A 10-Year-Old's Music Helps Heal May 8, 2008
Her great-grandmother sang with New York City's Metropolitan Opera, a great aunt was among the youngest graduates of The Juilliard School and there were many other talented family members, Novak said. While Meilia receives classical violin training, she said she most enjoys fiddling Irish and Canadian folk tunes. (FOX61, CT)
Violinist, soprano performing free concert Sunday in Scranton May 6, 2008
Lord Hallstrom is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where she earned a master s degree, and graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor s degree in music from SUNY Purchase. She received early training in the Preparatory Division of The Eastman School of Music. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Renovated Lincoln Center Hall To Reopen With Festival May 6, 2008
The festival will include 10 premieres by Lincoln Center's resident performance groups, including the Juilliard School, its Chamber Music Society and Film Society. All tickets for the festival will be $25 or less. (WNBC.com, NY)
Dobie student plays his way to Juilliard May 3, 2008
John Potter has been accepted to attend The Juilliard School after his high school graduation in June. From his home in Houston to the heart of New York City, Dobie High School senior John Potter is following his passion of music to The Juilliard School after his high school graduation in June. (Pasadena Citizen, TX)
'Feeling' Panthers' pick Apr 22, 2008
We see highlights of a running back ripping through the defense of the Juilliard School and think, Carolina has to have this guy. Then it doesn't. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Go & Do - books, organs, dolls, films Apr 22, 2008
He is director of music ministries at St. Francis Zavier Church and associate organist at Our Lady of Angels Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School and the Catholic University of America. 424-4743. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Alejandro Vela's Residency at MECA Nearing Its End Apr 22, 2008
Vela and Wilson are both graduates of the Juilliard School and have studied under Yoheved Kaplinsky. Dances and Fantasies will feature music of Antonn Dvork, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt and Franz Schubert. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The master songwriter turns maestro Apr 21, 2008
Sedaka was an acclaimed junior pianist studying at the Juilliard School before he became a teenage songwriter turning out tunes from the hit factory that was New York's Brill Building. On the road in the 1990s he drew on that classical training to put his own lyrics to the work of composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Debussy and Chopin. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Cedar Shoals' tubist going to 'The Top' Apr 20, 2008
" Funny because most people view the tuba as a "buffoon" instrument that's big, loud and honking. Some may simply picture uniformed marchers high-stepping across football fields with sousaphones. Those instruments wrap around players' bodies, with large bell-shaped horns craning over heads as though shouting to audiences. Ruhumbika's entire instrument stays nearer to his heart. His music takes flight closer to both his ear and his mind. The sounds he makes, which frequently seem "impossible" to... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Symphony ending season with a bang Apr 15, 2008
Graduating in 2003 from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, she then earned a master s of music degree from the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. She currently is completing her doctoral studies there. (Austin Daily Herald, MN)
Students remember her first compliment Apr 10, 2008
She earned a master's degree in piano and accompanying from the Juilliard School in 1955, and in 1962 she became the first winner of the Benton County Foundation's Petri Award for foreign study. That enabled her to study piano in Vienna, Austria, for one year. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Music shall set you free Apr 10, 2008
His history of dual talent as a writer and musician goes back to his time in college, when he graduated with an English degree from Columbia University and studied music at the Juilliard School. Page 1 of 2. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Pina Bausch mellows out, she shifts with the times Mar 31, 2008
At 19, she received a scholarship to the Juilliard School; during several years in New York, she studied and worked with major artists including Jose Limon, Antony Tudor and Paul Taylor. In 1973, she became the artistic director of the Wuppertaler Tanztheater, which has since renamed itself Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
In Claremont Trio, youth is in bloom Mar 19, 2008
Twin sisters Emily (violin) and Julia Bruskin (cello) and pianist Donna Kwong formed the Claremont Trio when they were students at the Juilliard School nine years ago, and they have enjoyed a busy career. They play with passion and precision, and they had all the power to carry the great tidal wave of Brahms's final movement. (Boston Globe)
Music to our ears: Young artists compete for statewide honors Mar 18, 2008
Jing Wang, a violin senior from The Juilliard School, won the audience's heart and walked away with the Audience Choice award ... "It gives them reward money which can help with their career and finally we invite the judges in from all over the country. It's so nice to get someone's perspective. Those comments are very, very helpful." Judges were Daniel Cataneo, The Juilliard School pianist and musicianship coach from; Brian Luve, University of Arizona flute professor; Bradley Mansell, Nashville... (Conroe Courier, TX)
Ceremony honors female students and faculty Mar 3, 2008
After seeing a ballet performance at the Juilliard School in New York, she committed herself to dance. "It was stunning," Waters said. (Daily Orange, NY)
Negative report on flatiron stage does not deter building supporters Mar 1, 2008
Lessard said Alphie Poulin, an Augusta native who is now an instructor at the Juilliard School of Dance in New York City, read Starkss report and agreed with his conclusions. But he doesnt rule out the functionality of the stage, Lessard said. (Courier Publications, ME)
Music producer Teo Macero dies Feb 26, 2008
Born in Glen Falls, N.Y, he served in the Navy and attended the Juilliard School of Music. He started working with Charles Mingus in the Jazz Composers Workshop and made records for Mingus and Max Roach's Debut Records. (Variety)
Teo Macero, famous record producer, dies Feb 23, 2008
Helping to build Miles Davis albums like "Bitches Brew, "In a Silent Way" and "Get Up With It," Macero (pronounced TEE-oh mah-SEH-roh) used techniques partly inspired by composers like Edgard Varese, who had been using tape-editing and electronic effects to help shape the music. Such techniques were then new to jazz and have largely remained separate from it since. But the electric-jazz albums he helped Davis create especially "Bitches Brew," which remains one of the best-selling albums by a... (Albany Times Union)
In Thomaston, a Pianist Is to Bring Goldberg Variations to Life Feb 22, 2008
"After I heard that recording, I actually went out and bought the music. I just wanted to own it. I never did that with any other music. ... I found it kind of eerie that I wrote [down] the date that I bought the music. Sometimes, you do that with a book that's moving to you." Ms. Dinnerstein, who studied in the precollege program at the Manhattan School of Music and at the Juilliard School before training in London, has been married to Jeremy Greensmith for 14 years. When she learned she was... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Classical with 'guts' Feb 20, 2008
They began performing together in 1999 when all three were students at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, taking their name from nearby Claremont Avenue. After winning the 2001 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, they launched their touring career with an acclaimed New York debut at the 92nd Street Y. Since then, the Claremonts have performed at major concert venues throughout the country and abroad, including Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
Case of jitters belies Emanuel Ax's piano virtuosity Feb 19, 2008
By then, he and his family had settled in New York, where Ax was a scholarship student at the Juilliard School. He later attended Columbia University, receiving a bachelor's degree in French. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Musician's Fall Down Stairs Smashes $1M Violin to Bits Feb 16, 2008
When he studied at the Juilliard School in New York, he became a part-time model to help supplement his income. Share. (Fox News -- Politics)
Dashing Violinist Smashes His Pricy Fiddle Feb 15, 2008
When he studied at the Juilliard School in New York, he became a part-time model to help supplement his income. MMVIII The Associated Press. (CBS News)
Violinist: Fall Fractures $1M Fiddle Feb 15, 2008
When he studied at the Juilliard School in New York, he became a parttime model to help supplement his income. On the Net. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Manhattan Piano Trio: a grand departure from the usual Feb 15, 2008
"That work by Debussy has unfortunately been neglected quite often," adds pianist Milana Strezeva, who first conceived the idea of the trio after graduating from the Juilliard School of Music in Manhattan. "We are trying to change that. It s a beautiful work; even though it s one of his first compositions it s a beautiful work, and we ve done it many times now. More trios should be playing it.". (Westerly Sun, RI)
James Conlon's mission: Revive operas banned by Hitler Feb 14, 2008
At the Juilliard School in December he conducted a program of works newly choreographed to music by Zemlinsky, Franz Schreker and Erwin Schulhoff. Inevitably questions of motive surround discussions of such music and its creators, who are susceptible to everything from pity to opportunism. (International Herald Tribune)
Out of the “Rabbit Hole” Feb 13, 2008
Lindsay-Abaire, a playwright known for his absurd comedies, got the idea for Rabbit Hole when night, Mother playwright Marsha Norman challenged he and his fellow students at The Juilliard School to write about the thing that frightens you most in the world. At the time, he recalls, I didn't even know what that could possibly be. (Wood River Journal, ID)
Professional violinist performs at Mission West Elementary Feb 12, 2008
She graduated from The Juilliard School in 2000. She has performed professionally since she was 17 years old. (Fort Bend Southwest Sun, TX)
Veteran performers share talents with theater ministry Feb 11, 2008
The lanky dancer came from a rural town near Detroit to the Big Apple and took two stabs at The Juilliard School, one of the world's premier performing arts conservatories, before making it all the way to graduation. Summer stock theater, equity showcase productions and concert dance troops followed. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Team Canada invades The Grammys! Feb 9, 2008
" (New York Times)Canuck factor: Started out in 1995 as a cover band in Hanna, Alta., about two hours northeast of Calgary. Relocated to Vancouver in 1996.JAMES EHNES, 31.Nomination: Best instrumental soloist, performance with orchestra.The album: Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos -- James Ehnes, violin, with the Vancouver Symphony conducted by Bramwell Tovey (CBC Records)Career highlights: Since graduating from the Juilliard School in 1997, Ehnes has made more than 20 recordings and... (National Post)
Review: Ashkenazy tones down the excess Feb 3, 2008
Rautavaara wrote the piece in 2005, on a commission from his alma mater, the Juilliard School, and it's meant as a nostalgic reverie on his student days in New York. Mostly it just conjures up a young composer with plenty still to learn. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'How She Move': Dance movie steps up Jan 26, 2008
As Raya, American actor Rutina Wesley, less than two years out of the Juilliard School when this movie was made, gives a performance so grounded and true as to make the similarly motivated strivers in Dreamgirls look like amateurs. Wesley had to be a dynamite dancer too, and she pulls off the part of a dazzling, passionate stepper. (Toronto Star)
Alumni Jerome Lowenthal, piano, and Judith LeClair, bassoon, to perform at Settlement Music School Recital, February 3, 3pm Jan 26, 2008
In addition to their performing career, LeClair and Lowenthal are both on the faulty of The Juilliard School in New York City. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Clarinetist, pianist to play Sunday Jan 25, 2008
Following piano study with Moreland Roller in Houston, he received his bachelor's and master's degrees in piano performance from The Juilliard School as a student of Adele Marcus. He received his Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied with William Race. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Concert violinist to perform Sunday Jan 19, 2008
She has also attended Indiana University and the Juilliard School. Among her teachers are Joseph Silverstein, Josef Gingold, Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay. (Abilene Recorder Chronicle)
For Linney, it's all about the script Jan 18, 2008
" The Savages is the story of Wendy (Linney) and John (Philip Seymour Hoffman), siblings who must deal with their father. His health, both mental and physical, are failing. The question is whether the siblings can get past their own problems to deal with the crisis. In describing Wendy, Linney rattles off a series of adjectives: smart, savvy, spastic, graceful, innocent, guilty, immature, understanding, narcissistic. In other words, Wendy is a character that is actable. Linney relies on... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Arts center to present Manhattan Piano Trio in concert, Jan. 23 Jan 17, 2008
The "Dmitrys" are from St. Petersburg, Russia, and met Strezeva, a Moldavia-born American pianist, literally "on the front s.jpg" of New York City's The Juilliard School during the summer of 2004. Since that meeting, MPT has performed more than 250 concerts in 25 U.S. states at many prestigious venues. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
'Passing season' Jan 6, 2008
A graduate of The Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Wharton has toured with ensembles, including Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, and has created numerous commissions. The Iowa Arts Council and Dorian Opera Theatre jointly commissioned Wharton's children's opera, "And Out the Other Side," and he has written two short comic operas performed at Lincoln Center in New York City. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Piano event lures international talent Dec 31, 2007
Pianists hail from Colombia, Israel, Poland and Taiwan, and also come from some of the world's most prestigious music schools, including the Juilliard School; the Moscow Conservatory, the Shanghai Conservatory and ASU Herberger College School of Music. "Our community can experience firsthand the amazing and talented pianists from all across the globe at a top-tier competition," said Baruch Meir, associate professor of piano in the ASU Herberger College School of Music and founder, president and... (AZCentral -- News)
Jesters have the last laugh on New Year's Eve in Westerly Dec 28, 2007
In 1994, the Juilliard School in New York City hired Judkins to teach a series of master classes in character and physical theater for their drama division, and he has also taught at the Ringling Clown School. He worked as a character consultant for Tri-Star Pictures and a Circus of the Stars trainer in Hollywood, Calif. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Sylvan Fox, first 'rewrite' man to win Pulitzer Prize; at 79 Dec 25, 2007
He spent four years at the Juilliard School of Music, but left without a degree because of his decision to change his major from piano to musical composition. It was at Juilliard that he met the woman who became his wife, Gloria Endleman, a fellow piano student. (Boston Globe)
Love of arts, music plays into Horne's job Dec 25, 2007
Horne sometimes plays with his wife, Marty, who earned her master's from the Juilliard School as a harpist. The pianos and harps make his living room feel like "a Juilliard of the West," but Horne isn't an elitist, said Michael Orlikoff, a Paradise Valley Unified School District music teacher who conducted Horne with the Metro Pops Orchestra. (AZCentral -- News)
Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducts with a unique command Dec 5, 2007
According to Otto-Werner Mueller, Harth-Bedoya's teacher at both Curtis and later the Juilliard School, the young Peruvian was a natural conductor and one of his best students. "He has a certain incredibly rhythmic energy," says Mueller, who has also taught New York Philharmonic music director-designate Alan Gilbert and Cincinnati Symphony music director Paavo J rvi. (Boston Globe)
Mentor to singers held positions at USC, UCLA Dec 4, 2007
A native of New York, Limonick studied piano at the Juilliard School with Ignace Hilsberg. She moved to Los Angeles when she was 17 and went on to study with Fritz Zweig and Arnold Schoenberg. (Los Angeles Times)
CELLO, A CHOICE FOR LIFE Dec 3, 2007
"All of us have a sense of what sounds are more beautiful than others, and I think it's tied in a basic sense ... to the way we communicate with each other and what we find beautiful in voices," said Eddy, who teaches cello at Mannes College and The Juilliard School. But not all young musicians need a top quality instrument. (Las Vegas Sun)
Felon removed from dropout program Dec 2, 2007
Luongo also claimed he earned an associate degree in music from The Juilliard School. The school has no record of him. (The Palm Beach Post)
The feckless Sleuth of today... Nov 25, 2007
Twelve years later they all come together when Dad is making a comeback at a rock venue, Mom is playing Elgar with the New York Philharmonic and the lad (who's run away from an orphanage, been discovered busking in Washington Square, and given a scholarship to the Juilliard School) is conducting his first magnum opus in Central Park. It takes not just the biscuit but the whole Huntley and Palmer factory for sentimentality, strained coincidences, romantic tosh, and Robin Williams doing what he... (The Observer)
Craig Smith, 60; director of Emmanuel Music orchestra Nov 22, 2007
Smith also taught music at the New England Conservatory, the Juilliard School in New York City and several other schools. Smith is survived by a brother, Kent Smith, of Brussels. (Los Angeles Times)
Classic music with a twistChiara Quartet to perform in Greenwich Nov 19, 2007
A chamber group performing such a repertoire isn't out of the ordinary unless you consider that the quartet, whose members met while students at The Juilliard School, are equally at home playing nightclubs and that they insist on including a work by a living or contemporary composer in each performance. Advertisement The quartet - violinists Rebecca Fischer and Julie Yoon, violist Jonah Sirota and cellist Gregory Beaver - has been touring and recording professionally in the seven years since its... (Stamford Advocate)
Man to plead guilty in friend's crash death Nov 17, 2007
He was an acting student at the Juilliard School in New York when he died in New Hampshire in late December 2006. King initially was charged with aggravated drunken driving. (Concord Monitor)
Exemplary, extemporary Nov 15, 2007
" At 37, Montero is the queen of improvisation. Classically trained, she was born with a gift that the classical establishment has largely shunned since the days of Franz Liszt - creating music in front of an audience. Improvisation fell out of favour because the 19th-century piano literature became so difficult to master, according to David Dubal, a piano faculty member at the Juilliard School. "You can't waste your time screwing around on the piano and having fun," he said. "The two things... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Forget "Respect." Aretha wants control. Nov 7, 2007
She's considering choices as unexpected as piano study at that classical citadel of New York, the Juilliard School. She has let the end of a long romance inspire some new, autobiographical songs. (International Herald Tribune)
Itzhak Perlman Nov 3, 2007
Perlman is speaking in a non descript studio in the Juilliard School of Music in New York, where he was a student from the age of 13 under the legendary teachers Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay. He has taught there himself since 1999. (Guardian Unlimited)
New York Philharmonic Announces Asia 2008, February 11-24, 2008; First Tour with Global Sponsor Credit Suisse Nov 1, 2007
Mr. Dicterow, who has won numerous awards and competitions, is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Ivan Galamian. In 1967, at the age of 18, he performed as soloist with the New York Philharmonic under Andre Kostelanetz in Tchaikovskys Violin Concerto. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The 25th Anniversary Princess Grace Awards Gala Oct 27, 2007
Robert Battle received his original Princess Grace Award in 1993 as a student at The Juilliard School and is Artistic Director of his NYC dance company, Battleworks, which he founded in 2002 ... The 2007 Princess Grace Awards winners are: THEATER Oana Botez-Ban, Bucharest, Romania Pierre Cardin Theater Award Costume Design Fellowship, Classic Stage Company Gisela Cardenas, Lima, Peru Robert & Gloria Hausman Theater Award Directing Fellowship, INTAR Toccarra Cash, Dayton, OH George C. Wolfe... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Huang to perform during Powell Piano Series in Mathes Hall Oct 25, 2007
Huang earned her bachelor's degree in 2004 at the Curtis Institute of Music and her master's degree, as well as the Artur Rubinstein Graduate Award, from The Juilliard School. Her ETSU performance will feature works by Scarlatti, Schumann, Haydn and Ravel, and is part of her concert tour of over 100 appearances in the U.S. and abroad, including recitals at New York's Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall, Boston's Gardner Museum and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in addition to a guest... (East Tennessean, TN)
Renowned quartet will feature professor Oct 17, 2007
The New York City-based quartet has been making music since 1974, when its members were students at The Juilliard School. The quartet has performed in each of the 50 states, in Asia and throughout Europe. (Daily Collegian, PA)
More of this story Oct 13, 2007
Kalichstein started studying piano at the age of 4 and attended the Juilliard School when he was 16. After winning the Young Concert Artists Auditions, Kalichstein was invited by Leonard Bernstein to perform Beethoven's Fourth Symphony with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Shakespeare Santa Cruz names new artistic director UCSC, Oct. 09 Oct 11, 2007
Originally from Boston, Barricelli is a graduate of The Juilliard School and has been an actor, director and educator since 1982. He spent eight seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival as an actor and also directed productions for the organization's school-visit tour program. (University of California Newswire, CA)
Soprano came into singing by accident Oct 9, 2007
" This was a turning point, because the famous diva recognized the younger soprano's natural talents and brought her to the Juilliard School in New York. "I had no musical education," Villarroel points out. "Scotto just insisted that they accept me in their program, and she had enough clout to do it. " It paid off. In 1988, Villarroel won the Pavarotti Competition. A year later she was a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. When she sang in the winners concert on the... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Brass quintet entertains, educates student musicians Oct 7, 2007
Members of Presidio Brass have been seen with major symphony orchestras, including the London Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic; the musicians received education from the Juilliard School, Boston Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, USC and UCLA.. Cabrillo High School music teacher Mike Pakaluk said his students were getting a chance to learn from the best. (Lompoc Record, CA)
His Save Our Surf gave waves a break Oct 6, 2007
Kelly studied choral and piano music at the Juilliard School of Music in New York and worked eight years as a choral instructor in Palama Settlement, where he encouraged students to pursue the music of their varied ethnic heritages -- Japanese, Korean and Filipino -- Kathleen Kelly said. "I thought he was the world's most wonderful father," she said. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Sound of music in the classroom Sep 27, 2007
They teach music at The Juilliard School in New York City. On Thursday, they performed and taught at Mayport Elementary School. (Florida Times-Union)
NEPA Philharmonic opens season with guest cellist Sep 23, 2007
A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory and The Juilliard School, Bailey's principal teachers were Loran Stephenson, Stephen Kates and Joel Krosnick. He performs on a 1693 Matteo Goffriller cello, formerly owned by Mischa Schneider of the Budapest Quartet. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
