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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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  • Katherine Chernyak holding a viola, wearing a dark green gown, surrounded by a snowy landscape. ; Student Recital: Katherine Chernyak, viola
    1/30
    Friday
    Student 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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  • Elizabeth Chernyak holding a viola, wearing a maroon gown, surrounded by a snowy landscape. ; Student Recital: Elizabeth Chernyak, viola
    1/30
    Friday
    Student 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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  • Make Our Garden Grow: Desire and Disruption at the Opera
    1/30
    Friday
    Make Our Garden Grow: Desire and Disruption at the Opera
    Undergraduate 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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  • 1/31
    Saturday
    Faculty 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
  • 1/31
    Saturday
    Make Our Garden Grow: Desire and Disruption at the Opera
    Undergraduate Opera Workshop

    7:30 pm
    The popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a...
    Fisher Center, LUMA Theater
  • 2/1
    Sunday
    Make Our Garden Grow: Desire and Disruption at the Opera
    Undergraduate Opera Workshop

    2:00 pm
    The popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a...
    Fisher Center, LUMA Theater
  • 2/1
    Sunday
    Faculty 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
  • 2/4
    Wednesday
    Student Recital: Jessica Ward, viola 7:00 pm
    Works by Bach, Schubert, Jessie Montgomery, and Bartók. Free and open to the...
    Bard Hall
  • 2/6
    Friday
    Graduate 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
  • 2/7
    Saturday
    Undergraduate 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
  • 2/8
    Sunday
    Undergraduate 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
  • 2/14
    Saturday
    The Sound of Spring
    A 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
  • 2/14
    Saturday
    Faculty 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
  • 2/15
    Sunday
    Third 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
  • 2/23
    Monday
    Noon Concert Series 12:00 pm
    An hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students. Free and open...
    Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
  • 2/27
    Friday
    Alumni/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
  • 2/28
    Saturday
    Faculty 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
  • 3/6
    Friday
    Amelia 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
  • 3/8
    Sunday
    Amelia 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
  • 3/9
    Monday
    Noon Concert Series 12:00 pm
    An hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students. Free and open...
    Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
  • 3/11
    Wednesday
    Signs, Games, and Messages 2026: A Kurtág Festival 2026 marks the centenary of Hungarian composer György Kurtág, whose music...
    Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
  • 3/11
    Wednesday
    Signs, 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
  • 3/27
    Friday
    Signs, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program Two
    Abrahamsen’s Schnee

    7:00 pm
    More information to come.
    Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
  • 3/28
    Saturday
    Signs, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program Three
    Bach Inventions and Sinfonias

    1:00 pm
    More information to come.
    Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
  • 3/28
    Saturday
    Signs, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program Four
    Songs, Laments, Dances, Games

    7:00 pm
    More information to come.
    Chapel of the Holy Innocents
  • 3/29
    Sunday
    Signs, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program Five
    Kurtág, Mozart, and the Bach Family

    3:00 pm
    More information to come.
    Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
  • 4/4
    Saturday
    Faculty 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
  • 4/4
    Saturday
    Signs, Games, and Messages 2026 - Program Six
    György 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
  • 4/11
    Saturday
    A Graduate Conducting 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
  • 4/13
    Monday
    Noon Concert Series 12:00 pm
    An hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students. Free and open...
    Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
  • 4/25
    Saturday
    Bard 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
  • 4/27
    Monday
    Noon 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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