Since its earliest years, the mission of The Juilliard School has been to educate performing artists. Nearly a century after the School�s founding, however, the role of the performing artist has evolved as the world in which artists function has undergone dramatic transformations and as challenges to the social fabric of our nation have threatened support for the presentation and study of the performing arts. Recognizing the increasing obstacles that our young people will face as they pursue careers as performing artists, the School has refined and expanded its statement of mission to include four goals:
1. Juilliard�s central mission is to educate talented performing musicians, dancers and actors so that they may achieve the highest artistic standards, as well as becoming leaders in their professions. Through this process we will also help them to become thoughtful, confident and responsible adults.
2. Juilliard should make every effort to provide students with the emotional, social, professional and educational foundation necessary for them to embark on successful careers and productive lives as artists, leaders and citizens.
3. The Juilliard education should continue to elevate its high educational and artistic standards, while also inculcating in students a sense of their own professional responsibilities for enhancing the classical arts and for enabling those arts to serve society more effectively.
4. Juilliard should take an active, not passive, role in shaping the future of the classical arts, both by intensifying its internal commitment to artistic education and by reaching beyond its doors to help the classical arts thrive anew.
The Juilliard School, located in New York City, is one of the world's most prestigious performing arts conservatories. It is informally identified as simply Juilliard, and trains in dance, drama, and music. Now at Lincoln Center, the school instructs about 800 undergraduates and graduate students. It is rated by the U.S. News & World Report as the institution of higher education having the lowest acceptance rate (7%) in the United States, followed by Curtis Institute of Music, Yale University and Harvard University.
The school was founded in 1905 as the Institute of Musical Art. It was formed on the premise that the United States did not have a premier music school and too many students were going to Europe to study music. At its formation, the Institute was located at Fifth Avenue and 12th Street. In its first year, the institute enrolled 500 students. It moved in 1910 to Claremont Avenue. In 1920, the Juilliard Foundation was created, named after textile merchant Augustus Juilliard who bequeathed a substantial amount for the advancement of music in the United States. Established in 1924, the foundation's Juilliard Graduate School merged with the Institute of Musical Art two years later. The Dean, and later President, of the school 1937-45 was the Australian pianist and composer Ernest Hutcheson. As of 1946, the combined schools were named The Juilliard School of Music. The president of the school at that time was William Schuman, the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music. In 1951, the school added a dance division.
William Schuman graduated from Columbia's Teachers College (BS-1935, MA-1937) and attended the Juilliard Summer School in 1932, 1933 and 1936. While attending Juilliard Summer School, he developed a personal distaste for traditional music theory and ear training curricula, finding little value in counterpoint and dictation. Shortly after being selected as President of The Juilliard School, William Schuman created a new curriculum called "The Literature and Materials of Music" (L&M) designed to be taught by composers. L&M was Schuman's reaction against more formal theory and ear training, and as a result did not contain a formal structure. The broad mandate was "to give the student an awareness of the dynamic nature of the materials of music." The quality and depth of each student's education in harmony, music history or ear training was dependent on how each composer-teacher decided to interpret this mandate. Many questioned the quality of L&M as an approach to teach the fundamentals of music theory, ear training and history.
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| Percent of Students International: | 22% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 40% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | Yes |
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| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
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$ 2,591 | 18% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 2,585 | 7% | |
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$ 14,348 | 70% | |
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$ 4,723 | 49% | |
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97% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 5% (Most Selective) |
| Application Fee: | $ 100.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Not Required |
| High School GPA: | Not Required |
| High School Rank: | Not Required |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Not Required |
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Question:
is Juilliard School a good college?
is it
i want to know if its good.
and is it good for ppl who want to become a vet
15 months ago
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The Juilliard School is the premiere conservatory of the arts in the United States and possibly the world.
It's not the place I'd expect to learn to be a vet -- a great concert pianist or a prima ballerina but not a vet. Now, you could study acting there and convincingly pretend to be a vet. :-)
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16 months ago
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The Julliard School is world reknowned for music. Julliard's slant is somewhat towards the classical end, unlike other music schools which focus on jazz or more contemporary genres.
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Preparation for interview in Juilliard?
I will go for interview as an undergraduate student in the Juilliard School. Please tell me, how can i prepare to be perfect and finally accepted? Your answers will be highly appreciated.
22 months ago
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I went to Juilliard for voice. I don't know what department you are applying for, but if you are a musician, when they say that you are called back for an "interview" they don't mean the typical college interview. I was really preparing for my interview, but was surprised that the interview consisted of the director of the theory program asking me questions on intervals (blocked and broken) and the musical form of my audition pieces. Unless they have changed, that is what you should be prepared to do in the "interview" section.
If you are not auditioning for the music program here are some things that the admissions office and professors want to hear. One, is that you are serious and focused about your art and that you fit well into a non traditional college atmosphere. They do not want to hear that you have other interest unrelated to your field (for example: you are still deciding on a career as either a violinist or a biologist), since that means that Juilliard will not be a good fit for you. Juilliard ONLY has art classes plus a humanities course and classes have under 15 people. Some students complain that they do not like the atmosphere at Juilliard because they feel like they are being cheated from what are supposed to be exciting college years. If you feel that this school is right for you, come across as focused and passionate about your art and that you think you will fit into the nontraditional atmosphere at Juilliard very well.
Good luck!!
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