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===Pre-College Division===
The Pre-College Division teaches students enrolled in elementary, [[junior high]], and high school. The Pre-College Division is conducted every Saturday from September to May in the Juilliard Building at Lincoln Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juilliard.edu/youth-adult-programs/juilliard-pre-college |title=Juilliard Pre-College |publisher=The Juilliard School |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref>

All students study [[solfège]] and [[music theory]] in addition to their primary instrument. Vocal majors must also study diction and performance. Similarly, pianists must study piano performance. String, brass and woodwind players, as well as percussionists, also participate in orchestra. The pre-college has two orchestras, the Pre-College Symphony (PCS) and the Pre-College Orchestra (PCO). Placement is by age and students may elect to study conducting, chorus, and chamber music.

The Pre-College Division began as the Preparatory Centers (later the Preparatory Division), part of the Institute of Musical Art since 1916. The Pre-College Division was established in 1969 with Katherine McC. Ellis as its first director. Olegna Fuschi served as director from 1975 to 1988. The Fuschi/Mennin partnership allowed the Pre-College Division to thrive, affording its graduates training at the highest artistic level (with many of the same teachers as the college division), as well as their own commencement ceremony and diplomas. In addition to Fuschi, directors of Juilliard's Pre-College Division have included composer Dr. [[Andrew Thomas (composer)|Andrew Thomas]]. The current director of the Pre-College Division is Yoheved Kaplinsky.