Events for May 2021
Annual Minsky Conference: Prospects and Challenges for the US and Europe in an Emerging Post-Pandemic Recovery
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 – Thursday, May 6, 2021
Online Event, 9 am – 3:30 pm
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 – Thursday, May 6, 2021
Online Event, 9 am – 3:30 pm
Degree Recital: Nathan Matsubara, cello with Ryan McCullough, piano: Works by Debussy, Dvořák, Martinů, and Joan Tower
Saturday, May 1, 2021
Online Event, 4–5:30 pm
Saturday, May 1, 2021
Online Event, 4–5:30 pm
Graduate Degree Recital: A Lucky Child Meg Jones, soprano; with pianist Sung-Soo Cho
Saturday, May 1, 2021
Online Event, 7–8:30 pm
Saturday, May 1, 2021
Online Event, 7–8:30 pm
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams: All students and faculty remain on campus
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 – Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Bard College Campus
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 – Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Bard College Campus
THE CONDO CONCERTS: Anthony McGill, clarinet with Anna Polonsky, piano: Recital by the 2020 winner of the Avery Fisher Prize and member of the Bard Conservatory faculty.
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Online Event, 3–4:30 pm
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Online Event, 3–4:30 pm
Degree Recital II: BEGIN AGAIN Zongheng Zhang, violin: With Michael Knox, double bass, and Jiangli Liu and Diana Borshcheva, piano
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Online Event, 7–8:30 pm
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Online Event, 7–8:30 pm
Constitutionalism and Democratic Backsliding: The Turn against "Genders" in Bulgarian Constitutional Discourse
Monday, May 3, 2021
Online Event, 8–9:30 am
Monday, May 3, 2021
Online Event, 8–9:30 am
Spring Workshops with SOAS: Reflection – Building Consciousness; Engagement as Social Action
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Online Event, 9 am – 12 pm
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Online Event, 9 am – 12 pm
Performing Water and Communicating Climate Change: Theater, Online Platform, and Discussion
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Online Event, 9–10:30 am
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Online Event, 9–10:30 am
Noon Concert: Grand Finale for This Semester : Conservatory students perform a special program of works by Schubert, Meyerbeer, Taktakishvili, Poulenc, Mendelssohn, Beethoven and more...
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Online Event, 12–1 pm
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Online Event, 12–1 pm
Informational Webinar: Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability: Join and receive a $65 application fee waiver!
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Online Event, 7–8 pm
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Online Event, 7–8 pm
Party System Closure: Book Launch with Zsolt Enyedi
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Online Event, 11 am – 12:30 pm
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Online Event, 11 am – 12:30 pm
COVID Response and the Green New Deal: Lessons from the Levy Economic Institute
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Online Event, 4:10–5 pm
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Online Event, 4:10–5 pm
Trauma Informed Teaching: Intergenerational, Cultural and Institutional Trauma with Ariane Simard
Friday, May 7, 2021
Online Event, 6–7:15 am
Friday, May 7, 2021
Online Event, 6–7:15 am
Faculty Recital: Raman Ramakrishnan, cello, and Erika Switzer, piano Brahms Sonatas for Cello and Piano
Friday, May 7, 2021
Online Event, 7–8:30 pm
Friday, May 7, 2021
Online Event, 7–8:30 pm
Degree Recital: "Tomorrow, in Dreams" — Jardena Gertler-Jaffe, soprano, with Diana Borshcheva, piano
Saturday, May 8, 2021
Online Event, 3–5 pm
Saturday, May 8, 2021
Online Event, 3–5 pm
Degree Recital: "An Affirming Flame" — Maximillian Jansen, tenor, with Ryan McCullough, piano
Saturday, May 8, 2021
Online Event, 7–9 pm
Saturday, May 8, 2021
Online Event, 7–9 pm
Trio: Yezu Woo, violin, Robert Martin, cello, Tomoki Park, piano, perform works by Takemitsu and Brahms: Live streamed from Berlin, Germany
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Online Event, 12–1 pm
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Online Event, 12–1 pm
Degree Recital: "Oh the Horror of Song!" — Louis Tiemann, baritone, with Sung-Soo Cho, piano
Sunday, May 9, 2021
3–5 pm
Sunday, May 9, 2021
3–5 pm
Degree Recital: Yichun (Helen) Wu, piano: Works by Bach, Beethoven, Ligeti, and Schumann
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Online Event, 8–10 pm
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Online Event, 8–10 pm
Degree Recital: Xinyi Wang, violin: Works by Bach, Brahms, Glazunov, Penderecki, and Paganini
Friday, May 14, 2021
Online Event, 1–2 pm
Friday, May 14, 2021
Online Event, 1–2 pm
Degree Recital: Henry Shankweiler, trombone, with pianists Gwyyon Sin and Sung-Soo Cho
Friday, May 14, 2021
Online Event, 4–5 pm
Friday, May 14, 2021
Online Event, 4–5 pm
Bard Baroque Ensemble & Graduate Vocal Arts Program streamed performance: Handel Aria Project
Friday, May 14, 2021
8–9:30 pm
Friday, May 14, 2021
8–9:30 pm
Experimental Humanities "Unconference" on COVID Exceptionalism
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Online Event, 10 am – 3 pm
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Online Event, 10 am – 3 pm
Degree Recital: Liri Ronen, horn, with Sung-Soo Cho, piano; Laura Perez Rangel, violin; Natalia Dziubelski, French horn: Works by Bach, Brahms, Glière, Naigus, Persichetti, Liri Ronen, and Schumann
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Online Event, 12–1:30 pm
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Online Event, 12–1:30 pm
Degree Recital: Diana Schwam, soprano, with Ryan McCullough, piano
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Online Event, 3–4 pm
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Online Event, 3–4 pm
Climate and Community Science Chat #2: Community Science in the Classroom
Monday, May 17, 2021
Online Event, 8:30–9:30 am
Monday, May 17, 2021
Online Event, 8:30–9:30 am
Student Recital: Alberto Arias, horn, with Ana Aparicio, violin, Joel Guahnich, trumpet, Sung-Soo Cho, piano, Gabriela Rosado, flute, and Juan Diego Mora, percussion
Monday, May 17, 2021
Online Event, 8–9:30 pm
Monday, May 17, 2021
Online Event, 8–9:30 pm
Mise-en-Crise: Digital Commission by Malik Nashad Sharpe
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Online Event, 10–11:30 am
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Online Event, 10–11:30 am
EVENT CANCELLED: Adila Laïdi-Hanieh on the Role of the Palestinian Museum
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Online Event, 2–3 pm
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Online Event, 2–3 pm
Doing Good in a Changing World: A Conversation with Alumni Leaders in Philanthropy
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Online Event, 11 am – 12 pm
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Online Event, 11 am – 12 pm
Combining Art and Scholarship: A Creative Approach to the Migration Crisis
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Online Event, 11 am – 12 pm
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Online Event, 11 am – 12 pm
Clarinet Chamber Recital: Karolina Krajewska & Anya Swinchoski, clarinets; Francis Huang & Ryan McCullough, piano
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Online Event, 8–9:30 pm
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Online Event, 8–9:30 pm
VIOLA PERFORMANCE CLASS: SPRING RECITAL: Students of Molly Carr, Marka Gustavsson, Melissa Reardon, Steven Tenenbom, and Ira Weller
Friday, May 21, 2021
Online Event, 12–2 pm
Friday, May 21, 2021
Online Event, 12–2 pm
Degree Recital: Pauline Tan, mezzo-soprano, "Magical Animal Recital," with Elias Dagher, piano
Friday, May 21, 2021
Online Event, 8–9 pm
Friday, May 21, 2021
Online Event, 8–9 pm
Degree Recital: Jingyi Zhou, piano: Works by Bach, Beethoven, Poulenc, Scarlatti, and Schumann
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Online Event, 2–3:30 pm
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Online Event, 2–3:30 pm
First Songs: A Celebration of Contemporary Vocal Repertoire
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Online Event, 7–9 pm
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Online Event, 7–9 pm
Degree Recital: Chuanyuan Liu, countertenor, with Elias Dagher, piano
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Online Event, 1–2 pm
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Online Event, 1–2 pm
Faculty Recital: Benjamin Hochman, piano Bach: Prelude and Fugue in B minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book One, BWV 869 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Online Event, 7–7:30 pm
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Online Event, 7–7:30 pm
Faculty Trio Recital: Melissa Reardon, viola, Raman Ramakrishnan, cello, Benjamin Hochman, piano : Three members of the Bard Conservatory faculty perform Brahms’s trio for viola, cello, and piano in A minor, Op. 114. Recorded in Olin Hall in March 2021.
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Online Event, 8–8:45 pm
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Online Event, 8–8:45 pm
TODAY: Palestine–Reflections from Al-Quds Bard on the Current Situation
Monday, May 24, 2021
Online Event, 11 am – 12 pm
Monday, May 24, 2021
Online Event, 11 am – 12 pm
"Simply Sinful" Two streamed operas: Menotti's The Medium and Weill's Seven Deadly Sins
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Online Event, 7–9 pm
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Online Event, 7–9 pm
"Simply Sinful": Two streamed operas: Menotti's The Medium and Weill's Seven Deadly Sins
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Online Event, 7–9 pm
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Online Event, 7–9 pm
COVID’s Impact on International Higher Education: A New Model Emerging? An OSUN Answer?
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Online Event, 9–11 am
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Online Event, 9–11 am
Degree Recital: Harrison Jarvis, piano: Works by Adams, Cowell, Kurtág, and Reich
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Online Event, 3–4:30 pm
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Online Event, 3–4:30 pm
Ongoing Events:
The Miracle of Heliane: by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Demon: by Anton Rubinstein
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Oresteia: Composer in Context: Sergey Taneyev
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Euryanthe: Composer in Context: Carl Maria von Weber
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
The Wreckers: by Ethel Smyth
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Le roi malgré lui
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Dimitrij
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Die Liebe der Danae: by Richard Strauss
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Iris: by Pietro Mascagni
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
2020 World Opera Day Talk : Leon Botstein in conversation with Stephanie Blythe
Sunday, October 25, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Sunday, October 25, 2020 – Friday, December 31, 2021
The Future is Present
Thursday, January 21, 2021 – Sunday, May 16, 2021
Thursday, January 21, 2021 – Sunday, May 16, 2021
Bard Chapel Service
Sunday, February 7, 2021 – Sunday, May 16, 2021
Sunday, February 7, 2021 – Sunday, May 16, 2021
English Language Conversation Tables
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 – Thursday, May 20, 2021
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 – Thursday, May 20, 2021
2021 Graduate Student Exhibitions and Projects
Saturday, April 3, 2021 – Sunday, May 30, 2021
Saturday, April 3, 2021 – Sunday, May 30, 2021
Written Arts Senior Project Readings
Monday, May 10, 2021 – Monday, May 17, 2021
Monday, May 10, 2021 – Monday, May 17, 2021
all events are subject to change