Bard Conservatory of Music News Archive

Star soprano and Bard professor Dawn Upshaw performs in San Francisco with Sō Percussion, a group comprising Bard faculty members Eric Cha-Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, and Jason Treuting.

The winners of the 2017 Concerto Competition were announced on Saturday, October 14, at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. Students in the Bard College Conservatory of Music competed for the honor in two rounds of performances over the course of the weekend. This year's winners are: Eric Carey, voice (Benjamin Britten, Les illumination); Zhen Liu, violin (Brahms, Violin Concerto); and Emily Munstedt, cello (Kabalevsky, Cello Concerto). The winners will perform with the Conservatory Orchestra, The Orchestra Now, or the American Symphony Orchestra during the 2018–2019 season.

Bard Conservatory alumnus Christopher Carroll is among the young movers and shakers of New York City, in his role as political director of the Associated Musicians of Greater New York.