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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1/30FridayStudent Recital: Katherine Chernyak, viola 4:00 pm
Works by Walton, Bach, Knox, and Franck. Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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1/30FridayStudent Recital: Elizabeth Chernyak, viola 7:00 pm
Works by Bartók, Bach, Montgomery, and Bowen. Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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1/30FridayMake Our Garden Grow: Desire and Disruption at the OperaUndergraduate Opera Workshop
7:30 pm
The popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a selection...
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater
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1/31SaturdayFaculty Spotlight Series: Hugo Valverde, horn, with Enriqueta Somarriba, piano 5:00 pm
Works by Dorothy Gates, Jean Françaix, Karen Tanaka, Roberto Sierra, Eugène...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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1/31SaturdayMake Our Garden Grow: Desire and Disruption at the OperaUndergraduate Opera Workshop
7:30 pm
The popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a...
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater
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2/1SundayMake Our Garden Grow: Desire and Disruption at the OperaUndergraduate Opera Workshop
2:00 pm
The popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a...
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater
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2/1SundayFaculty Spotlight Series: Peter Wiley, cello, with guest artist Anna Polonsky, piano 4:00 pm
Works by Beethoven, Schubert, and Rachmaninoff. Free and open to the public....
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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2/4WednesdayStudent Recital: Jessica Ward, viola 7:00 pm
Works by Bach, Schubert, Jessie Montgomery, and Bartók. Free and open to the...
Bard Hall
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2/6FridayGraduate Degree Recital: Kuang Zhou, viola 2:00 pm
Works by Walton, Bach, Quinn Mason, and Schubert. Free and open to the public....
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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2/7SaturdayUndergraduate Degree Recital: Andrew Altrock, piano 7:30 pm
Works by Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, and Barber. Free and open to the public. Livestreaming...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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2/8SundayUndergraduate Degree Recital: Maggie Yang, mezzo-soprano 7:30 pm
Gustav Mahler's Rückert-Lieder Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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2/14SaturdayThe Sound of SpringA Chinese New Year Concert with The Orchestra Now
3:00 pm
2 pm • Pre-concert celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year 3 pm •...
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
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2/14SaturdayFaculty Spotlight Series: Teresa Buchholz, mezzo-soprano and Kayo Iwama, piano 7:00 pm
Featuring works by Fauré, Sibelius, Wolf, and Juliana Hall. Free and open to the...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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2/15SundayThird Year Recital: Elizabeth Bennett, flute 2:00 pm
Works by C.P.E Bach and Jules Moquet. Free and open to the public....
Olin Hall
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2/23MondayNoon 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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2/27FridayAlumni/ae Spotlight Series: Rosemary Nelis, viola 7:30 pm
Violist Rosemary Nelis has performed as a chamber musician and soloist throughout the...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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2/28SaturdayFaculty Spotlight Series: Raman Ramakrishnan, cello, with guest artist Thomas Sauer, piano 4:00 pm
Works by Schumann, Lieberson, Debussy, and Meltzer. Free and open to the public.
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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3/6FridayAmelia Goes to the Ball & Gianni Schicchi 7:00 pm
Get a double dose of operatic comedy as Menotti’s Amelia Goes to the Ball and...
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
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3/8SundayAmelia Goes to the Ball & Gianni Schicchi 2:00 pm
Get a double dose of operatic comedy as Menotti’s Amelia Goes to the Ball and...
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
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3/9MondayNoon 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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3/11WednesdaySigns, Games, and Messages 2026: A Kurtág Festival 2026 marks the centenary of Hungarian composer György Kurtág, whose music...
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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3/11WednesdaySigns, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program One
Kurtág And the Lieder Tradition
7:00 pm
With Benjamin Appl; tenor, James Bailleu; piano, Erika Switzer; piano, Benjamin Hochman;...
Olin Hall
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3/27FridaySigns, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program TwoAbrahamsen’s Schnee
7:00 pm
More information to come.
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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3/28SaturdaySigns, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program ThreeBach Inventions and Sinfonias
1:00 pm
More information to come.
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
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3/28SaturdaySigns, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program FourSongs, Laments, Dances, Games
7:00 pm
More information to come.
Chapel of the Holy Innocents
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3/29SundaySigns, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program FiveKurtág, Mozart, and the Bach Family
3:00 pm
More information to come.
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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4/4SaturdaySigns, 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
More information to come.
Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library - Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Cultural Center
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4/11SaturdayA Graduate Conducting Degree Recitalwith 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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4/25SaturdayBard 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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