Classical Music
This composer’s “Ode to Joy” is the final movement of his 9th Symphony.
Who is Beethoven?
This German composer continued writing music after losing his hearing.
Who is Beethoven?
This instrument family includes violin, viola, cello, and bass.
What are strings?
This French word means “spinning” and describes a dancer turning on one leg.
What is a pirouette?
This Oscar-winning actress from The Help is a Juilliard alum.
Who is Viola Davis?
Juilliard sits within this iconic New York City arts complex, which also houses the Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic.
What is Lincoln Center?
This Italian word means “to play softly.”
What is piano?
This child prodigy began composing at age 5 and toured Europe with his sister Nannerl.
Who is Mozart?
The tuba is the lowest instrument in this family.
What is brass?
Ballet dancers wear these special shoes to rise up on the tips of their toes.
What are pointe shoes?
This soprano, one of today’s most famous opera stars, studied voice at Juilliard.
Who is Renée Fleming?
Juilliard’s Pre-College Division, which trains talented young musicians on weekends, began in this year.
What is 1916?
This Baroque composer wrote “The Four Seasons.”
Who is Vivaldi?
This Austrian composer was nicknamed “The Waltz King.”
Who is Johann Strauss II?
This woodwind instrument uses a double reed.
What is the oboe?
This Russian choreographer created ballets like The Firebird and The Rite of Spring with composer Igor Stravinsky.
Who is Michel Fokine?
This world-famous cellist attended Juilliard as a teenager and later won multiple Grammy Awards.
Who is Yo-Yo Ma?
Juilliard’s library, one of the world’s finest music collections, is named after this conductor and composer.
Who is Lila Acheson Wallace (founder of Reader’s Digest, namesake of the library wing)?
This famous 20th-century piece by Gershwin begins with a clarinet glissando.
What is Rhapsody in Blue?
This American composer wrote the musical West Side Story.
Who is Leonard Bernstein?
This instrument is sometimes called the “king of instruments.”
What is the pipe organ?
This dance pioneer, who founded an iconic dance theater, is celebrated for blending modern, jazz, and African dance.
Who is Alvin Ailey?
This Broadway legend, star of Evita and Gypsy, is one of Juilliard’s most famous drama graduates.
Who is Patti LuPone?
In 2009, Juilliard opened a campus abroad in this city.
What is Tianjin, China?
A piece of music written for a single instrument, often a piano, is called this.
What is a sonata?
This Russian composer’s Firebird ballet launched his career.
Who is Stravinsky?
This instrument, often in jazz bands, has a slide instead of valves.
What is the trombone?
Known as the “father of modern dance,” this American choreographer broke away from ballet’s strict rules.
Who is Isadora Duncan?
This six-time Tony Award–winning actress and singer studied voice at Juilliard.
Who is Audra McDonald?
The Dance Division at Juilliard was founded in 1951 by this modern dance pioneer.
Who is Martha Hill?