2021
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Saturday, February 27, 2021
Streamed student recital with guest musicians on guzheng, cello, flute, percussion, and piano.
Online Event 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Streaming at https://youtu.be/CDJbyMIpTEs
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Thursday, April 8, 2021
AN ONLINE CONFERENCE AND PERFORMANCE SERIES, APRIL 8-10, 2021
Day One
Online Event 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
This year’s annual conference of the US-China Music Institute will explore forms of Buddhist musical practice through online discussions, performances, and demonstrations. Speakers will provide historical, sociological, and musicological context for musical rituals in Buddhist traditions. Performances will draw from different regions and styles of traditional chanting, ceremonial music, and contemporary composition.
All events are free and open to the public. Learn more and register to receive links prior to each event at barduschinamusic.org/harmony2021
CONFERENCE EVENT SCHEDULETHURSDAY, APRIL 8BUDDHISM, MUSIC, AND SOCIETY
Panel Discussion (Zoom) 5:30-7pm EST Speakers Andrew Quintman, Professor of Religious Studies, Wesleyan University Mingmei Yip, Visiting Professor of Chinese Music History, Bard College Chen Tao, Professor of Chinese Music, Bard College; Artistic Director, Melody of Dragon, Inc. Zhai Fengjian, Associate Researcher, China National Academy of Fine Arts
Performance (Streaming) 8-9pm ESTFeaturing ceremonial chanting from Daxiangguo Temple, Kaifang, Henan Province Zhihua Temple, Beijing Mount Wutai Buddhist Monk Ensemble, Shanxi Province Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai Huafan University, Department of Buddhist Studies, Taipei International Buddhist Progress Society (IBPS), North America (multiple locations) Labrang Monastery, Gansu Autonomous Tibetan Prefecture FRIDAY, APRIL 9ENTERING THE WORLD, THE PATH OF MUSIC
Panel Discussion (Zoom) 5:30-7pm ESTModerated by
Dominique Townsend, Professor of Religious Studies, and Jindong Cai, director of the US-China Music Institute
with
Jamyang Dolma, Founding Director, Academy of Himalayan Art and Child Development
Drukmo Gyal, singer
Ganavya Doraiswamy, singerPerformance (Streaming) 8-9pm ESTModern Tibetan chant, traditional instrumental music, and modern works from composers Tan Dun and Qu Xiaosong.
SATURDAY, APRIL 10A BLESSING FROM BHUTANThe final day of the Harmony and Compassion takes us on a virtual journey to the Kingdom of Bhutan, “the happiest country on earth.”Performance (Streaming) 7:30-8:30pm ESTDiscussion and Q&A (Zoom) 8:30-9:30pm EST
Presented by: US-China Music Institute
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Friday, April 9, 2021
AN ONLINE CONFERENCE AND PERFORMANCE SERIES, APRIL 8-10, 2021
Day Two
Online Event 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
This year’s annual conference of the US-China Music Institute will explore forms of Buddhist musical practice through online discussions, performances, and demonstrations. Speakers will provide historical, sociological, and musicological context for musical rituals in Buddhist traditions. Performances will draw from different regions and styles of traditional chanting, ceremonial music, and contemporary composition.
All events are free and open to the public. Learn more and register to receive links prior to each event at barduschinamusic.org/harmony2021
CONFERENCE EVENT SCHEDULETHURSDAY, APRIL 8BUDDHISM, MUSIC, AND SOCIETY
Panel Discussion (Zoom) 5:30-7pm EST Speakers Andrew Quintman, Professor of Religious Studies, Wesleyan University Mingmei Yip, Visiting Professor of Chinese Music History, Bard College Chen Tao, Professor of Chinese Music, Bard College; Artistic Director, Melody of Dragon, Inc. Zhai Fengjian, Associate Researcher, China National Academy of Fine Arts
Performance (Streaming) 8-9pm ESTFeaturing ceremonial chanting from Daxiangguo Temple, Kaifang, Henan Province Zhihua Temple, Beijing Mount Wutai Buddhist Monk Ensemble, Shanxi Province Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai Huafan University, Department of Buddhist Studies, Taipei International Buddhist Progress Society (IBPS), North America (multiple locations) Labrang Monastery, Gansu Autonomous Tibetan Prefecture FRIDAY, APRIL 9ENTERING THE WORLD, THE PATH OF MUSIC
Panel Discussion (Zoom) 5:30-7pm ESTModerated by
Dominique Townsend, Professor of Religious Studies, and Jindong Cai, director of the US-China Music Institute
with
Jamyang Dolma, Founding Director, Academy of Himalayan Art and Child Development
Drukmo Gyal, singer
Ganavya Doraiswamy, singerPerformance (Streaming) 8-9pm ESTModern Tibetan chant, traditional instrumental music, and modern works from composers Tan Dun and Qu Xiaosong.
SATURDAY, APRIL 10A BLESSING FROM BHUTANThe final day of the Harmony and Compassion takes us on a virtual journey to the Kingdom of Bhutan, “the happiest country on earth.”Performance (Streaming) 7:30-8:30pm ESTDiscussion and Q&A (Zoom) 8:30-9:30pm EST
Presented by: US-China Music Institute
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Saturday, April 10, 2021
AN ONLINE CONFERENCE AND PERFORMANCE SERIES, APRIL 8-10, 2021
Day Three
Online Event 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
This year’s annual conference of the US-China Music Institute will explore forms of Buddhist musical practice through online discussions, performances, and demonstrations. Speakers will provide historical, sociological, and musicological context for musical rituals in Buddhist traditions. Performances will draw from different regions and styles of traditional chanting, ceremonial music, and contemporary composition.
All events are free and open to the public. Learn more and register to receive links prior to each event at barduschinamusic.org/harmony2021
CONFERENCE EVENT SCHEDULETHURSDAY, APRIL 8BUDDHISM, MUSIC, AND SOCIETY
Panel Discussion (Zoom) 5:30-7pm EST Speakers Andrew Quintman, Professor of Religious Studies, Wesleyan University Mingmei Yip, Visiting Professor of Chinese Music History, Bard College Chen Tao, Professor of Chinese Music, Bard College; Artistic Director, Melody of Dragon, Inc. Zhai Fengjian, Associate Researcher, China National Academy of Fine Arts
Performance (Streaming) 8-9pm ESTFeaturing ceremonial chanting from Daxiangguo Temple, Kaifang, Henan Province Zhihua Temple, Beijing Mount Wutai Buddhist Monk Ensemble, Shanxi Province Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai Huafan University, Department of Buddhist Studies, Taipei International Buddhist Progress Society (IBPS), North America (multiple locations) Labrang Monastery, Gansu Autonomous Tibetan Prefecture FRIDAY, APRIL 9ENTERING THE WORLD, THE PATH OF MUSIC
Panel Discussion (Zoom) 5:30-7pm ESTModerated by
Dominique Townsend, Professor of Religious Studies, and Jindong Cai, director of the US-China Music Institute
with
Jamyang Dolma, Founding Director, Academy of Himalayan Art and Child Development
Drukmo Gyal, singer
Ganavya Doraiswamy, singerPerformance (Streaming) 8-9pm ESTModern Tibetan chant, traditional instrumental music, and modern works from composers Tan Dun and Qu Xiaosong.
SATURDAY, APRIL 10A BLESSING FROM BHUTANThe final day of the Harmony and Compassion takes us on a virtual journey to the Kingdom of Bhutan, “the happiest country on earth.”Performance (Streaming) 7:30-8:30pm ESTDiscussion and Q&A (Zoom) 8:30-9:30pm EST
Presented by: US-China Music Institute
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Thursday, May 27, 2021
Online Event 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
The Bard Chinese Ensemble will present their annual spring concert from Beijing, China, where most of Bard's Chinese instrument majors are studying this year at the Central Conservatory of Music.
More information about the program is available on the US-China Music Institute website.
Watch the livestream at https://youtu.be/Jh8Z1NmMRIE.
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Monday, June 28, 2021
US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
During six two-hour long classes, students will be taught how to compose for Chinese instruments in various Chinese music styles and to orchestrate a piano work for Chinese ensembles and mixed ensembles of Chinese and Western instruments.
CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Taught by Professor Xinyan Li of the Bard Conservatory faculty, a distinguished musician, composer, and educator.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021
US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
During six two-hour long classes, students will be taught how to compose for Chinese instruments in various Chinese music styles and to orchestrate a piano work for Chinese ensembles and mixed ensembles of Chinese and Western instruments.
CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Taught by Professor Xinyan Li of the Bard Conservatory faculty, a distinguished musician, composer, and educator.
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Friday, July 2, 2021
US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
During six two-hour long classes, students will be taught how to compose for Chinese instruments in various Chinese music styles and to orchestrate a piano work for Chinese ensembles and mixed ensembles of Chinese and Western instruments.
CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Taught by Professor Xinyan Li of the Bard Conservatory faculty, a distinguished musician, composer, and educator.
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Monday, July 5, 2021
US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
During six two-hour long classes, students will be taught how to compose for Chinese instruments in various Chinese music styles and to orchestrate a piano work for Chinese ensembles and mixed ensembles of Chinese and Western instruments.
CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Taught by Professor Xinyan Li of the Bard Conservatory faculty, a distinguished musician, composer, and educator.
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021
US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
During six two-hour long classes, students will be taught how to compose for Chinese instruments in various Chinese music styles and to orchestrate a piano work for Chinese ensembles and mixed ensembles of Chinese and Western instruments.
CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Taught by Professor Xinyan Li of the Bard Conservatory faculty, a distinguished musician, composer, and educator.
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Friday, July 9, 2021
US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
During six two-hour long classes, students will be taught how to compose for Chinese instruments in various Chinese music styles and to orchestrate a piano work for Chinese ensembles and mixed ensembles of Chinese and Western instruments.
CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Taught by Professor Xinyan Li of the Bard Conservatory faculty, a distinguished musician, composer, and educator.
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Monday, July 12, 2021
US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Over more than three thousand years of history, China has developed a unique musical aesthetic tradition which intertwined with its philosophy, culture and customs. This three-week course will present music in its social, philosophical, and cultural context and will be suitable for anyone who is interested in Chinese music and culture.
CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
The class will be taught primarily in English. Knowledge of Chinese is not required, although Chinese speakers are welcome. You do not need to be a Bard student to attend.
Taught by Professor Mingmei Yip, on the faculty of the Bard Conservatory and an accomplished author, musician, scholar, and artist.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021
US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Over more than three thousand years of history, China has developed a unique musical aesthetic tradition which intertwined with its philosophy, culture and customs. This three-week course will present music in its social, philosophical, and cultural context and will be suitable for anyone who is interested in Chinese music and culture.
CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
The class will be taught primarily in English. Knowledge of Chinese is not required, although Chinese speakers are welcome. You do not need to be a Bard student to attend.
Taught by Professor Mingmei Yip, on the faculty of the Bard Conservatory and an accomplished author, musician, scholar, and artist.
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Monday, July 19, 2021
US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Over more than three thousand years of history, China has developed a unique musical aesthetic tradition which intertwined with its philosophy, culture and customs. This three-week course will present music in its social, philosophical, and cultural context and will be suitable for anyone who is interested in Chinese music and culture.
CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
The class will be taught primarily in English. Knowledge of Chinese is not required, although Chinese speakers are welcome. You do not need to be a Bard student to attend.
Taught by Professor Mingmei Yip, on the faculty of the Bard Conservatory and an accomplished author, musician, scholar, and artist.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Over more than three thousand years of history, China has developed a unique musical aesthetic tradition which intertwined with its philosophy, culture and customs. This three-week course will present music in its social, philosophical, and cultural context and will be suitable for anyone who is interested in Chinese music and culture.
CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
The class will be taught primarily in English. Knowledge of Chinese is not required, although Chinese speakers are welcome. You do not need to be a Bard student to attend.
Taught by Professor Mingmei Yip, on the faculty of the Bard Conservatory and an accomplished author, musician, scholar, and artist.
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Monday, July 26, 2021
US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Over more than three thousand years of history, China has developed a unique musical aesthetic tradition which intertwined with its philosophy, culture and customs. This three-week course will present music in its social, philosophical, and cultural context and will be suitable for anyone who is interested in Chinese music and culture.
CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
The class will be taught primarily in English. Knowledge of Chinese is not required, although Chinese speakers are welcome. You do not need to be a Bard student to attend.
Taught by Professor Mingmei Yip, on the faculty of the Bard Conservatory and an accomplished author, musician, scholar, and artist.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2021
US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Over more than three thousand years of history, China has developed a unique musical aesthetic tradition which intertwined with its philosophy, culture and customs. This three-week course will present music in its social, philosophical, and cultural context and will be suitable for anyone who is interested in Chinese music and culture.
CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
The class will be taught primarily in English. Knowledge of Chinese is not required, although Chinese speakers are welcome. You do not need to be a Bard student to attend.
Taught by Professor Mingmei Yip, on the faculty of the Bard Conservatory and an accomplished author, musician, scholar, and artist.
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Monday, September 13, 2021
Composing for Mixed Ensemble of Chinese and Western Instruments
Online Event 8:30 am – 10:00 am EDT/GMT-4
This event is part of the “Ink Art and New Music” Creative Exchange Project
This lecture will introduce modern and contemporary ink art, an area of artistic expression that reinterprets traditional ink painting and calligraphy and encompasses painting, sculpture, installation, and even animation. Using works from the permanent collection of M+, the new visual culture museum in Hong Kong opening in November 2021, the talk will highlight important themes and breakthroughs in the development of ink art since the 1950s and artists from diverse backgrounds who have invigorated the centuries-old heritage.
This Zoom webinar masterclass is open to the public for viewing.
Register for free online at: https://www.art-mate.net/buy_ticket/60265
Speaker:
Dr. Lesley Ma
Curator of M+, Hong Kong
Moderator:
Jindong Cai
Director of the US-China Music Institute, Bard Conservatory of Music
Student Composers:
Austin Leung, Hong Kong University
Samuel Mutter, Bard Conservatory of Music
OGA, Bard Conservatory of Music
Jing Wang, Hong Kong University
Copresenters: US-China Music Institute; Bard College Conservatory of Music; Hong Kong University Cultural Management Office; Hong Kong University Department of Music; M+ Museum, Hong Kong
Cosponsors: Asian Cultural Council; Endowment Funds for Music & Fine Arts; Lee Hysan Foundation
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Sunday, December 5, 2021
Winter Concert
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST/GMT-5
The Chinese Ensemble returns to live concerts at Bard with an exciting program for mixed Chinese and Western instruments, especially arranged for the ensemble by conductor Chen Tao.
Bard Conservatory events are now open to fully vaccinated members of the community.
All visitors must register and demonstrate proof of vaccination in advance and wear a mask in any indoor campus setting.
Register to attend here: https://forms.gle/yGHSncyESFCqF8489
This concert will also be livestreamed.
View the livestream here on 12-5 at 2pm.
PROGRAM
Good Friends 阿西里西 by Zhu Yi, Arr. by Chen Tao
Autumn Thoughts 秋思 – 古琴与乐队 by Chen Tao & Liu Li
Little Boat 小行舟 Folk Music, Arr. by Chen Tao
Song of Flower & Drum 花香鼓舞 by Shang Yi, Arr. by Chen Tao
Buddha in the Temple 佛上殿 Classical Music, Arr. by Chen Tao
Hometown Ballad 乡谣 by Cao Wen-Gong, Arr. by Chen Tao
Plus selected chamber pieces for small ensemble.
ABOUT THE ENSEMBLE
The Bard Chinese Ensemble is mainly composed of the Conservatory’s Chinese instrument majors, along with various students of Western instruments joining each semester, depending on the repertoire. With increased enrollment in Chinese instrument majors each year since 2018, this year the Ensemble is composed of nearly 20 musicians.
Conductor and arranger Chen Tao is a dizi (bamboo flute) master and the artistic director of Melody of Dragon, an educational and performing arts organization in New York City focusing on traditional Chinese music. Chen Tao studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and has been teaching and performing in the New York area for nearly 30 years.
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Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Chapel of the Holy Innocents 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Are you interested in Chinese Han folk songs and minority folk songs? Are you interested in original works composed for Chinese ensembles and mixed ensembles for Chinese instruments and Western instruments? Please join the students of the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music for a concert of Chinese folk songs and a selection of their own compositions.
Directed by Prof. Xinyan Li, you will hear Northern Shaanxi mountain song Lan Huahua, Hunan style working song Laying Foundation, Mongolian folk song Swan Geese, Uyghur folk song Half Moon Rises with pipa,Yunan mountain song Flowing Stream with guqin, and Northern Shaanxi love song Thirty Miles Village with dizi and erhu. You will also hear the world premiere of six original works composed by our Chinese instrument majors, including a dizi solo, plus duets for pipa and erhu, guzheng and erhu, guqin and viola, and guzheng and cello. The concert is free and open to the public.
Time: Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 4:00pm
Location: Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 1387 Annandale Rd, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
We hope you will join us! Thank you.
