Events

× Bard College Conservatory of Music presents

Faculty-Student Piano Trio Recital: Martinu, Smetana, and Frank Bridge

Friday, November 15, 2019 | 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building

With Zongheng Zhang, violin, Marka Gustavsson, viola, Nicholas Scheel, cello, and Helen Wu, piano

Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

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Conservatory Percussion Ensembles perform works by Quinn Collins, Tan Dun, Anna Meadors, Steve Reich, and Alyssa Weinberg

Sunday, November 17, 2019 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building Students and faculty perform contemporary works for percussion. Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7866
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

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Restless Wind: Violin Recital with Zongheng Zhang

Sunday, November 17, 2019 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building

Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Rechtman, Sibelius

Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

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Great Music is Simple: Confucianism and Daoism in Chinese Music

Thursday, November 21, 2019 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building, Room 210

A talk by Dr. Mingmei Yip

Confucianism and Daoism, the two seemingly opposite but complementary Chinese philosophies, have molded Chinese music for more than two millennia. This lecture will explain how Confucian and Daoist metaphysics are the essence of Chinese literati music. Contact: Kathryn Wright
Phone: 845-758-7026
E-mail: uschinamusic@bard.edu
Website: https://barduschinamusic.org/events/great-music-is-simple

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Degree Recital: Zhen Liu, violin
with Sophia Zhou, piano

Saturday, November 23, 2019 | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building

Works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Ravel

Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7866
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

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Eastern Dawn: Chinese Ensemble

Sunday, November 24, 2019 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building

Concert featuring Chinese traditional instruments including guzheng, pipa, erhu, daruan, and zhongruan.

Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7026
E-mail: uschinamusic@bard.edu
Website: https://barduschinamusic.org

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Bard Conservatory Orchestra

Saturday, December 7, 2019 | 8:00 pm | Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater Pre-Performance Conversation; 7 pm
Florence Price and the Emergence of African American Composers in the 21st Century

James Bagwell, Whitney Slaten, Kyle Gann and Myra Young Armstead.

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Performance; 8 pm

James Bagwell, conductor
    
Jackson Spargur ’20 Polaris premiere 
Florence Price Symphony No. 1 in E minor  
Aaron Copland Billy the Kid Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/BCOM-Conservatory-Orchestra/

× Bard College Conservatory of Music; Music Program presents

Faculty and Student Pianists Perform Messiaen's Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésu 
 

Sunday, December 8, 2019 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building

Pianists of the Bard Conservatory and Music Program including faculty members Blair McMillen, Benjamin Hochman, and  Isabelle O'Connell, perform Messiaen's epic cycle of piano works.

Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

× Bard College Conservatory of Music; Music Program presents

Da Capo Chamber Players Presents Premieres of Student Composers

Friday, December 13, 2019 | 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building Contact: Patricia Spencer
E-mail: newflute@earthlink.net

× Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program presents

Winter Songfest

Sunday, December 15, 2019 | 3:00 pm | Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

A Bard Holiday Tradition

James Bagwell, conductor

Bard Conservatory Orchestra with members of
Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program
Bard College Symphonic Chorus
Bard College Chamber Singers
Bard Preparatory Chorus Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/BCOM-Winter-Songfest-2019/

× Bard College Conservatory of Music presents

The Sound of Spring: A Chinese New Year Concert with The Orchestra Now in NYC

Sunday, January 26, 2020 | 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC

Presented by the US-China Music Institute of the Bard Conservatory and the Central Conservatory of Music, China.

Celebrate Lunar New Year and look forward to Spring with a lively concert of Chinese orchestral works performed by The Orchestra Now, conducted by Jindong Cai and a guest conductor from the Central Conservatory of Music, China. Featuring soloists on traditional Chinese instruments from the Central Conservatory's faculty of world-class musicians.
Bring the whole family and enjoy activities presented by Music at China Institute following the concert. 
  Contact: Kathryn Wright
Phone: 845-758-7026
E-mail: kwright@bard.edu
Website: https://barduschinamusic.org/events/new-year-concert-2020

× Bard College Conservatory of Music presents

Faculty Recital: "From First to Last" Beethoven Violin Sonatas with Todd Phillips, violin, and Rachel Yunkyung Choo, piano

Friday, February 7, 2020 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Olin Hall Part one of a three-concert cycle of Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano featuring Conservatory faculty member Todd Phillips with Rachel Yunkyung Choo. This program features the early Opus 12 and ends with the late Opus 96. The concerts continue on March 15 and May 1. Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

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Celebrating György Kurtág: Students and Faculty Perform Chamber Works 

Sunday, February 16, 2020 | 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

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Noon Concert: Conservatory Students Perform an Hourlong Program

Tuesday, March 3, 2020 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

× Bard College Conservatory of Music; Music Program presents

Da Capo Chamber Players Celebrate Bard

Tuesday, March 10, 2020 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building

Works by Bard Composers

Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

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Conservatory Faculty Recital: Benjamin Hochman

Friday, March 13, 2020 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building

Pianist Benjamin Hochman continues his concert cycle of the complete Mozart piano sonatas.

Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 758-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

× Bard Conservatory Graduate Conducting Program presents

The Conservatory Graduate Conductors’ Degree Recital

Saturday, March 14, 2020 – Sunday, March 15, 2020 | 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm | Olin Hall Contact: Kristin Roca
E-mail: kroca@bard.edu

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Faculty Recital: "Spring and Storm"

Sunday, March 15, 2020 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Olin Hall

Beethoven Violin Sonatas with Todd Phillips, violin, and Rachel Yunkyung Choo, piano

The second in a cycle of three concerts of Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano featuring Conservatory faculty member Todd Phillips with Rachel Yunkyung Choo. This program highlights the interplay between light and dark in the chosen works. Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

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Visiting Artists: HereNowHear, featuring duo pianists Andrew Zhou and Ryan McCullough, perform Karlheinz Stockhausen’s MANTRA and John Liberatore’s Sedgeflowers

Sunday, March 15, 2020 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building The contemporary piano duo HereNowHear, featuring Andrew Zhou and Bard Conservatory collaborative pianist Ryan McCullough, perform Karlheinz Stockhausen’s 1970 epic MANTRA for two pianos and ring modulation, and American composer John Liberatore’s Sedgeflowers, a new two-piano work commissioned through a Fromm Foundation award.  Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

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Visiting Artists Performance and Master Class: Natasha Farny, cello, and Eliran Avni, piano, perform works by Lera Auerbach

Monday, March 16, 2020 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

× Bard College Conservatory of Music presents

Noon Concert: Conservatory Students Perform an Hourlong Program

Tuesday, March 17, 2020 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

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Noon Concert: Conservatory Students Perform an Hourlong Program

Tuesday, April 7, 2020 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

× Bard College Conservatory of Music presents

US-China Music Institute Annual Conference

Thursday, April 9, 2020 – Saturday, April 11, 2020 | | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building

Performing Chinese Music in the West

Professional musicians and scholars of Chinese music come to Bard to discuss how to engage Western audiences and build appreciation of traditional and contemporary Chinese musical performance.  Contact: Kathryn Wright
Phone: 845-758-7026
E-mail: kwright@bard.edu
Website: https://barduschinamusic.org/events

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Chinese Ensemble Spring Concert

Friday, April 10, 2020 | 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building

Presented by the US-China Music Institute

Students of the Bard Conservatory perform a selection of solo and ensemble pieces for Chinese and Western instruments. 

Presented in connection with this year’s US-China Music Institute annual conference, Performing Chinese Music in the West.  Contact: Kathryn Wright
Phone: 845-758-7026
E-mail: kwright@bard.edu
Website: https://barduschinamusic.org/events/spring-concert

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Music Alive! Compositions by Contemporary Composers, Curated by Asher B. Edelman Professor in the Arts Joan Tower and Artist in Residence Blair McMillen

Saturday, April 18, 2020 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

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Noon Concert: Conservatory Students Perform an Hourlong Program

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

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Faculty Recital: "The Great Kreutzer"

Friday, May 1, 2020 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Olin Hall

Beethoven Violin Sonatas with Todd Phillips, violin, and Rachel Yunkyung Choo, piano

The final concert in the Beethoven violin sonata series, "The Great Kreutzer", underlines the virtuostic qualities of the famed Kreutzer Sonata along with the lesser known third sonata which has a fiendish piano part.
  Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory

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Conservatory Faculty Recital: Benjamin Hochman

Sunday, May 3, 2020 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building

Banjamin Hochman completes his concert cycle of the complete Mozart piano sonatas.

Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory