Recent Events for December 2014

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RABBIT HOLE
October 29-November 2, Stephanie P. McClelland Drama Theater

Fourth-year actors were directed by faculty member and alumna Rebecca Guy in this Pulitzer Prize-winning play by David Lindsay-Abaire (Playwrights ’98) about a couple (Becca and Howie) coming to terms with the loss of their son. Pictured: Becca (Angelina Impellizzeri, standing), is with her sister, Izzy (Kelsey Maverick, seated at left), and their mother (Mary Chieffo, seated at right). (Photo by Jessica Katz)

JUILLIARD ORCHESTRA
October 25, Alice Tully Hall

Edward Gardner, the music director of the English National Opera, returned to lead the Juilliard Orchestra in Knussen’s The Way to Castle Yonder, Vaughan Williams’s Concerto for Oboe and Strings in A Minor with soloist Hugo Lee, and Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony. (Photo by Nan Melville)

JUILLIARD415 AND YALE SCHOLA CANTORUM
October 19, Peter Jay Sharp Theater

Masaaki Suzuki led the period-instrument ensemble Juilliard415 and the chamber choir Yale Schola Cantorum in Missa dei Patris and other works by the Bohemian composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. The Juilliard concert was preceded by performances at the New England Conservatory and at St. Mary’s Church in New Haven. (Photo by Hiroyuki Ito)

GINA BACHAUER PIANO COMPETITION WINNERS’ RECITAL
October 29, Paul Hall

Fourth-year Yun Wei and second-year master’s student Alan Woo posed with their teacher, faculty member Robert McDonald (M.M. ’79, piano), after their Bachauer recital. The concert featured works by Ravel, Szymanowski, Chopin, and Prokofiev. (Photo by Peter Schaaf)

MASTER CLASS WITH HARRY BICKET
October 22, Paul Hall

Harry Bicket, who’s the artistic director of the English Concert ensemble, returned to Juilliard to lead a public master class with Juilliard Historical Performance students who were joined by second-year master’s countertenor Eric Jurenas (pictured with back to camera). Pictured: Bicket leading J.S. Bach’s Vergnüte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust with, clockwise from his left, Chloe Fedor, Caroline Ross, Caroline Nicolas, Noemy Gagnon-Lafreinas (obscured), and Anna Lester. (Photo by Nan Melville)

THIRD-YEAR DRAMA PRODUCTIONS
October 21-26, Room 301

Ken Washington directed third-year actors in Stephen Adly Guirgis’s In Arabia We’d All Be Kings. From left: Marianne Rendon as Miss Reyes, Lee Edward Colston II as Lenny, and Jasminn Johnson as Demaris. It alternated with the third-years’ production of Kate Fodor’s 100 Saints You Should Know, which probes the connection between faith and identity and which was directed by Janet Zarish. (Photo by Jessica Katz)

KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT RESIDENCY
October 29-30, Various venues

Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout made his Juilliard debut leading Juilliard415 from the fortepiano on October 30 in Tully Hall. The day before, he had coached Historical Performance students in chamber music and taught private harpsichord lessons. In April, he’ll return for more coaching. From left: Edson Scheid, Caroline Nicolas (back to camera), Melanie Williams, and Bezuidenhout. (Photo by Jessica Epps)

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT LUNCH AND LEARN
October 22, Student Multipurpose Room

At an October Lunch and Learn session, Laura Careless (B.F.A. '07, dance; at left) and Cory Owen, the director of international advisement, talked about international student issues. Carless, who is British, discussed her experience in getting O1 visa documentation and advised students who attended on the value of hiring a good lawyer. (Photo by Rebecca Vaccarelli)

HALLOWEEN DANCE
October 31, Studio 334

Third-year dancers Joe Davis (a cup of Joe) and Diamond Ancion revel at the O.S.A. Halloween dance, the theme of which was inspired by the Coven season of the FX series American Horror Story. The week before, as part of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, the residence life student staff also hosted a Halloween party. (Photo by Mel Hoodlet)

Blair Shepperd, Christina Zuccarello, Alexander Andison, and Joshua Guillemot Rodgerson

STUDENT LEADERSHIP RETREAT
November 2, Student Multipurpose Room

At this fall's Student Leadership Retreat, participants discussed characteristics of leadership, how people they admire became leaders in the arts, and met with current Juilliard student leaders. They also spoke with Claire Karpen (Group 41), Nathan Madden (B.F.A. '09, dance), and Evan Fein (M.M. '09, D.M.A. '14, composition; Evening Division and Pre-College faculty) who discussed how positions they held at Juillaird helped them after graduating. Pictured, from left: first-year bassoonist Blair Shepperd, first-year dancers Christina Zuccarello and Alexander Andison, and second-year dancer Joshua Guillemot Rodgerson (seated). (Photo by Mel Hoodlet)

STUDENT DENTAL SCREENINGS
October 30, Student Multipurpose Room

Some 25 students opened wide for screenings by N.Y.U. dental students (supervised by their faculty). The event was such a success (participants got vouchers for free cleanings) that it will probably return during next year’s Dental Hygiene Month. Who knew? (Photo by Mel Hoodlet)

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