Catalogue

Faculty of the Bard College Conservatory of Music

For complete biographies see bard.edu/conservatory

Tan Dun, Dean
Award-winning composer, conductor. Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing; PhD, Columbia University. 

Frank Corliss, Director and Faculty
Piano. BM, Oberlin Conservatory of Music; MM, SUNY Stony Brook.

Marka Gustavsson, Director of Chamber Music and Faculty
Viola, chamber music. Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Robert Martin, Director Emeritus
BA, Haverford College; BM, Curtis Institute of Music; MA, PhD, Yale University. Cellist, Sequoia String Quartet (1975–85); president, Chamber Music America (1999–2005). Director, Bard College Conservatory of Music (2005–19); Vice President for Policy and Planning, Professor of Philosophy and Music (1994–2019).

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BCOM Bard College Conservatory of Music 
 GCP Graduate Conducting Program
  VAP Graduate Vocal Arts Program 
  US-CHINA  US-China Music Institute

Rieko Aizawa  BCOM
Piano. Studied with Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Curtis Institute; Seymour Lipkin and Peter Serkin, The Juilliard School. Faculty, Longy School of Music at Bard College.

Adele Anthony  BCOM
Violin. Studied with Dorothy DeLay, Felix Galimir, and Hyo Kang at The Juilliard School. Internationally renowned concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician.

Demian Austin  BCOM
Trombone. BM, Oberlin College (studied with Raymond Premru); MM, The Juilliard School (studied with Per Brevig). Principal trombone, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Mark Baechle  BCOM
Composer, orchestrator, producer. BA, film scoring, Berklee College of Music; also studied at the Academy of Music and Schola Cantorum Basel.

James Bagwell  GCP
Codirector, Graduate Conducting Program; Director, Orchestral and Choral Music; Professor of Music, Bard College; Associate Conductor and Academic Director, The Orchestra Now. See undergraduate listing.

Edith Bers  VAP
Voice. BA, MA, Columbia University. Studied with Tourel, Callas, Popper, Berl, Guth, Faull, B. P. Johnson, Cuenod, Brown, Hotter, and Stader; studied acting with Stella Adler.

Stephanie Blythe  VAP 
Artistic Director, Graduate Vocal Arts Program. BA, SUNY Potsdam. Internationally renowned opera singer and recitalist.

Leon Botstein  BCOM, GCP
Music Director, Conservatory of Music; Codirector, Graduate Conducting Program; President of the College; Leon Levy Professor in the Arts and Humanities; Codirector, Bard Music Festival. See undergraduate faculty listing.

Teresa Buchholz  GCP
Mezzo-soprano. Artist in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate faculty listing.

Jindong Cai  GCP, US-CHINA
Director, US-China Music Institute. Graduate studies, New England Conservatory and College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati; studied with Leonard Bernstein at Tanglewood Music Center. 

Edward Carroll  BCOM 
Trumpet. BM, MM, The Juilliard School.

Eric Cha-Beach BCOM
Percussion. BM, Graduate Performance Diploma, Peabody Institute; MM, Yale School of Music. Member, So Percussion.

Tao Chen  US-CHINA
Chinese ensemble. Graduate, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing. Founder and Director, Melody of Dragon, Inc.; and artistic director and conductor, Chinese Music Ensemble of New York.

Yan Chen  US-CHINA
Erhu. BM, Shanghai Conservatory of Music; MM, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.

Richard Cox  VAP
Voice. Graduate of Tennessee Technical University, Florida State University, and The Juilliard School.

Robert J. Culp  US-CHINA
Professor of History, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Barbara Jöstlein Currie  BCOM 
Horn. Studied at The Juilliard School with Julie Landsman. Member, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. 

Sarah Cutler  BCOM
Harp. BA, Yale College. Principal harp, American Symphony Orchestra, New York City Ballet Orchestra.

Sebastian Danila  BCOM, GCP
History seminar. PhD, New York University Steinhardt School. Library manager, Conservatory and Orchestra Now.

Elaine Douvas  BCOM
Oboe. Diploma, Cleveland Institute of Music. Principal oboe, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Raymond Erickson  BCOM
Harpsichord, piano. BA, Whittier College; PhD, Yale University. 

Luosha Fang  BCOM
Violin, viola. BA/BM, Bard College Conservatory of Music; additional studies at Curtis Institute of Music and Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, Madrid.

Alexander Farkas  VAP
Alexander Technique. MM, Manhattan School of Music. Alexander Technique training in London with Shoshana Kaminitz.

Derek Fenstermacher  BCOM
Tuba. BM, University of Alabama; MM, University of Cincinnati College–Conservatory of Music. Principal tuba, New Jersey and Chattanooga Symphony Orchestras.

Jack Ferver  VAP
Acting workshop. Assistant Professor of Theater and Performance, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Elaine Fitz Gibbon  VAP
German Language and Translation. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, Princeton University; PhD candidate, historical musicology, Harvard University.

Lucy Fitz Gibbon  VAP
Core Seminar. Graduate of Yale University; artist diploma, Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory; MM, Bard College Conservatory of Music Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

Kyle Gann  GCP
Taylor Hawver and Frances Bortle Hawver Professor of Music, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Christopher H. Gibbs  BCOM
Music theory and history. James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Music, Bard College; Codirector, Bard Music Festival. See undergraduate listing.

Marc Goldberg  BCOM
Bassoon. BM, MM, The Juilliard School (studied with Harold Goltzer).

Yazhi Guo  US-CHINA
Suona. Graduate, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing; artist diploma, Berklee College of Music.

Jason Haaheim  BCOM
Timpani. BA, Gustavus Adolphus College; MS, electrical engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara. Principal timpanist, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Benjamin Hochman  BCOM 
Piano. Graduate, Curtis Institute of Music and Mannes College of Music, where he studied with Claude Frank and Richard Goode. Also studied with Esther Narkiss at the Conservatory of the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance, Jerusalem, and with Emanuel Krasovsky in Tel Aviv.

Brian Hong  BCOM
Viola. BM, New England Conservatory of Music; MM, artist diploma, The Juilliard School.

Keisuke Ikuma  BCOM
Oboe, English horn, chamber music. BM, Manhattan School of Music. Member of Hudson Valley Philharmonic and Stamford Symphony. Performs regularly with New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and numerous Broadway shows.

Kayo Iwama  VAP
Associate Director, Graduate Vocal Arts Program. Piano. BM, Oberlin Conservatory of Music; MM, SUNY Stony Brook (studied with Gilbert Kalish).

Yi-Wen Jiang  BCOM
Violin. Studied at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing (with Han Li); St. Louis Conservatory (with Taras Gabora and Michael Tree); and with Arnold Steinhardt and Pinchas Zukerman.

Patricia Karetzky  US-CHINA
Oskar Munsterberg Lecturer in Art History, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Erica Kiesewetter  BCOM
Orchestral studies, violin. Visiting Associate Professor of Music, Bard College. See undergraduate faculty listing.

Alexandra Knoll  BCOM
Oboe. Graduate, Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School. Member, American Symphony Orchestra and Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic.

David Krakauer  BCOM
Clarinet. BA, Sarah Lawrence College; MM, The Juilliard School. 

Garry Kvistad  BCOM
Percussion (adviser). BM, Oberlin Conservatory of Music; MM, Northern Illinois University.

Peter Laki  GCP
Music theory and history. Visiting Associate Professor of Music, Bard College. See undergraduate faculty listing.

Julie Landsman  BCOM
Horn (master classes). Studied with James Chambers at The Juilliard School. 

Nicholas Alton Lewis  BCOM
Chamber music. BFA, MM, Carnegie Mellon University; MDiv, Yale Divinity School. Associate Vice President for Academic Initiatives and Associate Dean, Bard College. 
 
Honggang Li  BCOM
Violin. Founding member of Shanghai Quartet. Studied at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, and Shanghai Conservatory; MM, Northern Illinois University.

Weigang Li  BCOM
Violin. Founding member of Shanghai Quartet.Studied at Shanghai Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory, Northern Illinois Univer-sity, The Juilliard School.

Xinyan Li  US-CHINA
Chinese music history. BA, MA, China Conservatory of Music; PhD, University of Missouri–Kansas City.

Renée Ann Louprette  BCOM
Director, Bard Baroque Ensemble. Assistant Professor of Music and College Organist, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Wu Man  US-CHINA
Pipa (master classes). Studied at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.

Pascual Martínez-Forteza  BCOM
Clarinet. Studied at Baleares Conservatory of Music and Liceu de Barcelona Music Conservatory, Spain; and University of Southern California (with Yehuda Gilad). Acting associate principal clarinet, New York Philharmonic.

Missy Mazzoli   BCOM
Composer in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Jeremy McCoy  BCOM
Double bass. BM, Curtis Institute of Music. Former assistant principal double bass for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Ryan Macevoy McCullough  BCOM, IAP, VAP
Music theory, vocal coach, pianist. BM, Humboldt State University; artist diploma, Colburn Conservatory and Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory, Toronto; MM, University of Southern California; MFA, DMA, Cornell University. 

Blair McMillen  BCOM
Chamber music. Artist in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate faculty listing.

Jessie Montgomery  BCOM
Composer in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Rufus Müller  BCOM, GCP
Associate Professor of Music, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Lorraine Nubar  VAP
Voice. BA, MA, The Juilliard School.

Isabelle O’Connell  BCOM, GCP
Piano. Visiting Instructor in Music, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Tara Helen O’Connor  BCOM
Flute. DMA, SUNY Stony Brook, where she studied with Samuel Baron.

Joan Patenaude-Yarnell  VAP
Voice. Studied at École de musique Vincent-d’Indy, McGill Opera Studio, and Kathryn Turney Long School (on Metropolitan Opera scholarship). 

Daniel Phillips  BCOM
Violin. Studied at The Juilliard School (with Ivan Galamian and Sally Thomas) and with Eugene Phillips, Sándor Végh, and George Neikrug.

Todd Phillips  BCOM
Violin. Studied at The Juilliard School (with Sally Thomas) and Mozarteum in Salzburg (with Sándor Végh).

Jia Qiao  US-CHINA
Chinese percussion. Graduate, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.

Raman Ramakrishnan  BCOM
Chamber music. Artist in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Melissa Reardon  BCOM
Viola. Graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and New England Conservatory.

Elizabeth Reese  VAP
Alexander Technique. American Center for the Alexander Technique; MS, Hunter College. 

Ryan Roberts  BCOM
Oboe. Graduate of The Juilliard School (studied with Elaine Douvas). Member of the New York Philharmonic (English horn, oboe).

Marcus Rojas  BCOM
Tuba. BM, New England Conservatory of Music.

Sasha Romero  BCOM
Trombone. BM, Baylor University (studied with Brent Phillips); MM, Rice University (studied with Allen Barnhill). Principal trombone, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Nicholas Schwartz  BCOM
Trombone. Studied with Don Harwood at The Julliard School. Principal bass trombone, New York City Ballet.

Zachary Schwartzman  GCP
Ear training and score reading. BA, East Asian studies, Oberlin College; piano performance, Oberlin Conservatory; MM, Moores School of Music, University of Houston

Gil Shaham  BCOM
Violin. Studied with Samuel Bernstein at the Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem; also studied at The Juilliard School and Columbia University. Avery Fisher Prize and Grammy Award recipient; regularly appears with leading orchestras around the world.

James Sizemore  BCOM
Film composition. Composer and music producer in film and television. BA, Colorado College; MM, New York University.

Weston Sprott  BCOM
Trombone. BM, Curtis Institute of Music. Primary teachers: Michael Warny, Carl Lenthe, and Nitzan Haroz. Member, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Erika Switzer  BCOM, GCP, VAP
Director, Collaborative Piano Fellowship; Assistant Professor of Music, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

David Sytkowski  BCOM, VAP
Visiting Artist in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Joan Tower  BCOM, GCP
Composition. Asher B. Edelman Professor in the Arts, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Jason Treuting  BCOM
Percussion. BM, performer’s certificate, Eastman School of Music; MM, Artist Diploma, Yale School of Music. Member, S–o Percussion.

George Tsontakis  BCOM
Composition. Distinguished Composer in Residence, Bard College. See undergraduate listing.

Hugo Valverde  BCOM
Horn. Studied at Shepherd School of Music, Rice University; Lynn University Conservatory of Music, Florida; and National Music Institute, Costa Rica.

Gilles Vonsattel  BCOM
Piano. BA, Columbia University; MM, The Juilliard School, where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal. Recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant; winner of the Naumburg and Geneva competition; has played with the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony, among others. 

Mira Wang  BCOM, VAP
Violin, Artist in Residence. Graduate, Boston University; also studied at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.

Zhou Wang  US-CHINA  
Guzheng, Chinese Music Department, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing; vice president, China Guzheng Society.

Howard Watkins  VAP
Opera studies. Pianist, conductor, educator. BA, University of Dayton; DMA, University of Michigan. Appears courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.

Peter Wiley  BCOM
Cello. Attended Curtis Institute of Music at age 13, under tutelage of David Soyer. 

Jan Williams  BCOM
Percussion (adviser). BM, MM, Manhattan School of Music. 

Terrence Wilson  BCOM
Piano. BM, The Juilliard School. Has studied with Yoheved Kaplinsky and Zitta Zohar. Has appeared as soloist with symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Washington, D.C. (National Symphony), San Francisco, Royal Scottish Orchestra, others.

Yang Xu US-CHINA
Ruan. Professor, doctoral supervisor, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.

Mingmei Yip  US-CHINA 
Qin, Chinese music history. PhD, University of Paris, Sorbonne. 

Hongmei Yu  US-CHINA
Erhu. Codirector, Chinese Music Development Initiative. Studied at Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM), Beijing. Dean, CCOM Chinese Music Department; designated guest soloist, China National Traditional Orchestra.

Hongyan Zhang  US-CHINA
Pipa. Professor and doctoral supervisor, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing; founder, National Orchestra of the Central Conservatory.

Qiang Zhang  US-CHINA
Pipa. Director of String Instrument Division, Chinese Music Department, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.

Jiazhen Zhao US-CHINA
Guqin. Graduate and professor, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.

Carmit Zori  BCOM
Violin. At age 15, came to the United States from her native Israel to study at the Curtis Institute of Music with Ivan Galamian, Jaime Laredo, and Arnold Steinhardt. Founder, Brooklyn Chamber Music Society.