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Joseph William Polisi (born 1947) was the President of The Juilliard School from 1984 to May 2017, having assumed the position upon the death of his predecessor, Peter Mennin.
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Born in New York City to an Italian family, Dr. Polisi is the son of William Polisi, a bassoonist who performed with the New York Philharmonic. He was instrumental in the construction of Juilliard's Meredith Willson Residence Hall, and has focused his tenure on "community building". Polisi is the author of The Artist as Citizen, a book which implores the classical music world to reach out to society at large.
Education
Joseph Polisi earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Connecticut, an M.A. in International Relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a D.M.A. from Yale University in 1980. Polisi studied the bassoon with his late father, and performed through his undergraduate years. He also studied with Maurice Allard at the Conservatoire de Paris, France, from 1973 to 1974.
Professional career
Polisi was the Executive Officer of the Yale School of Music (1976–1980), then served in the capacity as Dean of the Music Department at the Manhattan School of Music (1983–1984), and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music from 1983-1984.
Performance
Polisi has performed with the Juilliard Orchestra.
Works
- Polisi, Joseph (2005). The Artist as Citizen. Milwaukee, WI: Amadeus. p. 200. ISBN 1-57467-103-0.
- Polisi, Joseph (2008). American Muse: The Life and Times of William Schuman. Milwaukee, WI: Amadeus. p. 616. ISBN 1-57467-173-1.
References
- Herbert, Miranda C.; Nemeh, Katherine H.; McNeil, Barbara; Mossman, Jennifer (1 August 2000). "Biography and Genealogy Master Index 2001: A Consolidated Index to More Than 300,000 Biographical Sketches in 61 Current and Retrospective Biographical Dictionaries". Gale / Cengage Learning. Retrieved 6 September 2016 – via Google Books.
- http://www.juilliard.edu/press/polisi.html
- Juilliard Biography
External links
Interviews
- Dr. Joseph Polisi on Improving the Environment for the Human Spirit
- Conversation with the President
- Joseph W. Polisi (March 11, 2009). "A Conversation with Joseph W. Polisi, Author of American Muse". NewMusicBox (Interview). Interviewed by Frank J. Oteri.
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