AXIOM
The newest addition to Juilliard’s roster of performing ensembles is AXIOM, which was formed by student initiative in 2005. This new chamber ensemble is dedicated to performing the masterworks of the 20th-century repertoire. AXIOM is comprised of a flexible roster of current Juilliard students and recent graduates who, in addition to performing, assist in the performance of organizational and administrative duties. In February 2006, James Conlon conducted the ensemble’s debut performance in Avery Fisher Hall featuring the music of Schoenberg and Debussy. AXIOM has been the featured instrumental ensemble for the Alice Tully Vocal Arts Debut Recital, performing Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs with Soprano Sarah Wolfson and the world premiere of Josef Bardanashvili’s Three Scenes with Soprano Raquela Sheeran. In addition, for two seasons the AXIOM Ensemble has been selected to collaborate with the world-renowned Juilliard Dance Division as part of their “Spring Dances at Juilliard” performances, featuring Bohuslav Martinu’s Field Mass and David Lang’s Increase and This Was Written By Hand in March 2007, and Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, and Dello Joio’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Meditations on Ecclesiastes in March 2008.
AXIOM joined forces with the Juilliard Music Technology Center in April 2007 as part of the annual “Beyond the Machine” concert series, performing Ed Bilous’ Lucid Dreams and the world premiere of John King’s Trilogic Unity. AXIOM was the featured ensemble for Miller Theatre’s celebration of Elliott Carter’s 99th birthday in December 2007, performing selections from his chamber music repertoire and the New York stage premiere of his opera What Next? These performances were selected by Time Out New York magazine as one of top 10 classical music events of 2007. Recently, AXIOM celebrated the centennial of the composer Messiaen performing Sept haïkaï, Couleurs de la Cité Céleste, and Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum at the Miller Theatre.
Other highlights from last performance season included a performance of Messiaen’s Des canyons aux etoiles on February 27, 2008 in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater. In his review, New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini wrote: “The Axiom players, current Juilliard students and recent graduates, gave an assured, glittering and rhapsodic performance, expertly conducted by Jeffrey Milarsky.” AXIOM also performed two concerts on April 13 and 16 with James Conlon at John Jay College that surveyed the parallel developments in music, inside and outside the circle of influence of the Third Reich. These two programs, led by Maestro Conlon, featured the music of Poulenc, Stravinsky, Martinu, Schreker, and Antheil. AXIOM concluded its 2007–08 performance season with "Beyond the Machine 8.0": The Groove Collective on May 3, 2008 at Miller Theatre, with Jeffrey Milarsky conducting the music of Jacob ter Veldhuis and Scott Johnson.
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AXIOM joined forces with the Juilliard Music Technology Center in April 2007 as part of the annual “Beyond the Machine” concert series, performing Ed Bilous’ Lucid Dreams and the world premiere of John King’s Trilogic Unity. AXIOM was the featured ensemble for Miller Theatre’s celebration of Elliott Carter’s 99th birthday in December 2007, performing selections from his chamber music repertoire and the New York stage premiere of his opera What Next? These performances were selected by Time Out New York magazine as one of top 10 classical music events of 2007. Recently, AXIOM celebrated the centennial of the composer Messiaen performing Sept haïkaï, Couleurs de la Cité Céleste, and Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum at the Miller Theatre.
Other highlights from last performance season included a performance of Messiaen’s Des canyons aux etoiles on February 27, 2008 in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater. In his review, New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini wrote: “The Axiom players, current Juilliard students and recent graduates, gave an assured, glittering and rhapsodic performance, expertly conducted by Jeffrey Milarsky.” AXIOM also performed two concerts on April 13 and 16 with James Conlon at John Jay College that surveyed the parallel developments in music, inside and outside the circle of influence of the Third Reich. These two programs, led by Maestro Conlon, featured the music of Poulenc, Stravinsky, Martinu, Schreker, and Antheil. AXIOM concluded its 2007–08 performance season with "Beyond the Machine 8.0": The Groove Collective on May 3, 2008 at Miller Theatre, with Jeffrey Milarsky conducting the music of Jacob ter Veldhuis and Scott Johnson.