The Bard College Conservatory of Music presents the popular series, Conservatory Concerts and Lectures. Performances and master classes feature faculty members and students of The Bard College Conservatory of Music and are free and open to the public.
For further information about the lecture and concert series, call 845-758-7196.
“John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera and Selected Handel Arias,” featuring the satirical operetta that royally skewered 18th-century political realities and economic meltdowns, together with arias from Handel operas. Performers for this program include sopranos Nancy Armstrong and Kristen Watson; Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano; Frank Kelley, tenor; and baritones David Ripley and Robert Honeysucker as well as a chamber ensemble led by Daniel Stepner.
The series, Friday evenings from June 26 through July 17, is sponsored by The Bard Center. Each 8:00 p.m. performance is preceded by a talk at 7:00 p.m., also in Olin Hall.
A four-concert subscription is $90; two or more different concerts in a “make your own” subscription are $24 each; and single tickets are $30, $25 for senior citizens. For further information and reservations, call The Bard Center at 845-758-7887.
“Baroque Narratives” features Vivaldi’s La Tempesta;Tartini’s “The Devil’s Trill” Sonata; Rameau’s “La Rameau” and other musical portraits; and J. S. Bach’s “Capriccio on the Departure of a Beloved Brother” and Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. Performers include John Gibbons, harpsichord; Christopher Krueger, baroque flute; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Jane Starkman, violin; Loretta O’Sullivan, cello; and Anne Trout, bass.
The series, Friday evenings from June 26 through July 17, is sponsored by The Bard Center. Each 8:00 p.m. performance is preceded by a talk at 7:00 p.m., also in Olin Hall.
A four-concert subscription is $90; two or more different concerts in a “make your own” subscription are $24 each; and single tickets are $30, $25 for senior citizens. For further information and reservations, call The Bard Center at 845-758-7887.
The final concert of the series is “Music in the Time of Goya.” Spanish and Italian music from the late baroque, classical, and early romantic worlds will be accompanied by visual projections of paintings by Francisco Goya. The repertoire includes the music of Fernando Sor, Luigi Boccherini, Rodriguez de Leon, and François de Fossa. Richard Savino, guest director and guitarist, and Jennifer Ellis, soprano, will perform with a chamber ensemble led by Daniel Stepner.
The series, Friday evenings from June 26 through July 17, is sponsored by The Bard Center. Each 8:00 p.m. performance is preceded by a talk at 7:00 p.m., also in Olin Hall.
A four-concert subscription is $90; two or more different concerts in a “make your own” subscription are $24 each; and single tickets are $30, $25 for senior citizens. For further information and reservations, call The Bard Center at 845-758-7887.
Conservatory students in concert.Worksto be performed include the Mozart Clarinet Quintet, arias by Handel and Gounod, and songs by Roussel and Berg. Noon Concert Series presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall
New works and classics of the 20th century, curated by Grammy award winning composer Joan Tower and pianist Blair McMillen. Conservatory Sundays presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Suggested donation: $20 (orchestra seating), $15 (parterre/first balcony)* Minimum donation for orchestra seating: $5 All Conservatory Sundays proceeds benefit the Scholarship Fund of The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Conservatory students in concert. Works to be performed include Largo e Mesto by Hertzberg, Songs by Duparc, Haydn's String Quartet "The Rider", Paganini's Capriccio "La molinara" Liszt's Sposalizio and Dante Sonata. Noon Concert Series presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall
"The Lordly Hudson" Vocal Music Inspired by Rivers
Songs and vocal chamber music celebrating the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson River presented by the Graduate Vocal Arts Program, Dawn Upshaw, artistic director. Repertoire will include Ned Rorem's "The Lordly Hudson", as well as other songs from the vocal repertoire: folk song, art song and part song on the topic of rivers. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall
The violinist Ani Kavafian works with students from the conservatory. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. This class has been moved from Olin Hall to Blum Hall at the Avery Art Center . Avery Art Center, Center for Film, Electronic Arts and Music
Selections from the operatic and song repertoires presented by the Graduate Vocal Arts Program, Dawn Upshaw artistic director. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall
The flutist Ransom Wilson works with students from the conservatory. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. This class has been cancelled. Information about any possible rescheduling will be posted at a later date. Olin Hall
Program includes the Mozart Quintet for Piano and Winds, Schubert Quintet in C Major (“Two Cello Quintet”) and André Previn's Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon. Performers include faculty members Frank Corliss, Richard Dallesio, Laura Flax, Marc Goldberg, Julia Pilant, and Robert Martin, and Conservatory students Shun-Yang Lee, KC Brazeau, David Adam Nagy, and the Chimeng String Quartet. Conservatory Sundays presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Suggested donation: $20 (orchestra seating), $15 (parterre/first balcony)* Minimum donation for orchestra seating: $5 All Conservatory Sundays proceeds benefit the Scholarship Fund of The Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Post Graduate Collaborative Piano Fellow Liang-yu Wang performs, with cellist Thomas Landschoot, sonatas by Debussy, Mendelssohn and Chopin. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music . Olin Hall
Three Sonatas for Violoncello & Piano: Debussy, Mendelssohn, and Chopin
The Bard College Conservatory of Music presents “Three Sonatas for Violoncello & Piano: Debussy, Mendelssohn, and Chopin”on Wednesday, November 4, at 8 p.m. in Olin Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.
Praised for his expressive and poetic music making, cellist Thomas Lanschoot and pianist Liang-yu Wang. Olin Hall
The Bard Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Harold Farberman with mezzo-soprano soloist Katarzyna Sądej. Program includes Berlioz Dance of the Sylphs and Rákóczy March, Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances from WestSide Story , Debussy La Mer, and Harold Farberman Greek Scene for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra. Conservatory Sundays presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Suggested donation: $20 (orchestra seating), $15 (parterre/first balcony)* Minimum donation for orchestra seating: $5 All Conservatory Sundays proceeds benefit the Scholarship Fund of The Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Songs on the texts of Goethe and Verlaine presented by the students of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program, Dawn Upshaw, artistic director. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO DECEMBER 9 AT 8:00 AT THE HUDSON OPERA HOUSE IN HUDSON NY. Olin Hall
Chamber music featuring students of the Conservatory. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall
Wui-Ming Gan, pianist, performs his graduating degree recital. "Bach Busonified" Bach's D minor Concerto and Goldberg Variations in versions arranged/edited by Busoni. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall
Chamber music featuring students of the Conservatory. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall
Dawn Upshaw, artistic director of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program, gives a public masterclass. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall
The Bard Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Nanse Gum, with violin soloist Soovin Kim, the program includes the Rossini L'Italiana in Algeri Overture, Beethoven Violin Concerto, and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4. Conservatory Sundays presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Suggested donation: $20 (orchestra seating), $15 (parterre/first balcony)* Minimum donation for orchestra seating: $5 All Conservatory Sundays proceeds benefit the Scholarship Fund of The Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Due to the inclement weather this concert has been canceled. A new date for thsi concert will be announced at later time.
Songs on the texts of Goethe and Verlaine presented by the students of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program, Dawn Upshaw, artistic director. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Please note that this concert will be given at the Hudson Opera House located in Hudson NY. For directions please visit their website at http://www.hudsonoperahouse.org. This concert was rescheduled to this date from Nov. 18. Hudson Opera House, Hudson NY
Concerto Competition Final Round.Conservatory Sundays presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. This special offering of the Conservatory Sundays series is free and open to the public. Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Selections in Italian and German from the song and operatic repertoires presented by the singers of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program, Dawn Upshaw artistic director Olin Hall
The violinist Ani Kavafian works with students from the conservatory. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall
The Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program presents Ravel's L'enfant et les sortileges, Song from the Uproar, by Missy Mazzoli and Vinkensport, ort The Finch Opera by David Little, in fully staged productions directed by Dan Rigazzi. James Bagwell conducts the Bard Conservatory Orchestra. Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
The Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program presents Ravel's L'enfant et les sortileges and two newly commissioned works by composers Missy Mazzoli and David Little in fully staged productions directed by Dan Rigazzi. James Bagwell conducts the Bard Conservatory Orchestra. Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
International competition prize winner Jue Wang gives piano recital. Works to be performed include Ravel’s Sonatine and Miroirs, the Brahms Intermezzi Op. 117, a selection of Liszt etudes, and Liszt’s arrangement of the Tchaikovsky Polonaise from Eugene Onegin.
Born in Shanghai, pianist Jue Wang has been concertizing regularly in his native country since the age of ten. Recent First Prize and Gold Medal winner of the XVI Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition, Mr. Wang is rapidly garnering attention as a gifted young performer who has already made successful debuts at many prestigious venues around the globe.
As winner of the Santander Competition, Mr. Wang receives a generous cash prize, a recording distributed by Naxos and an extensive 2009-2010 recital tour, with more than 100 performances offered through the competition. Highlights include debuts at New York’s Carnegie Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall. Additional recitals are scheduled for Hannover NDR Hall in Germany, Bilbao Sociedad Filarmónica, Zaragoza Auditorio de Congresos in Spain, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Warsaw’s Penderecki and Santander’s International Festivals, as well as venues in Switzerland, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Panama and Mexico. Mr. Wang is slated for concerto performances with the Oviedo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, and the Spanish Radio and Television, Murcia Regional, Colombia National and National Dominican Republic Symphony Orchestras.
During the 2008-2009 season, Jue Wang presented his Madrid debut recital at the Auditorio Nacional de Música and his Valencia concert debut at the Palau des Arts, performing with the Palau des Arts Orchestra and Maestro Zubin Mehta. He gave recitals at the Ubeda International Festival, Santander Palacio de Festivales, Klavierfestival Ruhr in Germany, Sintra International Festival in Portugal, Festival de Radio France et Montpellier, the Cordoba Rafael Orozco International Piano Festival and performed the inaugural concert at the Badajoz Festival Ibérico. Critics have praised his “self-confidence and concentration on the stage…his confidence and maturity are evident during his performances” (Diario Cordoba) and have highlighted his “Virtuoso abilities, [he] read with unusual clarity and brilliance” (Heraldo de Aragón).
In addition to the Santander prize, Mr. Wang also received First Prize at the 51st International Piano Competition Maria Canals in Barcelona. Mr. Wang received a Masters Degree in 2009 from the Shanghai Conservatory. He is currently studying at the Manhattan School of Music with Dr. Marc Silverman in the Artist Diploma Program.
Music Alive! New works and classics of the 20th century, curated by Joan Tower and Blair McMillen. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall
Program includes Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals, with narrator Leon Botstein, Schubert, Piano Quintet in A major ("Trout") Beethoven, String Trio, Op.9, No.1. Performers include Melvin Chen, Ida Kavafian, Peter Wiley, Steven Tenenbom, John Rojak, the faculty of the Conservatory’s Preparatory Division and students of the Conservatory. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tickets must be purchased, proceeds to benefit the Scholarship Fund. Free to the Bard community with I.D. Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
The Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, with soloists Dawn Upshaw, soprano, and Melvin Chen, piano. Program includes Elgar In the South, George Perle Piano Concerto No.1and Mahler Symphony No. 4. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tickets must be purchased, proceeds to benefit the Scholarship Fund. Free to the Bard community with I.D. Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of its founding, The Bard College Conservatory of Music presents a concert of music performed by the Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein.
Special guests Dawn Upshaw, soprano Melvin Chen, piano
Program includes:
Haydn Symphony No. 103 George Perle Piano Concerto No. 1 Mahler Symphony No. 4
The New York City based percussion quartet, So Percussion, presents an afternoon of contemporary music. Presented in collaboration with the Bard College Conservatory of Music and the John Cage Trust at Bard College.
The violinist Ani Kavafian works with students from the conservatory. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Edith C. Blum Institute
A recital with Bard Conservatory faculty members Nadine Asin, flute, Elaine Douvas, oboe and guest artists Darret Adkins cello and Steven Beck, piano. Olin Hall
Chamber music featuring students of the Conservatory. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall
Chamber music featuring students of the Conservatory. Conservatory Concerts and Lectures presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall
Academic Year 2008–2009
Concert
Arnold Steinhardt Conservatory Violin Master Class
A Saturday music program for young people, ages 5 through 18. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. (No classes October 11 and November 29.) View Website
A Saturday music program for young people, ages 5 through 18. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. (No classes October 11 and November 29.) View Website
Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people, ages 5 through 18. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. (No classes October 11 and November 29.) View Website
A Saturday music program for young people, ages 5 through 18. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. (No classes October 11 and November 29.) View Website
Concert
Carnegie Hall Osvaldo Golijov/Dawn Upshaw Open Reading
An open reading of compositions in development during the Golijov/Upshaw Professional Training Workshop. at . In partnership with The Bard College Conservatory of Music and Carnegie Hall's Weill Institute, this exciting workshop commissions eight young composers to write new solo or duo vocal works for the 12 singers chosen to participate. Six of the singers are chosen by competitive application and six are students in their second year of the graduate program in vocal arts at The Bard College College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall View Website
Instructional Class
Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people, ages 5 through 18. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. (No classes October 11 and November 29.) View Website
Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people, ages 5 through 18. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. (No classes October 11 and November 29.) View Website
A chamber concert of contemporary works by Chinese composers, organized by The Bard College Conservatory of Music for a conference at Bard College of CHIME: European Foundation For Chinese Music Research. Olin Hall View Website View Press Release
A Saturday music program for young people, ages 5 through 18. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. (No classes October 11 and November 29.) View Website
Martin Vojtisek, piano, conducts master class with selected Conservatory students. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall. This class has been postponed to a later date still to be determined. Please call the conservatory for more information.
Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people, ages 5 through 18. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. (No classes October 11 and November 29.) View Website
A Concert of Works by Argento, Beach, Bolcom, Dvořák, Gershwin, Ginastera, Hamlisch,
Hyo Geun Kim, Ives, Porter, Rorem, Siegmeister, Slonimsky, and Strouse
An unusual semi-staged evening of American songs at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck. Three singers – soprano Rachel Schutz, mezzo Solange Merdinian, and tenor Sung Eun Lee – join pianist Sungha Lee for Three Lives at an Intersection. The songs bridge the worlds of Broadway and the concert hall; they also help people to make connections with each other. The composers include William Bolcom, George Gershwin, Dominic Argento, Cole Porter, Ned Rorem, and Marvin Hamlisch.
The performers have programmed, written, directed, and produced Three Lives at an Intersection themselves. Admission is free. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck is at 661 Route 308 in Rhinebeck, N.Y. For further information and directions, call the Center at 845-876-3080, ext. 12.
Rhinebeck Center for the Performing Arts View Press Release
Instructional Class
Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people, ages 5 through 18. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. (No classes October 11 and November 29.) View Website
Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Melvin Chen, performing Verdi's Overture to Nabucco, Debussy's Premiere rhapsody for clarinet and orchestra, selections for clarinet and orchestra drawn from the Klezmer musical tradition, and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2.
With guest faculty artist, clarinetist David Krakauer.
Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts.
Gavriel Lipkind cellist, Eva Feuermann Lehnsen Cello Masterclass Series
Gavriel Lipkind, cello, conducts master class with selected Conservatory students. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Olin Hall. View Website
THE BARD COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AND THE HUDSON OPERA HOUSE PRESENT BEAT! BEAT! DRUMS! A RECITAL OF WORKS BY BENJAMIN BRITTEN, LEONARD BERNSTEIN, AND KURT WEILL
Singers from the Bard Graduate Program in Vocal Arts Perform Works of Composers and Poets Responding to War and Peace Performers from the Bard College Graduate Program in Vocal Arts will present a recital, BEAT! BEAT! DRUMS!, a program of songs about war and peace at the Hudson Opera House, on Warren Street in Hudson, N.Y.
The performance is free and open to the public. Hudson Opera House View Press Release
Instructional Class
Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people, ages 5 through 18. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. (No classes October 11 and November 29.) View Website
The students of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program, Dawn Upshaw artistic director, in a concert of selections drawn from the operatic and art song repertoire. Olin Hall
Instructional Class
Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people, ages 5 through 18. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. (No classes October 11 and November 29.) View Website
T H E B A R D C O L L E G E C O N S E R V A T O R Y O F M U S I C FALL 2 0 0 8 C O N C E R T S & L E C T U R E S
Chamber Music Recital
Performed by The students and faculty of the Bard College Conservatory of Music
Schubert – String Quartet “Death and the Maiden” Brahms – Two songs for voice, viola and piano Auric – Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 7 “Archduke”
Instructional Class
Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people, ages 5 through 18. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. (No classes October 11 and November 29.) View Website
A Saturday music program for young people, ages 5 through 18. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. (No classes October 11 and November 29.) View Website
Music d'enfant 2 x 2. Bard Conservatory Piano fellow Lucas Wong presents an afternoon of music by famous French masters for piano four-hand , with guest pianist Gustavo Miranda from Chile. A perfect afternoon field trip for children and adults! Free admission. Olin Hall
The Bard Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Guillermo Figueroa.
The works to be performed are the Vaughn Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, the Brahms Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra in A minor ("Double"), Op. 102, with violinist Laurie Smukler and cellist Joel Krosnick, guest artists and the Beethoven Symphony No. 4. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. This program is free and open to the public.
A concert of songs by various composers on the texts of Dickinson, Goethe and Verlaine given by the graduate students of the Vocal Arts Program. Bard Hall, Bard College Campus
A Saturday music program for young people, ages 5 through 18. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. (No classes October 11 and November 29.) View Website
Bard Collaborative Piano Fellow Becky Lu gives a solo recital. Works to be performed are the Beethoven Sonata op. 109, the Brahms Klavierstücke Op. 119 and Schumann's Kreisleriana, Op. 16. Free and open to the public Olin Hall
The masterful and groundbreaking song settings by Hugo Wolf of the poetry of Eduard Mörike will be performed in two concerts presented by the musicians of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and the Post-Graduate Collaborative Piano Fellowship. Each concert will include a brief talk by Dr. Franz Kempf, Professor of German and Director of German Studies at Bard College, on the life and works of Mörike. Both concerts will be given with supertitle translations of the poetry. Olin Hall View Website
The masterful and groundbreaking song settings by Hugo Wolf of the poetry of Eduard Mörike will be performed in two concerts presented by the musicians of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and the Post-Graduate Collaborative Piano Fellowship. Each concert will include a brief talk by Dr. Franz Kempf, Professor of German and Director of German Studies at Bard College, on the life and works of Mörike. Both concerts will be given with supertitle translations of the poetry. Olin Hall View Website
Pianist Lucas Wong, a second-year Post-Graduate Collaborative Piano Fellow, will devote his final recital at the Bard College Conservatory of Music to music for cello and piano. He will be joined by cellist Ashley Bathgate, a Bard alumni, who recently made her solo debut at Carnegie Hall. They will perform works by J. S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gabriel Faure, Astor Piazzolla, and Martin Bresnick. Admission is free. Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Bard College and Conservatory faculty members, violinist Erica Kiesewetter and pianist Blair McMillen present a joint recital. Works to be performed include the Mozart Sonata Piano and Violin in B flat major K. 454, the Bacewicz Sonata No. 4, the Ysaye Sonata No. 3 ("Ballade"), a selection of piano etudes by Mellits, and the Brahms Sonata No. 3 in D minor for violin and piano. Olin Hall
Students of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and the Post-Graduate Collaborative Piano Fellowship will explore music rooted in the folk traditions of Wales, Japan, Armenia, Argentina, Poland, Puerto Rico, and Korea. Olin Hall
Piano Recital - Collaborative Piano Fellow Adam Bloniarz
Second year Collaborative Piano Fellow Adam Bloniarz in a solo piano recital. Pieces to be performed include the Rachmaninoff Variations on a theme of Corelli, a selection of Bach Preludes and Fugues, Haydn's Sonata in E minor and the Chopin Barcarolle. Olin Hall
Music Alive! A program curated by Joan Tower and Blair McMillen. Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music and the Music Program. Works by Stravinsky (Suite from L'histoire du soldat), Varèse (Octandre), Copland (Music fior the Theater), Marc Mellits, Bard faculty member John Halle, and Bard student composers Benjamin Pesetsky and Lukás Olejník. Olin Hall
Dawn Upshaw and students of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program in Recital
Dawn Upshaw, Artistic Director of the Bard College Conservatory of Music’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program, will be joined onstage with her students in an evening of song. Presented by the Graduate Vocal Arts Program. 845-758-7900 orconservatory@bard.edu. Tickets must be purchased, proceeds to benefit the Scholarship Fund. Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Gisele Ben-Dor. Program includes Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 6, Overture, Scherzo, and Finale, Robert Shcuman ; Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, Mieczslaw Weinberg.
Presented by The Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Free and open to the public.
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Composing Song: Preview Performance of New Commissions by Emerging Composers: Osvaldo Golijov and Dawn Upshaw Professional Training Workshop
This preview performance is the culmination of a two-part Professional Training Workshop, in partnership with The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall, which commissioned eight young composers to write new vocal works for the 18 singers also selected to participate. Thirteen of the singers are students in the graduate program in vocal arts at The Bard College Conservatory of Music, and five singers were chosen by competitive application. These composers and vocalists, under the guidance of composer Osvaldo Golijov and soprano Dawn Upshaw—who have collaborated on such acclaimed new works as Ayre and Ainadamar—have rehearsed and developed the new commissions for a week in October at Bard, and come together again to preview the final compositions at Fisher Center before their premiere on May 9th and 10th at Carnegie Hall.
Composers participating in this workshop include: Jeremy Flower, Judd Greenstein, Matti Kovler, Lena Langer, David T. Little, Paola Prestini, Kate Soper, and Lev “Ljova” Zhurbin.
Singers participating in this workshop include: Olga Bell (vocalist), Mary Bonhag (soprano), Leona Carney (soprano), Melanie Conly (soprano), Patrick Cook (tenor), Tehila Nini Goldstein (soprano), Ariadne Greif (soprano), Sofia Rei Koutsovitis (vocalist), Sung Eun Lee (tenor), Solange Merdinian (mezzo-soprano), Rie Miyake (soprano), Celine Mogielnicki (soprano), Madyson Page (soprano), Tania Rodriguez (mezzo-soprano), Kasia Sadej (mezzo-soprano), Rachel Schutz (soprano), Megan Taylor (soprano), and Jamie Van Eyck (mezzo-soprano).
About Professional Training Workshops Professional Training Workshops presented by The Weill Music Institute are designed for artists between the ages of 18 to 35 and offer a unique opportunity for young musicians to explore performance and rehearsal practices, as well as specialized repertoire with some of today’s leading artists. Workshops include master classes and sessions of intensive performance preparation for emerging professional musicians, led by artists from many different musical styles and backgrounds. Most workshops feature at least one element that is accessible to the public in the form of a concert or open master class. Travel and housing for participants traveling from outside of New York City is arranged and paid for by Carnegie Hall. The workshops are tuition-free for participants and open to observation by auditors. Additional information and online applications are available at www.carnegiehall.org/workshops.
The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall The Weill Music Institute creates wide-reaching music education programs that play a central role in Carnegie Hall’s commitment to making great music accessible to as many people as possible. With its access to the world’s greatest artists and latest technologies, The Weill Music Institute is uniquely positioned to inspire the next generation of music lovers, nurture tomorrow’s musical talent, and contribute to the evolution of music education itself. Its educational programs are woven into the fabric of the Carnegie Hall concert season, serving over 115,000 children, students, teachers, parents, young music professionals, and adults in the New York City metropolitan area, across the United States, and around the world annually.
Recital presented by violinist Tina Zhang in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree. With pianist Becky Lu and Lin Wang, Qizhen Liu and Xiao Chen. Music to be performed includes the Bach Partita No 3, a Brahms Piano Quartet, the Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 and the Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor. Olin Hall
Recital by soprano Rie Miyake, with pianist Lucas Wong. Presented by the Graduate Vocal Arts Program. This concert was originally scheduled for Thursday April 16. Olin Hall
Graduate Vocal Arts Program Degree Recital - Solange Merdinian
The piano, violin, cello, bass and flute faculty of the Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division for students ages 5-18 will present a free concert at Olin Hall, Bard College. The hour-long concert will feature selections from Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals and other classical, child friendly favorites. After the concert, the faculty will be available to meet prospective students and parents to answer questions about the program. Free and open to the public. For more information please contact Fu-chen Chan (845) 758-7671 or chan@bard.edu. Olin Hall
The 2009 Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle (HVCMC) series at Bard College presents three concerts in June by world-renowned musicians. The Saturday evening concerts, presented by The Bard Center, begin at 8:00 p.m. in Olin Hall. A subscription to the three-concert series is $60 ($50 for senior citizens). Individual tickets are $28; for senior citizens, $20; for students, $5.
On Saturday, June 13, the Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle presents the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, “one of the best-blended, most sensitive and intelligent piano trios in the world today” (New York Times). The trio—pianist Joseph Kalichstein, violinist Jaime Laredo, and cellist Sharon Robinson—perform an all Schubert program: G minor Sonatina for violin and piano, Arpeggione Sonata for cello and piano, and Piano Trio in E-flat major, op. 100.
Performing on Saturday, June 20, is the Trio con Brio Copenhagen—violinist Soo-Jin Hong, cellist Soo-Kyung Hong, and pianist Jens Elvekjaer. “The Copenhagen plays with a single mind . . . each of the three is a virtuoso of the highest order” (Palm Beach Post). The repertoire includes Per Norgaard’s Spell, Shostakovich’s Piano trio in E minor, op. 67, and Mendelssohn’s Piano trio in C minor, op. 66.
The 2009 series concludes on Saturday, June 27, with the Emerson String Quartet—violinists Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer, violist Lawrence Dutton, and cellist David Finckel. “The Emerson gives us playing of exceptional technical accomplishment and an unusually wide expressive range. They continually offer new insights into some endlessly enthralling music. Do hear them (Gramophone).” The Emerson String Quartet performs Ives’s String Quartet 1, Ravel’s String Quartet, and Dvořák’s “American” Quartet.
The 2009 Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle (HVCMC) series at Bard College presents three concerts in June by world-renowned musicians. The Saturday evening concerts, presented by The Bard Center, begin at 8:00 p.m. in Olin Hall. A subscription to the three-concert series is $60 ($50 for senior citizens). Individual tickets are $28; for senior citizens, $20; for students, $5.
Performing on Saturday, June 20, is the Trio con Brio Copenhagen—violinist Soo-Jin Hong, cellist Soo-Kyung Hong, and pianist Jens Elvekjaer. “The Copenhagen plays with a single mind . . . each of the three is a virtuoso of the highest order” (Palm Beach Post). The repertoire includes Per Norgaard’s Spell, Shostakovich’s Piano trio in E minor, op. 67, and Mendelssohn’s Piano trio in C minor, op. 66.
The 2009 series concludes on Saturday, June 27, with the Emerson String Quartet—violinists Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer, violist Lawrence Dutton, and cellist David Finckel. “The Emerson gives us playing of exceptional technical accomplishment and an unusually wide expressive range. They continually offer new insights into some endlessly enthralling music. Do hear them (Gramophone).” The Emerson String Quartet performs Ives’s String Quartet 1, Ravel’s String Quartet, and Dvořák’s “American” Quartet.
The series opens on Friday, June 26, with “Celebrating Haydn and Bach.” The repertoire includes Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No .6, and Arianna a Naxos, cantata for soprano and strings; J. S. Bach’s Wedding Cantata; and Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 5. Dominique Labell, soprano, and Stephen Hammer, baroque oboe, will perform.
The series, Friday evenings from June 26 through July 17, is sponsored by The Bard Center. Each 8:00 p.m. performance is preceded by a talk at 7:00 p.m., also in Olin Hall.
A four-concert subscription is $90; two or more different concerts in a “make your own” subscription are $24 each; and single tickets are $30, $25 for senior citizens. For further information and reservations, call The Bard Center at 845-758-7887.
The 2009 Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle (HVCMC) series at Bard College concludes on Saturday, June 27, with the Emerson String Quartet—violinists Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer, violist Lawrence Dutton, and cellist David Finckel. “The Emerson gives us playing of exceptional technical accomplishment and an unusually wide expressive range. They continually offer new insights into some endlessly enthralling music. Do hear them (Gramophone).” The Emerson String Quartet performs Ives’s String Quartet 1, Ravel’s String Quartet, and Dvořák’s “American” Quartet.
A subscription to the three-concert series is $60 ($50 for senior citizens). Individual tickets are $28; for senior citizens, $20; for students, $5.
(Please see June 13 and 20 for additional concert information.)
A Saturday music program for young people ages five through eighteen. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. 845-758-7196, conserva@bard.edu, www.bard.edu/conservatory. Bard College Campus View Website View Press Release
The Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people ages five through eighteen. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. 845-758-7196, conserva@bard.edu, www.bard.edu/conservatory. Bard College Campus View Website View Press Release
The Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people ages five through eighteen. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. 845-758-7196, conserva@bard.edu, www.bard.edu/conservatory. Bard College Campus View Website View Press Release
Celebrating the Opening of the Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for Science and Computation: A Day of Experiences in Science Learning
Conservatory Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Guillermo Figueroa. Works by Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky; featured soloist violinist Weigang Li. Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater View Website View Press Release
A Saturday music program for young people ages five through eighteen. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. 845-758-7196, conserva@bard.edu, www.bard.edu/conservatory. Bard College Campus View Website View Press Release
The Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people ages five through eighteen. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. 845-758-7196, conserva@bard.edu, www.bard.edu/conservatory. Bard College Campus View Website View Press Release
The Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people ages five through eighteen. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. 845-758-7196, conserva@bard.edu, www.bard.edu/conservatory. Bard College Campus View Website View Press Release
The Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people ages five through eighteen. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. 845-758-7196, conserva@bard.edu, www.bard.edu/conservatory. Bard College Campus View Website View Press Release
A Saturday music program for young people ages five through eighteen. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. 845-758-7196, conserva@bard.edu, www.bard.edu/conservatory. Bard College Campus View Website View Press Release
The Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people ages five through eighteen. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. 845-758-7196, conserva@bard.edu, www.bard.edu/conservatory. Bard College Campus View Website View Press Release
A Saturday music program for young people ages five through eighteen. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. 845-758-7196, conserva@bard.edu, www.bard.edu/conservatory. Bard College Campus View Website View Press Release
The Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people ages five through eighteen. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. 845-758-7196, conserva@bard.edu, www.bard.edu/conservatory. Bard College Campus View Website View Press Release
The Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people ages five through eighteen. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. 845-758-7196, conserva@bard.edu, www.bard.edu/conservatory. Bard College Campus View Website View Press Release
The Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people ages five through eighteen. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. 845-758-7196, conserva@bard.edu, www.bard.edu/conservatory. Bard College Campus View Website View Press Release
The Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division
A Saturday music program for young people ages five through eighteen. Includes private lessons, group sessions, a musicianship class, monthly recitals, and end-of-semester recitals. Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Tuition required. 845-758-7196, conserva@bard.edu, www.bard.edu/conservatory. Bard College Campus View Website View Press Release
Opera
Bard College Conservatory of Music Benefit: Two One-Act Operas
Two evenings of opera, directed by Doug Fitch, featuring the world premiere of the Conservatory-commissioned one-act opera A Bird in Your Ear, by David Bruce, and the first fully staged abridged, one-act version of Virgil Thomson’s Four Saints in Three Acts. Individual tickets are $15, $25, and $50* (*includes priority seating and a pre-performance reception with the artists on March 21).
A Bird in Your Ear, with libretto by Alasdair Middleton, is based on a Russian folk tale called “The Language of the Birds,” which explores the importance of listening to nature, of forgiveness, and much more. Commissioned by The Bard College Conservatory of Music, the opera features soprano Kristin Ezell as Narrator I, soprano Melissa Wegner as Narrator II, mezzo-soprano Tania Maria Rodriguez as Narrator III, soprano Chanel Wood as Nightingale, soprano Yulia Van Doren as Bird with Golden Plumage, soprano Rie Miyake as Princess, tenor Sung Eun Lee as Ivan, and bass-baritone Yohan Yi as Captain, Merchant, and King.
Four Saints in Three Acts, with libretto by Gertrude Stein, is the first fully staged production of the one-act abridged version created by Thomson in 1954 for a commercial recording. Without a traditional plotline, the opera is based on the religious life of St. Teresa of Avila, St. Ignatius of Loyola, and the younger saints who are their companions and students, including St. Settlement (St. Teresa’s confidante) and St. Chavez (St. Ignatius’ aide-de-camp). This production includes soprano Maghan Stewart as St. Teresa I, mezzo-soprano Solange Merdinian as St. Teresa II, soprano Rachel Schutz as St. Settlement, tenor Patrick Cook as St. Chavez and St. Stephen, baritone Yang Yang as St. Ignatius, mezzo-soprano Julie Anne Miller as The Commère, and bass-baritone Yohan Yi as The Compère. Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater View Website View Press Release
Performance of the complete Beethoven piano and violin sonatas, in three concerts, by Conservatory Collaborative Piano Fellows, with Conservatory violinists. Performances: Friday and Saturday, 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, 3:00 p.m.
Olin Hall
Soprano Rachel Schutz. Pianist, Jonathan Korth, "Shakespeare and Goethe Heroines" with songs by Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Strauss,
Honegger, Joseph Horovitz and many others. Presented by the Graduate Program in Vocal Arts. Bard Hall, Bard College Campus
Recital by pianist Peter Frankl. Works to be performed include the Haydn Sonata No.52 in E flat, Schumann Carnaval op.9, Bartok Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, Chopin 2 Nocturnes op. 55 and the Andante Spianato op.22. Olin Hall
Soprano, Maghan Stewart, Pianists, Adam Bloniarz and Lucas Wong. Works by Zemlinsky, Messiaen, John Greer, Poulenc, John Weinzweig and the US premiere of works by Elmar Lampson and Jocelyn Morelock. Presented by the Graduate Program in Vocal Arts. Olin Hall
Baritone Yohan Yi, Pianist, Wei-Han Wu. Works to be performed include Brahms Vier Ernste Gesänge, Ravel's Don Quichotte songs, Samuel Barber's Dover Beach, cabaret songs of William Bolcom and a Korean art song by Dong soo Shin: San A(Mountain. Presented by the Graduate Program in Vocal Arts. Olin Hall
Piano recital, Shun-Yang Lee, with guest violinist Shawn Patrick Moore. Performing works by Bach, Scriabin, Poulenc, the Ginastera Piano Sonata No. 1 and a new work by Bard composer Benjamin Pesetsky. Olin Hall
Horn Recital. Dan Severson with Adam Bloniarz, piano. Works to be performed include the Schumann Adagio and allegro and Schubert's "Auf dem Strom" for tenor, horn and piano with Patrick Cook, tenor and Iren Seleljo, piano. Olin Hall
Soprano, Yulia van Doren, Pianist Ying-Chien Lin. Presented by the Graduate Vocal Arts Program.This program has been postponed to May 12th at 7:00 in Bard Hall. Olin Hall
Chamber music. Works to be performed include the Glinka Trio Pathétique, the Dohnányi Serenade for String Trio, the Dvořák Piano Quintet,
the Haydn String Quartet Op. 20 No. 2, and the Brahms Piano Trio No. 2
Olin Hall
Chamber music. Works to be performed include the Mozart Duo for Violin and Viola,the Dvořák String Quartet No. 12, “American”, the Gabrieli Canzona per sonare No. 2 for brass quartet, the Poulenc - Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone, Schubert's Der Hirt auf dem Felsen and the Brahms Clarinet Quintet
Olin Hall
“Brahms Soirée for Piano, Viola, and Voice.” Lucas Wong, Conservatory Postgraduate Collaborative Piano Fellow, offers an extravaganza of Liebeslieder Waltzes; Viola Sonata Op. 120, No. 2; Viola Songs and other lieder. Guest artists: violist Margaret Carey, mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer, and pianist Hui Shan Chin. Olin Hall
Chamber music. works to be performed include the Françaix Divertissement for wind trio, the Shostakovich Piano Trio, selections from Vaughan Williams' “Along the Field” (texts by A. E. Housman) for soprano and violin, and the Beethoven String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3
Olin Hall
Bard Conservatory Orchestra Open Rehearsal with conductor Leon Botstein. Works to be rehearsed include the Haydn Symphony No. 87, the Beethoven Symphony No. 5, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 and Mendelssohn's "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage". Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Mezzo-Soprano Julie Miller, Pianist Lucas Wong. Works by Edward Grieg, Pauline Viardot, C.H. Loeffler and Dominick Argento. Guest conservatory artists: violist Lin Wang, pianist Hui Shan Chin. Presented by the Graduate Program in Vocal Arts. Olin Hall
