All Bard News by Date
May 2013
05-01-2013
The New York Times praised Julia Bullock's "rosy, agile voice" as Vixen in a production of "The Cunning Little Vixen" at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater in New York City.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
05-01-2013
Bard faculty member Dawn Upshaw will receive an honorary doctoral degree from the Juilliard School at their commencement this year.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
05-01-2013
The Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by music director Leon Botstein, is back on stage at the Fisher Center for its final concert of the semester on Saturday, May 11. Called a “genuine talent and profoundly gifted” by Vienna Express, violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi will perform Violin Concerto No. 1 by Prokofiev. The program celebrates the theme for this summer’s Bard Music Festival, “Stravinsky and His World,” and proceeds from the concert benefit the Scholarship Fund of The Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Credit: Photo by Cory Weaver
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music,Music Festival | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Fisher Center |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music,Music Festival | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Fisher Center |
April 2013
04-17-2013
Bard Conservatory's Erica Kiesewetter was the concertmaster of a recent performance of Verdi’s “Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata" at Lincoln Center. The concert received a positive review from the New York Times and Kiesewetter's violin performance was applauded.
Credit: Photo by Cory Weaver
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
04-16-2013
Tonight: Bard's Dawn Upshaw and Kayo Iwama will perform at the Longy School of Music of Bard College with the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program, featuring works by Bard students, faculty, and alumni/ae.
Credit: Photo by Cory Weaver
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Longy School of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Longy School of Music |
04-16-2013
Chorus Master James Bagwell discusses Mahler's Symphony No. 2, which will be performed at the Fisher Center on April 26 and 27 by members of the American Symphony Orchestra, Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, and Longy Conservatory Orchestra.
Credit: Photo by Erin Balano
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): American Symphony Orchestra,Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Fisher Center |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): American Symphony Orchestra,Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Fisher Center |
04-15-2013
Bard's new conservatory building was made possible by alumnus, scientist, author, and activist László Z. Bitó '60.
Credit: Photo by Erin Balano
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
04-05-2013
Morning Edition highlights Dawn Upshaw's new album Winter Morning Walks, a collaboration with jazz composer Maria Schneider.
Credit: Photo by Erin Balano
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
04-03-2013
Dawn Upshaw, whom Opera News calls "a diva of the people and for the people," will be honored in an awards ceremony on April 21.
Credit: Photo by Erin Balano
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
March 2013
03-25-2013
Sō Percussion and the Bard College Conservatory of Music Percussion Program present their second annual spring concert at the Fisher Center on April 12. Works include music by Steve Reich, Lou Harrison, Paul Lansky, and other recent percussion masterworks.
Credit: Photo by Janette Beckman
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Fisher Center |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Fisher Center |
03-21-2013
The celebration on April 14 will include an open house with chamber music performances, followed by a celebration in the performance hall at 4 p.m., with Conservatory director Robert Martin; musical performances by students of the Conservatory and Bard’s Music Program; a reading by acclaimed poet Robert Kelly, Asher B. Edelman Professor of Literature; and remarks by László Z. Bitó ’60 and Bard College president Leon Botstein.
Credit: Photo by Chris Cooper
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
03-19-2013
Dávid discusses the Conservatory's Central European Tour, playing with Contemporaneous, and "Bard’s well-known aptitude for making dreams come true."
Credit: Photo by Chris Cooper
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
03-18-2013
Bard College first-year percussion student Chris Gunnell was featured in the annual report of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Chris is pursuing a five-year dual degree at Bard, studying music at the Conservatory as well as philosophy and social policy at the College.
Credit: Photo by Chris Cooper
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music,Division of Social Studies,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music,Division of Social Studies,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
03-18-2013
Joan Tower, Asher B. Edelman Professor of Music, will receive an honorary degree from Smith College at their commencement in May. Professor Tower has taught at Bard College since 1972. She is regarded as one of the most important living American composers, and has made lasting contributions as composer, performer, conductor, and educator in a career spanning more than 50 years.
Credit: Photo by Noah Sheldon
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
03-11-2013
President Botstein conducted the American Symphony Orchestra in a clarinet concerto by Bard Conservatory faculty member Harold Farberman, as well as Anton Bruckner’s rarely-performed Eighth Symphony.
Credit: Photo by Noah Sheldon
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Leon Botstein,Bard Conservatory,American Symphony Orchestra,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,American Symphony Orchestra |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Leon Botstein,Bard Conservatory,American Symphony Orchestra,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,American Symphony Orchestra |
03-04-2013
Violinist Sabrina Tabby is in her fourth year in the Bard Conservatory's dual-degree program. She performs with student music ensemble Contemporaneous and recently returned from the Conservatory's tour of central Europe.
Credit: Photo by Noah Sheldon
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
03-01-2013
The Almanac looks at this historic piece and previews the performance, featuring members of the Bard Conservatory Orchestra and singers from the Bard Chamber Singers and the Graduate Vocal Arts Program.
Credit: Photo by Noah Sheldon
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Fisher Center |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Fisher Center |
February 2013
02-25-2013
Bard College president Leon Botstein has been awarded the Bruckner Society Medal of Honor in recognition of his exemplary work in furthering the understanding and appreciation of the life and work of Anton Bruckner. The award was presented on February 24 at a concert of the American Symphony Orchestra in New York City, before a performance of Bruckner's Symphony No. 8.
Credit: Photo by Steve J. Sherman
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Leon Botstein,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,American Symphony Orchestra,Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Leon Botstein,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,American Symphony Orchestra,Bard Conservatory of Music |
02-25-2013
Students and faculty of the Bard Conservatory performed at the Morgan Library in Manhattan, featuring new works composed by Bard faculty, as well as current students and recent alumni of Bard College and Conservatory.
Credit: Photo by Steve J. Sherman
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
02-20-2013
“The Secret Listener,” a lecture and recital including a performance of Robert Schumann’s Phantasie, will be presented by acclaimed pianist/conductor Jeffrey Kahane, on Monday, March 4, at 8 p.m. in Olin Hall.
Credit: Photo by Ken Hively
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-18-2013
The Fisher Center presents J. S. Bach’s sacred oratorio St. John Passion, featuring members of the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, with singers from the Bard College Chamber Singers and the Graduate Vocal Arts Program, with James Bagwell, choral director.
Credit: St. John the Evangelist, Master of St. Francis, ca. 1270 Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington (detail)
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Fisher Center |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Fisher Center |
02-14-2013
Acclaimed soprano Dawn Upshaw and singers from her graduate Vocal Arts Program at The Bard College Conservatory of Music perform a concert of contemporary songs featuring the world premier of a work by George Tsontakis as well as new works composed by current students and recent alumni of the Conservatory and the Longy School of Music of Bard College. The performance takes place on Tuesday, February 19 at 8:00 p.m.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
02-07-2013
Bard Conservatory student and economics major Chi-Hui Yen opens the "Bard at Beattie" 2013 season at Beattie-Powers Place in Catskill on Sunday.
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Economics,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Economics,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-06-2013
Bard College Conservatory of Music professor Jeffrey Kahane talks about his musical values, teaching philosophy, and the Conservatory.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
02-06-2013
The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts presents the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra on Sunday, February 17. The program includes Ottorino Respighi’s Fountains of Rome; Krzysztof Penderecki’s Viola Concerto, with Lin Wang, viola; and Sergey Prokofiev’s Suite from Romeo and Juliet.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
December 2012
12-23-2012
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
12-18-2012
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
12-15-2012
The Preparatory Division of The Bard College Conservatory of Music is announcing the creation of a new Preparatory Orchestra, for students aged 8 through 18. All orchestral instruments will be included, and young musicians of all levels of ability are welcome.
Photo: Pictured here are student violinists Marley Alford and Acadia Thielking. Credit: Photo by Lily Prince
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
12-07-2012
On Sunday, December 9, 2012, the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra performs Haydn, Dvořák, and a world premiere by Christopher Swist, with guest conductor Marcelo Lehninger MFA ’07.
Credit: Photo by Karl Rabe
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Fisher Center |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Fisher Center |
November 2012
11-15-2012
Credit: Photo by Karl Rabe
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
11-13-2012
Credit: Photo by Karl Rabe
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
11-05-2012
The Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle and the Preparatory Division of The Bard College Conservatory of Music present a Family Concert on Saturday, November 10, at 4 p.m. in the Bard Chapel. Admission is free of charge; all donations support the Bard Conservatory Preparatory Division scholarship fund.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
11-01-2012
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Fisher Center,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
October 2012
10-31-2012
The Graduate Conducting Program of The Bard College Conservatory of Music presents an evening of music by Harold Farberman, founder and artistic director of The Conductors Institute at Bard College, on Friday, November 9, at 8 p.m. in Olin Hall. The concert features Marka Gustavsson, viola; Sō Percussion; and Farberman’s students in the Graduate Conducting Program. A reception will follow the program. Admission is free and no reservations are necessary.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
10-08-2012
The Fisher Center and Bard College Conservatory present Conservatory Sundays, October 14, 21, and 28, and December 9.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Fisher Center |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Fisher Center |
10-07-2012
Last summer, the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra toured greater China, performing in Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Wuhan, and Guangzhou over three weeks. In this video, conservatory students discuss tourism, culture, and developing identity as an orchestra during the tour.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
September 2012
09-10-2012
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Music,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-08-2012
Bard Conservatory students are ambitious and versatile. In this video, students and faculty talk about how the Conservatory's unique double-degree program affords a rigorous and well-rounded education in music and the liberal arts.
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
August 2012
08-07-2012
Highlights Include Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, American Ballet Theatre, Conservatory Sunday Series, American Symphony Orchestra Concerts, Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble, and John Cage: On & Off the Air!
Photo: American Ballet Theatre Credit: Photo by Lois Greenfield
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Dance,Music,Theater | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Fisher Center,American Symphony Orchestra |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Dance,Music,Theater | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Fisher Center,American Symphony Orchestra |
08-05-2012
Contemporaneous is an ensemble of student musicians dedicated to performing new music by student composers. The group released their first album, Stream of Stars: Music of Dylan Mattingly, in 2012, and performs regularly on the Bard campus and in the greater region.
Credit: Photo by David Adam Nagy
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Student,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Student,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
July 2012
07-06-2012
Credit: Photo by David Adam Nagy
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
May 2012
05-02-2012
For three weeks in June 2012 the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by President Botstein, will tour greater China, performing in Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Wuhan, and Guangzhou.
Credit: Photo by David Adam Nagy
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
March 2012
03-28-2012
Credit: Photo by David Adam Nagy
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
03-15-2012
On the cutting edge of contemporary classical, So Percussion is training Bard Conservatory students in the percussion program's debut year.
Credit: Photo by David Adam Nagy
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
03-14-2012
"Conservatory Sundays: Music Alive!" features 40 conservatory students in an exciting program of 20th- and 21st-century music.
Credit: Photo by David Adam Nagy
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
03-12-2012
Credit: Photo by David Adam Nagy
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
03-09-2012
Credit: Photo by David Adam Nagy
Meta: Subject(s): Opera,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Subject(s): Opera,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
February 2012
02-20-2012
James Bagwell has taught at Bard College since 2000, where he is the chair of the undergraduate Music Program and codirector of the Graduate Program in Conducting.
He maintains an active schedule throughout the United States as a conductor of choral, operatic, and orchestral music. In 2009 he was appointed music director of The Collegiate Chorale and led the ensemble in concerts at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall during the 2009–10 season. He is the principal guest conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra in New York, and since 2003 has been director of choruses for the Bard Music Festival, conducting and preparing choral works during the summer festival at Bard College. He has also prepared The Concert Chorale of New York for performances with the American Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Mostly Mozart Festival (broadcast nationally in 2006 on Live from Lincoln Center), all in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Bagwell has trained choruses for a number of major American and international orchestras, including the San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, NHK Symphony (Japan), St. Petersburg Symphony, Budapest Festival Orchestra, and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, among others, and has worked with noted conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael Tilson Thomas, Leon Botstein, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Robert Shaw. He holds degrees from Birmingham-Southern College, Florida State University, and Indiana University.
Photo: James Bagwell Credit: Erin Balano
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bard Conservatory,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-17-2012
Photo: James Bagwell Credit: Erin Balano
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Music | Institutes(s): Bard Conservatory of Music |
January 2012
01-13-2012
Since 1972, Joan Tower has taught at Bard College, where she is Asher B. Edelman Professor in the Arts. She is regarded as one of the most important living American composers. During a career spanning more than 50 years, Tower has made lasting contributions as composer, performer, conductor, and educator.
She has received commissions from the New York Philharmonic, St. Louis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Houston Symphonies, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center Chamber Society, among many other major ensembles, soloists, and orchestras. She was the first composer chosen for a Ford Made in America consortium commission for 65 orchestras. Leonard Slatkin and the Nashville Symphony recorded her composition Made in America in 2008; the album collected three Grammy awards. In 1990, she became the first woman to win the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for Silver Ladders. Other accolades include an honorary degree from the New England Conservatory (2006), the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Composer of the Year (2010–11), and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Guggenheim Foundation, and New York State Council on the Arts. She received her B.A. at Bennington College and her M.A. and D.M.A. at Columbia University. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004) and the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1998).
Photo: Joan Tower Credit: Noah Sheldon
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Music,Bard Conservatory | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Bard Conservatory of Music |