Press Releases by Date
March 2006
03-22-2006
BARD’S MUSIC PROGRAM PRESENTS A CONCERT THAT MELDS JAZZ AND POETRY ALONGSIDE CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH THURMAN BARKER’S TRINITY TRIO AND SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANCE ARTIST MIKHAIL HOROWITZ, ALONG WITH THE BARD COLLEGE ORCHESTRA Full Story
03-22-2006
ART HISTORIAN JESSICA MURPHY SPEAKS ABOUT THE “FEMININE POINT OF VIEW” IN THE STIEGLITZ CIRCLE ON MARCH 22 AT BARD COLLEGE
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03-21-2006
JOHN HAUGHT, DISTINGUISHED AUTHOR AND GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, SPEAKS ABOUT “EVOLUTION, RELIGION, AND ETHICS: WHAT IS AT STAKE?” DURING A LUNCHEON LECTURE ON MARCH 21 Bard’s Institute of Advanced Full Story
03-19-2006
BARD’S CONSERVATORY CONCERTS AND LECTURES SERIES PRESENTS PIANIST MELVIN CHEN IN A FREE RECITAL ON MARCH 19 Full Story
03-18-2006
FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS AT BARD’S CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES PRESENT RE-SHUFFLE: NOTIONS OF AN ITINERANT MUSEUM AT NEW YORK CITY’S ART IN GENERAL FROM FEBRUARY 24 THROUGH MARCH 18
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03-16-2006
Bard College to Host Free Performance and Film Screening by Internationally Acclaimed Ugandan-American Artist Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine on March 15 and 16
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03-16-2006
JOHN ASHBERY POETRY SERIES AT BARD PRESENTS FREE READINGS THIS SPRING BY INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED POETS
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03-15-2006
TWO BARD SENIORS RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS AND HIGHLY SELECTIVE WATSON TRAVEL GRANTS Only 50 students nationwide are awarded grants for a year of independent exploration and travel outside the United States
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03-15-2006
BARD IN CHINA TO HOST LECTURE AND SCREENING OF THE FILM THE GODDESS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15
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03-13-2006
PRINCETON PROFESSOR SUSAN FISKE GIVES BERNSTEIN MEMORIAL LECTURE AT BARD COLLEGE ON MARCH 13 Topic of talk is “The Perils of Prejudice: Emotional Biases in Brain, Mind, and Culture”
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03-11-2006
JERUSALEM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM AT BARD’S FISHER CENTER Under Music Director and Conductor Leon Botstein, U.S. Tour Brings Internationally Renowned JSO to the Hudson Valley
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03-10-2006
WOODSTOCK CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PERFORMS MAGIC IN VIENNA AT BARD COLLEGE ON MARCH 10 Features works by Mozart, Schubert, and Johann Strauss Full Story
03-10-2006
2006 BARD DEBATE TEAM RECEIVES
NATIONAL RECOGNITION IN RECENT DEBATES Second-year Bard student Nathan Sweed named top junior varsity speaker in the country; and Bard junior Ravenna Wilson named fourth speaker ov Full Story
03-06-2006
Thousand Years Waiting, a Unique Transpacific Collaboration, to Be Performed at Bard College on Monday, March 6 New Play from Bard Professor Chiori Miyagawa Features a Unique Perspective on Japanese and American Theater with Storytelling, Dance, and Puppe Full Story
03-05-2006
FREE CONCERT BY THE DA CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS AT BARD COLLEGE ON MARCH 5 “The Russians are Coming: New Sounds from Moscow and St. Petersburg” features
world premiere works by contemporary Russian composers
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February 2006
02-26-2006
TWO FREE PROGRAMS IN FEBRUARY OFFERED BY BARD’S CONSERVATORY CONCERTS AND LECTURES SERIES Bard Conservatory Chamber Orchestra performs in the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts on February 26
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02-25-2006
JAZZ AT BARD AND THE BARD JAZZ CLUB PRESENT THE HENRY GRIMES TRIO, IN CONCERT AT THE COLLEGE ON FEBRUARY 25 Trio features world-acclaimed Hudson Valley residents: pianist Marilyn Crispell and percussionist Tani Tabbal
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02-18-2006
BARD COLLEGE MASTER’S PROGRAM IN TEACHING TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 One-Year Program Offers Students the Opportunity to Earn Teaching Certification and Master’s Degree, While Advancing Their Studies at the Graduate Level Full Story
02-15-2006
THE BARD CENTER CONCERTS’ SPRING SERIES BEGINS ON FEBRUARY 15 WITH A DUO RECITAL, “ITALIAN ECHOES,” BY WORLD-ACCLAIMED FLUTISTS TARA HELEN O’CONNOR AND PATRICIA SPENCER JOINED BY HARPSICHORDIST FREDERICK HAMMOND AND PIANI Full Story
02-09-2006
FISHER CENTER TO HOST RECITAL BY
SOPRANO DAWN UPSHAW AND PIANIST RICHARD GOODE February 9 Program to Benefit Bard College Conservatory of Music Scholarship Fund
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02-05-2006
INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED PIANIST BORIS BERMAN OPENS THE FREE SPRING CONSERVATORY CONCERTS AND LECTURES SERIES WITH A PERFORMANCE ON FEBRUARY 5
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02-02-2006
BARD COLLEGE HOSTS PANEL DISCUSSION WITH INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AFRICAN WRITERS—GABEBA BADEROON, HELON HABILA, AND BINYAVANGA WAINAINA—ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Full Story
January 2006
01-30-2006
BARD FICTION PRIZE WINNER EDIE MEIDAV WILL READ FROM HER WORK ON JANUARY 30 AT BARD COLLEGE Full Story
01-24-2006
Three-Day Conference and 50th Reunion of Hungarian Student Refugees at Bard College
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01-16-2006
BARD COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF CONCERTO COMPETITION Full Story