Predatory Environments

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” in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and “repeatedly misrepresented facts about his actions.” The school announced this in an email to students, faculty and alumni on Thursday, June 8. Five organizations that were once professionally affiliated with Beaser have also taken steps to distance themselves from the composer, with three severing all professional affiliations.