Since its inception, undergraduate students of the Bard Conservatory have distinguished themselves through:
Graduate School Acceptances: Music Performance
Boston University
The Colburn School
The Curtis Institute of Music
Indiana University
The Juilliard School
Manhattan School of Music
Mannes College The New School for Music
New England Conservatory
Northwestern University
Rice University
SUNY Stony Brook
University of Michigan
University of Southern California
Yale School of Music
Other Graduate and Professional School Acceptances
California Institute of Technology
Johns Hopkins University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea - Global M.B.A. Program
Music Festival Acceptances
Aspen Music Festival and School
Atlantic Music Festival
Banff Summer Arts Festival
Bowdoin International Music Festival
Castleton Festival
Colorado Music Festival
European American Musical Alliance Summer Composition Program
Kent/Blossom Music and Arts Festival
Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival
Manchester Music Festival
Music Academy of the West Summer Festival
New York String Orchestra Seminar
Pacific Rim Music Festival
Pierre Monteux School Quartet Program
Round Top Festival Institute
Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
Steans Music Institute at the Ravinia Festival
Tanglewood Music Center
Verbier Festival
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Yellow Barn Music School and Festival
Competitions and Jobs
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Young Artist’s Competition, first prize, 2011
Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, silver medal, 2010
Houston Symphony, associate principal second violin
Michael Hill International Violin Competition, finalist, 2011
Distinctions earned by graduates of the Vocal Arts Program include:
Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
Winner, Astral Artists National Auditions
Joy of Singing, Debut Artist Award Winner
Prize winners at the Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers
Los Angeles Opera Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program
Merola Opera Program at the San Francisco Opera
Utah Opera Apprentice Artists Program
Appearances with the American Symphony Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Cincinnati May Festival, Peter Brook’s production of Mozart’s Magic Flute, and Bard SummerScape
Acceptances to graduate programs at The Juilliard School - Artist Diploma in Opera Studies, Curtis Institute of Music, and New England Conservatory, among others.
Summer festival attendance at the Aldeburugh Festival’s Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, Aspen Music Festival and School, Chautauqua Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, SongFest, and Tanglewood Music Center, among others.