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Library exhibit: Juilliard Pre-College Division

by Eric Mortensen on 2022-11-21T09:56:00-05:00 | 0 Comments

The current library exhibit features the history of Juilliard's Pre-College Division through selected materials from the Juilliard Archives.

The Preparatory Center opened in 1916, offering special training to talented young musicians by faculty of the Institute of Musical Art, Juilliard's predecessor institution, at locations throughout the city. Eight students entered the program in the fall of 1916, and by the end of the year enrollment had nearly doubled. The following year forty-five students were enrolled, and in 1919 about a hundred. Students received two lessons a week in their principal subject (piano or violin) and instruction in the rudiments of notation and sight-singing; later, a major in dance was offered. With Juilliard's move to Lincoln Center in 1969, the Pre-College Division was established to educate musically talented children and adolescents.

Directors, Preparatory Division:

Charles Seeger, Director of Piano Instruction, 1916-1924
Constance Seeger, Director of Violin Instruction, 1916-1924
Elizabeth F. Harris, 1925-1941
Marion Rous, 1941-1946
Robert Hufstader, 1947-1953
Frances Mann, 1953-1964
Katherine McC. Ellis, 1964-1969

Directors, Pre-College Division:

Katherine McC. Ellis, 1969-1971
George Dickey, Acting Director, 1971-1972
Robert Brawley, 1972-1974
Robert Hufstader, 1974-1975
Olegna Fuschi, 1975-1988
Linda Granitto, 1988-1994
Andrew Thomas, 1994-2006
Yoheved Kaplinsky, 2007-2019
Weston Sprott, Dean, Preparatory Division, 2019-present

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