The Bard College Conservatory of Music presents performances and master classes featuring students, faculty, and guest artists from September through May each year. Venues include the Bitó Conservatory Building Performance Space at 60 Blithewood Avenue, as well as the Fisher Center, Chapel of the Holy Innocents, Olin Hall and other Bard College campus locations. Most events are free and all are open to fully vaccinated members of the public.
Friday, November 22, 2024 | 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel.
Contact: Bard Conservatory Concert Office E-mail: [email protected]
Sunday, November 24, 2024 | 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Shutong Li, conductor
The Bard Chinese Ensemble and Music Director Shutong Li return for their annual winter concert featuring vibrant contemporary works that celebrate cultural heritage and artistic innovation. The ensemble is very pleased to collaborate with Jingyi Mao and Gjon Rezaj from the Bard Dance Program for the final piece, The Charm of the Long Braid. Join us for an afternoon of passionate performances, storytelling, and musical exploration!
Bard College Conservatory of Music; Music Program presents
Bard Baroque Ensemble
Sunday, November 24, 2024 | 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Bard Baroque Ensemble Bard Chamber Singers Preparatory Division Chorus Graduate Vocal Arts Program Hudson River Brass present:
LA GUERRA DE LOS GIGANTES Spanish music from the 12th through 18th centuries
Works by Comtessa de Dia, Pedro Guerrero, Luys de Narváez, Gracia Baptista, Andrea Falconieri, Antonio Martín y Coll, Antonio Soler, Vicente Baset, Joan Cabanilles, Sebastián Durón, and from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
Readings by Giraut de Bornelh, San Juan de la Cruz, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Renée Anne Louprette, director Chirbee Dy and Madelin Morales, mezzo-sopranos Michael Adams and Maria Giovanetti, sopranos Ryan Michki, tenor Richard Kolb, lutenist Sophia Cornicello, harpsichord and organ Tianxiang Ni, harpsichord Enikő Samu, violin David Keringer, recorder Ethan Young, cello Sarah Martin, cello Aleksandar Vitanov, trumpet Luca Esposito, percussion Karen Sullivan, Omar Guillermo Encarnación, Miles Rodriguez, and Annabella Capaccio, guest readers
Free Admission | Open to the Public
Viewable by livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/5KzPMQ8obZ4
For more information, visit contact Renée Anne Louprette at [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/conservatory/baroque-ensemble/
Contact: Renée Anne Louprette E-mail: [email protected]
Monday, December 2, 2024 | 12:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
An hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students.
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel.
Contact: Bard Conservatory Concert Office Phone: 845-758-7196 E-mail: [email protected]
Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program presents
Come Out of the Cold
Friday, December 20, 2024 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Fisher Center, LUMA Theater
A Winter Cabaret
A winter and holiday-infused cabaret spectacular with Stephanie Blythe and the Singers of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program with the Conservatory Piano Fellows.
Artwork: Winter, Monadnock by Abbott Handerson Thayer; Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery