Juilliard reviewing University of Cincinnati sexual misconduct investigation

The Julliard School is reviewing a University of Cincinnati investigation that found a prominent flute player and instructor had engaged in "severe, persistent or pervasive" sexual harassment of students for two decades.

Individuals interviewed by UC said former professor Bradley Garner behaved inappropriately with Juilliard Pre-College students as well as students at UC's College-Conservatory of Music and elsewhere.

Garner taught at the prestigious New York performing arts school's division for 8- to 18-year-olds weekly for more than three decades.

However, a Juilliard representative this week said the school received no information from UC about the details of the report, which was completed nearly 15 months ago.

Juilliard only learned its students might have been subject to sexual misconduct when an Enquirer reporter emailed the UC report to spokeswoman Alexandra Day, Day said.

"We take all allegations of sexual misconduct very seriously and have referred this matter to our Title IX Coordinator," she told The Enquirer in a statement. "We are closely reviewing the report ... and will take all appropriate action."

Title IX officials investigate allegations of sexual misconduct that violate school policy and state and federal law.

Juilliard had heard "informally" Garner was being investigated near the end of 2016, Day said. The school placed him on leave before spring semester 2017. Garner's contract ended in June 2017 and was not renewed.

The UC report includes two allegations involving Juilliard students:

A former CCM student told investigators Garner had late-night lessons with Pre-College students and had the students come to his private residence for lessons.

Three former CCM students told investigators they heard Garner had a video of a Juilliard Pre-College student performing a sex act on him.

In a sworn affidavit provided to UC, Garner denied these accusations along with all the others made by UC students.

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Meanwhile, the chatter on social media flourished.

"There is no video of me with any Juilliard precollege student. This never happened," Garner wrote. He was never interviewed by UC investigators during the probe.

He said he lived at a Juilliard apartment building when he taught at the school, and that he couldn't teach at the apartment because "there is a quiet policy on the faculty-residence floor."

"Because Juilliard is in the city, security measures are extensive. Students have to check in with Juilliard's security at two checkpoints," Garner wrote. "[Name redacted]'s statement about my supposedly inviting precollege students to my apartment is nothing more than another example of baseless innuendo and defamation."

UC has not answered Enquirer questions about whether the university ever notified Juilliard of the investigation into Garner.

When asked, spokesman Greg Vehr said, "Appropriate notifications were made."