Juilliard commencement photo by Nan Melville.
This is the last week of the season at Juilliard and the school will be thrumming with activity. Check out the events below! For Juilliard’s calendar, click here.
Artist Diploma Recital: Duo L&L
Monday, May 20 at 8:00 PM
Paul Hall at The Juilliard School (155 W 65th Street)
Duo L&L (cellist Lionel Cottet and pianist Louis Schwizgebel) perform Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas in F Major, G Minor, A Major, C Major, and D Major for their Artist Diploma Recital. The Artist Diploma performers constitute the few highly gifted and experienced musicians selected to develop their artistry and professionalism in the ever-changing contemporary world
FREE; no tickets required
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Senior Dance Showcase
Monday, May 20 at 8:00 PM
Peter Jay Sharp Theater at The Juilliard School (155 W 65th Street)
Featuring Juilliard Dance’s Class of 2013 in a diverse program of solos and duets choreographed by these graduating dancers, as well as alumni and faculty, plus selections from major repertory
FREE; limited standby admission only; line forms at 7:00 PM
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Wednesdays at One: Juilliard Pre-College Chamber Ensembles
Wednesday, May 22 at 1:00 PM
Alice Tully Hall (1941 Broadway)
Juilliard students share their talent with the community in these free one-hour lunchtime concerts on Wednesday afternoons throughout the season
FREE; no tickets required
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Elliott Carter Memorial
Wednesday, May 22 at 5:00 PM
Peter Jay Sharp Theater at The Juilliard School (155 W 65th Street)
The Juilliard School pays tribute to beloved American composer, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and former faculty member Elliott Carter (1908-2012)
FREE; limited standby admission only; line forms at 4:00 PM
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Juilliard Orchestra Commencement Concert
Thursday, May 23 at 6:00 PM
Alice Tully Hall (1941 Broadway)
It’s a Juilliard tradition that the final orchestra concert of the season features and ensemble comprised of graduating musicians, attended by their family and friends. The Juilliard Orchestra welcomes New York Philharmonic Assistant Conductor Case Scaglione to lead Brahms’ joyous Academic Festival Overture and Dvořák’s celebrated Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
FREE; limited standby admission only; line forms at 5:00 PM
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108th Juilliard Commencement Ceremony Live Stream
Friday, May 24 at 11:00 AM
Live web stream at Juilliard.edu/live
Honorees and 281 (122 undergraduate, 159 graduate) graduating actors, dancers, musicians, and playwrights receive their degrees from Juilliard President Joseph W. Polisi. The ceremony features musical interludes performs by Juilliard students and faculty members, and award-winning actress and Juilliard alumna Laura Leggett Linney gives the Commencement Address. Those receiving honorary degrees include legendary pianist Alfred Brendel, three-time Academy Award and four-time BAFTA award-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis, choreographer and Juilliard alumnus Ohad Naharin, Grammy Award-winning jazz saxophonist and National Medal of the Arts recipient Sonny Rollins, four-time Grammy Award-winning soprano Dawn Upshaw, and philanthropists Harriet Heyman and Michael Moritz, whose recent generous gift of $5 million supports Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program (MAP)
No public tickets available; available to the public via live web stream only
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Juilliard String Quartet Seminar Recitals
Friday, May 24 at 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM
Paul Hall at The Juilliard School (155 W 65th Street)
Quartets from around the globe are coached by members of the world-renowned Juilliard String Quartet. This year’s participants include the Aeolus Quartet (recently named Juilliard’s 2013-2014 graduate quartet-in-residence), the Aïzuri Quartet, the Rosco Quartet, the Centre Street Quartet, the PUBLIQuartet, and the Kubrick Quartet, performing selected works by Beethoven, Bartók, Debussy, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Nielsen, Schnittke, and Schubert
FREE; no tickets required
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Pre-College Symphony
Saturday, May 25 at 1:00 PM
Peter Jay Sharp Theater at The Juilliard School (155 W 65th Street)
Conductor George Stelluto leads the Pre-College Symphony in a program featuring Rossini’s Overture to La Cenerentola, Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33 with cellist Anne Richardson, and Stravinsky’s 1945 version of The Firebird
FREE; no tickets required
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Pre-College Orchestra
Saturday, May 25 at 8:00 PM
Peter Jay Sharp Theater at The Juilliard School (155 W 65th Street)
Conductor Adam Glaser leads the Pre-College Orchestra in a program featuring Copland’s El Salón México, Weber’s Bassoon Concerto with bassoonist Harrison Miller, and Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120
FREE; no tickets required
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Juilliard Events return in September for the 2013-2014 season! Visit events.juilliard.edu for previews and updates over the summer!
