Background
Son of William Polisi, a bassoonist who performed with the New York Philharmonic, Joseph Polisi was instrumental in the construction of Juilliard"s Meredith Willson Residence Hall, and has focused his tenure on "community building".
Son of William Polisi, a bassoonist who performed with the New York Philharmonic, Joseph Polisi was instrumental in the construction of Juilliard"s Meredith Willson Residence Hall, and has focused his tenure on "community building".
Joseph Polisi received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Connecticut, and received a Master of Arts in International Relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, at Tufts University, Massachusetts. Polisi holds graduate degrees from Yale University, Connecticut, in Music, where he completed a Doctor of Philosophy of Musical Arts in 1980. Polisi studied the bassoon with his late father, and performed through his undergraduate years.
Polisi studied with Maurice Allard at the Conservatoire de Paris, France, from 1973 to 1974.
Polisi is the author of The Artist as Citizen, a book which implores the classical music world to reach out to society at large. 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. Doctor Joseph Polisi on Improving the Environment for the Human Spirit Conversation with the President NewMusicBox: "A Conversation with Joseph West. Polisi, Author of American Muse" (March 11, 2009).
Joseph West. Polisi in conversation with Frank J. Oteri.
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