The faculty union at New York City’s Manhattan School of Music’s Precollege division has voted for a strike authorization. In 2024, the school’s precollege faculty launched a petition calling for their salary to be brought in line with the industry standard for pre-college music teaching in NYC. The petition garnered nearly 2,000 signatures. According to the petition, staff pay rates {…}
The Juilliard School has announced its season for 2024-25, and the inaugural “Juilliard’s Fall Festival.” This article only features vocal performances featured in these programs. “Touching Magic: A Vocal Arts-Sibelius Academy Collaboration” kicks off the Fall Festival. Performance Date: September 13, 2024 Installments of Juilliard’s “Liederabend” take place throughout the season. Performance Dates: October 9, November 13, & December 12, {…}
(Photo credit: ©Julien Gazeau) This summer, Les Arts Florissants tours its semi-stage production of Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen” throughout North America. William Christie leads Les Arts Florissants and Le Jardin des Voix on the tour. Soloists include soprano Paulina Francisco, mezzo-sopranos Georgia Burashko, Rebecca Leggett, and Juliette Mey, tenor Ilja Aksionov and Rodrigo Carreto, baritone Hugo Herman-Wilson, and bass-baritone Benjamin {…}
The Juilliard School will present “The New Series: Juilliard Pride Songbook” on May 9, 2024 at Paul Hall. The event will celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community in a program featuring works by Joseph N. Rubinstein, Thomas Pasatieri, David del Tredici, David Diamond, Anne Qian Wang, Ned Rorem, Lowell Liebermann, John Corigiliano, Laura Karpman, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Matthew Aucoin, Matthew Liu, Vocal performers {…}
The Juilliard School has announced its April lineup. This article features vocal works only. However, Juilliard’s upcoming programs for April include traditional and contemporary classical music, jazz, dance, and drama performances. Closing out the month of performances is the Juilliard Orchestra conducted by John Adams. Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” is presented by Juilliard for the first time in over {…}
(Photo credit: Richard Termine) The Juilliard School is set to present “Juilliard Songfest” on March 28, 2024. The showcase will feature soprano Abla Benzemroun, soprano Song Hee Lee, mezzo-soprano Tivoli Treloar, soprano Jasmin Ward, and bass-baritone Jared Werlein. Brian Zeger accompanies the performers. The first part of the program, entitled “LOVE,” features music by Liszt, Mahler, and Wagner. Following an {…}
Opera Saratoga has announced that it will join forces with artists from The Juilliard School to present “America Sings” this April. The recital series will kick off on Feb. 4 with “The Heart’s Mirro,” which includes music by Robert Schumann, Jacques Ibert, H. Leslie Adams, Lori Laitman, Gabriel Kahane, W.A. Mozart, Frank Loesser, Charles Strouse, Jason Robert Brown, Irving Berlin, {…}
On March 30, 2023, Juilliard’s “The New Series” will present a concert featuring five new works by composer Reena Esmail and faculty member Amy Beth Kirsten. The series explores contemporary music through multidisciplinary collaborations, founded by David Serkin Ludwig, dean and director of the Music Division as well as the series’ Artistic Director. As a composer, Esmail’s works merge Hindustani {…}
The Juilliard School of Music has announced that Lawrence Brownlee will join Juilliard’s Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts as distinguished visiting faculty. Brownlee, who is a leading tenor in the world, will join the faculty this spring semester. “We greatly look forward to welcoming Lawrence Brownlee to the Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts,” Juilliard President Damian {…}
(Credit: Evan Zimmerman) Continuing to bring arts education to virtual audiences, The Juilliard School has released a six-part video series from renowned soprano Renee Fleming’s recent master class. The video series can be viewed on the company’s official YouTube page. Originally broadcast in February, the master class features student artists from Juilliard’s Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts, as they explore {…}
(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 {…}