The star artists, all of them former Juilliard students, will perform alongside the famed Juilliard String Quartet and a lineup of current students, including 13-year-old pianist Peng Peng, the Juilliard Orchestra, and the Juilliard Dance Ensemble.

The program includes works by Brahms and Rachmaninoff as well as New England Triptych by composer William Schuman, a onetime Juilliard president; an excerpt from a new dance work by Adam Hougland set to music by Christopher Rouse; an excerpt from Williams' score for Schindler's List; and Marsalis's The Holy Ghost.

For the latter work, a jazz group including trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and reed player Victor Goines, the director of Juilliard's jazz studies program, will join Marsalis.

Kline will perform a scene with an ensemble of Juilliard drama students.

The PBS broadcast will be hosted by soprano Beverly Sills; it will begin at 8 p.m. ET (check local listings).