Faculty Portrait

Renée Marie Baron

Liberal Arts Faculty

Civil Rights Act anniversary-inspire coursework has been a highlight of Liberal Arts faculty member Renée Baron’s year...more

Sharon Isbin

Guitar Department Chair

Sharon Isbin is drawn to students who are passionate, disciplined, talented, open-minded, creative, sensitive, and curious.more

Daniel Ott

College, Pre-College, and Evening Division Faculties

His grandfather’s LPs and his brothers’ Iron Maiden album helped inspire Daniel Ott to become a composer.more

Michelle Di Bucci

Music Theory and Analysis and Drama Faculties

Alum/faculty member Michelle DiBucci always loved playing and making music, but her decision to become a musician came...more

Michael Musgrave

Graduate Studies Faculty

Composition faculty member Michael Musgrave started being “consumed by music” when he was 4 years old. He still is.more

Robert C. White Jr.

Voice Faculty

Robert C. White Jr. goes by Doc to avoid confusion with the other Robert White on the Vocal...more

Samuel Adler

Composition Faculty

A special concert of music by Samuel Adler, including a premiere, honors this American composer for his 85th...more

Matti Raekallio

College and Pre-College Piano Faculty

Matti Raekallio's life changed when he heard Sviatoslav Richter perform—he soon knew he only wanted to be a...more

Philip Lasser

Music Faculty

Composer and poet Philip Lasser joined the Juilliard faculty in 1994, the same year he received his doctorate. more

Sandra Miller

Historical Performance Faculty

Historical Performance’s Sandra Miller performed on modern and Baroque flutes for years, but eventually shifted toward the Baroque.more

Rachel Straus

Dance Faculty

Juilliard’s dance history teacher since 2011, Rachel Straus started dancing at age 4 in Purchase, N.Y., and studied...more

Michael Shinn

Director of Keyboard Curriculum

Triathlete Alabamian Michael Shinn joined the Juilliard faculty after receiving his bachelor's and master's degrees in piano performance...more

Jeffrey Milarsky

Conducting Faculty

Philadelphia native Jeffrey Milarsky (B.M. ’88, M.M. ’90, percussion) joined the Juilliard faculty in 2008; he teaches conducting...more

Conrad Cummings

Evening Division Composition Faculty

San Francisco native Conrad Cummings composes opera, symphonic music, chamber music, and music for his ensemble of amplified...more

Christopher Durang

Co-Director, Playwrights Program

"When I was 8, I announced to my mother I was going to write a play. It was...more

James Burton III

Jazz Studies Faculty

Trombonist James Burton III was a pre-med student before switching to music and joining Juilliard’s Jazz Studies program.more

Markus Rhoten

Percussion Faculty

Juilliard percussion faculty member Markus Rhoten on his passions for 'The Rite of Spring,' motorcycles, and diving.more

Robert White

Voice Faculty

From his days as a child performer, with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Fred Allen, Juilliard voice faculty...more

Anthony Lioi

Liberal Arts Faculty

Jonathan Feldman

Collaborative Piano and Chamber Music

Alum Jonathan Feldman has a truly musical family: his sister, brother, wife, and son are all musicians. more

Steven Blier

Vocal Arts Faculty

Juilliard faculty member Steven Blier says, “the combustion of poetry and music remains “the greatest source of fascination...more

Francisco Martinez

Dance Faculty, Ballet

Seymour Lipkin

Piano and Chamber Music Faculty

Juilliard faculty member Seymour Lipkin has been a soloist with most major American orchestras, recorded extensively, and had...more

Faculty Portrait