Joseph W. Polisi

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.[1][2]

Polisi (left) with Juilliard graduate and opera star Stacey Robinson in 2008.

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.[3]

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 978-1-57467-173-5.

References
  1. 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. ISBN 9780810310957. Retrieved 6 September 2016 – via Google Books.
  2. "The Juilliard School - Press - Press Kit". Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  3. Juilliard Biography

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