Juilliard’s 119th commencement ceremony, celebrating the class of 2024, took place on Friday, May 24 in David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. The ceremony included remarks by school leadership, the conferral of degrees and honorary doctorates, and artistic interludes.

Juilliard conferred honorary doctorates upon critically acclaimed Paul Taylor principal dancer, 教育家, and community activist 卡洛琳·亚当斯 (Juilliard faculty 1984-2011); Academy Award-winning actor and producer Jessica Chastain (Group 32); nine-time Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet (大提琴演奏家 Paul Watkins; Eugene Drucker, Diploma ’72, violin; 菲利普Setzer设计, BM ’73, violin; MM ’74, violin; Lawrence Dutton, Pre-College ’72, viola; BM ’77, viola; MM ’78, viola); and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer 塔尼亚莱昂. Read more about the honorary doctorate recipients here.