Office of Community Engagement

Community engagement work is transformative. It changes the artist, it changes the audience, and it changes the world. Community engagement is a commitment to creating space for others to be heard and celebrating the inherent artistry and humanity in every person.

About

The Office of Community Engagement brings free performances and educational experiences for people of all ages and backgrounds at community organizations beyond our campus. Our office brings community members to our campus for events to overcome geographic and cost barriers to arts access. We empower Juilliard students through cocurricular programming and advising to be the change they want to see in the world and use their artistry to connect with other people, build sustainable programs, forge lasting relationships, and foster dialogues. Community Engagement Fellows grow as citizens, deepen their sense of artistic purpose, and develop skills for life beyond the classroom or studio via participation in our five fellowship programs.

Our Staff

Alice Jones, Assistant Dean of Community Engagement and Career Services
Adrian Rodriguez, Director of Community Engagement
Nathan Fischer, Director of Career Services
Ian Prince, Business Development Director, Career Services and Entrepreneurship
Liz Mandic-Nowac, Program Manager, Morse Teaching Artist Fellowship
Maya Reilly, Administrative Coordinator, Community Engagement and Career Services

Contact Us

For general information about Community Engagement programs, please contact:

Office of Community Engagement
The Juilliard School
60 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023
(212) 799-5000, ext. 298
[email protected]

Programming in the Community

Juilliard Community Engagement Fellows and staff serve their community by creating access to artistic and educational experiences in neighborhoods across New York City. If your organization is interested in Juilliard Community Engagement programming, please contact the Office of Community Engagement at [email protected].

Providing access to performances

Free performances in community centers. Each year, approximately 30 multidisciplinary ensembles in the Gluck Community Service Fellowship (GCSF) perform over 400 interactive concerts at healthcare facilities, community centers, and assisted living facilities.

Free concerts for children in Juilliard’s building. The Young People’s Concert Series is a multi-genre interactive performance concert series for children in Grades 4-5. The series presents five 45-minute performances each year, inviting hundreds of students to concerts designed especially for young listeners at Juilliard, in conjunction with arts enrichment classes taught at their home campus by Community Engagement Fellows.

In collaboration with the Dance Division, the annual Dance Masterworks performance welcomes youth and young people from NYC schools to Juilliard for an hour-long showcase of contemporary and classical modern dance repertory each spring.

Nurturing the next generation of artists and arts lovers

Through the CLIMB Fellowship, MAP Fellowship, McCabe Guitar Fellowship, and Morse Teaching Artist Fellowship, Juilliard provides free arts education and arts enrichment experiences in public schools, community centers, and community arts organizations to thousands of youth and young people each year. 

Community Engagement Fellowships

If you are a current Juilliard student interested in becoming a Juilliard Community Engagement Fellow, please contact the Office of Community Engagement at [email protected]. Please also visit our MyJuilliard page for up-to-date information.

As a Community Engagement Fellow, you’ll learn to activate and deepen your artistry beyond the studio or the practice room. You’ll learn how your art can be a force for good and how to welcome people into your artistic world.

Community Engagement work is highly rigorous, demands a wide array of skills, and is immensely fulfilling. Its tenets include shared buy-in to an experience, social justice, and a two-way flow of ideas and impact between artist and community. It is challenging work, and an artist cannot engage in this kind of practice and emerge unchanged. 

There are five Community Engagement Fellowships and approximately 160 Fellowship awards each year.

  • CLIMB Fellowship (Combining Literacy Instruction with Musical Beginnings) – Fellows lead fun, play-filled classes for young children aged 4-10 at Juilliard on Saturday mornings that build literacy skills through arts exploration.
  • Gluck Community Service Fellowship – In self-formed ensembles, students from all disciplines perform interactive concerts at dozens of community organizations.
  • MAP Fellowship (Music Advancement Program) – Fellows perform and teach Preparatory Division students at Juilliard on Saturdays. The Music Advancement Program is a rigorous, supportive, and musically fulfilling program for students age 8-18 from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in the classical music world.
  • Norma Galblay McCabe Guitar Fellowship – Guitar students selected for this Fellowship perform for young students and teach master classes, introducing new audiences to the classical guitar.
  • Morse Teaching Artist Fellowship – Fellows develop skills in classroom pedagogy and teach music enrichment and musical skills to students in Grades K-12 in schools and community music programs.

Learn more about these and other Fellowships

Frequently Asked Questions

What skills do Community Engagement Fellows develop?

Teamwork, problem solving, flexible performance practices, pedagogy, social-emotional learning, communication, public speaking, community building, consensus building, leadership, digital content production, project and organizational management, and multidisciplinary skills

What makes someone a successful Community Engagement Fellow?

Empathy, curiosity, and a desire to connect with other people.

Can a student receive more than one fellowship at a time?

Yes.

I’m a dancer. Which fellowships am I eligible for?

CLIMB and Gluck Community Service Fellowship

I’m an actor. Which fellowships am I eligible for?

CLIMB and Gluck Community Service Fellowship

I’m a musician. Which fellowships am I eligible for?

CLIMB, Gluck Community Service Fellowship, MAP, McCabe (guitar students only), Morse Teaching Artist Fellowship

I’m a first-year undergraduate student. Which fellowships am I eligible for?

Although first-year undergraduate students are not eligible to participate in any fellowships during their first year, they can apply for all fellowships during the winter of their first year and become a fellow during their second year. First-year students are strongly encouraged to form multidisciplinary ensembles in their First Year Experience course, and those ensembles can apply to join the Gluck Community Service Fellowship during their second year.

How can I become a Community Engagement Fellow?

Attend info sessions, presentations, and workshops led by the Office of Community Engagement and the Alan D. Marks Center for Career Services and Entrepreneurship to learn more about community engagement work. Applications for the following school year are due by January 31 each year.

Cocurricular Programming

We provide workshops, discussions, and events for the entire Juilliard community and beyond in the principles and practices of community engagement, in collaboration with the Alan D. Marks Center for Career Services and Entrepreneurship. Our aim is to awaken, activate, and support our community’s sense of responsibility, empowerment, and agency through community engagement.

All community engagement work develops one’s career—because our artistic skills must have communities to connect with. The landscape of artistic work in the 21st century demands flexibility, and our offices provide students with not just skills but also a perspective and experiences that will help them live as fulfilled artists.

Every artist has a responsibility to take care of their community—to take care of their peers, avocational amateurs, the next generation of arts lovers, avid supporters, and skeptical audiences. Taking care of one’s community means cultivating audiences to ensure the long-term health of one’s field. Taking care of one’s community means creating opportunities and sustainable pipelines for oneself to work.

2023-24 Fellows

Hank Allen-Barfield, MM, Jazz Studies (percussion), Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Cade Araza, BM, Horn, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Leslie Ashworth, MM, Viola, Morse Teaching Fellowship
Stephanie Bell, BM, Voice, MAP Chorus Teaching Fellowship
Kay Benson, MFA, Drama, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Mia Bernard, BM, Cello, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Bethany Bobbs, BM, Cello, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Caylen Bryant, MM, Jazz Studies (double bass), Gluck Community Service Fellowship, Morse Teaching Fellowship
Jimena Burga Lopera, MM, Historical Performance (violin), MAP Teaching Fellowship, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Tiani Butts, AD, Violin, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Vincenzo Calcagno, BM, Viola, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Summer Camargo, MM, Jazz Studies (trumpet), Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Nuria Canales Rubio, MM, Historical Performance (flute), Morse Teaching Fellowship
Alexis Cerise, MM, Bassoon, Morse Teaching Fellowship, MAP Teaching Fellowship
Esther Chae, BM, Cello, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Anthony Chan, MM, Violin, Morse Teaching Fellowship, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Hsi-yuan (Elisabeth) Chang, BM, Cello, Morse Teaching Fellowship
Joanne Chang, GD, Collaborative Piano (vocal focus), Morse Teaching Fellowship
Fengwan Chen, BM, Violin, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Ryan Cheng, GD, Historical Performance (violin), Morse Teaching Fellowship
Nichagarn Chiracharasporn, BM, Piano, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Ruth Christopher, BM, Double Bass, MAP Teaching Fellowship
Stacey Chung, BM, Cello, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Julia Ciesielska , BFA, Dance, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Liam Cummins, BM, Composition, CLIMB Fellowship
Juliette Di Bello, BM, Voice, CLIMB Fellowship
Sean Edwards, BM, Percussion, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Ben Feldman, MM, Jazz Studies (double bass), Community Engagement Performance Roster
Horacio Fernández Vázquez, MM, Composition, Morse Teaching Fellowship
Blu Furutate, BFA, Dance, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Sean Gan, MM, Piano, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Sandro Gegechkori, MM, Piano, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Natasha Gesto, MM, Voice, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Robert Gilliam, MM, Jazz Studies (saxophone), Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Sarah Goldberg, BM, Trombone, Morse Teaching Fellowship, MAP Teaching Fellowship
Yicheng Gong, BM, Horn, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Luca Grianti, BM, Piano, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Benjamin Haden, MM, Trumpet, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Jackie Hager, MM, Cello, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Carl Hallberg, BFA, Drama, Gluck Community Service Fellowship, CLIMB Fellowship
Dylan Hamme, BM, Violin, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Mebrakh Haughton-Johnson, MM, Clarinet, Morse Teaching Fellowship Alexandra (Sasha) He, MM, Cello, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Luke Henderson, BM, Violin, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Tyler Henderson, BM, Jazz Studies (piano), Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Kathleen Hopkins, BM, Harp, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Emily Howell, BM, Horn, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Jonny James Kajoba, BM, Drama, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Marisa Karchin, DMA, Voice, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Ana Karneza, MFA, Drama, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Lindsie Katz, MM, Historical Performance (violin), Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Reuben Kebede, MM, Violin, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Amanda Kengor, BM, Harp, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Alberta Khoury, DMA, Guitar, Morse Teaching Fellowship, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Maya Kilburn, BM, Violin, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Jamie Kim, MM, Flute, Morse Teaching Fellowship, MAP Teaching Fellowship
Honney Kim, MM, Violin, Morse Teaching Fellowship, MAP Teaching Fellowship
William Kjeer, MM, Jazz Studies (piano), Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Nicholas LaMaina, BFA, Dance, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Jory Lane, MM, Violin, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Lon Fon Law, MM, Double Bass, Morse Teaching Fellowship
Heewon Lee, BM, Flute, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Annette Lee, MM, Harp, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Joanne Lee, MM, Flute, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Eleanor Legault, GD, Historical Performance (violin), Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Alan Liu, MM, Guitar, Gluck Community Service Fellowship, McCabe Guitar Fellowship
Brayden Liu, BM, Piano, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Giancarlo Llerena, BM, Piano, Gluck Community Service Fellowship, Morse Teaching Fellowship, MAP Teaching Fellowship
Daniel Lyubin, BM, Composition, MAP Teaching Fellowship
Ian Maloney, BM, Cello, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Allen Maracle, GD, Historical Performance (cello/gamba), MAP Teaching Fellowship, Gluck Community Service Fellowship, Morse Teaching Fellowship
Mai Matsumoto, MM, Violin, Morse Teaching Fellowship
Teresa Mejias, BM, Viola, Gluck Community Service Fellowship, Morse Teaching Fellowship
Mark Melman, MM, Guitar, McCabe Guitar Fellowship
Eliane Menzel, MM, Violin, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Joshua Mhoon, BM, Piano, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Sophia Molina Sarmiento, BM, Violin, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
William (Drew) Morgan, MM, Horn, Morse Teaching Fellowship, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Kimberly (Kimmy) Nelson, BM, Trombone, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Elizaveta, Neretin, MFA, Drama, CLIMB Fellowship
Petro Ninovskyi, MFA, Drama, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Nicole Odreman, MM, Jazz Studies (voice), Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Lili Ostojic Gibson, BFA, Drama, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Jaehan Pag, MFA, Drama, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Valentina Paolucci, MM, Violin, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Isaac Park, BM, Violin, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Jesse Parker, MM, Jazz Studies (percussion), Morse Teaching Fellowship, MAP Teaching Fellowship
Coby Petricone-Berg, BM, Jazz Studies (saxophone), Gluck Community Service Fellowship, MAP Teaching Fellowship
Anoush Pogossian, MM, Clarinet, Morse Teaching Fellowship
Aditi Prakash, MM, Viola, Community Engagement Performance Roster
James Preucil, BM, Viola, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Paige Quillen, BM, Horn, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Jack Ramu, BM, Trumpet, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Pedro Sanchez, AD, Cello, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Emma Santini, BM, Viola, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Jazmine Saunders, MM, Voice, MAP Chorus Teaching Fellowship
Stephen Savage, BM, Viola, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Annemarie Schubert, MM, Historical Performance (violin), Morse Teaching Fellowship, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Roger Shao, MM, Violin, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Eleanor Shen, MM, Violin, Morse Teaching Fellowship
Sahana Shravan, MM, Violin, Morse Teaching Fellowship
Daisy Sun, BM, Piano, Gluck Community Service Fellowship, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Timothy Swanson, BM, Oboe, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Ziyi Tao, BM, Composition, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Lazlo Torok, BM, Jazz Studies (vibraphone), Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Tivoli Treloar, MM, Voice, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Kosuke Uchikawa, MM, Historical Performance (cello/gamba), Community Engagement Performance Roster
Wilson Vanderslice, MM, Cello, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Braden Vaughn, MM, Percussion, MAP Teaching Fellowship
Daniel Velez, BFA, Drama, Gluck Community Service Fellowship, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Andrew Vinther, BM, Jazz Studies (double bass), Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Yiran Wang, BM, Violin, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Katia Waxman, MM, Clarinet, MAP Teaching Fellowship
Cameren Williams, MM, Viola, MAP Teaching Fellowship
Connor Williamson, BM, Trumpet, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Brooks Wisniewski, BM, Horn, MAP Teaching Fellowship, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Lau Yeung Wong, BM, Tuba, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Natalie Wong, BM, Dance, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Nyoka Wotorson, BFA, Dance, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Mia Wurgaft, MFA, Drama, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
I-Jou Yang, BM, Cello, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Tien-Lin Yang, BM, Violin, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Jiaxun Yao, BM, Cello, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Poppy Yu, MM, Viola, Community Engagement Performance Roster
Nicole Yun, BM, Violin, Gluck Community Service Fellowship
Ryan Zhu, BM, Piano, Gluck Community Service Fellowship