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Bard College Catalogue 2024–25
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, Director of Chamber Music 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
Rieko Aizawa BCOM
Piano. Studied with Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Curtis Institute; Seymour Lipkin and Peter Serkin, The Juilliard School. Faculty, Longy School of Music at Bard College.
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.
Demian Austin BCOM
Trombone. BM, Oberlin College (studied with Raymond Premru); MM, The Juilliard School (studied with Per Brevig). Principal trombone, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Mark Baechle BCOM
Composer, orchestrator, producer. BA, film scoring, Berklee College of Music; also studied at the Academy of Music and Schola Cantorum Basel.
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.
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.
Tao Chen 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.
Yan Chen US-CHINA
Erhu. BM, Shanghai Conservatory of Music; MM, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.
Richard Cox VAP
Voice. Graduate of Tennessee Technical University, Florida State University, and The Juilliard School.
Robert J. Culp US-CHINA
Professor of History, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.
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.
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. Assistant Professor of Theater and Performance, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.
Elaine Fitz Gibbon VAP
German Language and Translation. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, Princeton University; PhD candidate, historical musicology, Harvard University.
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).
Yazhi Guo US-CHINA
Suona. Graduate, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing; artist diploma, Berklee College 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.
Brian Hong BCOM
Viola. BM, New England Conservatory of Music; MM, artist diploma, The Juilliard School.
Keisuke Ikuma BCOM
Oboe, English horn, chamber music. BM, Manhattan School of Music. Member of Hudson Valley Philharmonic and Stamford Symphony. Performs regularly with New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and numerous Broadway shows.
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.
Patricia Karetzky US-CHINA
Oskar Munsterberg Lecturer in Art History, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.
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.
Nicholas Alton Lewis BCOM
Chamber music. BFA, MM, Carnegie Mellon University; MDiv, Yale Divinity School. Associate Vice President for Academic Initiatives and Associate Dean, Bard College.
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.
Xinyan Li US-CHINA
Chinese music history. BA, MA, China Conservatory of Music; PhD, University of Missouri–Kansas City.
Renée Ann Louprette BCOM
Director, Bard Baroque Ensemble. Assistant Professor of Music and College Organist, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.
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.
Missy Mazzoli BCOM
Composer in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.
Jeremy McCoy BCOM
Double bass. BM, Curtis Institute of Music. Former assistant principal double bass for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Ryan Macevoy McCullough BCOM, IAP, VAP
Music theory, vocal coach, pianist. BM, Humboldt State University; artist diploma, Colburn Conservatory and Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory, Toronto; MM, University of Southern California; MFA, DMA, Cornell University.
Blair McMillen BCOM
Chamber music. Artist in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate faculty listing.
Jessie Montgomery BCOM
Composer in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.
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).
Jia Qiao US-CHINA
Chinese percussion. Graduate, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.
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.
Sasha 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.
Zachary Schwartzman GCP
Ear training and score reading. BA, East Asian studies, Oberlin College; piano performance, Oberlin Conservatory; MM, Moores School of Music, University of Houston
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.
James Sizemore BCOM
Film composition. Composer and music producer in film and television. BA, Colorado College; MM, New York University.
Weston Sprott BCOM
Trombone. BM, Curtis Institute of Music. Primary teachers: Michael Warny, Carl Lenthe, and Nitzan Haroz. Member, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Erika Switzer BCOM, GCP, VAP
Director, Collaborative Piano Fellowship; Assistant Professor of Music, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.
David Sytkowski BCOM, VAP
Visiting Artist in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.
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.
Hugo Valverde BCOM
Horn. Studied at Shepherd School of Music, Rice University; Lynn University Conservatory of Music, Florida; and National Music Institute, Costa Rica.
Gilles Vonsattel BCOM
Piano. BA, Columbia University; MM, The Juilliard School, where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal. Recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant; winner of the Naumburg and Geneva competition; has played with the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony, among others.
Mira Wang BCOM, VAP
Violin, Artist in Residence. Graduate, Boston University; also studied at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.
Zhou Wang US-CHINA
Guzheng, Chinese Music Department, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing; vice president, China Guzheng Society.
Howard Watkins VAP
Opera studies. Pianist, conductor, educator. BA, University of Dayton; DMA, University of Michigan. Appears courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.
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.
Terrence Wilson BCOM
Piano. BM, The Juilliard School. Has studied with Yoheved Kaplinsky and Zitta Zohar. Has appeared as soloist with symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Washington, D.C. (National Symphony), San Francisco, Royal Scottish Orchestra, others.
Yang Xu US-CHINA
Ruan. Professor, doctoral supervisor, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.
Mingmei Yip US-CHINA
Qin, Chinese music history. PhD, University of Paris, Sorbonne.
Hongmei Yu US-CHINA
Erhu. Codirector, Chinese Music Development Initiative. Studied at Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM), Beijing. Dean, CCOM Chinese Music Department; designated guest soloist, China National Traditional Orchestra.
Hongyan Zhang US-CHINA
Pipa. Professor and doctoral supervisor, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing; founder, National Orchestra of the Central Conservatory.
Qiang Zhang US-CHINA
Pipa. Director of String Instrument Division, Chinese Music Department, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.
Jiazhen Zhao US-CHINA
Guqin. Graduate and professor, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.
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.