STORY: Juilliard's president emeritus donates award money to promote art exchanges
SHOOTING TIME: May 20, 2024
DATELINE: May 21, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:58
LOCATION: TIANJIN, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE/EDUCATION

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the donation 
2. various of the Orchid Award trophy and donation certificate
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOSEPH W. POLISI, President emeritus and chief China officer of the Juilliard School in the U.S.
4. various of the Tianjin Juilliard School
5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOSEPH W. POLISI, President emeritus and chief China officer of the Juilliard School in the U.S.
6. various of the Tianjin Juilliard School

STORYLINE:

Joseph W. Polisi, president emeritus and chief China officer of the Juilliard School in the United States, donated his entire 300,000 yuan (about 42,000 USD) Orchid Awards prize money to the Tianjin Juilliard School Education Development Foundation on Monday.
   
This donation aims to support the arts and teaching programs of the Tianjin Juilliard School.
   
SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOSEPH W. POLISI, President emeritus and chief China officer of the Juilliard School in the U.S.
"We try to use the funds in support of student and faculty activities, special programs, (which is) one of the core foundational reasons that we exist as the Tianjin Juilliard School. This is an opportunity to expand our efforts in terms of public performance benefiting the community. Any projects that we fuel will benefit not only our students, but also the population of a greater Tianjin."

In September 2023, Polisi was awarded the Lifetime Honorary Prize at China's inaugural Orchid Awards in recognition of his contributions and achievements in Sino-U.S. music exchange and education over the years.

The Orchid Awards, initiated by the China International Communications Group, aims to honor non-Chinese nationals and organizations around the world that have made significant contributions to cultural exchanges between China and the rest of the world, and to promote mutual learning between Chinese and other civilizations.

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOSEPH W. POLISI, President emeritus and chief China officer of the Juilliard School in the U.S.
"Music can bring people together. I always felt that it would be an opportunity for substantive cultural exchange between the peoples of China and of the United States, but globally as well, with countries represented as in our faculty and in our student body with there are so many countries from around the world represented. It's a day-to-day, hour-to-hour, minute-to-minute effort to try to work together in good faith."
   
Founded in October 2021, the Tianjin Juilliard School, located in north China's Tianjin Municipality, is the first and so far the only branch campus of the Juilliard School in the world, with music students enrolled from all over the world.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tianjin, China.
(XHTV)