Piano Fellowship

Overview

The Postgraduate Collaborative Piano Fellowship is a two year fellowship designed to give professional experience to pianists who have a strong interest in becoming collaborative artists, with the ultimate aim of easing the transition between school and the working world of a collaborative pianist.

The fellowship is open to both students who have already completed a degree in collaborative piano and those students who have completed a bachelors degree in piano performance and have a strong interest in further study in collaborative piano. The program allows students to expand their knowledge of the core collaborative piano repertoire, to get experience in playing for high level undergraduate and graduate students under the mentorship of master musicians, and to deepen their musical understanding through the guidance of the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

The director of the fellowship program is Frank Corliss who served until fall 2006 as staff pianist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and as director of music at the Walnut Hill School in Natick Massachusetts. He holds degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and SUNY Stony Brook.

Details

• Two year program (second year contingent on positive evaluations in first year)
• Yearly stipend of $15,000
• Room and board on campus in graduate dormitories (Room and board is included and fellows are expected to be in residence for the entire academic year which runs from September through May with a month long break in January.)
• Approximately 20 contact hours per week (this will allow ample time for individual practice, study and preparation)