Juilliard 2018-19: An Action-Packed Season

Wednesday, Sep 19, 2018
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Conductor Chen Lin leads the Juilliard Orchestra
Chen Lin conducts the Juilliard Orchestra

Here are some of the on-campus highlights of the 2018-19 season's more than 700 performances. For more details (and more performances) go to juilliard.edu/calendar.

Juilliard Orchestra

Marin Alsop conducts the orchestra and singers in a Bernstein centennial concert featuring Bernstein’s Songfest, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, and music by Berio, Corigliano, John Williams, and Schuman at Carnegie Hall (Sept. 29+)

Juilliard Wind Orchestra conducted by William Short (Oct. 13), Erik Ralske (Nov. 11), and Alan Kay (Jan. 23)

Mark Elder conducts Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, R. Strauss’ Oboe Concerto, and Sibelius’ Night Ride and Sunrise and Symphony No. 7 (Oct. 15)

Jeffrey Milarsky conducts Bernstein’s Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium), Prokofiev’s Suite from Romeo and Juliet, and Augusta Read Thomas’ Prayer Bells (Nov. 8)

Itzhak Perlman conducts Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and Elgar’s Enigma Variations (Dec. 6)

John Adams conducts his Doctor Atomic Symphony, Brahms’ Symphony No. 4, and Saariaho’s Ciel d’hiver (Dec. 10)

Barbara Hannigan conducts the orchestra in Sibelius’ Luonnotar, R. Strauss’ “Salome’s Dance,” Haydn’s Symphony No. 96, Debussy’s Syrinx, and Bartók’s Suite from the Miraculous Mandarin (Feb. 8)

Juilliard Chamber Orchestra works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Ravel, and Prokofiev (Feb. 25)

Jeffrey Milarsky conducts works by student composers (Feb. 28)

Peter Oundjian conducts Bloch’s Suite for Viola and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 (April 11)

David Robertson conducts Messiaen’s Turangalîla- Symphonie at Geffen Hall (May 3+)

Matthias Pintscher conducts Ravel’s La Valse, Piano Concerto in G, and Daphnis et Chloé Suite, No. 2 (May 23)

Chamber Music, Ensembles, and Recitals

American Brass Quintet (Sept. 24)

Gina Bachauer Piano Competition Recital Huan Li and Zhu Wang (Sept. 25)

Lewis Kaplan, Violin (Oct. 19)

Joel Sachs, Piano (Nov. 5)

Juilliard String Quartet Beethoven (No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3), Lembit Beecher (new work), and Dvořák (“American”) (Nov. 19); Haydn (F Major, Op. 77, No. 2), Bartók (No. 3), and Beethoven (E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2) (March 25)

Juilliard Percussion Ensemble (Dec. 3)

ChamberFest (Jan. 14–16)

Laurie Smukler and Robert McDonald Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major, Davidovsky’s Synchronisms No. 9, and other works (Feb. 5)Piano Quartet Natasha Brofsky, Catherine Cho, Hsin Yun Huang, and Robert McDonald: works by Haydn and Brahms (Feb. 14)

Jon Manasse, Clarinet, and Jon Nakamatsu, Piano (March 18) 

Samuel Rhodes Harbison’s Sonata for Viola and Piano plus other works and artists (March 19)

Joseph Lin and Robert Levin performing works for violin and fortepiano (April 25) 

Argus Quartet graduate string quartet in residence (May 6)

Sonatenabend collaborative piano and instrumentalist recitals (Oct. 3 and 31, Nov. 14, Dec. 5, Jan. 23, Feb. 20, March 27, and April 17)

Third-year drama production of Clifford Odets' 'Golden Boy'
The third-year drama production of Clifford Odets' 'Golden Boy'

Drama

December Playwrights Festival (Dec. 1–2 and 8–9)

Fourth-Year Productions

Nora adapted by Ingmar Bergman from Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, translated by Frederick J. Marker and Lise-Lone Marker, directed by Adrienne Williams (Oct. 10–14)

Detroit ’67 by Dominique Morisseau, directed by LisaGay Hamilton (Nov. 7–11)

Into the Woods music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine, directed by Sarna Lapine (Dec. 6–10)

Queens by Martyna Majok, directed by Tyne Rafaeli (Feb. 15–23)

Red Speedo by Lucas Hnath, directed by Zi Alikhan (Feb. 16–24)

Mother Courage by Brecht, directed by Moni Yakim (Feb. 17–24)

Third-Year Productions

A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner, directed by Janet Zarish (Oct. 16–21)

The Forbidden City by Bill Gunn, directed by Dennis Hilton-Reid (Oct. 17–21)

The Other Shore by Gao Xingjian, directed by Jesse J. Perez (Dec. 12–16)

Cabaret, directed by Deborah Lapidus (Feb. 13–17)

Shakespeare Repertory Cycle (Dates TBA)

Juilliard Opera's production of Rameau's 'Hippolyte et Aricie'
Juilliard Opera's production of Rameau's 'Hippolyte et Aricie'

Vocal Arts

Juilliard Opera

Britten’s The Turn of the Screw with the Juilliard Orchestra conducted by Steven Osgood and directed by John Giampietro (Nov. 14, 16, 18)

Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Juilliard415 conducted by Avi Stein and Juilliard dancers; directed by Mary Birnbaum (Feb. 20, 22, and 24)

Mozart’s Don Giovanni with the Juilliard Orchestra conducted by Joseph Colaneri and directed by Emma Griffin (Apr. 24, 26, and 28)

Undergraduate Opera

Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld conducted by Ian Axness and directed by Mo Zhou (Oct. 29 and 31; Nov. 2 and 4)

Alice Tully Vocal Arts Recital soprano Hyesang Park with pianist Brian Zeger (Nov. 1)

New York Festival of Song at Juilliard Kurt Weill’s Berlin; pianist Steven Blier, NYFOS artistic director (Jan. 17)

Juilliard Songfest curated and performed by Brian Zeger with Juilliard singers (Feb. 4)

Vocal Arts Honors Recital (Mar. 21)

Vocal Arts Wednesdays at One (Dec. 5, April 3)

Liederabend collaborative piano and vocalist recitals (Oct. 17, Nov. 29, Dec. 10, Feb. 6 and 28, April 4)

Jazz's Max Roach Ensemble
Jazz's Max Roach Ensemble

Jazz

Juilliard Jazz Orchestra

Kenya by Machito (Sept. 25)

Masters of Orchestration: Tadd Dameron, Neal Hefti, Thad Jones, and Gerry Mulligan (Oct. 11)

The Music of Modern Southerners: Christopher Crenshaw and Victor Goines (Jan. 23)

New Music From the Millennials (Feb. 27)

Jelly Roll Morton and Thelonious Monk (April 4)

Juilliard Jazz Ensembles

The Ambassadors: Armstrong, Goodman, Ellington, Brubeck, and Gillespie (Oct. 1)

Titans of Brazilian Music: Pixinguinha, Santos, and Jobim (Oct. 29)

Playing in the Spirit: Williams, Coltrane, Ellington, and Tyner (Nov. 20)

Billie Holiday: Swing Song Tradition (Dec. 4)

Ballads, Blues, and Shouts: American Folk Music (Jan. 28)

What We Hear (Student Compositions) (Mar. 25)

Ornette Coleman and Charlie Parker (April 16)

Merce Cunningham’s 'Sounddance,' performed as part of Spring Dances 2018
Merce Cunningham’s 'Sounddance,' performed as part of Spring Dances 2018

Dance

Choreographers and Composers aka ChoreoComp (Nov. 16–17)

New Dances: Edition 2018 (December 7–11) world premieres created for Juilliard dancers by Marcus Jarrell Willis, Nelly van Bommel, Peter Chu, and Stefanie Batten Bland

Juilliard Spring Dances (March 27–30) Alejandro Cerrudo’s Little Mortal Jump, Bill T. Jones’ D-Man in the Waters (Part 1), and Martha Graham’s The Rite of Spring

Senior Dance Production (April 26–28)

Choreographic Honors (May 1718)

Senior Showcase (May 20)

Juilliard415 (Historical Performance)

Master Classes with cellists Kristin von der Goltz (Oct. 17) and Elinor Frey (Nov. 14)

All-Rameau program with Robert Mealy (violin) featuring Juilliard dancers (Oct. 25)

All-Bach program with Richard Egarr (keyboards) (Nov. 2+)

Handel in Rome I Juilliard415 and singers conducted by William Christie perform Handel’s Aminta e Fillide: Arresta il passo (Nov. 19+)

Handel in Rome II Juilliard415 and singers conducted by Paul Agnew perform Handel’s Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, HWV 96 (Dec. 1)

All-Mozart program led by Monica Huggett (Jan. 18)

Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (see Vocal Arts; Feb. 20, 22, 24)

Handel and Vivaldi program led by Rachel Podger (Mar. 27+, 29)

Seven Last Words of Christ New chamber commissions responding to and interspersed with Haydn’s “Seven Last Words” quartet (April 16+)

David Hill conducts Juilliard415 and the Yale Schola Cantorum in a premiere by Łukaszewski and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass (May 3+, May 4, May 21–June 2+)

Harpsichord-centric chamber program curated by Béatrice Martin (April 24)

New Music

AXIOM conducted by Jeffrey Milarsky

Works by Knussen, Stravinsky, and Louis Andriessen (Oct. 14)

Works by John Corigliano and Nico Muhly (Oct. 26)

Works by Xenakis, Caroline Shaw, and Steve Reich (April 18)

New Juilliard Ensemble conducted by Joel Sachs

Works by Josefino Chino Toledo, Sunbin Kevin Kim, Virko Baley, and Akira Nishimura (Oct. 2)

Works by Ursula Mamlok and Roberto Sierra (Nov. 13)

Works by Sato Matsui, Ross Griffey, Jukka Tiensuu, and Zymunt Krauze (April 1)

Focus festival: On the Air! A Salute to 75 Years of International Radio Commissioning (Jan. 25–Feb. 1)

Joel Sachs conducts the New Juilliard Ensemble (Jan. 25); chamber concerts (Jan. 28–30); Anne Manson conducts the Juilliard Orchestra (Feb. 1)

+ = Takes place off-campus