The Juilliard School

Join us virtually on July 15 for Juilliard's 2026 Entrepreneurship Symposium, Artistic Intersections. 💻

Presented by the Office of Alumni Relations and the Alan D. Marks Center for Career Services and Entrepreneurship, symposium attendees will explore critical questions, techniques, and practices that allow them to find professional opportunities, forge new paths forward, and define the 21st century in the arts. Learn from guest speakers, workshops, and presentations by arts leaders from Juilliard and around the world.

Get more info, including the lineup of keynote speakers and presenters at the link in our bio. Registration is now open! https://bit.ly/3V5L71Z

What a week! Congratulations to all of our graduates. 🎓 Juilliard celebrated the next generation of artists and performers with commencement ceremonies for our College and Preparatory divisions on our Lincoln Center campus and Juilliard Tianjin in China. We're so proud of what you all accomplished and can’t wait to see what’s next!

We honor the life and legacy of Sonny Rollins, legendary jazz tenor saxophonist whose artistry transformed jazz and inspired generations of musicians.

Across a remarkable seven-decade career, Rollins recorded more than 60 albums as a leader, creating compositions that became enduring jazz standards. Among his many honors were a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the preservation of his landmark 1956 album “Saxophone Colossus” in the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.

In 2013, Sonny Rollins was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Juilliard, pictured here.

All of us at Juilliard extend our condolences to his friends, family, and loved ones.


Photo by Nan Melville, courtesy of the Juilliard Archives.

The Juilliard community mourns the passing of renowned music theorist and former faculty member Carl Schachter. A leading expert in Schenkerian analysis, a method of analyzing tonal music, Schachter taught at Juilliard for nearly 20 years and was honored with the William Schuman Scholar Award in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to the musical community and to arts education in 2014.

Through his teaching and influential texts, he shaped generations of musicians and deepened the understanding of the relationship between music analysis and performance. We honor his legacy and extend our condolences to his family, students, and loved ones.

Photo by Mei-Ting Sun

New Administrative Apprentice roles added! 🎭 Make career connections, develop professional skills, and gain meaningful, real-word experience.

📅 Apply by June 1
🔗 Learn more at: https://bit.ly/47MqRIG

Ready to launch your career in arts administration or production? 🎭 Juilliard’s Professional Apprentice Program offers hands-on experience in everything from arts administration and education programs to stage management, media production, and technical theater.

Juilliard Apprentices make career connections, develop professional skills, and gain meaningful, real-world experience.

📅 Apply by May 1
🔗 Learn more at: https://bit.ly/47MqRIG

🎉 Congratulations to Juilliard’s class of 2026! 🎓 The stage is yours! We can’t wait to see your journeys unfold.

Swipe through highlights from today's commencement ceremony as we celebrated in true Juilliard spirit—with performances by students from music, dance, and drama.

This year, we proudly bestowed degrees on more than 300 incredible artists, along with honorary doctorates to five visionary leaders in their field: Misty Copeland, Denyce Graves, Oscar Isaac, Paul Simon, and Evan Yionoulis.

Photos by Erin Baiano and Rachel Papo