Recent Events for December 2008-January 2009

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THIRD-YEAR DRAMA PRODUCTIONS
October 14-19, Studio 301

Third-year drama students took on two Lanford Wilson plays in October. From October 15-18, Sam Gold directed performances of Book of Days. Running concurrently, from October 14-19, was The Mound Builders (for which Wilson earned an Obie Award), in a production directed by Henry Wishcamper. Pictured: In Book of Days, Shayna Small and Kelsey L. Kurz played the roles of Louann and James Bates. (Photo by Jessica Katz)

THIRD-YEAR DRAMA PRODUCTIONS
October 14-19, Studio 301

Creed Garnick was Professor August Howe and Liesel Allen-Yeager his wife, Cynthia Howe, in The Mound Builders. (Photo by Jessica Katz)

GINA BACHAUER COMPETITION WINNERS’ RECITAL
October 15, Paul Hall

On October 15, the winners of this year's Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Yoonjung Han and Naomi Kudo, performed a recital in Paul Hall that was broadcast live on the McGraw-Hill Companies' Young Artists Showcase on radio station WQXR. The program included solo works and duets. Left to right: Harold McGraw III, chairman, president, and C.E.O. of McGraw-Hill; pianist and alumna Elizabeth Joy Roe, recipient of the 2008 McGraw-Hill Companies' Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach, presented during the broadcast; Kudo, and Han. (Photo by Peter Schaaf)

THE JUILLIARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA
October 16, Peter Jay Sharp Theater

Composer, saxophonist, and faculty member Ted Nash conducted the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra in the music of the celebrated pianist and composer Andrew Hill on October 16 in the Peter Jay Sharp Theater. Hill, who died in 2007, was honored as a 2008 N.E.A. Jazz Master and held a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jazz Foundation of America. Pictured are jazz students, saxophonist Adison Evans, trombonist Robert Edwards, and trumpeter Chris Burbank. (Photo by Hiroyuki Ito)

SEYMOUR LIPKIN PIANO RECITAL
October 20, Peter Jay Sharp Theater

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of his winning first prize at the prestigious Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition, pianist and Juilliard faculty member Seymour Lipkin played a recital on the Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recital Series featuring solo and chamber music by Schubert and Mozart. He was joined by fellow faculty members, violinist Ronald Copes, violist Samuel Rhodes, cellist Joel Krosnick, and (not pictured) pianist Robert McDonald. (Photo by Peter Schaaf)

THE MISANTHROPE
October 22-26, Stephanie P. McClelland Drama Theater

Fourth-year drama students opened the season with Molière's The Misanthrope, a classic satire about the hypocrisies of 17th-century French aristocracy, in a translation by Richard Wilbur and directed by Lucie Tiberghein. Pictured: Teyonah Parris, as Célimène, listens to Alceste as he tries to persuade her to leave the gossiping company she keeps. (Photo by Jessica Katz)

THE MISANTHROPE
October 22-26, Stephanie P. McClelland Drama Theater

Philinte, played by Alejandro Rodriguez, encourages his best friend Alceste, played by Zach Villa, to moderate his excessive criticisms of others. (Photo by Jessica Katz)

SAMUEL RHODES VIOLA RECITAL
October 23, Paul Hall

Violist Samuel Rhodes celebrated his 40th year as a member of both the Juilliard faculty (where he chairs the viola department) and the Juilliard String Quartet, with a recital on October 23. The program, part of the Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recital Series, featured Donald Martino's Three Sad Songs; Stravinsky's Elégie; Milton Babbitt's Play It Again, Sam; Elliott Carter's Figment IV; Hindemith's Sonata for Viola Alone, Op. 25, No.1; and Hall Overton's Sonata for Viola and Piano. Rhodes is pictured with Robert McDonald, pianist and Juilliard faculty member. (Photo by Peter Schaaf)

THE JUILLIARD ORCHESTRA, CONDUCTED BY JAMES CONLON
October 27, Carnegie Hall

The Juilliard Orchestra made its first of two Carnegie Hall appearances this season on October 27 under the baton of James Conlon. The orchestra offered the premiere of Juilliard alumna Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Symphony No.5: Concerto for Orchestra, which was commissioned by the School. The program also included Mahler's Symphony No. 5. (Photo by Hiroyuki Ito)

FORUM ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
October 28, Room 305

Juilliard community members came together for a town hall meeting to examine the political views of the 2008 presidential candidates. Pictured are Juilliard President Joseph Polisi, who was the moderator, with student panelists (left to right), French hornist Craig Hubbard, bassist Allison Job, and actor Alejandro Rodriquez, who discussed foreign policy, economy, and health-care issues. Other students (not pictured) who participated were composer Evan Fein, trumpeter Alexander White, and dancer Lydia Bittner-Baird. (Photo by Sabrina Tanbara)

HALLOWEEN DANCE
October 31, Room 305

Students gathered in Room 305 for the annual Halloween Dance. The festivities included a performance by dance students coordinated by Jamal Callender and Kelly Robotham. Pictured in costume are the programming assistants (back row, left to right) Charlotte Bydwell, Jamal Callender, Brandon Cournay, and Spenser Theberge, and (front row, left to right) Nathan Madden and Leah Walsh. (Photo by Sabrina Tanbara)

VOCAL ARTS MASTER CLASSES
November 6, Peter Jay Sharp Theater, and October 22, Morse Hall

Two master classes were held for students in the Vocal Arts program: one on arias and scenes from Italian opera, given by conductor James Conlon (who is music director of the Los Angeles Opera), on November 6 in the Peter Jay Sharp Theater, the other on French song repertory by pianist Roger Vignoles on October 22 in Morse Hall. Pictured: Conlon (far right) listened to students Paul Appleby, tenor, and Jessica Klein, soprano, in a duet from Mozart's Così fan tutte. (Photo by Peter Schaaf)

VOCAL ARTS MASTER CLASSES
November 6, Peter Jay Sharp Theater, and October 22, Morse Hall

Vignoles, holding score, coaching soprano Christin Wismann; Bo-Kyung Park is at the piano. (Photo by Nan Melville)

AMERICAN CLASSICAL MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY
November 17, Paul Hall

Before an Arcos Chamber Orchestra concert celebrating composer and faculty member Samuel Adler’s 80th birthday, a ceremony was held to induct both Adler and The Juilliard School into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame. At the event, A.C.M.H.F. chairwoman Trish Bryan (far right) presented Juilliard President Joseph W. Polisi (second from left) and Adler (at podium) with medallions. At left is David A. Klingshirn, founder of the organization. (Photo by Chris Downes)

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