Faculty Portrait

David Lindsay-Abaire, Playwrights

Pulitzer-winning Playwrights program co-director David Lindsey-Abaire on his theater roots, why he wanted to come to Juilliard, and...more

Aaron Wunsch

Music History, Chamber Music, and Keyboard Studies Faculties

Wisconsinite Aaron Wunsch majored in music and international relations at—and played water polo for—Yale before coming to Juilliard.more

Paul Neubauer

Viola Faculty

Paul Neubauer, the youngest string principal ever to join the NY Phil, on trying to entice his violinist...more

Wayne Oquin

Chair, Ear Training Department; Theory, Graduate Studies, and Evening Division Faculties

Juilliard ear training guru Wayne Oquin on his very busy life as a composer and teacher.more

Terese Capucilli

Modern Dance Faculty

Martha Graham acolyte Terese Capucilli, a Juilliard dance teacher, was one of 7 siblings whose dad found calm...more

Sylvia Rosenberg

Violin Faculty Member

Violin faculty member Sylvia Rosenberg reflects on her life at Juilliard, studying with Nadia Boulanger, and the importance...more

Astrid Schween

Cello and Chamber Music Faculty; Juilliard String Quartet

Astrid Schween entered Juilliard at 7 and stayed through her master’s degree. Now she’s back, with the Juilliard...more

Matthias Pintscher

Composition Faculty

My conducting is informed by my inner ear as a composer, and my own music would never shape...more

Thomas Cabaniss

College Faculty

Juilliard faculty member Tom Cabaniss reveals what composers do all day—and how it’s possible to make a living...more

Laurie Smukler

Violin Faculty

Juilliard faculty members Laurie Smukler and Robert McDonald give a Bartok recital on March 17.more

Deborah Lapidus

Drama Faculty

Juilliard Drama faculty member says her life is a cabaret though she doesn't think life is a cabaret.more

Donald and Vivian Weilerstein

Donald Weilerstein, Violin Faculty; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, Chamber Music Faculty

Donald and Vivian Weilerstein on what it’s like working with their daughter and how they wind down after...more

Robert Mealy

Director, Historical Performance

That that early repertory does so much with so few notes was one reason Juilliard Historical Performance’s Robert...more

Mark Sherman

Juilliard Jazz faculty

Juilliard percussion alum Mark Sherman has worked the gamut of the New York freelance scene over the last...more

Steven Laitz

Chair, Music Theory and Analysis

Prof Steve Laitz is in awe of the level of performance and the amount of cross-discipline collaboration at...more

Lori Schiff

Alexander Technique Faculty

Juilliard faculty member Lori Schiff talks about the Alexander Technique and her recent work with the West Point...more

Jane Kosminsky

Dance Faculty

Jane Kosminsky’s latest theatrical project is about Edwin Booth—the famous actor with the infamous brother.more

Elio Villafranca

Juilliard Jazz Faculty

Juilliard prof Elio Villafranca on life in Cuba; balancing his classical and jazz training; and being a pianist-composer-percussionist.more

Steven Stucky

Composition Faculty

A hockey fan, a foodie - and a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer - Steven Stucky joined the Juilliard faculty...more

Noa Kageyama

College, Pre-College, and Evening Division Faculty; Chamber Music Manager

I wondered why I could be totally prepared but go on stage and sound like a shell of...more

Eric Bartlett

Orchestral Studies Faculty

Juilliard alum and prof (and New York Phil cellist) Eric Bartlett rode his bike across the country in 2005. more

Aaron Jaffe

Liberal Arts Professor

Liberal Arts faculty member Aaron Jaffe celebrated completing his dissertation by going out with family and getting a...more

Alan Kay

College and Pre-College Clarinet Faculties

Rochester, N.Y., native Alan Kay, a clarinet faculty member, came to Juilliard in 1979—and has never left.more

Faculty Portrait