Juilliard School

The Juilliard School is a performing arts conservatory in New York City, informally but definitively identified as simply Juilliard, and most famous for its musically-trained alumni. Now located at Lincoln Center, the school instructs about 700 undergraduates and graduate students in music, dance, and drama. It is USA's leading music conservatory and drama school.

Notable teachers

• Christopher Durang, playwright
• Christopher Rouse, composer
• David Diamond, composer
• Dorothy Delay, violinist
• Elliott Carter, composer
• Henry Brant, composer
• Ivan Galamian, violinist
• Joe Alessi, trombonist
• Joel Krosnick, cellist
• John Houseman, actor, producer
• Josef Lhévinne, pianist
• Julius Baker, flutist
• Karen Tuttle, violist
• Kiki Wislon, singer-dancer
• Léon Theremin
• Lewis Kaplan, violinist
• Luciano Berio, composer, founded the Juilliard Ensemble
• Masao Kawasaki, violinist
• Peter Schickele, composer, humorist, best known for his P. D. Q. Bach character
• Robert Mann, violinist, Founder and first violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet
• Sally Thomas, violinist
• Sharon Isbin, guitarist
• Sixten Ehrling, conductor
• Stefan Wolpe, composer
• Teddy Wilson, pianist
• Tony Kushner, playwright
• Vincent Persichetti, composer
• William Schuman, composer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, founder of the Juilliard String Quartet