Heinrich Keilholz was responsible for the acoustic design for both Paul Hall and nearby Alice Tully Hall. Designed by Pietro Belluschi, the cherry-paneled hall is wider in relation to its length, and had red leather seats on a raked floor. Michael Paul, a Wall Street financier and philanthropist (and an amateur violinist and conductor) who gave $1 million so that Juilliard students would have a glamorous place to demonstrate their talents. Paul Hall, a 277-seat recital venue in the Juilliard building, is named for Col. Organ in Paul Recital Hall at Lincoln Center Plaza:Ĭleveland, Ohio – Job 1840 (1969, enlarged 2002) Polisi's term at Juilliard has been a time of vitality for the School, with the establishment of new student services, alumni programs, a revised curriculum, a new emphasis on the humanities and liberal arts, and the realization of two major goals: the completion of its first residence hall-the Meredith Willson Residence Hall-which opened in 1990, and the establishment of a jazz program-the Institute for Jazz Studies (a collaboration of The Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center)-which began in September 2001. Polisi became the School's sixth and current president, beginning with the 1984-85 academic year. (Music lessons for young students had been provided through Juilliard's Preparatory Division since 1916.)Īfter Mennin's death in 1983, Dr. With the move also came the creation of the current Pre-College Division, offering intensive musical instruction to talented youngsters from 8 to 18. The School changed its name to The Juilliard School to reflect its broader artistic scope. In 1968 Mennin created a Drama Division-with John Houseman as its first director and Michel Saint-Denis as consultant-and oversaw the move of Juilliard to Lincoln Center in 1969. Peter Mennin, another well-known composer, was Schuman's successor. He resigned in 1961 to become president of the newly constructed Lincoln Center.ĭr. And in 1947 he created an innovative music theory curriculum, called Literature and Materials of Music (known as L&M), that changed the manner in which music was taught throughout the United States.
He also established the Juilliard String Quartet in 1946, the School's teaching and performance quartet-in-residence. Schuman established the Dance Division in 1951 with Martha Hill as its first director. Under his administration, the merger process of the schools was completed. (Juilliard's Evening Division - originally the Extension Division - was begun in 1933, offering continuing education for adults.)Ĭomposer William Schuman, later to win the first Pulitzer Prize for music, became president of the combined schools in 1945. In 1937, Hutcheson succeeded Erskine as president of the combined institutions. Damrosch continued as the Institute's dean, and Ernest Hutcheson was appointed dean of the Graduate School. In 1926, the Graduate School and the Institute of Musical Art merged as the Juilliard School of Music under one president, the distinguished Columbia University professor John Erskine, but with separate deans and identities. In 1924, the trustees of that bequest founded the Juilliard Graduate School to help worthy music students complete their education. Juilliard, a wealthy textile merchant, died in 1919, his Will contained the largest single bequest for the advancement of music at that time. The Juilliard Graduate School Building shown at left of Institute (1950) The Institute quickly outgrew its original home at Fifth Avenue and 12th Street, and, in 1910, moved to new quarters on Claremont Avenue at 122nd Street in Morningside Heights. Damrosch and his financial backer, James Loeb (who contributed $500,000 in memory of his mother), modestly planned for 100 students, but found that they had greatly underestimated the demand for high-quality musical training. Frank Damrosch, the godson of Franz Liszt and the head of music education for New York City's public schools, was convinced that American musicians should not have to go abroad for their training. 998 (1905) – Recital HallĪt the time The Juilliard School was founded in 1905 (as the Institute of Musical Art), the idea of establishing a music academy in America to rival the European conservatories was a novel one.
806 (1910) – Recital Hallĥ3 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street (1894-1910) – known as the Institute of Musical Art II/4 Holtkamp Organ Company, Job 1664 (1954) – Practice.► II/3 Noack Organ Company (1969) – Practiceġ32 Claremont Avenue (1910-1969) – renamed The Juilliard School of Music (1926) ► II/7 Holtkamp Organ Company, Job 1843 (1968) – Practice – sold ► II/17 Flentrop Orgelbouw (1969) – Studio 60 Lincoln Center Plaza (since 1969) – renamed The Juilliard School (1969)
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