US-China Music Institute

Conservatory students perform works for chamber groups throughout the day.
Bitó Conservatory Building  11:00 am – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
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Download: Copy of Chamber Marathon Info for December 11 (2).

Featuring Three Romances by Clara Schumann and Two Sonatas by Johannes Brahms. Melissa Reardon, viola, and Shai Wosner, piano
Olin Hall  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5
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Works by Richard Teitelbaum, Kaija Saariaho, Matt Sargent, Jonah Knapp-Wilson ‘22, and Paula Matthusen
Bitó Conservatory Building  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Music reflecting on the natural world, ranging from the field recordings of Richard Teitelbaum's “Threshold Music,” the pastoral reflections of Saariaho's cello opus, “Sept Papillons,” to the study of resonances heard within a New York City aqueduct system by Paula Matthusen in “Ontology of Echo,” these pieces reveal the potential for musicality surrounding the listener in daily life.

Curated in conjunction with the Bard electronic music program, directed by Matt Sargent, many of the pieces feature live electronics, including a new work for ensemble and electronics by  Jonah Knapp-Wilson (Bard '22).

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Program:
Richard Teitelbaum - Threshold Music (1974), performed by students/faculty from Bard electronic music program
Kaija Saariaho - Sept Papillons (2000), with Lily Moerschel, cello
Paula Matthusen - Forgiveness Anthems (2010), with Rea Ábel, flute
Jonah Knapp-Wilson, '22 - (new work, 2021)
Paula Matthusen - Ontology of an Echo (2013)
Matt Sargent - Songs, Clouds (2020), with Isabelle O'Connell, piano

Chapel of the Holy Innocents  4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST/GMT-5

Are you interested in Chinese Han folk songs and minority folk songs? Are you interested in original works composed for Chinese ensembles and mixed ensembles for Chinese instruments and Western instruments? Please join the students of the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music for a concert of Chinese folk songs and a selection of their own compositions.

Directed by Prof. Xinyan Li, you will hear Northern Shaanxi mountain song Lan Huahua, Hunan style working song Laying Foundation, Mongolian folk song Swan Geese, Uyghur folk song Half Moon Rises with pipa,Yunan mountain song Flowing Stream with guqin, and Northern Shaanxi love song Thirty Miles Village with dizi and erhu. You will also hear the world premiere of six original works composed by our Chinese instrument majors, including a dizi solo, plus duets for pipa and erhu, guzheng and erhu, guqin and viola, and guzheng and cello. The concert is free and open to the public. 

Time: Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 4:00pm
Location:  Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 1387 Annandale Rd, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY

We hope you will join us! Thank you.

Winter Concert
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST/GMT-5
The Chinese Ensemble returns to live concerts at Bard with an exciting program for mixed Chinese and Western instruments, especially arranged for the ensemble by conductor Chen Tao. 

Bard Conservatory events are now open to fully vaccinated members of the community.
All visitors must register and demonstrate proof of vaccination in advance and wear a mask in any indoor campus setting.

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This concert will also be livestreamed. 
View the livestream here on 12-5 at 2pm. 

PROGRAM
Good Friends 阿西里西 by Zhu Yi, Arr. by Chen Tao
Autumn Thoughts 秋思 – 古琴与乐队 by Chen Tao & Liu Li
Little Boat 小行舟 Folk Music, Arr. by Chen Tao
Song of Flower & Drum 花香鼓舞 by Shang Yi, Arr. by Chen Tao
Buddha in the Temple 佛上殿 Classical Music, Arr. by Chen Tao
Hometown Ballad 乡谣 by Cao Wen-Gong, Arr. by Chen Tao

Plus selected chamber pieces for small ensemble.
ABOUT THE ENSEMBLE

The Bard Chinese Ensemble is mainly composed of the Conservatory’s Chinese instrument majors, along with various students of Western instruments joining each semester, depending on the repertoire. With increased enrollment in Chinese instrument majors each year since 2018, this year the Ensemble is composed of nearly 20 musicians.

Conductor and arranger Chen Tao is a dizi (bamboo flute) master and the artistic director of Melody of Dragon, an educational and performing arts organization in New York City focusing on traditional Chinese music. Chen Tao studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and has been teaching and performing in the New York area for nearly 30 years.

 

With guest conductor, Thomas Wilkins
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater  8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Thomas Wilkins, Principal Conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, will lead the Conservatory Orchestra in an evening performance featuring James Lee III’s Sukkot Through Orion's Nebula, Delius’s The Walk to The Paradise Garden, and Gustav Holst’s The Planets.

James Lee III Sukkot Through Orion's Nebula (2011) 
Frederick Delius The Walk to The Paradise Garden
Gustav Holst The Planets, Op. 32

Works by J. S. Bach, Busch, Dvořák, and Brahms
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST/GMT-5
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This event will also be live streamed.  Watch here - https://youtu.be/hjS4x-VHwek
 


Download: Mercer.pdf Recital Program

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST/GMT-5
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Olin Hall  5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
For any non-Bard visitors and guests, please complete the Concert Vaccine registration form here:  https://forms.gle/HCVJGs2PxtuhxKJ89

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST/GMT-5
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Vocal Arts Program vocalists and postgraduate collaborative piano fellows present opera workshop scenes.
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Join the members of the Bard VAP as they explore the world of French opera through composers such as Gounod, Massenet, Poulenc, and Bizet. From the tragic to the comic, these scenes examine love in all of its many forms.

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Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  3:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
The pianists of the Bard Conservatory join together for a performance of Das Jahr, the rarely heard masterpiece by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, and Claude Debussy's early 20th century classic, Préludes (Book II).

View the live stream at https://youtu.be/8QfSZoootfQ

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Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  12:30 pm – 2:00 pm EST/GMT-5
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  Featuring the students of Molly Carr, Marka Gustavsson, Melissa Reardon, Steve Tenenbom & Ira Weller
Olin Hall  11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Works by J.S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, Benjamin Dale, Paul Hindemith, Henri Vieuxtemps, and William Walton,  to name a few.Bard Conservatory events are now open to fully vaccinated members of the community. All visitors must register and demonstrate proof of vaccination in advance and wear a mask in any indoor campus setting

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  Conservatory students perform short works by Villa-Lobos, Schumann, Hugo Wolf, Kalliwoda, Prokofiev, and more during the final Noon Concert of the semester.
Bitó Conservatory Building  12:00 pm – 1:15 pm EST/GMT-5
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This event will also be live-streamed
View the live stream at:   https://youtu.be/eRJm4Z9JBo4


Download: Noon Concert November 16th.pdf Concert program 

    View live stream at:    https://youtu.be/FZU9mZBLuZ4
 
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST/GMT-5

Works for Marimba, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Drums, and Electronics
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater  12:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Conservatory students compete for the opportunity to perform with the Conservatory Orchestra, The Orchestra Now, and the American Symphony Orchestra.

  Finalists in the Bard Conservatory Undergraduate Program and Graduate Vocal Arts Program Perform Concertos with Piano
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Stage  12:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Musicians from the Bard College Conservatory of Music compete for the opportunity to perform with the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra,
The Orchestra Now, and the American Symphony Orchestra.

Congratulations to this year's finalists (in no order):

Kirby Burgess ‘22, soprano
4 Lieder, Op. 36 Richard Strauss

Katherine Lerner Lee ‘23, soprano
Poèmes pour Mi Olivier Messiaen

Micah Gleason ‘22, mezzo-soprano
Fünf Lieder Alma Mahler

Yangxin Song ‘25, violin
Violin Concerto in D Major Johannes Brahms

Beitong Liu ‘23, erhu
The Brave Spirits of the Snow Mountain Wenjin Liu

Keyu Tao ‘23, clarinet     
Rigoletto Fantasia Da Concerto: Clarinet and Piano Luigi Bassi

Andrea Abel ‘23, flute    
Flute Concerto Joan Tower



Final Round
Saturday, November 13 12:00 pm
VOCALISTS &
INSTRUMENTALISTS

Judges: Carleen Graham, Curtis Macomber, Elizabeth Brown,Todd Crow, Leon Botstein



Sosnoff Theater, Fisher Center

FREE
 

Bard Hall  5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5

  Works by Mozart, Vivaldi, Mozart, Bozza, Hailstork, and Corrette
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST/GMT-5

Download: Anna Pem Recital 11_10.pdf Recital Program

Featuring two French composers plus two American composers who studied with Nadia Boulanger
Online Event  4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Program:                                                                                                            
Thea Musgrave (b. 1928), Primavera (1971)
            soprano and flute
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St. Georges, Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 1a, No. 1
            flute and piano
Maurice Duruflé, Prélude, Récitatif et Variations
            flute, viola, and piano
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Quartet in D Major, Wq 94
            flute, viola, and piano
Aaron Copland, Duo for Flute and Piano (1971)
 

with Stephanie Blythe and the Bard Vocal Arts Program
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater  8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
A benefit for the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Scholarship FundJoin vocalist Stephanie Blythe, pianist Kayo Iwama, and the members of the Bard Vocal Arts Program and Conservatory Collaborative Piano Fellowship as they explore the beginnings of the world of French cabaret, a musical movement that was born to explore an exotic and bohemian ideal, expressing social and political satire through song.

Her Voice: Works by three pioneering female composers: Louise Farrenc,  Cécile Chaminade, and Jennifer Higdon
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Since forming in 2010, Neave Trio has earned enormous praise for its engaging, cutting-edge performances. WQXR explains, "'Neave' is actually a Gaelic name meaning 'bright' and 'radiant', both of which certainly apply to this trio's music making."The Boston Musical Intelligencer included Neave in its "Best of 2014" and “Best of 2016” roundups, claiming, “their unanimity, communication, variety of touch, and expressive sensibility rate first tier.” 
       Neave has performed and held residencies at many esteemed concert series and at festivals worldwide. In the fall of 2017, the Trio joined the faculty of the Longy School of Music of Bard College as Alumni Artists, Faculty Ensemble‑in‑Residence. 
      Neave Trio strives to champion new works by living composers and reach wider audiences through innovative concert presentations, regularly collaborating with artists of all mediums. These collaborations include D-Cell: an Exhibition & Durational Performance, conceived and directed by multi-disciplinary visual artist David Michalek; as well as performances with the Blythe Barton Dance Company; with dance collective Body Sonnet; with projection designer Ryan Brady; in Klee Musings by acclaimed American composer Augusta Read Thomas, which was premiered by Neave; in the premiere of Eric Nathan’s Missing Words V, sponsored by Coretet; and in a music video by filmmaker Amanda Alvarez Díaz of Astor Piazzolla’s “Otoño Porteño,” among many others.
      Gramophone described Neave Trio’s latest album Her Voice as,  “a splendid introduction to these three pioneering female composers,” and as, “sumptuously recorded ... a taut and vivid interpretation.” Neave Trio’s other critically acclaimed recordings include Celebrating Piazzolla (Azica Records, 2018), which features mezzo-soprano Carla Jablonski; French Moments (Chandos Records, 2018); and its debut album, American Moments (Chandos Records, 2016).

 

  Conservatory students perform short works during an hour-long program.
Bitó Conservatory Building  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Beattie Powers on Main, 310 Main St, Catskill, NY  3:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Singers from the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program, accompanied by Conservatory Collaborative Pianists perform works by Verlaine, Rimbaud, and Tagore.
 

Conservatory violinists and chamber groups participate in a master class that will be livestreamed..
Please note that at this time attendance in person is limited to the Bard campus community. 
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space  4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Violinist Eugene Drucker, a founding member of the Emerson String Quartet, is also an active soloist. He has appeared with the orchestras of Montreal, Brussels, Antwerp, Liege, Hartford, Richmond, Omaha, Jerusalem and the Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as with the American Symphony Orchestra and Aspen Chamber Symphony. A graduate of Columbia University and the Juilliard School, where he studied with Oscar Shumsky, Mr. Drucker was concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra, with which he appeared as soloist several times. He made his New York debut as a Concert Artists Guild winner in the fall of 1976, after having won prizes at the Montreal Competition and the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. Mr. Drucker has recorded the complete unaccompanied works of Bach, reissued by Parnassus Records, and the complete sonatas and duos of Bartók for Biddulph Recordings. His novel, The Savior, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2007 and has appeared in a German translation called Wintersonate, published by Osburg Verlag in Berlin. Mr. Drucker's compositional debut, a setting of four sonnets by Shakespeare, was premiered by baritone Andrew Nolen and the Escher String Quartet at Stony Brook in 2008; the songs have appeared as part of a 2-CD release called "Stony Brook Soundings," issued by Bridge Recordings in the spring of 2010. Eugene Drucker lives in New York with his wife, cellist Roberta Cooper, and their son Julian.
Violins: Antonius Stradivarius (Cremona, 1686), Samuel Zygmuntowicz (NY, NY 2002)    

Resurrection Symphony
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater  3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4


Leon Botstein Music Director
Sungyeun Kim soprano
Joanne Evans mezzo

The Bard Conservatory Orchestra with members of The Orchestra Now (TŌN), soloists from the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program, Bard College Chamber Singers, Bard Festival Chorale, Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program, and James Bagwell, choral director

Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony, which he composed over the span of nearly seven years emerged as one of his most powerful and successful compositions. When he began writing it in 1888, at age 28, he had no idea of the overall structure or how it would end; the process of discovery—and self-discovery—that unfolded during this time pondering issues no less weighty than the meaning of life and death. The conclusion was a particular problem and the solution proved something of a revelation: a choral finale setting the “Resurrection” poem by the 18th-century German writer Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, which Mahler adapted with his own words. What became known as the “Resurrection” Symphony is one of the longest, most ambitious, and profoundly moving orchestral works ever composed. 

Estimated run time is 90 minutes.

Resurrection Symphony
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater  8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4


Leon Botstein Music Director
Sungyeun Kim soprano
Joanne Evans mezzo

The Bard Conservatory Orchestra with members of The Orchestra Now (TŌN), soloists from the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program, Bard College Chamber Singers, Bard Festival Chorale, Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program, and James Bagwell, choral director

Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony, which he composed over the span of nearly seven years emerged as one of his most powerful and successful compositions. When he began writing it in 1888, at age 28, he had no idea of the overall structure or how it would end; the process of discovery—and self-discovery—that unfolded during this time pondering issues no less weighty than the meaning of life and death. The conclusion was a particular problem and the solution proved something of a revelation: a choral finale setting the “Resurrection” poem by the 18th-century German writer Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, which Mahler adapted with his own words. What became known as the “Resurrection” Symphony is one of the longest, most ambitious, and profoundly moving orchestral works ever composed. 

Estimated run time is 90 minutes.

A Symphonic Concert Online
 
Online Event  7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
The fourth annual China Now Music Festival concludes online with a selection of pieces from the Festival’s live concerts, presented to the worldwide public for free. The Del Sol Quartet and China Now Festival Chorus perform a preview of excerpts from Huang Ruo’s Angel Island: oratorio for voices and string quartet. The Orchestra Now performs selected episodes from An American Soldier, with tenor Li Yi, mezzo-soprano Nina Yoshida Nelsen, soprano Helen Zhibing Huang, and live narration by librettist David Henry Hwang. The event concludes with two symphonic pieces by Peng-Peng Gong and Xinyan Li that further express the themes of Asian American experiences and reflections on this moment in history. 

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China Now Music Festival

Now in its fourth season, the China Now Music Festival is a leading force in introducing music from contemporary China to the United States and in promoting musical exchanges between the US and China. This year, as we continue to pursue our vital mission, we are broadening our scope to include the voices of a wide array of Asian American composers, with the aim of exploring their importance in contemporary American music and society. 

For more information, visit barduschinamusic.org/asian-american-voices.

Conservatory students perform short works during an hour-long program.
Bitó Conservatory Building  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Live attendance to this event is limited to Bard College community and students.
All other audience members are invited to visit our live stream of this concert - https://youtu.be/J-6DMrXH6-I

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater  3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

The Orchestra Now

Jindong Cai conductor
Yixin Wang guzheng
Nina Yoshida Nelsen mezzo-soprano
Helen Zhibing Huang soprano
Li Yi tenor
David Henry Hwang narrator

Jindong Cai conducts The Orchestra Now in a symphonic concert featuring works by Tan Dun, Huang Ruo, Peng-Peng Gong, and Xinyan Li. The program includes Tan’s Prayer and Blessing, his initial response to the pandemic, composed in early 2020; Li’s Awakening Light, concerto for guzheng and orchestra, commissioned by the festival to be performed by the winner of the 2019 Bard Conservatory Concerto Competition, Yixin Wang; Gong’s A Chinese in New York, a raw description of the experience of a Chinese student confronting cultural differences in America. 

The concert concludes with several moving episodes from composer Huang Ruo’s 2014 opera, An American Soldier. The opera tells the powerful and haunting true story of the death of US Army Private Danny Chen, who was born and raised in New York's Chinatown and died in Afghanistan in 2001 after being subjected to relentless hazing and racial maltreatment by his superiors. The episodes presented here will be introduced by the opera’s librettist, Tony award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang. Estimated run time: 100 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.

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China Now Music Festival

Now in its fourth season, the China Now Music Festival is a leading force in introducing music from contemporary China to the United States and in promoting musical exchanges between the US and China. This year, as we continue to pursue our vital mission, we are broadening our scope to include the voices of a wide array of Asian American composers, with the aim of exploring their importance in contemporary American music and society. 

Other programs in this festival:
 

For more information, visit barduschinamusic.org/asian-american-voices.

  A talk by Philip Lasser, a composer, pianist, and music theorist on the faculty at the Juilliard School.
(All events and concerts open to students and the Bard College community only until further notice.)
Bitó Conservatory Building  4:00 pm – 5:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
How does a composer write “abstract” music so that it can communicate to us as human beings and somehow create meaning? After all, pitches by themselves do not represent anything specific or concrete in the world. When a painter (abstraction aside) paints a landscape or a bouquet of peonies, though in fact the painting itself be only an assemblage of pigments and colors, we recognize with our eyes a “landscape,” or a “bouquet of peonies.”
 
Historically, music was long attached to the word through vocal music or instrumentally, through short and clearly defined dances bearing specific rhythms and recognizable gestures. JS Bach was born at a time when instrumental music takes on an ever increasing role in the production of music and was going well beyond the recognizable into true abstraction. Sounds organized by themselves and through themselves only, with no true reference to anything recognizable in the real world.
 
With Bach’s D minor Partita for Solo Violin as a subject, Dr. Philip Lasser, Professor at The Juilliard School and Director of the European American Musical Alliance (EAMA) Summer Music Institute and Online Academy, will discuss the use of specific sub-motivic units to create an internal organization of pitches from moment to moment enabling us to enjoy meaning, message and philosophy through pure abstract music. Using simple tools discussed in his treatise The Spiraling Tapestry - An inquiry into the Contrapuntal Fabric of Music, Dr. Lasser will elucidate how Bach creates organic structure and through symbolic and enigmatic motives, creates an aural universe of depth and meaning.

Philip Lasser is a visionary composer native to French and American traditions.  His music, direct and undisguised, creates a unique sound world that blends together the colorful harmonies of French Impressionist sonorities and the dynamic rhythms and characteristics of American music. 

Early in his musical training, Lasser entered Nadia Boulanger’s famed Ecole d’Arts Americaines in Fontainebleau, France, where he began to establish his connection to the French lineage. Following his studies at Harvard College, Lasser lived in Paris, where he worked with Boulanger’s closest colleague and disciple, Narcis Bonet, and legendary pianist Gaby Casadesus.  He received his master’s degree from Columbia University while studying with Jacques-Louis Monod, and his doctorate at The Juilliard School, where he worked with David Diamond. Since 1994, Lasser has been a distinguished member of the faculty of The Juilliard School. He also directs the European American Music Alliance (EAMA) Summer Music Institute, a school dedicated to training composers, chamber musicians, and conductors in the tradition of Nadia Boulanger. 

Lasser’s works can be heard on the Sony Classical, Telarc, New World, Delos, Crystal, and BMG RCA/Red Seal labels.
 

A Multimedia Chamber Concert
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater  8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Jin Hi Kim
Del Sol Quartet

The second night of China Now features the festival’s ensemble in residence, the Del Sol String Quartet, and Guggenheim Composer Fellow Jin Hi Kim, in a showcase of Asian American composers of contemporary American music. The quartet will perform new compositions by Erberk Eryilmaz, Takuma Itoh, Vijay Iyer, Erika Oba, and Jungyoon Wie, representing many diverse voices to reflect various aspects of Asian American society and history. Kim will perform the world premiere of her latest work, A Ritual for COVID-19, a multimedia composition honoring the spirits of those who lost their lives to the pandemic.Estimated run time: 92 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.

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China Now Music Festival

Now in its fourth season, the China Now Music Festival is a leading force in introducing music from contemporary China to the United States and in promoting musical exchanges between the US and China. This year, as we continue to pursue our vital mission, we are broadening our scope to include the voices of a wide array of Asian American composers, with the aim of exploring their importance in contemporary American music and society. 

Other programs in this festival:
 

For more information, visit barduschinamusic.org/asian-american-voices.

Music of Huang Ruo
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater  8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Jindong Cai conductor

The Orchestra Now
Del Sol Quartet
China Now Festival Chorus

The opening event of the fourth annual China Now Music Festival, Asian American Voices, presents two major works by New York-based composer Huang Ruo: A Dust in Time, composed in 2020 in response to the pandemic; and a preview of excerpts from the oratorio Angel Island, composed in 2021 to honor the stories of immigrants from China. Performances by the Del Sol Quartet from San Francisco, Bard’s own The Orchestra Now, and the China Now Festival Chorus. The festival’s artistic director, Jindong Cai, will conduct.Estimated run time: 97 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.

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China Now Music Festival

Now in its fourth season, the China Now Music Festival is a leading force in introducing music from contemporary China to the United States and in promoting musical exchanges between the US and China. This year, as we continue to pursue our vital mission, we are broadening our scope to include the voices of a wide array of Asian American composers, with the aim of exploring their importance in contemporary American music and society. 

Other programs in this festival:
 
For more information, visit barduschinamusic.org/asian-american-voices.

Bitó Conservatory Building  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Works by Bach, Hall Overton, and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

Live attendance to this event is limited to Bard College community and students.
All other audience members are invited to visit our live stream of this concert - https://youtu.be/60tyTOr8wSs

 
Bitó Conservatory Building  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Conservatory students perform short works during an hour-long program.

Live attendance to this event is limited to Bard College community and students.
All other audience members are invited to visit our live stream of this concert - https://youtu.be/z3nJ8IJ6aVY
 

Composing for Mixed Ensemble of Chinese and Western Instruments
Online Event  8:30 am – 10:00 am EDT/GMT-4
This event is part of the “Ink Art and New Music” Creative Exchange Project

This lecture will introduce modern and contemporary ink art, an area of artistic expression that reinterprets traditional ink painting and calligraphy and encompasses painting, sculpture, installation, and even animation. Using works from the permanent collection of M+, the new visual culture museum in Hong Kong opening in November 2021, the talk will highlight important themes and breakthroughs in the development of ink art since the 1950s and artists from diverse backgrounds who have invigorated the centuries-old heritage.

This Zoom webinar masterclass is open to the public for viewing.
Register for free online at: https://www.art-mate.net/buy_ticket/60265

Speaker:
Dr. Lesley Ma
Curator of M+, Hong Kong
 
Moderator:
Jindong Cai
Director of the US-China Music Institute, Bard Conservatory of Music
 
Student Composers:
Austin Leung, Hong Kong University
Samuel Mutter, Bard Conservatory of Music
OGA, Bard Conservatory of Music
Jing Wang, Hong Kong University

Copresenters: US-China Music Institute; Bard College Conservatory of Music; Hong Kong University Cultural Management Office; Hong Kong University Department of Music; M+ Museum, Hong Kong

Cosponsors: Asian Cultural Council; Endowment Funds for Music & Fine Arts; Lee Hysan Foundation

US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event  7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Over more than three thousand years of history, China has developed a unique musical aesthetic tradition which intertwined with its philosophy, culture and customs. This three-week course will present music in its social, philosophical, and cultural context and will be suitable for anyone who is interested in Chinese music and culture.

CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

The class will be taught primarily in English. Knowledge of Chinese is not required, although Chinese speakers are welcome. You do not need to be a Bard student to attend. 

Taught by Professor Mingmei Yip, on the faculty of the Bard Conservatory and an accomplished author, musician, scholar, and artist. 

US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event  7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Over more than three thousand years of history, China has developed a unique musical aesthetic tradition which intertwined with its philosophy, culture and customs. This three-week course will present music in its social, philosophical, and cultural context and will be suitable for anyone who is interested in Chinese music and culture.

CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

The class will be taught primarily in English. Knowledge of Chinese is not required, although Chinese speakers are welcome. You do not need to be a Bard student to attend. 

Taught by Professor Mingmei Yip, on the faculty of the Bard Conservatory and an accomplished author, musician, scholar, and artist. 

US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event  7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Over more than three thousand years of history, China has developed a unique musical aesthetic tradition which intertwined with its philosophy, culture and customs. This three-week course will present music in its social, philosophical, and cultural context and will be suitable for anyone who is interested in Chinese music and culture.

CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

The class will be taught primarily in English. Knowledge of Chinese is not required, although Chinese speakers are welcome. You do not need to be a Bard student to attend. 

Taught by Professor Mingmei Yip, on the faculty of the Bard Conservatory and an accomplished author, musician, scholar, and artist. 

US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event  7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Over more than three thousand years of history, China has developed a unique musical aesthetic tradition which intertwined with its philosophy, culture and customs. This three-week course will present music in its social, philosophical, and cultural context and will be suitable for anyone who is interested in Chinese music and culture.

CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

The class will be taught primarily in English. Knowledge of Chinese is not required, although Chinese speakers are welcome. You do not need to be a Bard student to attend. 

Taught by Professor Mingmei Yip, on the faculty of the Bard Conservatory and an accomplished author, musician, scholar, and artist. 

US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event  7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Over more than three thousand years of history, China has developed a unique musical aesthetic tradition which intertwined with its philosophy, culture and customs. This three-week course will present music in its social, philosophical, and cultural context and will be suitable for anyone who is interested in Chinese music and culture.

CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

The class will be taught primarily in English. Knowledge of Chinese is not required, although Chinese speakers are welcome. You do not need to be a Bard student to attend. 

Taught by Professor Mingmei Yip, on the faculty of the Bard Conservatory and an accomplished author, musician, scholar, and artist. 

US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event  7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Over more than three thousand years of history, China has developed a unique musical aesthetic tradition which intertwined with its philosophy, culture and customs. This three-week course will present music in its social, philosophical, and cultural context and will be suitable for anyone who is interested in Chinese music and culture.

CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

The class will be taught primarily in English. Knowledge of Chinese is not required, although Chinese speakers are welcome. You do not need to be a Bard student to attend. 

Taught by Professor Mingmei Yip, on the faculty of the Bard Conservatory and an accomplished author, musician, scholar, and artist. 

US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event  8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
During six two-hour long classes, students will be taught how to compose for Chinese instruments in various Chinese music styles and to orchestrate a piano work for Chinese ensembles and mixed ensembles of Chinese and Western instruments.

CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Taught by Professor Xinyan Li of the Bard Conservatory faculty, a distinguished musician, composer, and educator. 

US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event  8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
During six two-hour long classes, students will be taught how to compose for Chinese instruments in various Chinese music styles and to orchestrate a piano work for Chinese ensembles and mixed ensembles of Chinese and Western instruments.

CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Taught by Professor Xinyan Li of the Bard Conservatory faculty, a distinguished musician, composer, and educator. 

US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event  8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
During six two-hour long classes, students will be taught how to compose for Chinese instruments in various Chinese music styles and to orchestrate a piano work for Chinese ensembles and mixed ensembles of Chinese and Western instruments.

CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Taught by Professor Xinyan Li of the Bard Conservatory faculty, a distinguished musician, composer, and educator. 

US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event  8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
During six two-hour long classes, students will be taught how to compose for Chinese instruments in various Chinese music styles and to orchestrate a piano work for Chinese ensembles and mixed ensembles of Chinese and Western instruments.

CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Taught by Professor Xinyan Li of the Bard Conservatory faculty, a distinguished musician, composer, and educator. 

US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event  8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
During six two-hour long classes, students will be taught how to compose for Chinese instruments in various Chinese music styles and to orchestrate a piano work for Chinese ensembles and mixed ensembles of Chinese and Western instruments.

CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Taught by Professor Xinyan Li of the Bard Conservatory faculty, a distinguished musician, composer, and educator. 

US-China Music Institute Summer Learning Series
Online Event  8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
During six two-hour long classes, students will be taught how to compose for Chinese instruments in various Chinese music styles and to orchestrate a piano work for Chinese ensembles and mixed ensembles of Chinese and Western instruments.

CLASS FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Taught by Professor Xinyan Li of the Bard Conservatory faculty, a distinguished musician, composer, and educator. 

Online Event  8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
The Bard Chinese Ensemble will present their annual spring concert from Beijing, China, where most of Bard's Chinese instrument majors are studying this year at the Central Conservatory of Music.

More information about the program is available on the US-China Music Institute website.

Watch the livestream at https://youtu.be/Jh8Z1NmMRIE.


Download: Chinese Ensemble Program Spring 2021.pdf View the concert program. 

Works by Adams, Cowell, Kurtág, and Reich
Online Event  3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Harrison Jarvis Degree Recital.pdf Download recital program.

Two streamed operas: Menotti's The Medium and Weill's Seven Deadly Sins
Online Event  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: SIMPLY SINFUL Program.pdf

Online Event  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Two operas. A satire and a drama, both struggling with personalities at odds, fighting through desire, loss of innocence, manipulation of relationships, passive aggression, the battle between good and evil- all brilliant fodder for operatic therapy.
   Weill’s “Seven Deadly Sins” utilizes an expanded cast featuring all thirteen members of the Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program, with five different singers portraying Anna 1, one brilliant Anna 2, and a marvelous cast of singers mixing and matching to make up our family chorus. Each performance of Menotti’s “The Medium” features two different casts, with several overlapping artists. 
   Just as we chose to expand the Weill cast, we expanded the cast of the Menotti by one, creating a separate character to play the role of “The Ghost.”
   Singing and playing masked, using minimal sets and props, we are incredibly thankful to have had an opportunity to rehearse and perform together in the same space with wonderful two piano reductions for each opera. --S. Blythe


Download: SIMPLY SINFUL Program.pdf Download program information.

Online Event  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
A special collaboration between the singers of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program along with violinists from The Orchestra Now and the Conservatory of Music, in a streamed performance of György Kurtág's Kafka-Fragmente, the monumental work for solo voice and violin.
   This program is part of a continuing project dedicated to the work of the great Hungarian composer, György Kurtág, that brings together visiting artists and Conservatory students for the study and performance of selected chamber works of Mr. Kurtág. The project, including this performance, is generously supported with funding from the László Z. Bitó and Olivia Cariño Foundation.

  Online Event  2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
PROGRAM:
Weilan Li, viola
with Ryan McCullough, piano

Henryk Wieniawski   Caprice Op.18, No.3 for viola and piano

Max Reger   Suite No.1 in G minor for Solo Viola, Op. 131d
I. Molto sostenuto
II. Vivace
IV. Molto vivace

Intermission

Johannes Brahms  Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.120 for viola and piano
I. Allegro appassionato
II. Andante un poco Adagio
III. Allegro to grazioso
IV. Vivace
 

Three members of the Bard Conservatory faculty perform Brahms’s trio for viola, cello, and piano in A minor, Op. 114. Recorded in Olin Hall in March 2021.
Online Event  8:00 pm – 8:45 pm EDT/GMT-4
About the Artists
Grammy-nominated violist Melissa Reardon is artist in residence at Bard College and Conservatory, the artistic director of the Portland Chamber Music Festival in Portland, ME, and a founding member and the Executive Director of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO).  As a member of the Ensō String Quartet from 2006 until its final season in 2018, Melissa toured both nationally and internationally, with highlight performances in Sydney, Melbourne, Rio de Janeiro, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and Washington, DC’s Kennedy Center to name a few.  Melissa won first prize at the Washington International Competition, and is the only violist to win top prizes in consecutive HAMS International viola competitions. She has appeared in numerous festivals across the United States and around the world, including tours with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, and with Musicians from Marlboro. She earned degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory.

As a member of the Horszowski Trio, cellist Raman Ramakrishnan has performed across North America, Europe, India, Japan, and in Hong Kong, and recorded for Bridge Records and Avie Records. For eleven seasons, as a founding member of the Daedalus Quartet, he performed around the world. Mr. Ramakrishnan is currently artist in residence at Bard College and Conservatory. In addition to solo recitals in New York, Boston, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., he has performed chamber music at Caramoor, at Bargemusic, with the Chicago Chamber Musicians, and at the Aspen, Bard, Charlottesville, Four Seasons, Kingston, Lincolnshire (UK), Marlboro, Mehli Mehta (India), Oklahoma Mozart, and Vail Music Festivals. He has toured with Musicians from Marlboro and has performed, as guest principal cellist, with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. As a guest member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, he has performed in New Delhi and Agra, India and in Cairo, Egypt. He has served on the faculties of the Taconic and Norfolk Chamber Music Festivals, as well as at Columbia University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in physics from Harvard University and a Master’s degree in music from The Juilliard School. His principal teachers have been Fred Sherry, Andrés Díaz, and André Emelianoff. He plays a Neapolitan cello made by Vincenzo Jorio in 1837.

Benjamin Hochman is a musician of exceptional versatility who regularly appears in multiple guises as orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. He serves on the piano faculty of Bard College Conservatory of Music and is currently a Research Associate at Bard College Berlin. In recent years he has ventured into the orchestral repertoire as a conductor. His wide range of partners and projects is matched by his curiosity, focus, and ability to communicate deeply with audiences. Since his Carnegie Hall debut as soloist with the Israel Philharmonic under the baton of Pinchas Zukerman, Hochman has enjoyed an international performing career, appearing as soloist with the New York, Los Angeles, and Prague Philharmonic Orchestras, and the Chicago, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Jerusalem Symphony Orchestras under conductors including Gianandrea Noseda, Trevor Pinnock, John Storgårds, and Joshua Weilerstein. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied from 1997-2001 with Claude Frank, and the Mannes College of Music, where he studied from 2001-2003 with Richard Goode.   A Steinway Artist, his full bio is on his website at benjaminhochman.com.

Audio and video credit for this Olin Hall recording: Ian Striedter
 

Online Event  7:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Benjamin Hochman, piano

Bach: Prelude and Fugue in B minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book One, BWV 869
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109

Benjamin Hochman is a musician of exceptional versatility who regularly appears in multiple guises as orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. He serves on the piano faculty of Bard College Conservatory of Music and is currently a Research Associate at Bard College Berlin.
  In recent years he has ventured into the orchestral repertoire as a conductor. His wide range of partners and projects is matched by his curiosity, focus, and ability to communicate deeply with audiences.
Since his Carnegie Hall debut as soloist with the Israel Philharmonic under the baton of Pinchas Zukerman, Hochman has enjoyed an international performing career, appearing as soloist with the New York, Los Angeles, and Prague Philharmonic Orchestras, and the Chicago, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Jerusalem Symphony Orchestras under conductors including Gianandrea Noseda, Trevor Pinnock, John Storgårds, and Joshua Weilerstein.
   He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied from 1997-2001 with Claude Frank, and the Mannes College of Music, where he studied from 2001-2003 with Richard Goode.  A Steinway Artist, his full bio is found on his website at www.benjaminhochman.com.

Audio and video credit for this Olin Hall recording: Ian Striedter

Online Event  1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Chuanyuan Liu Program.pdf Download Recital Program

  Online Event  10:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Program
Jingyi Zhou
Bach: Toccata in E minor BWV 914

Yilin Li
Mozart: Sonata in A minor, K 310 
  Allegro maestoso

Leo Gurevich
Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1 
  Allegro molto e con brio

Nita Vemuri
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 
  5. In der Nacht
  6. Fabel

Hanqi Liu
Medtner: Skazka in F minor, Op. 14 No. 1 Ophelia’s Song 
                Skazka in B minor, Op. 20 No. 2 Campanella

Jimmy Berger
Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826  
  Sinfonia

 

  Online Event  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: First Songs May 2021.pdf Download Concert Program

  Works by Bach, Beethoven, Poulenc, Scarlatti, and Schumann
Online Event  2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Jingyi Zhou Degree Recital.pdf Recital Program

  Online Event  11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Online Event  8:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: recital program info.pdf Recital Program

  Students of Molly Carr, Marka Gustavsson, Melissa Reardon, Steven Tenenbom, and Ira Weller
 
Online Event  12:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: 21.pdf  Recital Program

Online Event  8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Clarinet Recital.pdf Download Program Here.

Online Event  6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Betty Wang Spring 2021 Recital Program Final.pdf Download Recital Program 

  Online Event  8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

  Online Event  7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Luke Haaksma Degree Recital.pdf Download recital program here.

Online Event  2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Javen Lara Degree Recital.pdf

  Online Event  5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
PROGRAM:
Andrea Venet: Faded Lines
(Juliana Maitenaz, Arnav Shirodkar)

Inti Figgis-Vizueta: To Give You Breath Form and Breath
(Jaelyn Quilizapa, Matt Overbay, Petra Elek)

 Kendall K. Williams: Walk. March. Run.
(Petra Elek, Matt Overbay, Juan Diego Mora, Arnav Shirodkar)

 Julius Eastman: Stay on It
(Petra Elek, Matt Overbay, Juan Diego Mora, Arnav Shirodkar, Jaelyn Quilizapa, João Melo, Juliana Maitenaz, Kyle Jones)

  Online Event  3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  Works by Bach, Brahms, Glière, Naigus, Persichetti, Liri Ronen, and Schumann
Online Event  12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Liri Ronen Degree Recital (4).pdf Recital Program

Handel Aria Project
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
HANDEL ARIA PROJECT
Bard Baroque Ensemble
Renée Anne Louprette, Director
 
Graduate Vocal Arts Program
Bard College Conservatory
Stephanie Blythe, Artistic Director
Kayo Iwama, Associate Director
 
The HANDEL ARIA PROJECT features a selection of George Frideric Handel’s most exquisite and beloved arias from his operas Rodelinda and Giulio Cesare. Graduate students and faculty members from Bard College Conservatory’s Vocal Arts Program join the Bard Baroque Ensemble under the direction of Renée Anne Louprette to present these works in video-recorded performances captured throughout the Spring 2021 academic semester. The program will be framed by movements from Handel’s Organ Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 and Trio Sonata, Op. 2, No. 4.

Concert stream link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9W-nKdpxhA
 

  Online Event  4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Henry Shankweiler Degree Recital.pdf

  Works by Bach, Brahms, Glazunov, Penderecki, and Paganini
Online Event  1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Xinyi Wang Degree Recital.pdf

Works by Bach, Beethoven, Ligeti, and Schumann
Online Event  8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Yiuchun Wu Degree Recital.pdf Download recital program here.

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Lyric baritone LOUIS TIEMANN believes in the healing potential of music and its ability to bridge divides. Mr. Tiemann brings opera and song to audiences of all walks of life, removing the stigma of elitism by helping to create a space that welcomes everyone. He is driven by the connection to nature and the world around us found in art song, particularly the works of Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert, as well as Gioachino Rossini for the vocal fireworks that are woven throughout his compositions.

From the moment Mr. Tiemann first touched a keyboard, music making has been a central part of his life. From playing flute in his high school’s marching band to singing Irish folk music in a world music ensemble and playing bass guitar for local bands in Baltimore, his eclectic experiences make him an especially thoughtful and unique artist.

Mr. Tiemann is currently earning his master’s degree at Bard College in the Vocal Arts Program, where he studies with Joan Patenaude-Yarnell.


Download: Louis Tiemann Graduate Recital Program.pdf Download Recital Program

Live streamed from Berlin, Germany
Online Event  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Trio concert live streamed May 9 2021.pdf Download Concert Program Here

Online Event  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Tenor MAXIMILLIAN JANSEN, known for “his confident timbre and pleasing voice” (Millbrook Independent), is a versatile performer who is comfortable performing works from the Renaissance to the present day. He is committed to elevating works of silenced and underrepresented artists and strives to build a musical landscape that is inclusive for all. Maximillian has performed such roles as Acis in Acis and Galatea, Ferrando in Così fan tutte, the titular role in Albert Herring, and Monastatos in Die Zauberflöte. He has appeared as a soloist with the Battenkill Chorale, Concerts in the Village, Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble, and the Victoria Civic Orchestra. Maximillian has worked with Libby Larsen, Jake Heggie, and John Musto in master classes on their own compositions.


Download: Affirming Flame program (1).pdf Download recital program here.

Online Event  3:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Hailed for her “delicate yet strong vocalism” (Millbrook Independent), Jardena Gertler-Jaffe is a soprano from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Jardena is passionate about finding ways that the vocal arts can challenge, transform, and innovate in the 21st century. Her personal projects merge classical music with issues of social justice and representation within the arts.
Her ongoing project Our Singing Bodies, which treats the singer’s body as the site for the negotiation of power and identity, was launched in January 2021. Later this season, Jardena is performing excerpts from György Kurtág’s Kafka Fragments, perform the role of Mrs. Gobineau in Menotti’s The Medium, as well as sing the world premiere of Yiddish songs by Dan Shore and Daniel Schlosberg at the YIVO Institute of Jewish Research.


Download: Gertler-Jaffe Program Notes .pdf Download Recital Program

UPSTREAMING  8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
The Orchestra Now and the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra present two concerts celebrating one of the greatest composers of all time, Ludwig van Beethoven, after the pandemic shut down many of the concerts planned last year for the 250th anniversary of his birth.

Both concerts will be introduced by Congolese chemist and novelist Emmanuel Dongala, author of the 2017 historical novel The Bridgetower Sonata. 
 May 1 at 8 pm •  The Orchestra NowLeon Botstein conducts the first of two concerts celebrating Ludwig van Beethoven. The program features his beloved 5th and 7th symphonies, as well as his Triple Concerto for violin, cello, and piano. 

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Stuart Stritzler-Levine, professor emeritus of psychology and emeritus dean of Bard College, who passed away on May 1, 2020. Stritzler-Levine joined the Bard faculty in 1964 and devoted 56 years of continuous service to the College.   

Leon Botstein conductor
Adele Anthony violin
Peter Wiley cello
Shai Wosner piano

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5
Triple Concerto
Symphony No. 7 Read more about Stuart Stritzler-Levine Read more about Emmanuel Dongala   
May 8 at 8 pm •  Bard College Conservatory OrchestraMaestro Leon Botstein leads the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra in the second concert in this series. The program features his 3rd and 4th symphonies, Wellington's Victory, and Drei Equali for four trombones.  

Leon Botstein conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4
Wellington's Victory
Symphony No. 3  "Eroica"
Drei Equali (Three Equals) for four trombones
 

Online Event  7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Program:
Sonata in E minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 38 (1865)
Allegro non troppo
Allegretto quasi Menuetto
Allegro

Sonata in F major for Cello and Piano, Op. 99 (1886)
Allegro vivace
Adagio affettuoso
Allegro passionato 
Allegro molto


Download: Faculty Recital.pdf Download the program here.

  Conservatory students perform a special program of works by Schubert, Meyerbeer, Taktakishvili, Poulenc, Mendelssohn, Beethoven and more...
Online Event  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: PUBLIC - May 4 Noon Concert-2.pdf Download Noon Concert Program (subject to change)

With Michael Knox, double bass, and Jiangli Liu and Diana Borshcheva, piano
Online Event  7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Zongheng Zhang Degree Recital II.pdf

Recital by the 2020 winner of the Avery Fisher Prize and member of the Bard Conservatory faculty.
Online Event  3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Reserve your free tickets for this event at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-condo-concerts-anthony-mcgill-clarinet-tickets-139756606773

Clarinetist Anthony McGill is one of classical music’s most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures. He serves as the principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic — that orchestra’s first African-American principal player — and maintains a dynamic international solo and chamber music career. Hailed for his “trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character” (The New York Times), as well as for his “exquisite combination of technical refinement and expressive radiance” (The Baltimore Sun), McGill also serves as an ardent advocate for helping music education reach underserved communities and for addressing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in classical music. He was honored to take part in the inauguration of President Barack Obama, premiering a piece written for the occasion by John Williams and performing alongside violinist Itzhak Perlman, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and pianist Gabriela Montero.

McGill’s 2019-20 season includes the premiere of a new work by Tyshawn Sorey at the 92Y, and a special collaboration with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato at Carnegie Hall. He will be a featured soloist at the Kennedy Center performing the Copland concerto at the SHIFT Festival of American Orchestras with the Jacksonville Symphony, and will also perform concertos by Copland, Mozart, and Danielpour with the Richmond, Delaware, Alabama, Reno, and San Antonio Symphonies. Additional collaborations include programs with Gloria Chien, Demarre McGill, Michael McHale, Anna Polonsky, Arnaud Sussman, and the Pacifica Quartet.

McGill appears regularly as a soloist with top orchestras around North America including the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, Baltimore Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and Kansas City Symphony. As a chamber musician, McGill is a favorite collaborator of the Brentano, Daedalus, Guarneri, JACK, Miró, Pacifica, Shanghai, Takacs, and Tokyo Quartets, as well as Emanuel Ax, Inon Barnatan, Gloria Chien, Yefim Bronfman, Gil Shaham, Midori, Mitsuko Uchida, and Lang Lang. He has led tours with Musicians from Marlboro and regularly performs for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Festival appearances include Tanglewood, Marlboro, Mainly Mozart, Music@Menlo, and the Santa Fe, Seattle, and Skaneateles Chamber Music Festivals.

In January 2015, McGill recorded the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto together with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic, which was released on DaCapo Records. He also recorded an album together with his brother Demarre McGill, principal flute of the Seattle Symphony, and pianist Michael McHale; and one featuring the Mozart and Brahms Clarinet Quintet with the Pacifica Quartet that were both released by Cedille Records.

A dedicated champion of new music, in 2014, McGill premiered a new piece written for him by Richard Danielpour entitled “From the Mountaintop” that was commissioned by the New Jersey Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and Orchestra 2001. McGill served as the 2015-16 Artist-in-Residence for WQXR and has appeared on Performance Today, MPR’s St. Paul Sunday Morning, and Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. In 2013, McGill appeared on the NBC Nightly News and on MSNBC, in stories highlighting the McGill brothers’ inspirational story.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, McGill previously served as the principal clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera and associate principal clarinet of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. In-demand as a teacher, he serves on the faculty of the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute of Music, and Bard College’s Conservatory of Music. He also serves as the Artistic Advisor for the Music Advancement Program at the Juilliard School, on the Board of Directors for both the League of American Orchestra and the Harmony Program, and the advisory council for the InterSchool Orchestras of New York.

Online Event  7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Meg Jones is a soprano who takes great pride in filling the stage with her vivacious voice and dynamic storytelling. She performs repertoire from Baroque to contemporary music, taking every opportunity to explore new pieces. She was the 2018 concerto competition winner at Ithaca College, where she performed “Où va la jeune Hindoue” from Lakmé with the Ithaca College Orchestra. In addition, she sang the lead role of Laetita in IC’s production of Gian Carlo Menotti's opera, The Old Maid and the Thief. The recipient of the Roberta Peters Scholarship at Ithaca College, Meg is currently a second-year student in the Graduate Vocal Arts Program at Bard College-Conservatory in the studio of Edith Bers. At Bard, she has had the honor of performing the role of Laurie in Bard’s very own pastiche, Rest in Pieces directed by Stephanie Blythe. Meg was noted to have “exceeded on stage” (Millbrook Independent) and thoroughly enjoyed exploring Laurie’s story from Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land in a brand-new context. She has also appeared as the soprano soloist for Bach’s Trauerode Cantata BWV 198 with the Bard Baroque Ensemble. During this time of unprecedented global disruption, Meg is exploring new ways to create, collaborate, and communicate virtually. Throughout Meg’s last entirely remote semester at Bard College, she will be a part of a world premiere of a Yiddish song cycle in collaboration with composer Derek David, and Bard’s productions of Menotti’s The Medium and Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins, in addition to her graduate recital.

 


Download: Meg Jones Degree Recital Program .pdf

Works by Debussy, Dvořák, Martinů, and Joan Tower
Online Event  4:00 pm – 5:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Nathan Matsubara Degree Recital.pdf Download Recital Program

UPSTREAMING  8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
The Orchestra Now and the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra present two concerts celebrating one of the greatest composers of all time, Ludwig van Beethoven, after the pandemic shut down many of the concerts planned last year for the 250th anniversary of his birth.

Both concerts will be introduced by Congolese chemist and novelist Emmanuel Dongala, author of the 2017 historical novel The Bridgetower Sonata. 
 May 1 at 8 pm •  The Orchestra NowLeon Botstein conducts the first of two concerts celebrating Ludwig van Beethoven. The program features his beloved 5th and 7th symphonies, as well as his Triple Concerto for violin, cello, and piano. 

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Stuart Stritzler-Levine, professor emeritus of psychology and emeritus dean of Bard College, who passed away on May 1, 2020. Stritzler-Levine joined the Bard faculty in 1964 and devoted 56 years of continuous service to the College.   

Leon Botstein conductor
Adele Anthony violin
Peter Wiley cello
Shai Wosner piano

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5
Triple Concerto
Symphony No. 7 Read more about Stuart Stritzler-Levine Read more about Emmanuel Dongala   
May 8 at 8 pm •  Bard College Conservatory OrchestraMaestro Leon Botstein leads the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra in the second concert in this series. The program features his 3rd and 4th symphonies, Wellington's Victory, and Drei Equali for four trombones.  

Leon Botstein conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4
Wellington's Victory
Symphony No. 3  "Eroica"
Drei Equali (Three Equals) for four trombones
 

  Online Event  8:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Program:
Chaconne (1962) Sofia Gubaidulina   (b. 1931)

Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major, Op. 22 (1800) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Allegro con brio 
Adagio con molto espressione
Menuetto
Rondo: Allegretto

Skazka in F minor, Op. 14 No. 1 “Ophelia’s Song” (1905-07)   Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951)
Skazka in B minor, Op. 20 No. 2 “Campanella” (1909)

  Student chamber music groups perform throughout the day.
Online Event  12:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: FINAL VERSION Chamber Music Marathon (1).pdf Download the Marathon Program with approximate timings. Subject to change.

Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and Schumann
Online Event  7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Jiangli Liu Degree Recital.pdf Download Jiangli's Recital Program

Works by Bach, Schubert, and Ariel Ramirez.
Online Event  8:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Rowan Puig Davis Degree Recital.pdf Download Rowan's Recital Program

Patio of Avery Art Center  7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Juliana Maitenez Degree Recital.pdf Download Juliana's Recital Program

  Conservatory students perform a half-hour long program.
Online Event  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Program:
Morceau Symphonique           Alexandre Guilmant
Andante sostenuto                                   (1837-1911)
Allegro moderato
                 Ameya Natarajan, trombone

Images, 1ere série                        Claude Debussy
Reflets dans l’eau                                    (1862-1918)
Hommage à Rameau
Mouvement
                               Sindy Yang, piano

  Free, live-streamed concert with with violinists Leila Josefowicz and Jesse Mills; violist Hsin-Yun Huang; and cellist Fred Sherry.
Online Event  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Reserve your free tickets for this special one-time performance of Schubert's String Quartet No. 15 in G Major and German Dances here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/bard-college-conservatory-of-music-32430490385

THE CONDO CONCERTS is a series of concerts streamed from the Bard Conservatory with the generous support of artist George Condo. Featured musicians for the next concert on May 2 are clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Anna Polonsky.

Donations from the live-stream audience will benefit the Conservatory Scholarship Fund, including a new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarships. Donate online at www.bard.edu/conservatory/giving


Download: Condo Concerts Program Three-Schubert.pdf Concert Program Here with program note by Peter Laki.

Works by Alan Abbot, Malcolm Arnold, Beethoven, Paul Dukas, and Jan Koetsier
Online Event  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Zachary McIntyre Degree Recital.pdf Recital Program

Works by Joan Tower, Ana Bon di Venezia, Nikea Randolph, Alonzo Malik Pirio, and Joseph Schwantner
Online Event  5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Jillian Reed Degree Recital (1).pdf Recital Program

Online Event  7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Program:
Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, “Ballade”  Eugène Ysaÿe

Road Movies for Violin and Piano  John Adams 

Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas  Astor Piazzolla
(The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)   
 
Passacaglia for Violin and Viola  Handel-Halvorsen
 


Download: Gigi Hsueh Degree Recital.pdf Degree Recital Program

Works by Bach, Elgar, and Wynton Marsalis
Online Event  3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: Anna Hallett Gutierrez Degree Recital Program.pdf Recital program

AN ONLINE CONFERENCE AND PERFORMANCE SERIES, APRIL 8-10, 2021
Day Three
Online Event  7:30 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
This year’s annual conference of the US-China Music Institute will explore forms of Buddhist musical practice through online discussions, performances, and demonstrations. Speakers will provide historical, sociological, and musicological context for musical rituals in Buddhist traditions. Performances will draw from different regions and styles of traditional chanting, ceremonial music, and contemporary composition. 

All events are free and open to the public. Learn more and register to receive links prior to each event at barduschinamusic.org/harmony2021
 CONFERENCE EVENT SCHEDULETHURSDAY, APRIL 8BUDDHISM, MUSIC, AND SOCIETY


Panel Discussion (Zoom) 5:30-7pm EST
Speakers Andrew Quintman, Professor of Religious Studies, Wesleyan University Mingmei Yip, Visiting Professor of Chinese Music History, Bard College Chen Tao, Professor of Chinese Music, Bard College; Artistic Director, Melody of Dragon, Inc. Zhai Fengjian, Associate Researcher, China National Academy of Fine Arts
 Performance (Streaming) 8-9pm ESTFeaturing ceremonial chanting from Daxiangguo Temple, Kaifang, Henan Province Zhihua Temple, Beijing Mount Wutai Buddhist Monk Ensemble, Shanxi Province Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai Huafan University, Department of Buddhist Studies, Taipei International Buddhist Progress Society (IBPS), North America (multiple locations) Labrang Monastery, Gansu Autonomous Tibetan Prefecture FRIDAY, APRIL 9ENTERING THE WORLD, THE PATH OF MUSIC

Panel Discussion (Zoom) 5:30-7pm ESTModerated by
Dominique Townsend, Professor of Religious Studies, and Jindong Cai, director of the US-China Music Institute

with
Jamyang Dolma, Founding Director, Academy of Himalayan Art and Child Development
Drukmo Gyal, singer
Ganavya Doraiswamy, singerPerformance (Streaming) 8-9pm ESTModern Tibetan chant, traditional instrumental music, and modern works from composers Tan Dun and Qu Xiaosong. 
 SATURDAY, APRIL 10A BLESSING FROM BHUTANThe final day of the Harmony and Compassion takes us on a virtual journey to the Kingdom of Bhutan, “the happiest country on earth.”Performance (Streaming) 7:30-8:30pm ESTDiscussion and Q&A (Zoom) 8:30-9:30pm EST

Presented by: US-China Music Institute
 

Online Event  3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

AN ONLINE CONFERENCE AND PERFORMANCE SERIES, APRIL 8-10, 2021
Day Two
Online Event  5:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
This year’s annual conference of the US-China Music Institute will explore forms of Buddhist musical practice through online discussions, performances, and demonstrations. Speakers will provide historical, sociological, and musicological context for musical rituals in Buddhist traditions. Performances will draw from different regions and styles of traditional chanting, ceremonial music, and contemporary composition. 

All events are free and open to the public. Learn more and register to receive links prior to each event at barduschinamusic.org/harmony2021
 CONFERENCE EVENT SCHEDULETHURSDAY, APRIL 8BUDDHISM, MUSIC, AND SOCIETY


Panel Discussion (Zoom) 5:30-7pm EST
Speakers Andrew Quintman, Professor of Religious Studies, Wesleyan University Mingmei Yip, Visiting Professor of Chinese Music History, Bard College Chen Tao, Professor of Chinese Music, Bard College; Artistic Director, Melody of Dragon, Inc. Zhai Fengjian, Associate Researcher, China National Academy of Fine Arts
 Performance (Streaming) 8-9pm ESTFeaturing ceremonial chanting from Daxiangguo Temple, Kaifang, Henan Province Zhihua Temple, Beijing Mount Wutai Buddhist Monk Ensemble, Shanxi Province Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai Huafan University, Department of Buddhist Studies, Taipei International Buddhist Progress Society (IBPS), North America (multiple locations) Labrang Monastery, Gansu Autonomous Tibetan Prefecture FRIDAY, APRIL 9ENTERING THE WORLD, THE PATH OF MUSIC

Panel Discussion (Zoom) 5:30-7pm ESTModerated by
Dominique Townsend, Professor of Religious Studies, and Jindong Cai, director of the US-China Music Institute

with
Jamyang Dolma, Founding Director, Academy of Himalayan Art and Child Development
Drukmo Gyal, singer
Ganavya Doraiswamy, singerPerformance (Streaming) 8-9pm ESTModern Tibetan chant, traditional instrumental music, and modern works from composers Tan Dun and Qu Xiaosong. 
 SATURDAY, APRIL 10A BLESSING FROM BHUTANThe final day of the Harmony and Compassion takes us on a virtual journey to the Kingdom of Bhutan, “the happiest country on earth.”Performance (Streaming) 7:30-8:30pm ESTDiscussion and Q&A (Zoom) 8:30-9:30pm EST

Presented by: US-China Music Institute
 

Works by Franck, Mozart, and Piazzolla
Online Event  4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

https://youtu.be/iqogMb0sqM0

AN ONLINE CONFERENCE AND PERFORMANCE SERIES, APRIL 8-10, 2021
Day One
Online Event  5:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
This year’s annual conference of the US-China Music Institute will explore forms of Buddhist musical practice through online discussions, performances, and demonstrations. Speakers will provide historical, sociological, and musicological context for musical rituals in Buddhist traditions. Performances will draw from different regions and styles of traditional chanting, ceremonial music, and contemporary composition. 

All events are free and open to the public. Learn more and register to receive links prior to each event at barduschinamusic.org/harmony2021
 CONFERENCE EVENT SCHEDULETHURSDAY, APRIL 8BUDDHISM, MUSIC, AND SOCIETY


Panel Discussion (Zoom) 5:30-7pm EST
Speakers Andrew Quintman, Professor of Religious Studies, Wesleyan University Mingmei Yip, Visiting Professor of Chinese Music History, Bard College Chen Tao, Professor of Chinese Music, Bard College; Artistic Director, Melody of Dragon, Inc. Zhai Fengjian, Associate Researcher, China National Academy of Fine Arts
 Performance (Streaming) 8-9pm ESTFeaturing ceremonial chanting from Daxiangguo Temple, Kaifang, Henan Province Zhihua Temple, Beijing Mount Wutai Buddhist Monk Ensemble, Shanxi Province Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai Huafan University, Department of Buddhist Studies, Taipei International Buddhist Progress Society (IBPS), North America (multiple locations) Labrang Monastery, Gansu Autonomous Tibetan Prefecture FRIDAY, APRIL 9ENTERING THE WORLD, THE PATH OF MUSIC

Panel Discussion (Zoom) 5:30-7pm ESTModerated by
Dominique Townsend, Professor of Religious Studies, and Jindong Cai, director of the US-China Music Institute

with
Jamyang Dolma, Founding Director, Academy of Himalayan Art and Child Development
Drukmo Gyal, singer
Ganavya Doraiswamy, singerPerformance (Streaming) 8-9pm ESTModern Tibetan chant, traditional instrumental music, and modern works from composers Tan Dun and Qu Xiaosong. 
 SATURDAY, APRIL 10A BLESSING FROM BHUTANThe final day of the Harmony and Compassion takes us on a virtual journey to the Kingdom of Bhutan, “the happiest country on earth.”Performance (Streaming) 7:30-8:30pm ESTDiscussion and Q&A (Zoom) 8:30-9:30pm EST

Presented by: US-China Music Institute
 

One-hour program with piano, violin, clarinet, and mezzo-soprano
Online Event  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Download: (Public) April 6 Noon Concert.pdf Concert Program

Online Event  7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Works by Michel Corrette, Launy Grøndahl, Adolphus Hailstork, and Camille Saint-Saëns

Gabrielle Hartman studies with Marc Goldberg at the Bard Conservatory, where she is completing a double degree in bassoon performance and biology with a concentration in global public health. She holds both the Conservatory’s Alexander Borodin Scholarship and Bard College’s John W. Boylan Scholarship in Medicine and Science.
 


Download: Program Gabrielle Hartman Degree Recital.pdf

Degree Recital Concert with Conductors Micah Gleason, Shutong Li, and David Mascari and Members of The Orchestra Now
Online Event  8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Performance streaming live from the Fisher Center at https://youtu.be/N-FdIVUctmo
PROGRAM
Souvenir de Florence  Tchaikovsky
Tartarus (World Premiere)  David Mascari
David Mascari, conductor

Serenade for Strings, Op. 22  Antonín Dvořák
Shutong Li, conductor

Inure (World Premiere)  Christopher Bell
Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout  Gabriela Lena Frank
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5  Gustav Mahler
Micah Gleason, conductor

Works by Elgar, and Hu-guang Xin
Online Event  5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Alexander Levinson, currently a third-year student in the dual-degree program at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, is studying cello performance with Peter Wiley. Growing up in Chicago in a musical family, Alexander has played chamber music with his parents and brother, and has given many concerts in the Chicago area. In 2017, Alexander was the cellist for the Cerulean Quartet made up of musicians in the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. The Cerulean Quartet won 2nd place in the 22nd annual Rembrandt High School Chamber Music Competition and 3rd place in the Barnett Chamber Music Competition, and participated in the 44th annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.


Download: Alexander Levinson Student Recital.pdf Recital program

with Francis Huang, piano
Online Event  3:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Program:
Brahms - Sonata No. 1 in F Minor Op. 120
Piazzolla - Le Grand Tango

Violist Jonathan Eng is in his third year at the Bard College Conservatory of Music where he studies under Ira Weller.  He began playing the viola at the age of eight, and studied with Katherine Rife throughout his high school years.  He continued his studies on the viola at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division with Karen Ritscher.  Along with viola performance, he is majoring in mathematics through Bard College, as well as pursuing a computer engineering degree through Bard’s 3+2/4+2 joint-degree engineering program with Columbia University.
 


Download: Jonathan Eng Student Recital program.pdf Recital Program

  Bard Conservatory Students Perform an Hour-long Program
Online Event  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
The Noon Concert will be streamed live on the Conservatory's YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/KgSmGtkKr78
 


Download: March 23 Noon Concert program.pdf Noon Concert Program

  A Recorded Performance at Blithewood
Online Event  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
This recorded performance will be available at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJNHMc9xZpU  beginning at noon on March 20, and will remain posted on the the Conservatory YouTube channel for viewing at any time this semester.

Beitong Liu, erhu, with pianists Diana Borshcheva and Frank Corliss
Online Event  6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
PROGRAM
曾侯⼄传奇 
Li Bochan (b. 1992)           The Legend of Zenghouyi

迷胡调
LuRirong (b.1933)              Mi Hu Melody

闲居吟
Liu Tianhua (1895-1932)    Chant of a Leisure Life

第⼆⼆胡协奏曲《追梦京华》 第四乐章 除⼣
Guan Naizhong (b.1939)   Erhu Concerto No.2: Nostalgic Dreams of Beijing, Movement IV Winter

雪⼭魂塑
Liu Wenjin (1937-2013)    The Brave Spirits of the Snow Mountains 


Download: Program- Beitong Liu's Recital (1).pdf

Free, live-streamed concert with with violinists Leila Josefowicz and Jesse Mills; violist Hsin-Yun Huang; and cellist Fred Sherry.
Online Event  3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Reserve your free tickets for this performance of Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7 here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/bard-college-conservatory-of-music-32430490385

THE CONDO CONCERTS is a series of concerts streamed from the Bard Conservatory with the generous support of artist George Condo.
Featured musicians for the next two concerts are the Fred Sherry String Quartet with violinists Leila Josefowicz and Jesse Mills; violist Hsin-Yun Huang; and cellist Fred Sherry on April 18, and clarinetist Anthony McGill on May 2.

Donations from the live-stream audience will benefit the Conservatory Scholarship Fund, including a new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarships. To donate: wwww.bard.edu/conservatory/giving
 

UPSTREAMING  8:00 pm EST/GMT-5

Leon Botstein Music Director
Andrés Rivas Assistant Conductor

Richard Strauss Serenade in E flat major, Op. 7 
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Prologue and Variations  
William Grant Still Ennanga for Harp, String Orchestra, and Piano
Béla Bartók  Divertimento for String Orchestra 

Program subject to change based on Bard campus COVID protocols and NY State health regulations.

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with collaborative piano fellows Ryan McCullough and Elias Dagher
Online Event  7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Program:
Beethoven   Violin and Piano Sonata No.9 "Kreutzer"
short intermission
Bernstein     Serenade After Plato's "Symposium"

Zongheng Zhang is completing his fifth and final year in the Bard College Conservatory of Music, studying violin and viola performance with Todd Phillips and Melissa Reardon, and orchestra conducting with James Bagwell. As the winner of the 2020 Bard Conservatory Concerto Competition, he will perform as soloist with The Orchestra Now under the baton of maestro Leon Botstein on April 10, 2021 at the Fisher Center.  He also won the 2019 Bard Community Orchestra Concerto Competition. At the Bard Conservatory, he holds the Y.S Liu Scholarship. 
 
After giving his first solo recital when he was 15 years old in Wuhan, China, he was invited to join several international summer music festivals, such as Napa Valley Music Festival, The Great Wall Music Summer Academic, and the Summer Violin Institute at Northwestern University, among others. He has often served as the concertmaster and principal violin in the Bard Conservatory Orchestra and the Bard Community Orchestra.  

Link for viewing this recital: https://youtu.be/SpMeeSIoA7A

This recital will be archived and available for later viewing.
 


Download: Program for Zongheng Zhang Degree Recital.pdf

Online Event  8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Join the members of the Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program for a concert of German arias as the culminating event of our German Opera Workshop. Enjoy beloved arias from a variety of composers, including Richard Strauss, W. A. Mozart, Erich Korngold, Englebert Humperdinck, and Carl Maria von Weber. 

Link for viewing:  https://youtu.be/VNd7SkID5zo
 


Download: German Arias Concert Program (1).pdf Download Concert Program

Streamed student recital with guest musicians on guzheng, cello, flute, percussion, and piano.
Online Event  8:30 pm – 9:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Streaming at https://youtu.be/CDJbyMIpTEs

 

Conservatory Scholarship Fund Benefit Recital--Reservations Required for Free Tickets
Online Event  8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Reserve your free tickets for this one-time streamed performance here.

Leila Josefowicz’s passionate advocacy of contemporary music for the violin is reflected in her diverse programs and enthusiasm to perform new works. Winner of the 2018 Avery Fisher Prize, she was also awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2008. Recent performances include concerts with the New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the London, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, and Finnish Radio symphony orchestras. 

THE CONDO CONCERTS is a series of four concerts in spring 2021 streamed from the Bard Conservatory with the generous support of artist George Condo as a benefit for the Conservatory Scholarship Fund. 
 


Download: Leila Josefowicz Program.pdf Concert Program with notes by Peter Laki

A Chinese New Year Concert with The Orchestra Now and Guests
UPSTREAMING  8:00 pm EST/GMT-5


The US-China Music Institute presents the second annual production of The Sound of Spring, a concert of symphonic music to celebrate the Lunar New Year in collaboration with musicians both here and abroad. 

The Sound of Spring features a new performance by The Orchestra Now conducted by Jindong Cai, along with performances from special guests including the Central Conservatory of Music Chinese Ensemble, the China NCPA Orchestra and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. 

Hosted by acclaimed pipa performer Wu Man and conductor Jindong Cai, the program will feature works by Tan Dun, Bao Yuankai, Julian Yu, Li Shaosheng, and more. Musical selections will send a message of hope, renewal, and new beginnings, in the spirit of the Chinese New Year tradition of the Spring Festival.
For more information about The US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, please visit their website.