Catalogue

Faculty of the Bard College Conservatory of Music

For complete biographies see bard.edu/conservatory

Tan Dun, Dean
Award-winning composer, conductor. Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing; PhD, Columbia University. 

Frank Corliss, Director and Faculty
Piano. BM, Oberlin Conservatory of Music; MM, SUNY Stony Brook.

Marka Gustavsson, Associate Director and Faculty
Viola, chamber music. Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Robert Martin, Director Emeritus
BA, Haverford College; BM, Curtis Institute of Music; MA, PhD, Yale University. Cellist, Sequoia String Quartet (1975–85); president, Chamber Music America (1999–2005). Director, Bard College Conservatory of Music (2005–19); Vice President for Policy and Planning, Professor of Philosophy and Music (1994–2019).

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BCOM Bard College Conservatory of Music 
 GCP Graduate Conducting Program
  VAP Graduate Vocal Arts Program 
  US-CHINA  US-China Music Institute

Bradley Aikman  BCOM
Double bass. BM, Ithaca College; MM, professional studies degree, Manhattan School of Music. Principal bass, Albany Symphony; member, American Ballet Theatre Orchestra.

Carl Albach  BCOM
Trumpet. BS, University of Miami (studied with Gilbert Johnson); MM, The Juilliard School (studied with William Vacchiano). Principal trumpet, American Symphony Orchestra and American Ballet Theatre Orchestra.

Adele Anthony  BCOM
Violin. Studied with Dorothy DeLay, Felix Galimir, and Hyo Kang at The Juilliard School. Internationally renowned concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician.

Shmuel Ashkenasi  BCOM
Violin (master classes). Studied at Musical Academy, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Curtis Institute of Music (with Efrem Zimbalist).

Nadine Asin  BCOM
Flute (master classes). BM, MM, The Juilliard School (studied with Julius Baker).

Demian Austin  BCOM
Trombone. BM, Oberlin College (studied with Raymond Premru); MM, The Juilliard School (studied with Per Brevig). Principal trombone, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

James Bagwell  GCP
Codirector, Graduate Conducting Program; Director, Orchestral and Choral Music; Professor of Music, Bard College; Associate Conductor and Academic Director, The Orchestra Now. See undergraduate listing.

Edith Bers  VAP
Voice. BA, MA, Columbia University. Studied with Tourel, Callas, Popper, Berl, Guth, Faull, B. P. Johnson, Cuenod, Brown, Hotter, and Stader; studied acting with Stella Adler.

Stephanie Blythe  VAP 
Artistic Director, Graduate Vocal Arts Program. BA, SUNY Potsdam. Internationally renowned opera singer and recitalist.

Leon Botstein  BCOM, GCP
Music Director, Conservatory of Music; Codirector, Graduate Conducting Program; President of the College; Leon Levy Professor in the Arts and Humanities; Codirector, Bard Music Festival. See undergraduate faculty listing.

Teresa Buchholz  GCP
Mezzo-soprano. Artist in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate faculty listing.

Jindong Cai  GCP, US-CHINA
Director, US-China Music Institute. Graduate studies, New England Conservatory and College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati; studied with Leonard Bernstein at Tanglewood Music Center. 

Molly Carr  BCOM
Viola. BM, MM. The Juilliard School.

Edward Carroll  BCOM 
Trumpet. BM, MM, The Juilliard School.

Eric Cha-Beach BCOM
Percussion. BM, Graduate Performance Diploma, Peabody Institute; MM, Yale School of Music. Member, So Percussion.

Richard Cox  VAP
Voice. Graduate of Tennessee Technical University, Florida State University, and The Juilliard School.

Barbara Jöstlein Currie  BCOM 
Horn. Studied at The Juilliard School with Julie Landsman. Member, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. 

Sarah Cutler  BCOM
Harp. BA, Yale College. Principal harp, American Symphony Orchestra, New York City Ballet Orchestra.

Sebastian Danila  BCOM, GCP
History seminar. PhD, New York University Steinhardt School. Library manager, Conservatory and Orchestra Now.

Lucy Dhegrae  VAP
Professional development. BM, University of Michigan; MM, Bard College Conservatory of Music Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

Elaine Douvas  BCOM
Oboe. Diploma, Cleveland Institute of Music. Principal oboe, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Raymond Erickson  BCOM
Harpsichord, piano. BA, Whittier College; PhD, Yale University. 

Luosha Fang  BCOM
Violin, viola. BA/BM, Bard College Conservatory of Music; additional studies at Curtis Institute of Music and Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, Madrid.

Alexander Farkas  VAP
Alexander Technique. MM, Manhattan School of Music. Alexander Technique training in London with Shoshana Kaminitz.

Derek Fenstermacher  BCOM
Tuba. BM, University of Alabama; MM, University of Cincinnati College–Conservatory of Music. Principal tuba, New Jersey and Chattanooga Symphony Orchestras.

Jack Ferver  VAP
Acting workshop. Artist in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Lucy Fitz Gibbon  VAP
Core Seminar. Graduate of Yale University; artist diploma, Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory; MM, Bard College Conservatory of Music Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

Kyle Gann  GCP
Taylor Hawver and Frances Bortle Hawver Professor of Music, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Christopher H. Gibbs  BCOM
Music theory and history. James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Music, Bard College; Codirector, Bard Music Festival. See undergraduate listing.

Marc Goldberg  BCOM
Bassoon. BM, MM, The Juilliard School (studied with Harold Goltzer).

Richard Goode  BCOM
Piano (master classes). Studied with Elvira Szigeti and Claude Frank, Nadia Reisenberg at the Mannes College of Music, and Rudolf Serkin at the Curtis Institute of Music. 

Jason Haaheim  BCOM
Timpani. BA, Gustavus Adolphus College; MS, electrical engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara. Principal timpanist, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Benjamin Hochman  BCOM 
Piano. Graduate, Curtis Institute of Music and Mannes College of Music, where he studied with Claude Frank and Richard Goode. Also studied with Esther Narkiss at the Conservatory of the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance, Jerusalem, and with Emanuel Krasovsky in Tel Aviv.

Yu Hongmei  US-CHINA
Erhu. Studied at Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM), Beijing. Dean, CCOM Chinese Music Department; designated guest soloist, China National Traditional Orchestra. Codirector, Chinese Music Development Initiative.

Kayo Iwama  VAP
Associate Director, Graduate Vocal Arts Program. Piano. BM, Oberlin Conservatory of Music; MM, SUNY Stony Brook (studied with Gilbert Kalish).

Yi-Wen Jiang  BCOM
Violin. Studied at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing (with Han Li); St. Louis Conservatory (with Taras Gabora and Michael Tree); and with Arnold Steinhardt and Pinchas Zukerman.

Zhao Jiazhen  US-CHINA
Guqin. Graduate, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing. 

Ani Kavafian BCOM
Violin (master classes). MM, The Juilliard School (studied with Ivan Galamian).

Bridget Kibbey  BCOM
Director, Chamber Music and Arts Advocacy. Harp. BM, MM, The Juilliard School (studied with Nancy Allen).

Erica Kiesewetter  BCOM
Orchestral studies, violin. Visiting Associate Professor of Music, Bard College. See undergraduate faculty listing.

Alexandra Knoll  BCOM
Oboe. Graduate, Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School. Member, American Symphony Orchestra and Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic.

David Krakauer  BCOM
Clarinet. BA, Sarah Lawrence College; MM, The Juilliard School. 

Garry Kvistad  BCOM
Percussion (adviser). BM, Oberlin Conservatory of Music; MM, Northern Illinois University.

Peter Laki  GCP
Music theory and history. Visiting Associate Professor of Music, Bard College. See undergraduate faculty listing.

Julie Landsman  BCOM
Horn (master classes). Studied with James Chambers at The Juilliard School. 

Jeffrey Lang  BCOM
Horn. Studied at The Juilliard School and Temple University. Associate principal horn, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
 
Honggang Li  BCOM
Violin. Founding member of Shanghai Quartet. Studied at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, and Shanghai Conservatory; MM, Northern Illinois University.

Weigang Li  BCOM
Violin. Founding member of Shanghai Quartet.Studied at Shanghai Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory, Northern Illinois Univer-sity, The Juilliard School.

Ilka LoMonaco  GCP
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Sondra Loring  VAP
Movement improvisation. Dancer; founder, Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation and Satya Yoga Center, both in the Hudson Valley.

Wu Man  US-CHINA
Pipa (master classes). Studied at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.

Pascual Martínez-Forteza  BCOM
Clarinet. Studied at Baleares Conservatory of Music and Liceu de Barcelona Music Conservatory, Spain; and University of Southern California (with Yehuda Gilad). Acting associate principal clarinet, New York Philharmonic.

Anthony McGill  BCOM
Clarinet. Graduate, Curtis Institute of Music. Principal clarinet, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Blair McMillen  BCOM
Chamber music. Artist in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate faculty listing.

Leigh Mesh  BCOM
Double bass. BM, Curtis Institute of Music. Associate principal bass, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Rufus Müller  BCOM, GCP
Associate Professor of Music, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Lorraine Nubar  VAP
Voice. BA, MA, The Juilliard School.

Isabelle O’Connell  BCOM, GCP
Piano. Visiting Instructor in Music, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Tara Helen O’Connor  BCOM
Flute. DMA, SUNY Stony Brook, where she studied with Samuel Baron.

Joan Patenaude-Yarnell  VAP
Voice. Studied at École de musique Vincent-d’Indy, McGill Opera Studio, and Kathryn Turney Long School (on Metropolitan Opera scholarship). 

Daniel Phillips  BCOM
Violin. Studied at The Juilliard School (with Ivan Galamian and Sally Thomas) and with Eugene Phillips, Sándor Végh, and George Neikrug.

Todd Phillips  BCOM
Violin. Studied at The Juilliard School (with Sally Thomas) and Mozarteum in Salzburg (with Sándor Végh).

Julia Pilant  BCOM
Horn. BM, Eastman School of Music; MM, DMA, The Juilliard School (studied with Julie Landsman). Assistant principal horn, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Raman Ramakrishnan  BCOM
Chamber music. Artist in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Melissa Reardon  BCOM
Viola. Graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and New England Conservatory.

Elizabeth Reese  VAP
Alexander Technique. American Center for the Alexander Technique; MS, Hunter College. 

Ryan Roberts  BCOM
Oboe. Graduate of The Juilliard School (studied with Elaine Douvas). Member of the New York Philharmonic (English horn, oboe).

Marcus Rojas  BCOM
Tuba. BM, New England Conservatory of Music.

John Romero  BCOM
Trombone. BM, Baylor University (studied with Brent Phillips); MM, Rice University (studied with Allen Barnhill). Principal trombone, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Nicholas Schwartz  BCOM
Trombone. Studied with Don Harwood at The Julliard School. Principal bass trombone, New York City Ballet.

Gil Shaham  BCOM
Violin. Studied with Samuel Bernstein at the Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem; also studied at The Juilliard School and Columbia University. Avery Fisher Prize and Grammy Award recipient; regularly appears with leading orchestras around the world.

Weston Sprott  BCOM
Trombone. BM, Curtis Institute of Music. Primary teachers: Michael Warny, Carl Lenthe, and Nitzan Haroz. Member, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Arnold Steinhardt  BCOM
Violin (master classes). Studied with Ivan Galamian at the Curtis Institute of Music and with Josef Szigeti, under the sponsorship of George Szell, in Switzerland.

Erika Switzer  BCOM, GCP, VAP
Director, Collaborative Piano Fellowship; Artist in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Chen Tao  US-CHINA
Chinese ensemble. Graduate, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing. Founder and Director, Melody of Dragon, Inc.; and artistic director and conductor, Chinese Music Ensemble of New York.

Steven Tenenbom  BCOM 
Viola. Studied with Milton Thomas at the University of Southern California and with Michael Tree and Karen Tuttle at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Joan Tower  BCOM, GCP
Composition. Asher B. Edelman Professor in the Arts, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Jason Treuting  BCOM
Percussion. BM, performer’s certificate, Eastman School of Music; MM, Artist Diploma, Yale School of Music. Member, S–o Percussion.

George Tsontakis  BCOM
Composition. Distinguished Composer in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Ira Weller  BCOM
Viola. BM, MM, The Juilliard School (studied with Ivan Galamian). Member, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Eric Wen  BCOM
Music theory. BA, Columbia University; MA, Yale University; graduate fellowship, University of Cambridge.

Peter Wiley  BCOM
Cello. Attended Curtis Institute of Music at age 13, under tutelage of David Soyer. 

Jan Williams  BCOM
Percussion (adviser). BM, MM, Manhattan School of Music. 

Shai Wosner  BCOM
Piano. Studied in Israel with Opher Brayer, Emanuel Krasovsky, and André Hajdu; studied with Emanuel Ax at The Juilliard School.

Chen Yan  US-CHINA
Erhu. BM, Shanghai Conservatory of Music; MM, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.

Xu Yang  US-CHINA
Ruan. Professor, doctoral supervisor, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.

Mingmei Yip  US-CHINA 
Qin, Chinese music history. PhD, University of Paris, Sorbonne. 

Qiang Zhang  US-CHINA
Pipa. Studied at Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM), Beijing. Director, String Instrument Division, CCOM Chinese Music Department.

Wang Zhou  US-CHINA
Guzheng, Chinese Music Department, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing; vice president, China Guzheng Society.

Carmit Zori  BCOM
Violin. At age 15, came to the United States from her native Israel to study at the Curtis Institute of Music with Ivan Galamian, Jaime Laredo, and Arnold Steinhardt. Founder, Brooklyn Chamber Music Society.