The Juilliard School has announced several of the vocal programs that it will have on offer during the 2023-24 season. “Vox Celli Cello!” is a cello choir program that will be coached by Joshua Roman and developed in partnership with Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts and Center for Innovation in the Arts. The showcase will include {…}
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced the official public opening of Restart Stages, a new outdoor performing arts center constructed on the Lincoln Center campus. The new initiative will welcome back audiences to reimagined community spaces and new outdoor venues and will feature Pop-Up performances in music, dance, drama, and more. For this article, we will only focus {…}
Famed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves will join the Juilliard School’s Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts as a distinguished visiting faculty this month. Graves will be in residence with Juilliard for a multiweek residency every semester while also holding coaching and mentoring sessions each term. Residencies will focus on the performance of opera scenes and there will also be a group recital. {…}
(Credit: Evan Zimmerman) At one time or another, artists face this question: what to do with the physical possessions accumulated during their careers, especially if they might be helpful to future generations? In soprano Renée Fleming’s case, she decided to call on The Juilliard School, where she received her postgraduate training. “Most artists have a relationship with their alma mater {…}
As most of The Juilliard School’s students are now off-campus or living back home due to the coronavirus pandemic, Juilliard’s faculty continues to proactively develop alternate ways to prioritize safety and support for their students and community. Juilliard is like other educational institutions that are trouble-shooting and preparing for indefinitely new circumstances that effect education moving forward. Specifically, however, Juilliard {…}
Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” has always left room for discussion in regards to musical content and timeline. However, it is with this openness that Juilliard took the opportunity to mold this opera into what was a remarkably intimate production of English Chamber music that told the heartbreaking story of a hell-bent Queen of Carthage. More specifically, Conductor Avi Stein {…}
