Offering Unique Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
- Undergraduate Double Degree in Liberal Arts and Music Performance (BA and BM)
- Graduate Degree in Vocal Arts (MM)
- Graduate Degree in Conducting (MM)
- Graduate Degree in Instrumental Studies (MM)
- Master of Arts in Chinese Music and Culture (MA)
- Advanced Performance Studies
- Postgraduate Collaborative Piano Fellowship
The Bard Conservatory also offers a Preparatory Division for students ages 3 to 18.
Featured News
Bard Conservatory Appoints Double Bassist Satoshi Okamoto to Faculty
The Bard College Conservatory of Music announces the appointment of Satoshi Okamoto to the faculty in double bass. Okamoto has been a member of the New York Philharmonic since 2003. He served as an acting principal and assistant principal in 2013–16. He was a faculty member at Stonybrook University from 2023–24. He received his master’s degree from The Juilliard School, and a bachelor’s degree from Tokyo University of Fine Arts.
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Bard College Broadens Summer Engagement in China
At a time when language instruction is being cut in many American high schools and institutions of higher education, Chinese language is offered throughout the Bard Early College network. This summer, student cohorts from both Bard High School Early College Baltimore (Bard Baltimore) and Bard High School Early College DC (Bard DC) traveled separately to China. As part of the Chinese language program at the Bard College main campus, Bard undergraduate students from Annandale also went to China this summer, for an eight-week intensive at Qingdao University.
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Upcoming Events
- 9/24Tuesday
Classics for Clarinet: David Keringer, clarinet, and Neilson Chen, piano
8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space - 10/05Saturday
Degree Recital: "Home" Colton Cook, baritone, and Nomin Samdan, piano
7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space - 10/18Friday
China Now Music Festival: Composing the Future
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Olin Hall