After she rejected his advances, she asserted to VAN, her application was denied the next day. She has alleged that he invited her to dinner after her audition, where he tried to kiss her. One of the accusers, Suzanne Farrin, says that she auditioned for Juilliard's doctoral program in the spring of 2001, with hopes of joining Rouse's studio as his private student. Several other female-identifying former students, current faculty and other notable composers attested to the magazine that they knew about the climate at Juilliard for female composition students over the years. VAN says it has corroborated the three sets of accusations. In an email to VAN, Beaser wrote: 'I am aware that there will be an independent investigation. In a statement to VAN, Juilliard said that it has hired an outside law firm to conduct an independent investigation into the allegations raised in the magazine's reporting. The accusations were published Monday by the Berlin-based classical music publication VAN, working with the Investigative Reporting Workshop based at American University in Washington, D.C.
