Educational Outreach Programs at The Juilliard School

Morse Fellowship Program

The Morse Fellowship Program brings the performing arts to New York City school students and their classroom teachers in annual artist residencies. Juilliard's young artists prepare their own curriculum and teach two classes per week throughout the academic year in area schools. This pioneer program brings needed music instruction to schools that are underserved in the arts, while providing Juilliard students the opportunity to mature as teaching artists.

(The Morse Fellowship Program receives generous funding from Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse, Jr.)

Concert Fellowship Program

The Concert Fellowship Program offers the opportunity for New York City school students in the fourth grade, and their teachers, to interact with Juilliard Concert Fellows during fourteen classroom sessions throughout the year, plus seven chamber music concerts per year at Juilliard (called Young People's Concert Series). The young students are prepared at their own school before each concert by the Fellows, who return for follow-up sessions after the Juilliard performance.

Instrumental Music Program (IMP)

The Instrumental Music Program offers instrumental group lessons to New York City school students in fourth and fifth grades. During this unique school-year experience, Juilliard students teach lessons on flute, clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, and guitar in a group setting at the New York City partner school, once a week. The IMP students perform in two concerts for their peers - one in December and one toward the end of the school year.

(The Instrumental Music Program receives generous funding from Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse, Jr.)

Music Advancement Program (MAP)

The Music Advancement Program is a nationally recognized music education program for New York City school children, ages 8-14. Classes take place at Juilliard every Saturday during the school year. Children in this comprehensive program must demonstrate strong music potential, as well as economic and/or educational disadvantages that make quality music education unattainable.

Since its founding, MAP has received generous support from donors that include: Vincent Astor Foundation, The Boys' Club of New York, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, Collegiate Church, The Aaron Diamond Foundation, Jane and Louis Dreyfus Foundation, The Sidney E. Frank Foundation, Fidelity Foundation, Halfway Rock Foundation, The Heckscher Foundation for Children, Harriet Heyman and Michael Moritz, Billy Joel, Edward E. Johnson, Jr., The Katzenberger Foundation, Dr. Joseph and Betty Keller Fund for Music Advancement, Keller-Shatanoff Foundation, Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust, Michael E. Marks Family Foundation, Michele Mosbacher Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, The Music Lives Foundation, Bell and Murray L. Nathan Philanthropic Fund, National Endowment for the Arts, Natural Heritage Trust, New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, New York State Council on the Arts, Edward John Noble Foundation, The Pamela & Richard Rubinstein Foundation, The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Ms. Barbara J. Slifka, The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Ernst C. Stiefel Foundation, The Surdna Foundation, Kenneth and Anna Zankel, and an anonymous donor.

Combining Literacy Instruction through Musical Beginnings (CLIMB)

The students in CLIMB are siblings of students in the Music Advancement Program (MAP). CLIMB provides weekly two-hour tutoring/teaching sessions at Juilliard to children ages 4-10, on each MAP Saturday. Teachers stress phonics and reading comprehension, and provide a fun introduction to classical music using music vocabulary and hands-on activities.

Young People's Concert Series (YPC)

The Juilliard Young People's Concert Series presents seven chamber music concerts throughout the school year at Juilliard, hosting 200 fourth grade students from New York City schools at each concert. Juilliard student performers are featured in 45-minute interactive concerts with the following themes: strings, brass, woodwind, percussion, keyboard, guitar, jazz and voice. The schoolchildren are prepared for these concerts by Juilliard Concert Fellows. The YPC Series develops the schoolchildren's listening skills and builds the capability of Juilliard performers to share their music in interactive performances.

Performing Educational Programs for Schools (PEPS) - Dance

PEPS Dance presents choreographed works in interactive performances to students at New York City high schools. Juilliard dance students enjoy the opportunity to collaborate with high schools interested in introducing dance to their students. This program is offered annually during the months of May and June.

McCabe Guitar Fellowship

The Norma Galblay McCabe Guitar Fellowship enables Juilliard guitar students to introduce classical guitar to young audiences as an artist and educator. Fellows organize performances for New York City schools; present a Young People's Concert at Juilliard; and perform an interactive concert for the children in the CLIMB program.

Gluck Community Service Fellowship Program (GCSF)

The Gluck Community Service Fellowship Program presents more than 450 interactive Dance, Drama, Classical Music, and Jazz performances at more than 40 New York City health care facilities each academic year. Groups of Juilliard students present a minimum of 12 performances each year, free of charge to metropolitan hospitals, nursing homes, and alternative care facilities. The Juilliard students' experiences in the Gluck Community Service Fellowship Program inform their performing careers and support the development of a personal commitment to community service.

(Gluck Community Service Fellowships are supported with generous funding from the Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation.)