As we close out Pride Month, we wanted to share this beautiful image of the Lincoln Center campus showcasing the stunning rainbow lights of David Geffen Hall. We’ve loved celebrating #Pride all month long across Lincoln Center! 🙌🌈 #Repost @lincolncenter ・・・ Our campus is beaming with #PRIDE, thanks to the David Geffen Hall lighting display in support of LGBTQIA+ communities. 🏳️‍🌈💡🏳️‍⚧️ See this beautiful rainbow of lights shine over Lincoln Center all month long. Happy Pride! (📸: @layer_nyc)

Explore how Juilliard and Creative Associates group, the Builders Association, collaborated earlier this year to lead a weeklong workshop that took a dozen Drama Division students through the process of using virtual reality onstage. Check out the video to see more about the intensive and our students in action!

Sharon Isbin, Juilliard faculty member and Chair of the Guitar Department, was recently inducted into the 2023 Guitar Foundation of America Hall of Fame this past weekend! Isbin, a multiple Grammy winner, also received their Artistic Achievement Award.  Join us in congratulating her on this incredible achievement! 🙌🎉 To read more about her celebrated accomplishments and recent induction at @gtrfound, check out the link in our bio. . . #Juilliard #JuilliardFaculty #Guitar #GuitarFaculty #Music #Musician

Congratulations to Juilliard alum Colin MacKnight who recently won the Firmin Swinnen Second Prize in the Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition! MacKnight, who received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in music at Juilliard, was also awarded the Audience Choice Prize during the competition. Way to go, Colin! 👏🎉 . . Photograph courtesy of Juilliard faculty member and Organ Dept. Chair Paul Jacobs (right), photographed with Colin MacKnight (left).

"I think an idea can come from almost anywhere. It can come from footsteps, people talking, car horns and come from playing a lot of the piano. A simple three notes that can just snowball.”—Isaac Thomas, 11, Juilliard Pre-College composition student. Isaac Thomas’ piece “All Around Earth" will be performed at the Opera Italiana Is in the Air free concert tonight at 7pm at St. Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets. Click the link in our bio to hear more about Thomas’ work and the concert series. @operaitalianaisintheair

“A good musician knows that there is more to a great performance than simply playing the notes on a page; they know how to bring forth beauty and feeling by creating what’s not yet there. As musicians, you all know how to look beyond the page — and life will require more of this same imagination." — Maya Shankar (Pre-College, ‘03) Read more of Shankar’s lessons learned from her violin in her column in today’s Washington Post, and listen to her full commencement address delivered to the Juilliard Preparatory Division in May, through the link in our bio. . . #Juilliard #JuilliardPrepDivision #Musician

Honorary doctorate recipient and artistic director of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Janet Eilber (BFA ’73, dance), was celebrated with a moving speech from Alicia Graf Mack (dean and director of the Dance Division) and an interactive excerpt from Martha Graham’s Appalachian Spring led by faculty member Terese Capucilli and performed by commencement attendees. Juilliard celebrated its 118th commencement Friday, May 19, 2023, at Alice Tully Hall. The ceremony was also livestreamed around the world. Eilber was one of five distinguished arts world figures to receive Juilliard honorary doctorates. Watch this special moment through the video shared here.

Congratulations to Juilliard alum and celebrated soprano Renée Fleming (‘86 Voice/Opera) for being named as one of this year’s recipients of the 46th Kennedy Center Honors. Fleming, who currently serves as honorary chair of Juilliard’s Global Council, is being recognized for her lifetime artistic achievement. “Fittingly known as ‘America’s soprano,’ the beloved opera star Renée Fleming has captivated audiences worldwide with her luminous voice, incomparable artistry, and a knack for bringing opera into the mainstream for more than four decades.” —Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein Read more about Fleming and her reaction to this honor, below. #Repost @kennedycenter ・・・ “How thrilling to join the company of legendary artists who have received this recognition. This award demonstrates the richness and range of the performing arts in our country, and the Kennedy Center’s celebration is a powerful expression of our culture. Music has defined the arc of my life, giving voice to an introverted child, taking me to places I never dreamed of visiting and people I never dreamed of meeting. Most of all, it has shown me the enormous potential for healing and joy that the arts offer everyone. Having looked with awe at the Honorees in that box at the Kennedy Center Opera House, I’m incredibly grateful to think I will be among them.” –Renée Fleming Check our feed today to meet all of your 46th Kennedy Center Honorees, and stay tuned as the next #KCHonors celebrates the lifetime achievements of this incredible group of artists this December with a broadcast to follow on @cbstv!

Tonight at 7pm, Lincoln Center will present “To a Garden Luxuriously Verdant (Enameled with Countless Flowerings).” This free special site-specific multicultural performance commemorating Juneteenth is conceived, curated, and art directed by Carl Hancock Rux. The performance will feature guest appearances by Juilliard Creative Associate Alicia Hall Moran and Aaron Diehl (BM ’07, jazz studies), among others. Presented amidst awnings of flowers across the space and a wave of petals atop the Hearst Plaza pool, “To a Garden Luxuriously Verdant (Enameled with Countless Flowerings)” is a multi-genre, experiential, full-campus celebration of the fight for a freer America on the eve of the 158th anniversary of Juneteenth Independence Day. More information about this special performance in link in bio. @lincolncenter @aliciahallmoran @@aaronjdiehl @carlhancockrux

✨ Congratulations to the 2024 Sphinx Medal of Excellence honorees, including Juilliard alum Sterling Elliott who continues his studies as an artist diploma candidate, and Kalena Bovell who will guest conduct Juilliard’s Pre-College Symphony next May! ✨ #Repost @sphinxorg • • • 📣 Introducing the 2024 Sphinx Medals of Excellence, esteemed honorees! 🏅Join us in celebrating the incredible talents of conductor Kalena Bovell, cellist Sterling Elliott, and tenor David Portillo. ✨ We’re thrilled to present these exceptional musicians with the highest honor from the Sphinx Organization. As a champion of social justice, the organization empowers lives through the transformative power of diversity in the arts. Each honoree will receive a $50,000 career grant along with the prestigious Sphinx Medal of Excellence. 🎶 These individuals have showcased remarkable artistic prowess, an unwavering work ethic, boundless determination, and a steadfast dedication to leadership and their communities. The medal recognizes their outstanding contributions as extraordinary Black and Latinx classical musicians. 🎉 Join us in applauding these outstanding artists who embody the true essence of artistic excellence! #SphinxMedals2024 #CelebratingTalent #DiversityinArts #SphinxOrganization #SphinxMedalofExcellence

As part of Juilliard’s 118th commencement, Wynton Marsalis (’81, trumpet) honored composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal with a speech highlighting Pascoal’s many artistic achievements and innovations. Pascoal was one of five distinguished arts world figures to receive Juilliard honorary doctorates at Juilliard’s 118th commencement. The others were New York Philharmonic president and CEO Deborah Borda; dancer, actor, teacher, and artistic director of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance Janet Eilber (BFA ’73, dance); award-winning actor Wendell Pierce (Group 14); and conductor and music director of the New Jersey Symphony Xian Zhang.

“We want students to become leaders of culture and igniters of change. We want graduates to introduce new ideas from a place of mastery that translate to people outside of the academic bubble”. Juilliard alum, creative associate, and trustee, Jon Batiste, reflects on his “full circle” relationship with the school in his essay for The New York Times’ annual “Big Ideas” series. Read the full personal essay in the link in bio which retraces the experiences, struggles, and relationships that define who he is. // First Image: Courtesy @nytimes Second Image: @rosalieoconnorphotography