Bard Conservatory of Music Events
Upcoming Events and Performances
Degree Recital: Wenrui Shi, guqin, with Danni Chen, guqin, and Neilson Chen, piano
Friday, April 26, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Wenrui Shi CMC ’24 is one of the first graduate degree candidates in the Master of Arts in Chinese Music and Culture program at the Bard College Conservatory of Music.Free and open to the public. Download Event Program E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Degree Recital: Zeke Morgan, composer, presents his new opera, "Requiem"
Friday, April 26, 2024 | 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public.Zeke Morgan is a composer, violinist, and violist from Jackson,
Mississippi; and a student at the Bard Conservatory of Music. He has
performed and written music in ensembles/music groups of varying type
and genre— from rock bands to free improv groups. His inspirations often
materialize from improvisation, folk music, electronica, philosophy, the
natural world, and very occasionally; his personal life. In his music, he is
most interested in the reconciliation of different stylistic genres and art-
forms. He will be graduating Bard with double degrees in composition and
the written arts, and through his studies in poetry and poetic forms, has
developed a special interest in composing vocal music, resulting in the composition of multiple
art songs and two operas. This fall, he will begin his masters degree at the Manhattan School of
Music.
Zeke is passionate about the performance and curation of new music. At Bard, he runs the
Sinfonietta Project, a student-run new music initiative designed to provide ample opportunity
for living composers and performers to engage together in music-making. His music has been
performed at an incredibly high level— including by members of ICE and the Da Capo Chamber
Players. In May, his piece for solo baritone and orchestra, PAX, will be premiered by soloist
Garrick Neuner and The Orchestra Now under the baton of Maestro Leon Botstein. His teachers
and mentors include Joan Tower, Missy Mazzoli, George Tsontakis, and Jorge Variego. E-mail: [email protected]
Degree Recital: "Road to Freedom" with Bryan Zhe Wang, guqin
Friday, April 26, 2024 | 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceWith Lung Chan, zhongruan; Hiu-Man Chan, guanzi; Njya Lubang, double bass; and Neilson Chen, piano
Featuring recent compositions by the Bard Conservatory's US-China Music Institute faculty member Xinyan Li and Beijing Central Conservatory of Music faculty member Fuhong Shi.Free and open to the public.
Livestream at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2HOKkWShDQ Download Event Program E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
Degree Recital: Christopher Nelson, violin, with pianists Neilson Chen and Yilin Li
Saturday, April 27, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceWorks by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alfred Schnittke, and Dmitri Shostakovich
Raised in Southern California, Christopher Nelson is a violinist who has performed music ranging from Monteverdi to Kurtág. He has participated in music festivals including the Aspen Music Festival, National Repertory Orchestra, Round Top Festival Institute, Taconic Chamber Intensive, and Madeline Island Chamber Music. Influential teachers include William Fitzpatrick, Moni Simeonov, Daniel Phillips, Paul Kantor, and Gail Mellert. Christopher is currently a student of Carmit Zori in the Graduate Instrumental Arts Program at Bard College (MM ‘24).
Free and open to the public. E-mail: [email protected]
Degree Recital: Michał Cieślik, oboe
Saturday, April 27, 2024 | 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceWorks by Chopin, Bowen, Finzi, and Howells. Projections by Rhyane Batista.
Free and open to the public. E-mail: [email protected]Degree Recital: Natalia Dziubelski, horn
Sunday, April 28, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceWorks by Abbott, Brahms, Mendelssohn, and Strauss,
Free and open to the public. Download Event Program E-mail: [email protected]Degree Recital: "LA BONNE CHANSON" with Sarah Nalty, soprano, and Gabriele Zemaityte, piano
Sunday, April 28, 2024 | 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public. Download Event Program E-mail: [email protected]Degree Recital: "Mondsternlieder" with Abbegael Greene, soprano, and Nomin Samdan, piano
Sunday, April 28, 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]Noon Concert: Conservatory Students Perform Short Works for Cello, Piano, Violin, Voice, and Horn
Monday, April 29, 2024 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Students perform selections from a wide range of solo and chamber works.Free and open to the public.
Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel. E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory
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 Program E-mail: [email protected]Bard Chinese Ensemble Year-End Concert 2024
Sunday, May 5, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceShutong 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.
FREE and open to the public.
Contact: Kathryn Wright
Phone: 845-758-7026
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://www.barduschinamusic.org/events/chinese-ensemble-year-end-24
Degree Recital: "Lonely's Antonym" Taylor Mackenzie Adams, soprano, and Pei-Hsuan Shen, piano
Sunday, May 5, 2024 | 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceMusic of Alawi, Bach, Brediceanu, King, Price, Ragland, and More
Free and open to the public. E-mail: [email protected]Bard Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Tan Dun
Saturday, May 11, 2024 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterTan Dun conductor
with guests
Zhang Meng sheng
Han Yan pipa
Wenwen Liu suona
Bowen Yang chiba
Yunqi Zhu erhu
Stravinsky
Fireworks
Tan Dun
Concerto for Six
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.
Phone: 845-758-7900E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bcom-24/
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 SpaceAn 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.Free and open to the public. E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://bard.edu/conservatory