Juilliard fires professor after sexual-misconduct investigation

Robert Beaser has been fired from his position on The Juilliard School’s composition faculty after an investigation by the law firm Potter & Murdock found Beaser had “interfered with individuals’ academic work,” engaged in “an unreported relationship” and “repeatedly misrepresented facts about his actions,” the school announced in a letter on Thursday. The letter also …

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Update as of June 9, 2023: Juilliard fires professor, institutes new rules on relationships between faculty and students. Update as of Dec. 18: About 450 composers, musicians, educators and arts leaders signed an open letter, published on Medium, to the administration, calling on the Juilliard School to take disciplinary action against composer Robert Beaser for …

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