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Faculty Secretary
Faculty Secretary
Department(s): Faculty Secretary
Phone: 845-758-7231
Faculty Secretary
Office
Department(s): Faculty Secretary
Phone: 845-758-7231
Farberman, Harold
Founder and artistic director of The Conductors Institute
Program(s): Bard Conservatory of Music, BCM:Conducting
Department(s): Conductors Institute, Conservatory of Music
Phone: 845-758-7196
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Harold Farberman, founder and artistic director of The Conductors Institute, studied percussion at the Juilliard School, composition at the New England Conservatory, and conducting and composition at Tanglewood. In 1951 he became the youngest member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra when he joined its percussion section. In 1963 Farberman left the Boston Symphony to embark on a conducting career that has earned him an international reputation. He has been music director of the Colorado Springs (Colorado) and Oakland (California) Symphonies and principal guest conductor of the Denver Symphony and the Bournemouth (Great Britain) Sinfonietta. Farberman has been a frequent guest conductor and recording artist of major orchestras, including the London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, BBC, Stockholm Philharmonic, Swedish Radio, Danish Radio, Hessischer Rundfunk, and Hong Kong Philharmonic.
For his dedication to the music of Charles Ives through performance and recordings, Farberman was awarded the Ives Medal. His book The Art of Conducting Technique is published by Warner Brothers. His music has been heard in numerous international venues. Albany Records released four CDs featuring his works, and his Cello Concerto was premiered by the American Symphony Orchestra in November 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall.
Farkas, Alexander
Visiting Instructor in the Alexander Technique
Department(s): Conductors Institute
Phone: 845-758-6822
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ALEXANDER FARKAS originally trained as a pianist and currently teaches at the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. A certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, he earned his certificate at the Victoria Training Course, London, Shoshana Kaminitz, principal. Mr. Farkas has been a guest lecturer at the Royal College of Music, the Royal Academy of Music, Trinity College of Music in London, and the Musik-Akademie in Basel, Switzerland. He also teaches privately in New York City and Hartford.
American Society for the Alexander Technique
Alexander Technique Center of Washington, D.C.
Feder, Kris
Associate Professor of Economics; Director of the Economics Program
Program(s): Economics, Environmental and Urban Studies, Social Policy
Office: Albee, Room 201
E-mail: feder@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7243
Website: http://inside.bard.edu/economics/faculty/feder.html
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B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Temple University. Dissertation: “Issues in the Theory of Land Value Taxation.” Specialization in public-sector economics and history of economic thought. Temple University awards: Russell Conwell Fellowship (1984–86), University Fellowship (1983–84), summer tuition scholarship (1984). Taught at Franklin and Marshall College, West Chester University, and Temple University. Coauthor, “What’s Missing from the Capital Gains Debate,” Levy Institute Public Policy Brief No. 32 (1997). Contributor, The Corruption of Economics (1994), Beyond Neoclassical Economics: Heterodox Approaches to Economic Theory (1995), and Critics of Henry George (2003). (1991– ) Associate Professor of Economics.
Feldman, Fred
Head Men's Tennis Coach
Department(s): Athletics, Stevenson Gym
Office: Stevenson Gymnasium
E-mail: feldman@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7531
Ferguson, John B.
Professor of Biology; Health Professions Advisor
Program(s): Biology
Office: Reem-Kayden Center for Science and Computation, 215
E-mail: ferguson@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2333
Website: http://biology.bard.edu/faculty/ferguson/
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Sc.B., Brown University; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University. National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Harvard University (1974–76); National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Yale University (1969–72). Research: biochemistry, especially enzymology of Tetrahymena pyriformis. Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, Society of the Sigma Xi. Author, reviews and articles in Experientia, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Books and Films, New Columbia Encyclopedia, and Microsoft Encarta 97. (1977– ) Professor of Biology.
Fila, Laurie
Education Assistant
Department(s): HRNERR
E-mail: lafila@gw.dec.state.ny.us
Phone: 845-758-7016
Filkins, Peter
Visiting Professor of Literature and First-Year Seminar
Program(s): First-Year Seminar, Literature
Office: Preston, 116
E-mail: filkins@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-6822 x7171
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B.A., Williams College; M.F.A., Columbia University. Poet, translator, critic. Translation of the complete poems of Ingeborg Bachmann, Songs in Flight (Marsilio, 1994), selected as an outstanding translation of 1994 by American Literary Translators Association; also translated two novel fragments by Bachmann and an expanded edition of her poems, Darkness Spoken; and novels by Alois Hotschnig, Leonardo’s Hands (University of Nebraska Press, 1999), and H. G. Adler, The Journey (Random House, 2008). Books of poetry include After Homer (George Braziller Publishers, 2002) and What She Knew (Orchises Press, 1998). Articles and poems in American Scholar, New Republic, New Criterion, Paris Review, New York Times Book Review, many other journals and magazines. Recipient of Stover Prize in Poetry (2007), Austrian Translation Award (2007), Berlin Prize (2005), and fellowships to Yaddo, Millay, and MacDowell colonies. Has taught at Williams College, North Adams State College, Hiram College. Faculty, Bard College at Simon’s Rock: The Early College (1988– ). (2007– ) Visiting Professor of Literature.
Film Program Equipment Office
(Mayer Film Center)
Phone: 845-758-7253
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