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  • This is Bard

    Discover Bard and embark on an extraordinary journey. Discover Bard and embark on an extraordinary journey. MORE >>

  • Academic Excellence

    Bard provides a challenging academic program; a supportive and collaborative classroom environment; and access to world-class scholarship and research. Bard provides a challenging academic program; a supportive and collaborative classroom environment; and access to world-class scholarship and research. MORE >>

  • Steeped in History

    Striking architecture—both contemporary and classic—defines Bard's campus. The historic Stone Row bustles with students in transit. Photo by Peter Aaron '68/Esto Striking architecture—both contemporary and classic—defines Bard's campus. The historic Stone Row bustles with students in transit. Photo by Peter Aaron '68/Esto MORE >>

  • Citizen Science

    First-year students in the Citizen Science program come to understand the impact of science and mathematics on everyday life, regardless of their chosen major. First-year students in the Citizen Science program come to understand the impact of science and mathematics on everyday life, regardless of their chosen major. MORE >>

  • Conservatory of Music

    The Bard College Conservatory of Music offers a dual-degree program in which students earn a bachelor's degree in music and a B.A. in another field. The Bard College Conservatory of Music offers a dual-degree program in which students earn a bachelor's degree in music and a B.A. in another field. MORE >>

  • Raptor Pride

    Both club sports and varsity athletics feature prominently in campus life. Bard's landscaped grounds and first-rate athletic fields provide an idyllic setting for sports and recreation. Photo by Peter Aaron '68/Esto Both club sports and varsity athletics feature prominently in campus life. Bard's landscaped grounds and first-rate athletic fields provide an idyllic setting for sports and recreation. Photo by Peter Aaron '68/Esto MORE >>

  • Student Life

    The Orcapelicans constitute just one of nearly one hundred clubs where students bring their passion to life, whether it be for performance, political action, cultural awareness, or the next big idea. The Orcapelicans constitute just one of nearly one hundred clubs where students bring their passion to life, whether it be for performance, political action, cultural awareness, or the next big idea. MORE >>
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Faculty: Richard Teitelbaum

Richard Teitelbaum

Richard Teitelbaum has been on the Bard faculty since 1988. He is a professor in the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts and professor of music in the undergraduate college. A composer and performer, he is known principally for live electronic and interactive computer music composition. His compositions have been performed in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Lisbon, Tokyo, Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, and elsewhere around the world.
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Is Bard right for you?

Is Bard right for you?
Bard students are ambitious, creative, and curious.
They acquire their Bard education actively—the enthusiasm, hard work, and high level of engagement they bring to obtaining it stand them in excellent stead for the rest of their lives. Bard students are lifetime learners, distinguished by their leadership, service, and interest in the wider world.

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2017! Welcome to Bard!

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Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly to Deliver Commencement Address

Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly to Deliver Commencement Address
Bard College will hold its 153rd commencement on Saturday, May 25, 2013. At the commencement ceremony, Bard President Leon Botstein will confer 470 undergraduate degrees on the Class of 2013 and 175 graduate degrees. Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, retired space shuttle commander Mark Kelly, will deliver the commencement address.
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Education for a Common Good

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