Upcoming Events and Performances
China Now Music Festival: Composing the Future
Friday, October 18, 2024 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterThe seventh annual China Now Music Festival, Composing the Future, presents a concert opera by visionary composer Hao Weiya. Hao’s AI’s Variation, Opera of the Future is a science fiction–themed drama for three voices and chamber orchestra and is the second installment of his chamber opera trilogy. AI’s Variation tells the story of a troubled artist who allows his identity to be ‘enhanced’ by AI but then struggles with the consequences in his personal life.
The first half of the program features a performance by the dynamic young musicians of the Bard East/West Ensemble presenting newly commissioned works for Chinese and Western instruments, with a special appearance by the guzheng and guitar combo Duo Chinoiserie.
Phone: 845-758-7900E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/composing-the-future/
Noon Concert Series
Monday, October 21, 2024 | 12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceAn hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students.
Free and open to the public.This event will be livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel. Contact: Bard Conservatory Concert Office
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]
Maddy Dethloff, percussion
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 | 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory BuildingWith performers Sam Bernhardt, Elizabeth Chernyak, Petra Elek, Tony Kirk, Oga L, and Jaelyn Quilizapa
Works by Timo Andres, Mauricio Kagel, Lila Meretzky, and Steven Snowden.Premieres by Clark Hubbard and Oga L.
Free and open to the public. Contact: Bard Conservatory Concert Office
E-mail: [email protected]
Noon Concert Series
Monday, November 4, 2024 | 12:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceAn hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students.
Free and open to the public.Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel. Contact: Bard Conservatory Concert Office
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Recital (Benjamin Hochman, piano) and Resonance album release concert
Friday, November 8, 2024 | 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceA special concert celebrating Benjamin Hochman's new album
In all roles, from soloist to chamber musician to conductor, Benjamin Hochman regards music as vital and essential. Composers, fellow musicians, orchestras, and audiences recognize his deep commitment to insightful programming and performances of quality. A winner of Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Career Grant, Hochman performs at venues and festivals across the globe. He is a Steinway Artist and a Lecturer at Bard College Berlin.The November 8 concert in the Conservatory Performance Space celebrates the release of his new album Resonance. Hochman describes the program as "a journey from darkness to light, a study in contrasts that nevertheless finds resonance across the centuries, ultimately finding transcendence and even triumph'. This concert is free and open to the public. E-mail: [email protected]
Concerto Competition Fall ’24
Saturday, November 9, 2024 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterFINAL ROUND
Bard Conservatory finalists compete for the opportunity to perform with the Conservatory Orchestra and The Orchestra Now (TŌN).
Please note that this is a competition and at times pieces will not be performed in full.
Pictured: Tianxiang Ni, one of the four winners of the 2023 Conservatory Concerto Competition
Phone: 845-758-7900E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/concerto-competition-fall-24/
Noon Concert Series
Monday, November 18, 2024 | 12:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceAn hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students.
Free and open to the public.Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel. Contact: Bard Conservatory Concert Office
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]
Noon Concert Series
Monday, December 2, 2024 | 12:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceAn hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students.
Free and open to the public.Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel. Contact: Bard Conservatory Concert Office
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]
Chamber Music Marathon: Part I
Friday, December 6, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree and open to the public. Contact: Bard Conservatory Concert Office
E-mail: [email protected]
Chamber Music Marathon: Part II
Saturday, December 7, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree and open to the public. Contact: Bard Conservatory Concert Office
E-mail: [email protected]
Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Saturday, December 14, 2024 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterA concert by the Bard Conservatory Orchestra with maestro Leon Botstein and soloists from Bard Vocal Arts Program.
Phone: 845-758-7900E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bcom-orchestra-dec-2024/
Winter Cabaret
Friday, December 20, 2024 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterA winter-and-holiday-infused cabaret spectacular with vocalists from the Graduate Vocal Arts Program.
Artwork: Abbott Handerson Thayer; Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery
Phone: 845-758-7900E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/winter-cabaret/