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| 6 Honorary Degrees to Be Awarded at Commencement
Celebrated American actress and Juilliard alumna Laura Linney (photo) will address the graduating class on May 22 at Juilliard’s 104th commencement in Alice Tully Hall. Ms. Linney will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree, as will choreographer and dancer Donald McKayle. Doctor of Music degrees will be awarded to jazz legend and entrepreneur Quincy Jones, groundbreaking composer and 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Reich, and soprano and opera director Renata Scotto. Earning a Doctor of Humane Letters will be Dr. Haruhisa Handa. More...
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| | Petschek Recitalist Is No Stranger to Challenges
By BENJAMIN LAUDE
Di Wu, this year's Petschek piano recitalist, is no stranger to challenges. She was once double-booked as a soloist in Carnegie Hall, and last year, she toured with a program titled “The Art of Transcription,” featuring transcendentally difficult works. As external pressures mount, Wu has found that the most formidable struggle comes from within. “When you get on stage, you’re not competing with anyone directly,” she says. “You’re just competing with your own mind.” More...
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| Ensuring the Future of Jazz Education
By KRIS BOWERS
Carl Allen may never have dreamed that one day he'd be at the helm of one of the country's most prestigious college jazz programs, but since assuming the position of artistic director of Juilliard Jazz, he's thrown himself into the role with a vengeance! Third-year jazz student Kris Bowers recently sat down with Allen to talk about jazz, education, and Allen's plans for the program's future. More...
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| | A Year of Living, Breathing, and Now Performing Shakespeare
By AMELIA PEDLOW
The third-year acting class traditionally brings the Juilliard drama season to a close with performances of two plays by Shakespeare, following a year of complete immersion in the Bard. The works chosen for this year’s rep are Othello, directed by Rebecca Guy (photo), a longtime faculty member at the School and an alum from Group 7, and Love’s Labour’s Lost, directed by Gus Kaikkonen. More...
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| Looking Back on 2008-09
With the Juilliard renovation project barreling toward its completion, the 2008-09 school year saw the opening of many new spaces around the building, from the spacious new lobby to a glass-walled dance studio looking out at the Lincoln Center neighborhood (photo). Amid the construction, hundreds of recitals, concerts, master classes, and other activities filled Juilliard’s venues, including special performances to celebrate the reopening of Alice Tully Hall. The annual Year-in-Review slide show captures the highlights of the season. More...
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