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Kirchner, 64 noted that the former president of Julliard Peter Mennin, who died last month, had invited him to the coservatory for a permanent position after he retires from Harvard. But he added that he has made no such plans for the moment...
DIED. Peter Mennin, 60, American composer and educator who for the past 21 years was president of the Juilliard School in New York City, the world's only conservatory of all the performing arts; after a long illness; in New York City. By the time he was 30, Mennin had written nine symphonies, his favorite musical form, and won major prizes and commissions for his harmonically conservative, cohesive and sonorous works. Appointed to head Juilliard in 1962, he especially stressed performance training: under his aegis, Juilliard students staged nearly 400 music, dance, opera and theater events every season...
...critical acclaim. In the guessing game that followed Bing's decision to retire, Gentele's name did not figure among the popular favorites: Conductors Leonard Bernstein and Erich Leinsdorf, Impresarios Julius Rudel of the New York City Opera and Hamburg's Rolf Liebermann and Composer Peter Mennin, the president of Juilliard. "I didn't even know myself until three weeks ago that I was being considered seriously," says Gentele...
Disquieting Quiet. Juilliard has always been known for looking at music with a coldly practical eye. "We want only the really great talents coming to the school," says President Peter Mennin. "Entrance exams will be tougher, the curriculum will be tightened. We're sending students out into a hard professional life...
SOUNDS OF SUMMER (NET, 8-10 p.m.). A double bill leads off with the world premiere of Peler Mennin's cantata The Pied Piper of Hamelin, narrated by Cyril Ritchard and performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. The second part of the program. "Old Timers' Night at the Boston Pops," includes Joan Kennedy's narration of Peter and the Wolf...