July 2, 1968 | Opening Day! Andrew McKinley welcomes 1,100 Usdan “Pioneers”
August 19, 1970 | Dedication of Maurice B. Hexter Sculpture and Art Center, and the William and Nora T. Naumburg Administration Building
August 20, 1971 | Dedication of Norman Goetz Art Exhibition Building
August 18, 1976 | Samuel and Lucille Lemberg Drama Center opens
August 16, 1979 | Multi-Purpose and Junior Chorus Building opens
1986 | Jazz Studies Program debuts
August 12, 1987 | Melvin and Anita Block Video Arts Center opens
1992 | 25th Anniversary Concert at Carnegie Hall
July 2, 1995 | Frank Stella Art Department Workshops
August 4, 1999 | Dedication of the Andrew and Lily McKinley Amphitheater
June 25, 2001 | Nature, Ecology and Design debuts
July 24, 2002 | Flute Fest with James Galway
October 21, 2002 | 35th Anniversary Concert at Carnegie Hall
August 4, 2004 | 37th Gala: Ellen Burstyn receives Lifetime Achievement Award
August 3, 2005 | 38th Gala: Jimmy Heath Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
June 26, 2006 | Maurice B. Hexter Chess Center opens
July 14, 2006 | Dr. Jerrold Ross Discovery Center dedicated
August 1, 2007 | 40th Gala: Usdan honor six alumni: Jordan Leeds (’72-’76), Michele Lowe (’70-’71), Adela Peña (’70); Alexis Rosen (’81-’82), Leslie Rosenthal (’74-’79)
July 17, 2008 | 60th Anniversary of Israel Concerts - Junior Chorus performs the children’s opera, Brundibar. Drama Rep performs of scenes from The Diary of Anne Frank.
August 5, 2009 | 42nd Gala: Rachel Lee receives Distinguished Young Artist Award
August 4, 2010 | 43rd Gala: Orchestra IV and Senior Chorus present Ernest Bloch’s 1935 masterpiece Sacred Service, believed to be the first performance by an orchestra and chorus of young people.