Juilliard Archives Time Capsule

Leontyne Price Speaks at Commencement

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Juilliard's first female commencement speaker, in 1973, was alum Leontyne Price, who turned 90 earlier this year.more

Van Cliburn's Support Remembered

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Van Cliburn, one of the most well-known pianists of all time, was a longtime benefactor of Juilliard, where...more

Dorothy DeLay Centennial

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March 2017 marks the centennial of famed violin teacher Dorothy DeLay, who was on the Juilliard faculty for...more

John Adams Through the Years at Juilliard

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Composer John Adams's history with Juilliard includes multiple operas and performances. On March 28, he'll be part of...more

Reconstructing Nijinsky's 'Faune' in 1989

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In 1989, Juilliard Dance Ensemble’s 'L'Après-midi d'un Faune' was the first U.S. reconstruction of Nijinsky's original choreographic score,more

Remembering Playwright Edward Albee

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Edward Albee, who died in September 2016, was a guest speaker at Juilliard twice.more

Reich: Juilliard Centennial Commission

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Juilliard’s centennial commissions included Sir Isaac's Apples, choreographed by Eliot Feld and set to alum Steve Reich’s Drumming.more

A Juilliard Stage Combat Mystery Photo

Stage combat has long been taught at Juilliard; we’re not sure when this class took place, though. Do...more

Gillian Jacobs in 'Dream'

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Gillian Jacobs was Puck and Nelsan Ellis played Oberon in the Juilliard third-year 'Midsummer Night’s Dream' in 2003. more

A 1948 Opera-Oratorio ‘Oedipus Rex’

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A 1948 Stravinsky-Cocteau-Cummings operatic version of “Oedipus Rex” at Juilliard. more

Memories From the Juilliard Archives

Alumna Kazuko Hirabayashi (faculty 1968-2011), who touched an unlimited amount of dancers around the globe, died on March 24. more

Limón’s Concerto Grosso

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José Limón’s Concerto Grosso was performed in 1963 and 1964 at Juilliard and reconstructed in 2015 for the...more

José Limón's Concerto Grosso in 2015 and 1964

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Juilliard dancers are reprising José Limón's Concerto Grosso more than 50 years after it was first performed at...more

Dudley Williams

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Juilliard alum Dudley Williams, who died on May 31, 2015, spent more than four decades with Alvin Ailey.more

Juilliard at West Point in the '40s

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Juilliard musicians played several concerts at West Point during World War II.more

Pierre Boulez Visits Juilliard

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Pierre Boulez, Vincent Persichetti, Stanley Wolfe, and Joseph Polisi at a 1986 master class at Juilliard.more

'And a Nightingale Sang'

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In 1992, the Juilliard fourth-year actors put on “And a Nightingale Sang” with Michael Stuhlbarg and Nancy Hower.more

A ’40s or ’50s Dance Mystery Photo

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This mystery photo was taken on Claremont Avenue Juilliard building roof in the 1940s or 1950s.more

Focus! Festival Percussionists

Focus festival mystery photo; Marian Seldes mystery photo solvedmore

Martha Hill and Marian Seldes

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Can you identify the students in the Marian Seldes mystery photo? Plus names for the Martha Hill mystery...more

Time Capsule

Friends at Juilliard, foes thereafter—contemporary music titans Philip Glass and Steve Reich reunited at B.A.M. recently.more

Two Pieces of Juilliard History

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Martha Hill at a Juilliard dinner for the class of 1959; mystery drama photo.more

Lincoln Center Groundbreaking (1959), Three New Plays by Tudor (1971)

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Juilliard Archives Time Capsule