A Communication on ‘Measurement of Sexual Conduct and Conducting at Juilliard’s School of Music’ by A. J. Beaser
Many of the letter signers are graduates of the Juilliard school, including dozens of leading composers. The signatories include composers Vivian Fung, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Nicholas Britell, Missy Mazzoli, Vijay Iyer and George E. Lewis, and current professors at such institutions as Harvard, Princeton and Yale universities as well as Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music and Juilliard itself.
Sexual misconduct allegations against Beaser, as well as the late composer Christopher Rouse, were first published in the German-based VAN magazine last week.
On Monday, Juilliard confirmed to NPR that Beaser stepped away from teaching and his other responsibilities at the school as of Friday afternoon. The composition faculty was notified by the school’s provost, Adam Meyer.
The emailed letter sent to faculty reads in part: “We will continue to conduct the investigation in a confidential manner. We want you to know that our procedures and processes provide fair and impartial treatment for everyone, and we are very committed toResolving this matter.