Bard Music Festival Explores Life and Times of Definitive French Romantic Composer in “Berlioz and His World” (August 9–18) as Part of Bard SummerScape 2024
This August, the Bard Music Festival returns for its 34th season with an intensive two-week exploration of “Berlioz and His World.” In 11 themed concert programs, the festival examines the life and times of visionary French composer Hector Berlioz, whose grand-scale works, startling sonorities, and advanced literary leanings helped redefine musical Romanticism.
Bard Professor Craig Anderson Awarded $375,699 Grant from the National Science Foundation
Professor of Chemistry Craig Anderson has been awarded a Research in Undergraduate Institutions grant from the National Science Foundation. The proposal will receive $375,699 in funding, and focuses on examining the effects that ligand architecture and metal oxidation state have on the properties of luminescent platinum compounds. This is Professor Anderson’s fourth such grant since 2011, with the four totaling over $1 million for research with Bard undergraduates. The three previous awards have supported the publication of 16 research articles with more than 70 undergraduate coauthorships. Read More >>Bard College Holds 164th Commencement on Saturday, May 25, 2024
Renowned earth scientist Naomi Oreskes will give the commencement address at Bard College’s 164th commencement on Saturday, May 25, 2024. Bard President Leon Botstein will confer 395 undergraduate degrees on the Class of 2024 and 229 graduate degrees. Bard will also confer 40 associate degrees from its microcolleges. The program will begin at 2:30 pm in the commencement tent on the Seth Goldfine Memorial Rugby Field. Read More >>More Bard News
- In Debut Episode of For Love of the World (Amor Mundi): Conversations with the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College, Host Roger Berkowitz Interviews Leon Botstein
- “Does It Seem Like the End Times Are Here? These Novels Know Better:” Jenny Offill’s Novel Weather Reviewed in New York Times Essay
- Illinoise, Co-commissioned by the Fisher Center at Bard, Nominated for Four Tony Awards
- Bard Graduate Center’s Sonia Delaunay Exhibition Featured in the New York Times
- Exhibition Revisits Evolution of Carrie Mae Weems’ Socially Engaged Practice Across Four Decades
- New Muse 4tet, Led by Gwen Laster, Wins Chamber Music America 2024 Performance Plus Award
Upcoming Events
- 5/04Saturday
Martha Redbone: American Roots and Rhythms
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Fisher Center, Stewart and Lynda Resnick Theater Studio - 5/04Saturday
Violinist as Composer
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater - 5/05Sunday
Violinist as Composer
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater