Upcoming Events and Performances
US-CHINA MUSIC INSTITUTE OF THE BARD CONSERVATORY AND THE ORCHESTRA NOW PRESENT THE SOUND OF SPRING
Saturday, January 25, 2020 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterA Chinese New Year Concert with The Orchestra Now
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 guest conductor Chen Bing from the Central Conservatory of Music, China. Soloists from the Central Conservatory's world-class faculty in traditional instruments will perform on Chinese percussion, erhu, pipa, and sheng.FACULTY AND STAFF RECEIVE 20% WITH PROMO CODE FACSTAFF20.
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Tickets: $20; $5 student tickets available to Bard Undergraduate students through the Passloff Pass. Contact: Kathryn Wright
Phone: 845-758-7026
E-mail: kwright@bard.edu
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/the-sound-of-spring/
The Sound of Spring: A Chinese New Year Concert with The Orchestra Now
Sunday, January 26, 2020 | 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYCPresented 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.
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Contact: Kathryn WrightPhone: 845-758-7026
E-mail: kwright@bard.edu
Website: https://barduschinamusic.org/events/new-year-concert-2020-nyc
Chinese Music in the Chapel
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Chapel of the Holy InnocentsPresented by the US-China Music Institute
The 2019–20 US-China Music Fellows at the Bard Conservatory present a concert of music for Chinese instruments erhu, guzheng, ruan, and pipa, with guest performers on Chinese and Western instruments.Contact: Kathryn Wright
Phone: 845-758-7026
E-mail: kwright@bard.edu
Website: https://www.barduschinamusic.org/events/2020/1/29/chinese-music-in-the-chapel
Faculty Recital: "Spring and Storm" Beethoven Violin Sonatas with Todd Phillips, violin, and guest artist, Rachel Yunkyung Choo, piano
Friday, February 7, 2020 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Olin Hall The first in a three-concert cycle of Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano featuring Conservatory faculty member Todd Phillips with guest artist, Rachel Yunkyung Choo.This program highlights the interplay between light and dark in the chosen works:
VIOLIN SONATAS
Op.12, No. 2 in A Major
Op.24 in F Major "Spring"
Op.30, No. 2 in C Minor
The Beethoven Violin Sonata concerts continue in Olin Hall on March 15 at 3 p.m. and May 1 at 7 p.m. Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Celebrating György Kurtág: 50 Musicians Perform Works for Piano and Chamber Groups at 2 p.m.
Pre-Concert Talk by Julia Galieva-Szokolay, at 1 p.m.
Sunday, February 16, 2020 | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building Works for children and adults by one of the greatest living composers, who built a new musical language one note at a time.
Contact: Ann GablerPhone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Rest in Pieces
Friday, March 6, 2020 | 7:30 pm | Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterIn Memory of Opera
Conceived and Directed by Stephanie Blythe with John JarboeConducted by James Bagwell
Performed and written by the artists of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and The Orchestra Now
A devised opera celebrating the tribulations, glories, and loves of this tempestuous art form, featuring the music of Mozart, Strauss, Bizet, Copland, and Puccini. Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/rest-in-pieces/
Rest in Pieces
Sunday, March 8, 2020 | 3:00 pm | Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterIn Memory of Opera
Conceived and Directed by Stephanie Blythe with John JarboeConducted by James Bagwell
Performed and written by the artists of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and The Orchestra Now
A devised opera celebrating the tribulations, glories, and loves of this tempestuous art form, featuring the music of Mozart, Strauss, Bizet, Copland, and Puccini. Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/rest-in-pieces/
The Da Capo Chamber Players Celebrate Bard!
Works by Tan Dun, Joan Tower, John Halle, Corey Chang '19, Peri Mauer, and Elizabeth Brown
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 | 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building The Da Capo Chamber Players perform works by Bard faculty, alumni/ae, and composers from the region.
Contact: Ann GablerPhone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Conservatory Faculty Recital: Benjamin Hochman
Friday, March 13, 2020 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingPianist Benjamin Hochman continues his concert cycle of the complete Mozart piano sonatas.
Contact: Ann GablerPhone: 758-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Complete Études for Piano by Alexander Scriabin: Sung-Soo Cho, piano
Saturday, March 14, 2020 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building Collaborative Piano Fellow at the Bard Conservatory Sung-Soo Cho performs Alexander Scriabin’s Complete Études for Piano. Contact: Ann GablerPhone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Faculty Recital: "From First to Last"
Sunday, March 15, 2020 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Olin HallBeethoven Violin Sonatas with Todd Phillips, violin, and guest artist, 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 guest artist Rachel Yunkyung Choo.It includes:
VIOLIN SONATAS
Op. 12, No. 1 in D Major; Op. 30, No. 3 in G Major;
Op. 23 in A Minor; and Op. 96 in G Major
Contact: Ann Gabler
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Chinese Ensemble Spring Concert
Friday, April 17, 2020 | 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm | Olin HallPresented 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
Faculty Recital: "The Great Kreutzer"
Friday, May 1, 2020 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Olin HallBeethoven 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
Conservatory Faculty Recital: Benjamin Hochman
Sunday, May 3, 2020 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory BuildingBanjamin Hochman completes his concert cycle of the complete Mozart piano sonatas.
Contact: Ann GablerPhone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: conservatoryconcerts@bard.edu
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory