John Adams to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Juilliard, Deliver Commencement Address

Browse by:
Year
Browse by:
Publish date (field_publish_date)
Submitted by nonesuch on
Article Type
Publish date
Excerpt

John Adams will receive an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the Juilliard School at the conservatory's 106th Commencement Ceremony on May 20. Adams will also deliver this year's commencement address. Also receiving honorary doctoral degrees are Herbie Hancock, Derek Jacobi, and Twyla Tharp. Adams’s latest Nonesuch album, Son of Chamber Symphony / String Quartet, is due out on May 31 and is now available for pre-order in the Nonesuch Store.

Copy

John Adams will receive an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the Juilliard School at the conservatory's 106th Commencement Ceremony. Adams will also deliver this year's commencement address at the ceremony, which will be held at Alice Tully Hally in New York City on Friday, May 20, 2011, at 11 AM.

Also receiving honorary doctoral degrees from Juilliard President Joseph W. Polisi are pianist and producer Herbie Hancock, actor Derek Jacobi, and choreographer Twyla Tharp.

Juilliard will award 273 degrees—111 undergraduate and 162 graduate—to its actors, dancers, playwrights, and jazz, operatic, and classical instrumental musicians.

For more information, visit juilliard.edu.

John Adams’s latest Nonesuch album, Son of Chamber Symphony / String Quartet, is due out on May 31 and is now available for pre-order in the Nonesuch Store. On the album are Adams's 2007 Son of Chamber Symphony, performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), led by the composer, and his 2008 String Quartet, performed by the St. Lawrence String Quartet, the ensemble for which the piece was written. This is the first recording of both works. To reserve a copy, head to the Nonesuch Store now.

---

Adams led the New World Symphony in concert at the New World Center in Miami over the weekend. "The celebrated composer John Adams did it all on Saturday," wrote the Miami Herald's David Fleshler. "He led the New World Symphony in a high-energy performance of Bartók’s Dance Suite. He served as the gracious on-stage host for the American composer Julia Wolfe. And he led the orchestra in the Florida premiere of his own atmospheric City Noir, a tribute to Los Angeles as seen through dark period crime dramas." Read the complete concert review at miamiherald.com.

featuredimage
John Adams profile
  • Wednesday, April 6, 2011
    John Adams to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Juilliard, Deliver Commencement Address
    Margaretta Mitchell

    John Adams will receive an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the Juilliard School at the conservatory's 106th Commencement Ceremony. Adams will also deliver this year's commencement address at the ceremony, which will be held at Alice Tully Hally in New York City on Friday, May 20, 2011, at 11 AM.

    Also receiving honorary doctoral degrees from Juilliard President Joseph W. Polisi are pianist and producer Herbie Hancock, actor Derek Jacobi, and choreographer Twyla Tharp.

    Juilliard will award 273 degrees—111 undergraduate and 162 graduate—to its actors, dancers, playwrights, and jazz, operatic, and classical instrumental musicians.

    For more information, visit juilliard.edu.

    John Adams’s latest Nonesuch album, Son of Chamber Symphony / String Quartet, is due out on May 31 and is now available for pre-order in the Nonesuch Store. On the album are Adams's 2007 Son of Chamber Symphony, performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), led by the composer, and his 2008 String Quartet, performed by the St. Lawrence String Quartet, the ensemble for which the piece was written. This is the first recording of both works. To reserve a copy, head to the Nonesuch Store now.

    ---

    Adams led the New World Symphony in concert at the New World Center in Miami over the weekend. "The celebrated composer John Adams did it all on Saturday," wrote the Miami Herald's David Fleshler. "He led the New World Symphony in a high-energy performance of Bartók’s Dance Suite. He served as the gracious on-stage host for the American composer Julia Wolfe. And he led the orchestra in the Florida premiere of his own atmospheric City Noir, a tribute to Los Angeles as seen through dark period crime dramas." Read the complete concert review at miamiherald.com.

    Journal Articles:Artist News

Enjoy This Post?

Get weekly updates right in your inbox.
terms

X By submitting my information, I agree to receive personalized updates and marketing messages about Nonesuch based on my information, interests, activities, website visits and device data and in accordance with the Privacy Policy. I understand that I can opt-out at any time by emailing privacypolicy@wmg.com.

Thank you!
x

Welcome to Nonesuch's mailing list!

Customize your notifications for tour dates near your hometown, birthday wishes, or special discounts in our online store!
terms

By submitting my information, I agree to receive personalized updates and marketing messages about Nonesuch based on my information, interests, activities, website visits and device data and in accordance with the Privacy Policy. I understand that I can opt-out at any time by emailing privacypolicy@wmg.com.

Related Posts

  • Thursday, March 28, 2024
    Thursday, March 28, 2024

    The original cast album of Adam Guettel’s Broadway musical Days of Wine and Roses, with a book by Craig Lucas, starring Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James, will be released on CD on May 17, following its recent digital release.  “Repeated listenings compound the amazement,” the New York Times says of Guettel’s work, which “has always offered that kind of challenge—initially leaving a feeling of: Beautiful, but wait, I need to hear it again—and those up for it have a way of coming away shining like Moses down from the Mount. The new score has the same effect.”

    Journal Topics: Album ReleaseArtist News
  • Wednesday, March 27, 2024
    Wednesday, March 27, 2024

    Cécile McLorin Salvant's acclaimed 2023 album, Mélusine, was released one year ago this week. To mark the occasion, we're sharing live performances of four songs from the album made at Oberlin College and Conservatory, starting with "Dites moi que je suis belle," featuring Weedie Braimah on djembe, followed by "Le temps est assassin" with Sullivan Fortner on piano and "Fenestra" and "Dame Iseut" with both Fortner and Braimah. You can watch it here.

    Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideo