Bard College Conservatory of Music Presents

Faculty Lecture-Recital: Raymond Erickson, piano

Raymond Erickson is a musician-scholar of unusual breadth.  He has travelled the world as a performer on both piano and harpsichord (with improvisations often integrated into his programs) and has made significant contributions as a musical historian in fields as diverse as computer applications in music, medieval music theory, Schubert, and Bach. For almost forty years he was on the faculty of Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, serving as founding Director of the Aaron Copland School of Music and Dean of Arts and Humanities at the College and as the principal teacher of historical performance practices at the Graduate Center.

Upon his retirement, he and his wife moved to Rhinecliff; he has since become a regular instructor in Bard's Lifelong Learning Institute as well Artist-in-Residence at the Conservatory.  Erickson has four books to his credit and for many years directed, in both New York and Japan, "Rethinking Bach:  A Workshop for Performers."  His current research focuses on the performing history of Bach's iconic Ciaccona for unaccompanied violin, on which he has published several articles and produced two videos (one with a performance by Bard alumna and faculty member Luosha Fang). His honors include election as an Honorary Member of Phi Beta Kappa, and decoration with the Federal Service Cross, First Class of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Free and open to the public.

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or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.

Time: 4:00 pm EST/GMT-5

Location: Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space

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