The Bard College Conservatory of Music presents performances and master classes featuring students, faculty, and guest artists from September through May each year. Venues include the Bitó Conservatory Building Performance Space at 60 Blithewood Avenue, as well as the Fisher Center, Chapel of the Holy Innocents, Olin Hall and other Bard College campus locations. Most events are free and all are open to fully vaccinated members of the public.
Friday, May 3, 2024 | 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
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Degree Recital: "Looking Back" Kamil Karpiak, oboe, with Shao-Chu Pan, piano, and a wind quintet.
Saturday, May 4, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public. Download Event ProgramE-mail: [email protected]
Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program presents
Degree Recital: "Tel Jour, Telle Nuit" Jun Mo Yang, tenor, and Nomin Samdan, piano
Saturday, May 4, 2024 | 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
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Viola Studio Recital featuring students of Luosha Fang, Marka Gustavsson, Brian Hong, and Melissa Reardon, and Collaborative Pianists Bat-Erdene Batbileg, William Chang, Neilson Chen, and Ahra Oh
Sunday, May 5, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Shutong Li, conductor
The Bard Chinese Ensemble presents its fourth concert of the academic year, and this is going to be the best one yet! Conductor Shutong Li once again offers new arrangements of major Chinese orchestral music, plus three exciting concertos for erhu, konghou (Chinese harp), and percussion.
Degree Recital: Yilin Li, piano, with Chris Nelson, violin, Raman Ramakrishnan, cello, and Neilson Chen, piano performing works by Schubert and Beethoven
Monday, May 6, 2024 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
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Thursday, May 9, 2024 | 5:15 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space An hour-long performance by students of Tara Helen O'Connor. Download Event ProgramWebsite: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Tan Dun Conducts Five Visiting Chinese Soloists and Bard Conservatory String Quartet
Friday, May 10, 2024 | 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Dean of the Bard College Conservatory of Music Tan Dun conducts five visiting Chinese soloists and a Bard Conservatory string quartet in the Conservatory Performance Space.
World-renowned artist and UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador Tan Dun has made an indelible mark on the world’s music scene with a creative repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and Western traditions. A winner of many of today’s most prestigious honors and awards, Tan Dun’s music has been played throughout the world by leading orchestras, opera houses, international festivals, and on radio and television.
The concert is open to the public and entrance is free on a first come, first served basis.
Contact: Concert Office
Saturday, May 11, 2024 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Tan Dunconductor
with guests
Zhang Mengsheng Han Yanpipa Wenwen Liusuona Bowen Yangchiba Yunqi Zhuerhu
Stravinsky Fireworks
Tan Dun Concerto for Five
Stravinsky Song of the Nightingale
Tan Dun Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds
“I have two goals in my heart: I don’t just want to establish a musical idea…I want to develop a cross-cultural idea that brings nature and classical music, ancient and modern, together.”—Tan Dun
Dean of the Bard College Conservatory of Music and UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador, Tan Dun, has made an indelible mark on the world’s music scene with a repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and Western traditions. On May 11, Tan Dun conducts the Conservatory Orchestra.
Sunday, May 12, 2024 | 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
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Sunday, May 12, 2024 | 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
E-mail: [email protected] Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 | 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
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Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program; Bard Conservatory Post-Graduate Piano Fellowship presents
“Just Between Us: The Audience as Confidant” with Members of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and Collaborative Piano Fellows
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Olin Hall
Arias and ensembles from operas of Handel and Mozart
Join the members of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and Collaborative Piano Fellowship as they present a program of arias and ensembles from operas of Handel and Mozart. Treating the members of the audience as intimates, each vocalist will include an original monologue revealing a new world of insight into each character.
Thursday, May 16, 2024 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Olin Hall Free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations needed.
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Thursday, May 16, 2024 | 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
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Saturday, May 18, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
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Saturday, May 18, 2024 | 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
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Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
E-mail: [email protected] Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
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Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Yardley Penthouse, 600 Palisade Ave., Union City, NJ 07087 A program of classical masterpieces that reflect the depth and richness of Hungary’s musical tradition.
The program features works by Béla Kovács, Aram Khachaturian, Gergely Vajda, Béla Bartók, and Vittorio Monti, performed by: Eszter Pókai, clarinet, Christopher Nelson, violin Neilson Chen, piano
Please note that RSVP is required as this is a limited seating performance and we want to ensure a comfortable and intimate setting for all our guests. To secure your spot, please fill out this Google form: RSVP May 19
Student Transportation to Yardley Penthouse, Union City, NJ: For Bard students, transportation via shuttle is possible to the concert venue. If you wish to take advantage of this service, please indicate in your RSVP form that you commit to attending and require a seat on the shuttle. Contact: Concert Office E-mail: [email protected]
Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
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Monday, May 20, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
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Monday, May 20, 2024 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
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Guest Artist Recital: Anmari van der Westhuizen, cello, performing works by contemporary South African Composers
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
An Hour-long Lunchtime Concert
Cellist Anmari van der Westhuizen has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in more than 17 countries across the globe. She is associate professor and head of the renowned Odeion String Quartet at the University of the Free State in South Africa. She is a cum laude graduate of the University of Stellenbosch, and the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Hochschüle für Musik in Cologne. She holds a PhD in Music performance from the University of Pretoria. She has been recognized for her contributions toward arts and culture in South Africa and has performed many premieres of cello works by both Austrian and South African composers.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.
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