The Juilliard School history

Upon the death of textile merchant Augustus D. Juilliard in 1919, a large bequest was made to the Juilliard Musical Foundation, which was incorporated the following year.

In 1920, the Juilliard Foundation was created, named after textile merchant Augustus D. Juilliard, who bequeathed a substantial amount of money for the advancement of music in the United States.

In 1924, the foundation purchased the Vanderbilt family guesthouse at 49 E. 52nd Street, and established the Juilliard Graduate School.

In 1926, the Juilliard School of Music was created through a merger of the Institute of Musical Art and the Juilliard Graduate School.

Despite the depression and World War II, substantial progress was made under the leadership of Ernest Hutcheson (1927-45): B.S. and M.S. degree programs were established at the Institute of Musical Art, an opera school was formed, and Albert Stoessel developed an excellent orchestra program.

Soon after being appointed as president of the Juilliard School of Music in 1945, William Schuman created a new curriculum called the Literature and Materials of Music (L&M), designed for composers to teach.

The school is also noted for the Juilliard String Quartet, founded in 1946 and important to the development of chamber music in the United States.

During the presidency of Peter Mennin (1962-83), the drama division grew under Michel St Denis, John Houseman, Alan Schneider, and Michael Langham, and the doctor of musical arts (D.M.A.) degree was added.

In 1968, the school's name was changed from the Juilliard School of Music to The Juilliard School to reflect its broadened mission to educate musicians, directors, and actors.

In 1969, the school moved to Lincoln Center and was renamed the Juilliard School in order to reflect the inclusion of dance and drama.

The first production of the Juilliard Opera Center, Igor Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, celebrated the opening of the Juilliard Theater (now the Peter Jay Sharp Theater) at Lincoln Center in 1970.

Since Joseph W. Polisi was appointed president in 1984, the school has revised its liberal arts curriculum, developed community outreach programs, and built its first student housing.

Readers interested in the development of the library at Juilliard should see Jane Gottlieb, "The Juilliard School Library and Its Special Collections," Notes 56 (September 1999): 11-26.

In 2001, the school established a jazz performance training program.

Doctor Park began her career at LACC in 2002.

In 2010–13 she starred as a high-school teacher stricken by cancer in the dramedy series The Big C on the cable channel Showtime.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Bill Murray) in Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) and the housekeeper of an aged Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) in Mr.

On September 28, 2015, the Juilliard School announced a major expansion into Tianjin during a visit by China's first lady, Peng Liyuan, the institution's first such full-scale foray outside the United States.

Linney’s later TV work included the Netflix series Ozark (2017–22), in which she portrayed the wife of a money launderer working for a drug cartel.

Before that, he was the features editor of Classic CD magazine, and has written for a colourful array of publications ranging from Music Teacher to History Revealed, Total Football and Environment Action; in 2018, he edited and co-wrote The King’s Singers: Gold 50th anniversary book.

She later reprised her role as Mary Ann in the Netflix series Tales of the City, which premiered in 2019 and was set some 20 years after the original series.

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