Following his dismissal from the Trinity Wall Street Church, Julian Wachner has released a statement detailing his view of the 2014 incident. The conductor said, “in March 2014, I was engaged by Juilliard to work at their residency in Aiken, South Carolina. At a post-concert reception, the administrator of the department of Historical Performance, Mary Poole, and I had a {…}

Trinity Wall Street Church has fired Julian Wachner from his post as Music Director after being accused of Sexual Assault. In a statement the church’s rector said, “on the evening of Feb. 28, 2022, we learned from social media postings about allegations of sexual misconduct against Julian Wachner, which date back to 2014. Trinity promptly engaged a third party investigator to {…}

Julian Wachner has been accused of sexually assaulting a Juilliard employee in 2014. The New York Times is reporting that the renowned conductor, composer, and keyboardist was accused by former Juilliard employee, Mary Poole, of sexual assault. In an interview with the Times, Poole noted that during a music festival in 2014, “Wachner pushed her against a wall, groped her {…}