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Overview
For nearly a century, Juilliard has trained the elite performers in the United States. This comprehensive history, now in paperback, takes us behind the scenes of one of the most famous music schools in the world. Detailing Juilliard's colorful history and penetrating the mystique of its rarefied, ultracompetitive conservatory atmosphere, Andrea Olmstead tells a fascinating story of vision and temperament, of talent and backstabbing politics, and of artistry and determination.Among the administrators profiled are Frank Damrosch, William Schuman, Martha Hill, John Houseman, and Peter Mennin. The faculty has included Josef and Rosina Lhevinne, Olga Samaroff Stokowski, Dorothy DeLay, Jean Morel, Vincent Persichetti, Antony Tudor, and Martha Graham. Among the prodigiously talented alumni are Richard Rodgers, Van Cliburn, Philip Glass, Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming, Midori, Audra McDonald, Paul Taylor, Robin Williams, Kevin Kline, Christopher Reeve, Kelly McGillis, and Kevin Spacey.
Synopsis
For nearly a century, Juilliard has trained the elite performers in the United States. This comprehensive history, now in paperback, takes us behind the scenes of one of the most famous music schools in the world. Detailing Juilliard's colorful history and penetrating the mystique of its rarefied, ultracompetitive conservatory atmosphere, Andrea Olmstead tells a fascinating story of vision and temperament, of talent and backstabbing politics, and of artistry and determination.
Among the administrators profiled are Frank Damrosch, William Schuman, Martha Hill, John Houseman, and Peter Mennin. The faculty has included Josef and Rosina Lhevinne, Olga Samaroff Stokowski, Dorothy DeLay, Jean Morel, Vincent Persichetti, Antony Tudor, and Martha Graham. Among the prodigiously talented alumni are Richard Rodgers, Van Cliburn, Philip Glass, Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming, Midori, Audra McDonald, Paul Taylor, Robin Williams, Kevin Kline, Christopher Reeve, Kelly McGillis, and Kevin Spacey.