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Events for May 2023

Alluvial: Day One: Microfestival by First-Year MA Students in Human Rights & the Arts
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Bard campus and Tivoli, 10 am – 8 pm

Alluvial: Day Two: Microfestival by First-Year MA Students in Human Rights & the Arts
Friday, May 12, 2023
Bard campus and Tivoli, 12–8 pm

CMIA - The Mirror
Monday, May 1, 2023
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–9:55 pm

Recital: Mikhal Teretiev, viola
Monday, May 1, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7 pm

Steven Bonacci Moderation Concert
Monday, May 1, 2023
Blum Hall, 8–9 pm

Advising Days
Monday, May 1, 2023 – Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Bard College Campus

Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams: All students and faculty remain on campus
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 – Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Bard College Campus

Doing Democracy Differently: A Fellowship/Course for HS Teachers
Saturday, May 20, 2023 – Sunday, May 21, 2023
NYC (Barnard Milstein Center for Learning)

Alumni/ae Reunion Weekend: 3s and 8s—It’s your reunion!
Friday, May 26, 2023 – Sunday, May 28, 2023

The Bard Observer: Get your copy today!
Monday, May 22, 2023 – Thursday, May 25, 2023
Campus Center

Ecology Field Station Open House
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Field Station, 4–6:30 pm

Speaker Series: Jordan Carter
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
CCS Bard, Classroom 102, 5–7 pm

Right to Mother Panel: Nahee Kim, TZUSOO, and Hwayong
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
CCS Bard, Classroom 102 and Online, 10 am – 12 pm

How to Think Together: The Social Life of the Mind
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
4 pm

CMIA - The Films of Orson Welles
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7:30–11:55 pm

Senior Projects Due (5:00 pm)
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Bard College Campus

Memory of Birds: Tania El Khoury
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Maple Trees on Manor Avenue, 5–7 pm

A Reading with Zain Khalid and Kevin Holden
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 5:30–7 pm

Before and After Soviet Communism: Presented by The Orchestra Now
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, 7–9:10 pm

Jazz Vocal Annual Spring Concert
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Olin Hall, 7–9 pm

Agúyabskuyela: Kite
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Veterans of Foreign Wars • Red Hook Post 7765 • 30 Elizabeth Street, Red Hook, NY, 7:30–8:30 pm

Virtual Book Launch of “Reshaping the Field: Arts of the African Diasporas on Display”
Friday, May 5, 2023
Online Event, 12–2 pm

Windows, Murk, and Magic Spells in Daniil Kharms: A Translation Workshop: Matvei Yankelevich, Lecturer in Translation and Book Arts, Columbia University
Friday, May 5, 2023
Olin, Room 202, 1–3 pm

Josh Guerrero Senior Concert
Friday, May 5, 2023
Bard Hall, 5–8 pm

Memory of Birds: Tania El Khoury
Friday, May 5, 2023
Maple Trees on Manor Avenue, 5–7 pm

Agúyabskuyela: Kite
Friday, May 5, 2023
Veterans of Foreign Wars • Red Hook Post 7765 • 30 Elizabeth Street, Red Hook, NY, 6–7 pm

Degree Recital: Finding Home with Montana Smith, soprano, and Bat-Erdene Batbileg, piano
Friday, May 5, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7:30 pm

Sebastien Dufour Senior Concert
Friday, May 5, 2023
Blum Hall, 8–9 pm

Nicole Hazan Moderation Concert
Friday, May 5, 2023
Blum N211, the Jazz Room, 8–9 pm

COMMUNION: a ritual of nourishment and commemoration: Kenyon Adams
Friday, May 5, 2023
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Stage Right, 8–9 pm

Somos OtraCosa: Tara Rodríguez Besosa
Friday, May 5, 2023
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Backstage

Memory of Birds: Tania El Khoury
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Maple Trees on Manor Avenue, 1–6 pm

Recital: Maya Yokanovich, clarinet
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 1:30 pm

Degree Recital: Alexander Levinson, cello, with pianists Pei-I Hsu and Hannah Park-Kaufmann, and violinist Yuchen Zhao : Works by Bach, Rachmaninoff, Golijov, and Piazzolla.
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 4–5:30 pm

Agúyabskuyela: Kite
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Veterans of Foreign Wars • Red Hook Post 7765 • 30 Elizabeth Street, Red Hook, NY, 6–7 pm

Degree Recital: All About Love with Zihao Liu, tenor and Diana Borshcheva, piano
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7 pm

Rose Nadis Senior Concert
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Blum Hall, 8–9 pm

COMMUNION: a ritual of nourishment and commemoration: Kenyon Adams
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Stage Right, 8–9 pm

Somos OtraCosa: Tara Rodríguez Besosa
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Backstage

Memory of Birds: Tania El Khoury
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Maple Trees on Manor Avenue, 1–3 pm

Agúyabskuyela: Kite
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Veterans of Foreign Wars • Red Hook Post 7765 • 30 Elizabeth Street, Red Hook, NY, 2–3 pm

COMMUNION: a ritual of nourishment and commemoration: Kenyon Adams
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Stage Right, 4–5 pm

Degree Recital: How We Move Forward with Michael Alexander Aoun, bass-baritone and Viktória Sarkadi, piano: A graduate degree recital discussing how we live with and through difficulty—with themes of heritage, community, and identity.
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 4 pm

COMMUNION: a ritual of nourishment and commemoration: Kenyon Adams
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Stage Right, 4–5 pm

Mary Douglas Senior Concert
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Bard Hall, 6–7 pm

Recital: A Path to our Hearts with Neilson Chen, piano, Luosha Fang, violin/viola, Miles Wazni, clarinet, and Teryn Kuzma, soprano
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7 pm

Somos OtraCosa: Tara Rodríguez Besosa
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Backstage

Degree Recital: When Erhu is Talking with Beitong Liu, erhu, and pianists Nhi Huynh and Yi-Fen Cheng
Monday, May 8, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 6–7:30 pm

CMIA - Entering the Twenty-First Century
Monday, May 8, 2023
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–10:55 pm

Monitoring the Safeguard of Inmates' Rights
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Online Event, 9–10:30 am

CMIA - Reinventing Asian Film Genres
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–11:55 pm

Vocal Ensembles Performance
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 5 pm

CMIA - The Films of Orson Welles
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7:30–11:55 pm

Recital/lecture: “Chi-noise” - Pipa and noisy music colliding with Xi Lu, pipa, Xiaoyan Luo, pipa, Wenjun Lu, pipa, and Danni Chen, pipa: The sonic dimensions of Chinese noise art represented through the traditional Chinese musical instrument pipa.
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 6 pm

Senior Projects in Dance
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30–8:30 pm

Registration for Fall Classes Opens at 8 a.m.
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Bard College Campus

Recital: L'Amour, a concert of Schumann and more with Yilin Li, piano
Friday, May 12, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 12 pm

Senior Projects in Dance
Friday, May 12, 2023
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30–8:30 pm

CeDaniel Sumpter Senior Concert
Friday, May 12, 2023
Olin Hall, 7:30–8:30 pm

Senior Projects in Dance
Friday, May 12, 2023
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30–8:30 pm

Senior Projects in Dance
Saturday, May 13, 2023
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 2–3 pm

No Jokes Allowed: Alex Forrest and Ikechukwu Ufomadu
Saturday, May 13, 2023
CCS Bard Galleries, Gallery 2, 2–3 pm

Senior Projects in Dance
Saturday, May 13, 2023
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 2–3 pm

Senior Projects in Dance
Saturday, May 13, 2023
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30–8:30 pm

Water Spirits: From River to Ocean
Saturday, May 13, 2023
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 8–9 pm

Recital: Longing for the Light with David Keringer, clarinet, Nhi Huynh, piano, and Arnav Shirodkar, percussion: Works of Nielsen, Messiaen, and Bassi.
Sunday, May 14, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 1 pm

Bard Chinese Ensemble Spring Concert
Sunday, May 14, 2023
Olin Hall, 2–4 pm

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Presented by The Orchestra Now
Sunday, May 14, 2023
Symphony Space in New York City, 4–5:55 pm

Recital: Georgi Chikolov, piano
Sunday, May 14, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 4 pm

Degree Recital: Alberto Arias Flores, horn
Sunday, May 14, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7–8:30 pm

The Lafayette Trail New Marker Dedication Ceremony: Join us at Montgomery Place!
Monday, May 15, 2023
Montgomery Place Estate, 2 pm

Written Arts Senior Project Readings
Monday, May 15, 2023
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 5:30–7 pm

Rufus Müller’s Performance Class: : BLUMEN IN BLOOM
Monday, May 15, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 6–7 pm

Bard Gamelan Spring Concert
Monday, May 15, 2023
Bard Hall, 6:30–7:30 pm

Spontaneous Composition Ensemble Concert
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Blum Hall, 7:30–8:30 pm

An Evening of Schubert Vocal Music : Featuring members of: The Bard Conservatory Vocal Arts Program The Bard Chamber Singers The Bard Symphonic Chorus James Bagwell - Conductor
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Olin Hall, 7:30–8:30 pm

Concert: Symphonic Chorus
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Olin Hall, 7:30 pm

From Spain To The Americas, A Journey through the Spanish Language
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Olin Hall, 1 pm

Andy Santella Senior Concert
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 7–8 pm

Recital: Saint-Saëns and Brahms with Yangxin Song, violin, and Neilson Chen, piano
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7–8:30 pm

Women Composers Ensemble Concert
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Blum Hall, 7:30–9:30 pm

Jazz Improvisation Concert
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Blum N211, the Jazz Room , 6–8 pm

Recital: Eric Zheng, suona and saxophone
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7 pm

Sui Generis 2023
Friday, May 19, 2023
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 3:30–5:30 pm

Recital: Liam Brosh, viola, and Guy Levy, viola
Friday, May 19, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 6:30 pm

Advanced Performance Studies Recital: Liri Ronen, horn
Friday, May 19, 2023
Blum Hall, 6:30–8 pm

Class Recital: Erica Kiesewetter's Studio with Nomin Samdan, piano
Friday, May 19, 2023
Bard Hall, 8 pm

Baroque Masterpieces: Pergolesi Stabat Mater and Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3
Friday, May 19, 2023
Olin Hall, 8:30–10 pm

A Modern Bassoon Recital: Anna Pem Huang, bassoon
Saturday, May 20, 2023
1 pm

Degree Recital: Felix Johnson, horn, with Bat-Erdene Batbileg, piano
Saturday, May 20, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3 pm

Recital: Leonard Gurevich, piano: Works by Bach, Brahms, Kurbatov, Scriabin, Silvestrov, and Vasks
Saturday, May 20, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 8 pm

Contemporary Jazz Composers Ensemble Concert: Cherry Wu Tristan Geary Michael Knox Rodney Clark Jr. Arnav Shirodkar Francisco Verastegui Angel Ruiz Vigilance Brandon Steve Bonacci Ameya Natarajan Special guests: Katherine Chernyak & Alden Szlack
Saturday, May 20, 2023
Blum Hall, 8–10 pm

Percussion Studio Concert: A New Generation of Percussion Music: 21st Century Works by Robyn Jacob, Alexis Lamb, Missy Mazzoli, Emmanuel Sejourne, and Shodekeh Talifero
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7–9 pm

Recital: Linh Nguyen, piano
Monday, May 22, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 2 pm

Recital: Nita Vemuri, piano, with Blanche Darr and Yuchen Zhao,violin, Rowan Swain, viola, and Raman Ramakrishnan, cello: Works by Chopin, Debussy, Scriabin, Schumann, and Janáček.
Monday, May 22, 2023
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7–8:30 pm

Last Day of Spring Classes
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Bard College Campus

Spring Member Social Gathering
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Arendt Center, 5:30–8 pm

Baccalaureate Service and Senior Dinner
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Bard College Campus

Bard College Awards Ceremony
Friday, May 26, 2023
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 5–8 pm

Commencement: Join Us in Celebrating the Class of 2023!
Saturday, May 27, 2023
Bard College Campus

Alumni/ae Memorial Service
Sunday, May 28, 2023
Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 9:30–10:30 am

Ongoing Events:

Rising and Sinking Again: 2023 Graduate Student-Curated Exhibitions
Saturday, April 1, 2023 – Sunday, May 28, 2023

Tracing Apparitions: Inaugural Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts
Thursday, April 27, 2023 – Sunday, May 7, 2023

all events are subject to change

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