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| Conductor On the Trail of Musical Excitement
by EDWARD KLORMAN
Conductor Anne Manson exudes a sense of purpose befitting someone who has caught international attention as a musical trailblazer. One of just a handful of women to serve as music director of a major American symphony orchestra, and a passionate champion of contemporary and unduly neglected music, Manson returns to the School on October 11 to lead the Juilliard Orchestra in a diverse program—emblematic of Manson’s penchant for the new and unfamiliar. More...
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| Joe Turner Explores Legacy of Loss and Reconciliation
by DAVID PRATT
Starting in the 1970s and ending shortly before his death of liver cancer in 2005, the playwright August Wilson (photo) wrote one play about black life in the United States for every decade of the 20th century. This month, Juilliard's fourth-year drama students (with some third-years to round out the cast), under the direction of Israel Hicks, will present six performances of what is arguably the greatest achievement of Wilson's 10-play cycle, Joe Turner's Come and Gone. More...
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| | Dynamic D'Rivera Leads Jazz Orchestra
by LISA B. ROBINSON
In his colorful autobiography, My Sax Life, legendary musician Paquito D’Rivera comments, “Every time I want to have some fun and lose some money, I organize a big band.” This month, in his first collaboration with Juilliard, D’Rivera will have the chance to have some fun and inspire an eager group of talented young musicians without losing a penny when he leads the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra in its first concert of the season. More...
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| | Celebrating the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
In January 1989, a group of Juilliard students created a performance to honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr., and since that time, the annual M.L.K. Celebration has been a tradition of dance, drama and music performances uniting more than 400 faculty, staff, students, and alumni. This coming January, Juilliard will host its 20th annual M.L.K. Celebration. In recognition of the journey traveled, The Juilliard Journal proudly presents a series of articles that reflect on past M.L.K. performances and the influence of Dr. King’s legacy. More...
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