The Bard College Conservatory of Music presents a wide-ranging season of performances and events, bringing together our students, faculty, and guest artists. From intimate recitals and chamber music to opera, orchestral concerts, and international festivals, our programs showcase artistry in our Conservatory Performance Space, the Fisher Center, Olin Hall, and other venues across campus and beyond.
The Conservatory Performance Space is located in our László Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building at 61 Blithewood Avenue, Annandale-on-Hudson.
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3/11WednesdaySigns, Games, and Messages 2026: A Kurtág Festival 2026 marks the centenary of Hungarian composer György Kurtág, whose music is...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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3/11WednesdaySigns, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program OneKurtág and the Lieder Tradition
7:00 pm
Free and open to the public PROGRAM Franz Schubert An die Leier, D. 737 Nachtviolen, D. 752...
Olin Hall
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3/12ThursdayStudent Recital: Antonio Fiorenza, trumpet 1:00 pm
Works by Amilcare Ponchielli, Giacomo Puccini, Vincenzo Bellini, Jean-Baptiste...
Olin Hall
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3/13FridayUndergraduate Degree Recital: Danika Dortch, horn 3:00 pm
Works by Franz Strauss, Gustav Mahler, Antonín...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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3/13FridayStudent Recital: Sebastian Sauder, cello 6:00 pm
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. Free and open to the...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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3/23MondayDuo Refracta 7:00 pm
Duo Refracta (Michael Jones and Shaoai Ashley Zhang) present contemporary works for...
Edith C. Blum Institute
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3/27FridaySigns, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program TwoAbrahamsen’s Schnee
7:00 pm
Free and open to the public PROGRAM George Benjamin Canon & Fugue (from The Art of...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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3/28SaturdaySigns, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program ThreeBach Inventions and Sinfonias
1:00 pm
Free and open to the public. PROGRAM Piano concert performed by students of the Bard...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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3/28SaturdaySigns, Games, and Messages 2026: Special ProgramFilm: Kurtág Fragments
3:30 pm
György Kurtág, a renowned contemporary composer and the last great figure of...
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
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3/28SaturdaySigns, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program FourSongs, Laments, Dances, Games
7:00 pm
Free and open to the public. PROGRAM Béla Bartók Selections from For...
Chapel of the Holy Innocents
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3/29SundaySigns, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program Five (lecture and concert)Preconcert Lecture with Gergely Fazekas at 1:30 PM
Kurtág, Mozart, and the Bach Family at 3:00 PM
1:30 pm
Free and open to the public. PROGRAM Preconcert Lecture with Gergely Fazekas "I...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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4/4SaturdayFaculty Spotlight Series: Raman Ramakrishnan, cello, and Terrence Wilson, piano 4:00 pm
Works by Bridge and Rachmaninoff. Free and open to the public.
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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4/4SaturdayViolin Music at BardStudents and Alums of Erica Kiesewetter's Violin Studio
4:00 pm
Featuring the music of Tan Dun, Joan Tower, George Tsontakis, Missy Mazzoli, Kyle Gann,...
Bard Hall
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4/4SaturdaySigns, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program SixGyörgy Kurtág in Context: Bach, Bartók, and Kurtág
Part of Brooklyn Public Library’s Classical Interludes Series
4:00 pm
Free and open to the public. PROGRAM Béla Bartók Falun (Village Scenes),...
Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library - Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Cultural Center
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4/11SaturdayReflections and Refractions: A Sonic KaleidoscopeA graduate conducting program degree recital with The Orchestra Now
8:00 pm
Bard Conservatory Graduate Conductors, together with The Orchestra Now (TŌN) and the...
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
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4/13MondayNoon Concert Series 12:00 pm
An hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students. Free and open...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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4/14TuesdayFaculty Spotlight Series: Teresa Buchholz, mezzo-soprano and Kayo Iwama, piano 7:00 pm
Works by Wolf, Juliana Hall, Fauré, and Sibelius. Free and open to...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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4/17Friday
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4/25SaturdayBard Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein 7:00 pm
Maestro Botstein will lead the Conservatory Orchestra in a program that includes...
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
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4/27MondayNoon Concert Series 12:00 pm
An hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students. Free and open...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Contact Information
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