James Bagwell
In addition to codirecting the Graduate Conducting Program, Maestro Bagwell is the director of Bard’s undergraduate Music Program, associate conductor of The Orchestra Now, and principal guest conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra. Maestro Bagwell is a regular guest conductor for the Tulsa Symphony, recently conducting Mozart's Requiem and Brahms' Ein Deutches Requieum. Additionally, he regularly prepares the Concert Chorale of New York for performances with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Mostly Mozart Festival.