell (second-years), Jamar Roberts (third-years), and Jermaine Spivey (BFA ’02, dance) and Spenser Theberge (BFA ’09, dance) (fourth-years) (Dec. 7-11)

Spring Dances Juilliard Dancers from the classes of 2023-25 will perform in Camille A. Brown's City of Rain (2010), Political Mother (excerpt) by Hofesh Shechter (2010), Blink of an Eye (excerpt) by Medhi Walerski (2011), and In Creases (2012) by Justin Peck (Mar. 22-25)

Senior Production (Apr. 21-23)

Choreographic Honors (May 12-13)

Senior Graduation Concert (May 15)

DRAMA

Third-Year Plays
Shakespeare’s As You Like It directed by Lisa Rothe (Oct. 7-9)

Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure directed by Stephen Brown-Fried (Oct. 21-23)

Third-Year Spring Play 1 (April 19-22)

Third-Year Spring Play 2 (May 5-7)

Fourth-Year Plays
Howard Barker’s The Power of the Dog directed by Evan Yionoulis (Nov. 17-20)

Christina Anderson’s How to Catch Creation directed by Raz Golden (Dec. 15-18)

Ayad Akhtar’s The Who & The What directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar (Feb. 16-19)

VOCAL ARTS

Juilliard Songfest coached, curated, and performed by Brian Zeger (Nov. 29 at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center)

Purcell’s King Arthur directed by Lionel Meunier and featuring Juilliard singers and Juilliard415 (Feb. 11)

Juilliard Songbook (Feb. 23)
Also livestreamed

Vocal Arts Honors Recital (Mar. 15 at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center)
Also livestreamed

Third-Year Recitals (Mar. 20 and 22)
Also livestreamed

First-Year Songbook (Mar. 30)
Also livestreamed

New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) at Juilliard coached, curated, and performed by Steven Blier (May 3-4)

Alice Tully Vocal Arts Recital featuring soprano Mikaela Bennett and pianist Adam Rothenberg (May 6)

Juilliard Opera
Handel’s Atalanta directed by Omer Ben Seadia; Gary Thor Wedow conducts the singers and Juilliard415 (Nov. 9, 11, 13)

Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up (Feb. 15, 17, 19) directed by Mary Birnbaum; conducted by Steven Osgood

Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi directed by John Giampietro; Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts the singers and the Juilliard Orchestra (April 18, 20, 22)

JUILLIARD ORCHESTRA

Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Adolphus Hailstork’s An American Port of Call; Lutosławki’s Concerto for Orchestra; and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” (Sept. 24)
Also livestreamed

Manfred Honeck conducts Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 and Mahler’s Symphony No 1, “Titan” (Oct. 17)
Also livestreamed

David Robertson conducts Vivier’s Siddhartha (New York premiere) and Stravinsky’s The Firebird (complete) (Oct. 24 at Carnegie Hall)

Jeffrey Milarsky conducts Barber’s Medea’s Dance of Vengeance; Michael White’s Viola Concerto; and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique” (Nov. 21)
Also livestreamed

Speranza Scappucci conducts Martucci’s Notturno, Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, and Respighi’s Pines of Rome (Dec. 5)

Bertrand de Billy conducts Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique and other works (Jan. 26)

Roderick Cox conducts Debussy’s La mer, Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, and Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony (Feb. 4)

Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts Gabriela Ortiz’s Tzam; Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” with soloist Juhee Lim; and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9 (Feb. 18)
Also livestreamed

Jeffrey Milarsky conducts four world premieres by student composers (Mar. 27)
Also livestreamed

Simone Young conducts John Corigliano’s Piano Concerto and Strauss’ Tod und Verklärung (Apr. 17)
Also livestreamed

David Robertson conducts the commencement concert, featuring John Adams’ Harmonielehre and other works (May 18 at David Geffen Hall)

CHAMBER MUSIC, ENSEMBLES, RECITALS

Saidenberg Faculty Recitals
William Short, Bassoon (Sept. 25)
Also livestreamed

Joseph Lin, Violin and Helen Huang, Piano performing Beethoven’s Sonatas for Piano and Violin No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3; No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 (“Kreutzer”); and No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96 (Oct. 12)
Also livestreamed

Catherine Cho, Violin; Natasha Brofsky, Cello; Hsin-Yun Huang, Viola; Robert McDonald, Piano (Nov. 4)
Also livestreamed

Hsin-Yun Huang, Wu Man, and Li Liang Project (January TBD)

String Quartet Mozart-a-thon
(Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 3, 4)
Also livestreamed

Juilliard Wind Orchestra Jon Manasse conducts Gipps’ Seascape and Strauss’ Suite in B-flat Major (Nov. 13)
Also livestreamed

Alan Kay conducts Jeff Scott’s Sacred Women and Milhaud’s La création du monde (Dec. 11)

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Master Classes, held at the Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio at Lincoln Center
With Ida Kavafian (Nov. 15)
With Misha Amory (Dec. 15)
With Ken Noda (Feb. 13)
With Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson (Apr. 3)
With David Shifrin (May 3)

Mixed Ensembles Concerts coached by Carol Wincenc (Nov. 17, Apr. 16)
Also livestreamed

Honors Chamber Music (Nov. 21)

Ensemble Connect (Nov. 29, Jan. 12)
Also livestreamed

Juilliard String Quartet Beethoven’s String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130, and Grosse Fuge in B-flat Major, Op. 133; the New York premieres of Jörg Widmann’s Quartet No. 8 (Study on Beethoven III) and Quartet No. 10 “Cavatina” (Study on Beethoven V) (Nov. 30)

Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80; the New York premiere of Tyson Davis’ String Quartet No. 2; and Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 14, Op. 105 (Apr. 7) 
Both livestreamed

American Brass Quintet Seminar Recital (Nov. 30, Apr. 24)

Leo B. Ruiz Memorial Recital featuring Jordan Bak (recital award recipient), viola, and Janice Carissa, piano, in Falla’s Siete canciones populares españolas; Takemitsu’s A String Around Autumn, arr. Toshio Hosokawa; Tyson Davis’ Tableau XII for solo viola; Alvin Singleton’s Argoru IV for solo viola; H. Leslie Adams’ L’Extase D’Amour; and Bax’s Viola Sonata, GP 251 (Dec. 6 at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall)

Fortepiano Chamber Music coached by Audrey Axinn (Dec. 11, May 7)

ChamberFest (Jan. 9-11)

String Quartet Haydn-a-thon featuring students in the String Quartet Survey (Jan. 23, 24, 26, 27)
Also livestreamed

Juilliard Chamber Orchestra with lead coach Eric Bartlett, performs Melinda Wagner’s Little Moonhead; Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez; and Mozart’s Symphony No. 35, “Haffner” (Feb. 19 at West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, New Jersey; Feb. 23)
Also livestreamed

Mini-ChamberFest (Mar. 13-15)

American Brass Quintet (Mar. 20)
Also livestreamed

Gerschen Cohen Violin Recital featuring Timothy Chooi (Apr. 11 at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall)

Honors Chamber Music (Apr. 28)

String Quartet Beethoven-a-thon (Apr. 29 at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for Performing Arts at Lincoln Center)

Graduate String Quartet in Residence Recital by the Ivalas Quartet (Lisa Arnhold fellows) (May 17 at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall)

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

Percussion Ensemble directed by Daniel Druckman (Nov. 18)
Also livestreamed

Blueprint Fellowship Concert (Dec. 11 at National Sawdust)

AXIOM
Jeffrey Milarsky conducts Carter’s Luimen, Unsuk Chin’s Akrostichon-Wortspiel, and Crumb’s Ancient Voices of the Children (Oct. 27)

Jeffrey Milarsky conducts Hindemith’s Kammermusik No. 1, new work by Jordyn Gallinek, Takemitsu’s Nostalghia, and Schoenberg’s Cello Concerto (after Monn) (Dec. 10)

Jeffrey Milarsky conducts Joan Tower’s Rising, Wuorinen’s New York Notes, and Ives’ Three Places in New England (Jan. 30)
All livestreamed

The New Series
David Robertson conducts Stravinsky’s L’histoire du soldat and Wynton Marsalis’ A Fiddler’s Tale, featuring music, dance, and drama students (Jan. 19)
Also livestreamed

Terry Riley’s In C a live collaboration between the New York and Tianjin Juilliard campuses featuring the Center for Innovation in the Arts (February TBD)

Spotlight on Composer Reena Esmail (March TBD)

Theater Etudes the culmination of Amy Beth Kirsten’s cross-genre class (April TBD)

Series
Sonatenabend (Oct. 19; Nov. 2, 9, 30; Jan. 25; Feb. 15; Mar. 29; Apr. 12)
All livestreamed

Liederabend (Oct. 20, Nov. 16, Dec. 13, Feb. 22, Mar. 23, Apr. 24)
All livestreamed

Wednesdays at One
Vocal Arts (Oct. 26, Apr. 5)
Lab Orchestra (Nov. 2)
Music for Piano (Nov. 30)
Honors Chamber Music (Dec. 7)
ChamberFest (Jan. 11)
Lab Orchestra (Feb. 22)
Music for Piano (Mar. 15)
Music for Brass (Mar. 22)
Percussion Ensemble (Apr. 12)
Wind Orchestra (Apr. 19)
Chamber Music (Apr. 26)
Pre-College Chamber Music (May 3)
All livestreamed

JAZZ

Juilliard Jazz Orchestra
Duke Ellington: Black, Brown, and Beige guest conducted by Walter Blanding Jr. (Sept. 24)
Also livestreamed

The Music of Charles Mingus with guest conductor Tatum Greenblatt (Oct. 29)
Also livestreamed

Everything Is Sound: Hermeto Pascoal guest conducted by Jovino Santos Neto (Dec. 13)
Also livestreamed

The Ever Fonky Lowdown with guest conductor Damian Sneed (Jan. 14)
Also livestreamed

21st-Century Compositions for Jazz Orchestra with guest conductor Darcy James Argue (Feb. 10)
Also livestreamed

The Music of Duke Ellington guest conducted by Andy Farber (May 9-12 at Dizzy’s Club)

Juilliard Jazz Ensembles
Young Lions of the 1990s (Sept. 25 at the Blue Note Jazz Club)
Also livestreamed

What We Heard: Our Alumni Compositions (Oct. 4)
Also livestreamed

New Orleans Parade: Community in the Pew and in the Street guest coached by Don Vappie (Oct. 23)
Also livestreamed

The Music of Gerry Mulligan (Oct. 24 at Dizzy’s Club)

Perfect Potpourri: Music of the 1960s (Nov. 15)

What We Hear: Student Compositions (Dec. 6)
Also livestreamed

The Music of George Russell and George Shearing (Dec. 12 at Dizzy’s Club)

O Bruxo: Hermeto Pascoal (Jan. 24)
Also livestreamed

The Music of Bud Powell (Feb. 20 at Dizzy’s Club)

Ballads, Blues, Burlesque, and Boleros (Mar. 27 at Dizzy’s Club)

Literature and Music (Mar. 28)
Also livestreamed

Women of Color in Jazz (Apr. 11)
Also livestreamed

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

Rachel Podger conducts Juilliard415 and countertenor Reginald Mobley in Orpheus Britannicus featuring music by Purcell, Handel, Sancho, and others (Sept. 17)
Also livestreamed

Master Classes
With William Christie (Sept. 22)
With Jean Rondeau, harpsichord (Oct. 28)
With Masaaki Suzuki (Dec. 2)

Tuesdays at Twelve (Oct. 4 and Dec. 20 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church)

Laurence Cummings conducts Juilliard415 in The Splendors of Dresden as part of the Music Before 1800 series (Dec. 11 at Corpus Christi Church)

Monday at Seven (Dec. 19 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church)

Purcell’s King Arthur directed by Lionel Meunier and featuring Juilliard singers and Juilliard415 (Feb. 11)
Also livestreamed

The Art of Conversation: Chamber Music With the 18th-Century Schantz Viennese Fortepiano (Feb. 23)

Laurence Equilbey conducts Juilliard415 in The Classical Style: Vienna at the Turn of the 19th Century (Apr. 1)

Moving Through Time: Baroque Dances Old and New (May 1)

PREPARATORY DIVISION

Preparatory Division Faculty Recitals (Sept. 17, Oct. 1, Oct. 15, Oct. 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 5, Nov. 12, Nov. 19)

Pre-College Orchestra conducted by Adam Glaser (Nov. 19, Dec. 19) and David Robertson (May 20)

Pre-College Symphony conducted by Adam Glaser (Dec. 17 and Apr. 29) and Tito Muñoz (Feb. 25)
Also livestreamed

Pre-College Chamber Music (Dec. 3 and 10, Feb. 25, Apr. 29, May 6, May 13)

Pre-College Winter Songbook (Dec. 3)
Also livestreamed

MAP Chamber Music (Dec. 10, Apr. 15)

Pre-College Percussion Ensemble (Dec. 10, Apr. 15)
Also livestreamed

Pre-College String Orchestra conducted by Nico Olarte-Hayes (Dec. 17, May 13)
Also livestreamed

MAP Chorus (Dec. 17 and Apr. 22 at Abyssinian Baptist Church)

Pre-College Youth Chorus (Jan. 14, Apr. 29)
Also livestreamed

MAP Wind Ensemble and Orchestra conducted by Terry Szor (Jan. 21, Apr. 29)
Also livestreamed

Pre-College Opera Scenes (Apr. 15)
Also livestreamed

MAP Composers’ Showcase (Apr. 15)

MAP Orchestra With the New York Philharmonic: Composing Inclusion Concert featuring world premieres by Trevor Weston and others (May 6 at David Geffen Hall)

Pre-College High School Chorus directed by Patrick Romano (May 6)

EXTENSION

Juilliard Extension Showcases featuring Extension students from piano, voice, drama, guitar, and composition classes and repertoire from various styles and genres (Dec. 18, May 21)

SAVE THE DATE

Commencement (May 19)