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WQXR Blog

Baroque Bonanza: Juilliard Gets $20 Million For Early Music

Monday, January 16, 2012

The Juilliard School has received a $20 million gift from Bruce Kovner, the hedge fund titan who co-founded Caxton Associates, the conservatory announced on Monday.

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WQXR Blog

In a School of 'Fame,' an Awakening of Renaissance Music

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

LaGuardia High School, best known as the school upon which the movie and TV show "Fame" was based, is about to get its first Renaissance music club. Kids will learn instruments like the crumhorn and recorder.

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Live Broadcasts

Juilliard's Brings a Musical Take on Shakespeare's The Tempest

Monday, June 13, 2011

English actor Sir Derek Jacobi recently appeared alongside actors Richard Clifford and Monica Raymund to perform selected readings from Shakespeare's The Tempest at the Juilliard School.

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WQXR Features

Juilliard415

Sunday, May 23, 2010

David Garland welcomes baroque orchestra Juilliard415 to the WQXR Studio and speaks with Music Director Monica Huggett about Juilliard's new Historical Performance program, from which Juilliard415 draws its musicians.

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