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Events for May 2026

Student Recital: Liliána Szokol, flute
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Olin Hall, 12–1:30 pm
2026 Spring Senior Dance Concert
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 2–3 pm
Graduate Degree Recital: Madelin Morales, mezzo-soprano, with Kyeongji Koh, piano: A Todos Mis Amigos
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 2–3:30 pm
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Fisher Galleries #6
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Fisher Studio Art Building, 4–7 pm
Graduate Degree Recital: Tim Widner, baritone, with Nomin Samdan, piano: "In All Seriousness"
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 5–6:30 pm
Strauss’s “Alpine Symphony”
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 7–9 pm
2026 Spring Senior Dance Concert
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30–8:30 pm
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams: All students and faculty remain on campus
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 – Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Bard College Campus
Alumni/ae Reunion Weekend: Class Years Ending in 1 and 6: It’s Your Reunion
Friday, May 22, 2026 – Sunday, May 24, 2026
Bard College Campus
Spiro Spero: Spring 2026 Senior Dance Concert
Thursday, May 7, 2026 – Saturday, May 9, 2026
LUMA Theater
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Tess von Brachel, cello
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 1–2:30 pm
Strauss’s “Alpine Symphony”
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 3–5 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Lexi Lanni, voice
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 4–5:30 pm
Graduate Degree Recital: Sydney Cornett, mezzo-soprano, with Yumi Jang, piano: TALL TALES 
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7–8:30 pm
Reid Grossman senior concert
Sunday, May 10, 2026
The Old Gym, 8:30–9:30 pm
Graduate Degree Recital: Hengjian Zhang, sheng
Monday, May 11, 2026
Olin Hall, 1–2:30 pm
“ORATORIOUS!”     : The Glories of the Aria
Monday, May 11, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 6–8 pm
Balinese Gamelan: with the Bard College Gamelan
Monday, May 11, 2026
Bard Hall, 6:30 pm
Alternative Strings Ensemble concert
Monday, May 11, 2026
Blum Hall, 7–7:45 pm
Electro-Acoustic Groove Ensemble 
Monday, May 11, 2026
Blum Hall, 8–9 pm
Jazz Vocal Ensemble       
Monday, May 11, 2026
The Jazz Room, Blum N211, 9–10 pm
Breaking the Tragedy of the Horizon? Characterizing the Green Turn of Monetary Regimes
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Blithewood, 2–3 pm
The Graduate Vocal Arts Program Presents: Love and Truth, Actually
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Olin Hall, 3–5:30 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Mikhal Terentiev, viola
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 6–7:30 pm
Strauss’s “Alpine Symphony”: Presented by The Orchestra Now (TŌN) at Carnegie Hall in NYC
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Carnegie Hall in NYC, 7–9:10 pm
Democracy Innovation Academy with special guest Michael Mackenzie: A Monthly Series with the Democracy Innovation Hub
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Online Event, 5 pm
Studio Recital: Harp Students of Mariko Anraku
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Edith C. Blum Institute, 6–8:30 pm
Georgian Choir Spring Concert 
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 7 pm
Danni Fu Senior Concert
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Bard Hall, 7–8:30 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Andrés Pérez Rangel, cello
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7–8:30 pm
Graduate Degree Recital: Hongfan Su, piano
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Olin Hall, 4–5:30 pm
Jazz Improv Ensemble
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Blum N211, the jazz room, 5–6 pm
Studio Recital: Trumpet Students of Edward Carroll
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Olin Hall, 7–8:30 pm
Khantshe in Amerike — An Operetta by Joseph Rumshinsky
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7–8:30 pm
Hosain Aqa Hosaini Moderation Lecture
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Blum N210, 7:30 pm
Contemporary Jazz Composers
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Blum Hall, 8–9 pm
Bard Accordion Orchestra
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Bard Hall, 8–9 pm
Tzedel Fishman Moderation Concert
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Blum N211, the Jazz room, 8:30 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Rodney Clark, percussion
Friday, May 15, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 12–1:30 pm
CANCELED: Student Recital: Olivia Jackson, trombone
Friday, May 15, 2026
Olin Hall, 12–1:30 pm
Hudson River Brass Quintet
Friday, May 15, 2026
Olin Hall, 3–4:30 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Stanley Legan, bass
Friday, May 15, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 4–5:30 pm
Afro Caribbean Jazz Ensemble
Friday, May 15, 2026
Blum N211, the Jazz room, 5–6 pm
CANCELED: Student Recital: Alexandra Balog, piano
Friday, May 15, 2026
Olin Hall, 6–7:30 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Eliza Karpiak, flute
Friday, May 15, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7–8:30 pm
Third Year Recital: Abby Wolf, cello
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Olin Hall, 1–2:30 pm
Graudate Degree Recital: Christian Midy, flute
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 4–5:30 pm
Open Concert
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Bard Hall, 5–6 pm
Undergraudate Degree Recital: Megumi Takahasi, flute
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Edith C. Blum Institute, 7–8:30 pm
Graduate Degree Recital: Benjamin Truncale, tenor, with Kyeongji Koh, piano: THE ARTIST AND THE “OTHER”: An Exploration of The Muse
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7–8:30 pm
Undergraudate Degree Recital: Isabel Chin Garita, violin
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 1–2:30 pm
Graudate Degree Recital: Yujia Yang, piano
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 4–5:30 pm
Erica Kiesewetter Studio
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Bard Hall, 5 pm
Alumni/ae Spotlight Series: Bard Alumni Ensemble
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Olin Hall, 7–8:30 pm
Studio Recital: Double Bass Students of Satoshi Okamoto
Monday, May 18, 2026
Edith C. Blum Institute, 1–2:30 pm
Undergraudate Degree Recital: Kai O'Donnell, oboe
Monday, May 18, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 1–2:30 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Jessica Ward, viola
Monday, May 18, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 4–5:30 pm
Undergraudate Degree Recital: Jing-Yi Sutherland, cello
Monday, May 18, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7–8:30 pm
Graduate Degree Recital: Imani Oluoch, mezzo-soprano, with Nomin Samdan, piano: Heretic: Exploring the Delicate Science of “Othering”
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 1–2:30 pm
Clarinet Recital: Mohammad AbdNikfarjam
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 4–5:30 pm
Undergraudate Degree Recital: Joas Erasmus, violin
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7:30–9 pm
Last Day of Spring Classes
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Bard College Campus
Hannah Arendt in Hamburg: with Natan Sznaider
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Online Event, 12 pm
Baccalaureate Service and Senior Dinner
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Bard College Campus
Bard College Awards
Friday, May 22, 2026
Commencement Tent, 5:30–8:30 pm
Commencement
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Bard College Campus
Poiesis Quartet
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Olin Hall, 4–5 pm

Ongoing Events:

Christian/Episcopal Sunday Service: Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown
Sunday, September 7, 2025 – Saturday, May 16, 2026
Sunday Mass
Sunday, September 7, 2025 – Sunday, May 17, 2026
La Voz weekly meeting / La Voz reunión semanal: Every Monday during the semester, 3:30 – 4:30 PM EDT | La Voz: Weekly Meeting for Aspiring Journalists and Volunteers — Learn, Write, and Contribute to Spanish-Language Journalism on Latino Communities and Activism.
Monday, February 9, 2026 – Monday, May 25, 2026
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today: 2026 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Saturday, April 4, 2026 – Sunday, May 24, 2026
OTHERWISE: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts 2026
Friday, May 1, 2026 – Sunday, May 10, 2026


all events are subject to change