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THE BARD COLLEGE

CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

Undergraduate Study

The Bard Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, performing in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, New York City

2 BARD CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

OUTSTANDING FACULTY

The Bard Conservatory’s faculty members are renowned performing musicians whose

artistry is featured in the world’s great concert halls. They are on campus weekly

to give lessons, coach chamber ensembles, offer master classes, hold studio classes,

and lead sectional rehearsals of the orchestra. On occasion, the Conservatory

arranges for students to travel to New York City or elsewhere in the Hudson Valley

for lessons. The curricular resources of the Bard College Music Program are also

available to Conservatory students.

Robert Martin, DirectorMelvin Chen, Associate Director

Ani Kavafian and students in a master class, Olin Hall

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UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY

VIOLIN

Eugene Drucker

Yi-Wen Jiang

Ani Kavafian,

master classes

Ida Kavafian

Soovin Kim

Weigang Li

Daniel Phillips

Laurie Smukler

Arnold Steinhardt

VIOLA

Steven Tenenbom

Michael Tree

Ira Weller

CELLO

Sophie Shao

Peter Wiley

DOUBLE BASS

Marji Danilow

Leigh Mesh

HARP

Sara Cutler

Bridget Kibbey

PIANO

Melvin Chen

Jeremy Denk

Richard Goode,

master classes

Peter Serkin

FLUTE

Nadine Asin,

master classes

Tara Helen O’Connor

OBOE

Laura Ahlbeck

Richard Dallesio

Elaine Douvas

Nicholas Stovall

CLARINET

Laura Flax

David Krakauer

Anthony McGill

BASSOON

Marc Goldberg

Patricia Rogers

HORN

Julie Landsman

Jeffrey Lang

Julia Pilant

TRUMPET

Carl Albach

TROMBONE

Demian Austin

John Rojak

TUBA

Alan Baer

PERCUSSION

So Percussion:

Eric Beach

Josh Quillen

Adam Sliwinski

Jason Treuting

Daniel Druckman, adviser

Jonathan Haas, adviser

Tzong-Ching Ju, adviser

Garry Kvistad, adviser

Jan Williams, adviser

Greg Zuber, adviser

COMPOSITION

Joan Tower

George Tsontakis

Da Capo Chamber Players,

in residence

ORCHESTRAL STUDIES

Leon Botstein

Luis Garcia-Renart

Erica Kiesewetter

PERFORMANCE PRACTICE

ADVISERS

Raymond Erickson

Stephen Hammer

MUSIC THEORY AND HISTORY

Leon Botstein

Christopher H. Gibbs

John Halle

Peter Laki

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE

Alexander Farkas


ORCHESTRA

The Bard Conservatory Orchestra performs several

concerts each semester and at least four times

each year in The Richard B. Fisher Center for the

Performing Arts at Bard College. The Orchestra

made its New York City debut in May 2009 at Alice

Tully Hall in a concert of Elgar, Perle, and Mahler,

conducted by Bard President Leon Botstein and

featuring faculty Melvin Chen and Dawn Upshaw as

soloists. The orchestra performs regularly at the

Eastern NY Correctional Facility as part of the Bard

Prison Initiative, recently gave a concert at Harvard

University, and performed in a side-by-side concert

with members of the American Symphony

Orchestra, conducted by Botstein. In spring 2012,

the Conservatory Orchestra will give its first tour

of China.

CHAMBER MUSIC AND SOLO OPPORTUNITIES

Students perform in chamber music and special

contemporary music concerts throughout the

year. Students and faculty perform together in the

Conservatory Sunday series at the Fisher Center’s

Sosnoff Theater, and in regional chamber music

series.

Students also give shared or full-length solo recitals,

with their teacher’s permission. Each year, as many as

three winners of a concerto competition perform as

soloists with the American Symphony Orchestra, con-

ducted by Botstein, in the orchestra’s Fisher Center

series. Conservatory students have also been soloists

with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian

Symphony Orchestra, Woodstock Chamber

Orchestra, and other professional ensembles.

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Students perform at a house concert

in Beijing.

above and facing page

The Bard Conservatory Orchestra

performs in Alice Tully Hall,

Lincoln Center, New York City.


“Two of my sons had opportunities to go to outstanding conservatories and

universities for their music studies. They chose Bard because they desired a

well-rounded education in liberal arts along with music. They love the

diversity at Bard, the professors are exceptional, and they especially enjoy

being part of a growing, unique five-year program.”

Elizabeth Moore, parent of Shawn ’11 and Scot ’13

John Rojak and students in Olin Hall


INTIMATE SIZE

Bard Conservatory’s undergraduate student body

numbers 90 and may grow in later years to approxi-

mately 100. Bard’s total undergraduate annual

enrollment, including non-Conservatory liberal arts

students, is approximately 1,900. This intimate size

allows Bard to offer personalized, nurturing attention

to each of its students, including such signature

opportunities as mixed faculty-student performances

for its Conservatory students and the full-year Senior

Project for all majors.

A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION

The unique curriculum of The Bard College

Conservatory of Music is guided by the principle that

musicians should be broadly educated in the liberal

arts and sciences to achieve their greatest potential.

All Conservatory students pursue a five-year program

leading to two degrees: the bachelor of music and

the bachelor of arts in a field other than music. The

pursuit of these two degrees at Bard is thoroughly

integrated. Conservatory students live, eat, and

attend most classes with non-Conservatory students,

and are fully part of the academic and social life of

the College.

The bachelor of music program contains many

innovative components: all performance majors

study composition, and the Conservatory Seminar

integrates music theory and music history with

special emphasis on their relation to performance.

The curricula of the Conservatory and the College

are flexible, allowing participants to create the

sequence of music and other courses that best suits

each student. The aim of the Conservatory and the

College is to foster a unified learning environment

where the serious study of music goes hand in

hand with the education of the whole person.

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Melvin Chen and student in Blum Hall

center

Biology professor Felicia Keesing (right)

with students

bottom

Humanities professor Daniel

Mendelsohn (lower right) with students

For Ravel’s L’ Enfant et les sortileges, produced by the Bard Conservatory’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program, the Bard

Conservatory Orchestra performs under the direction of James Bagwell.

Flanked by officials of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, silver medalist

Chimeng String Quartet (from left): Shuangshuang Liu ’11, Jia Cao ’11, Luosha Fang ’11,

and Yang Li ’12


“I had amazing opportunities here, from performing with faculty members to

having master classes with great musicians. Some of my best memories at

Bard are of chamber music: I’ve had truly inspiring coachings, groups filled

with incredibly talented peers, and rehearsals where I’ve learned almost as

much diplomacy as music.”

Tina Zhang ’09, Rice University ’11, associate principal second violin, Houston Symphony


A RECORD OF SUCCESS

Bard Conservatory undergraduates have distinguished themselves through:

Graduate School Acceptances, Music Performance

Boston UniversityThe Colburn SchoolThe Curtis Institute of MusicIndiana University The Juilliard SchoolManhattan School of MusicMannes College The New School for Music

New England ConservatoryNorthwestern University Rice University SUNY Stony BrookUniversity of Southern California

Other Graduate and ProfessionalSchool AcceptancesCalifornia Institute of TechnologyJohns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Texas at AustinWashington University School ofMedicine in St. Louis

Music Festival AcceptancesAspen Music Festival and SchoolAtlantic Music FestivalBanff Summer Arts FestivalBowdoin International Music FestivalCastleton FestivalColorado Music FestivalEuropean American Musical AllianceSummer Composition Program

Kent/Blossom Music and Arts FestivalKneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival

Manchester Music FestivalMusic Academy of the West SummerFestival

New York String Orchestra SeminarPacific Rim Music FestivalPierre Monteux SchoolQuartet ProgramRound Top Festival InstituteSchleswig-Holstein Music FestivalTanglewood Music CenterVerbier FestivalWest-Eastern Divan OrchestraYellow Barn Music School and Festival

Competitions and JobsBergen Philharmonic Orchestra YoungArtist’s Competition, first prize, 2011

Fischoff National Chamber MusicCompetition, silver medal, 2010

Houston Symphony, associate principalsecond violin

Michael Hill International ViolinCompetition, finalist, 2011

Class of 2011 Graduate SchoolDecisions, Music PerformanceThe Curtis Institute of Music (3 students)

The Juilliard SchoolNew England ConservatoryThe Shepherd School of Music at Rice University

SUNY Stony BrookYale School of Music (4 students)

Other alumni/ae are pursuing their academic interests in graduate schoolsat the University of Texas at Austin andUniversity of Amsterdam, among others.


OUTSTANDING FACILITIES

The various rehearsal and performance spaces on

campus are ideally suited to fit the needs of

Conservatory students. Ample practice rooms,

many with grand pianos, are available in the Edith C.

Blum Institute and in Robbins House residence hall;

in addition, unused classrooms become practice

rooms. The Conservatory Orchestra rehearses and

performs in the Frank Gehry–designed Fisher

Center for the Performing Arts. Other Conservatory

events are held in the 400-seat Olin Hall and in

Blum Hall, Bard Hall, and the College chapel.

A new state-of-the-art Conservatory building, made

possible by a gift from László Z. Bitó ’60, and due

to be completed at the end of 2012, will contain

teaching studios, classrooms, and a large perform-

ance space. A practice facility is also being built.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Distinct from the Conservatory of Music, the Music

Program of Bard College offers a full curriculum lead-

ing to a B.A. degree that includes courses in music

history, music theory, composition, electronic music,

jazz studies, ethnomusicology, and a variety of work-

shops and ensembles, all of which are open to

Conservatory students. The Conservatory and Music

Program share classroom, performance, and practice

spaces and work together on a variety of projects.

The Conservatory’s Postgraduate Collaborative

Piano Fellowship brings to the campus recent grad-

uates of distinguished conservatories to work with

undergraduate and graduate students.

In addition to the B.M./B.A. dual degree, the

Conservatory also offers M.M. degrees in voice and

both orchestral and choral conducting, as well as a

postgraduate certificate in advanced performance

studies.

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Laura Flax coaches chamber music

in the Blum Institute.

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Bard Hall (recital space)

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Joan Tower with student


The Edith C. Blum Institute, home of the Conservatory of Music and the Bard College

Music Program

“For the curious, the musical, the intellectual, it’s a great choice, as the message

here—both by intent and example—is that there are no boundaries

between art and academics, and that the study of both may bring the fullest

potential to each.”

Marc Goldberg, bassoon faculty


IDEAL LOCATION

The Conservatory is on Bard’s beautiful 500-acre wooded campus along the Hudson

River, 90 miles north of New York City. Majestic views of the Catskill Mountains

across the river can be seen from the grounds and from many student residences.

Bard’s pastoral setting is ideal for undistracted study, yet within easy reach of New

York City’s vibrant cultural (and culinary) riches.

Bard College hosts concerts throughout the year, offering music for every taste, from

classical to jazz, opera, cabaret, rock, and folk music. The Bard Music Festival,

founded in 1990, offers an in-depth look at the world of a prominent composer

through a two-weekend program of performances, panel discussions, and lectures.

A rugby game on the Seth Goldfine Memorial Field in front of the Stevenson, Hoffman, and

Kellogg Libraries


ABOUT BARD COLLEGE

Founded in 1860, Bard is an independent, nonsec-

tarian, residential, coeducational college offering a

four-year B.A. program in the liberal arts and sci-

ences and a five-year B.S./B.A. degree in econom-

ics and finance, as well as The Conservatory of

Music’s dual B.M./B.A. and graduate degrees. Bard

and its affiliated institutions also grant the following

degrees: A.A. at Bard High School Early College, a

public school with campuses in New York City

(Manhattan and Queens) and Newark, New Jersey;

A.A. and B.A. at Bard College at Simon’s Rock: The

Early College, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts,

and through the Bard Prison Initiative at five penal

institutions in New York State; M.A. in curatorial

studies, and M.S. in environmental policy and in cli-

mate science and policy at the Annandale campus;

M.F.A. and M.A.T. at multiple campuses; and M.A.,

M.Phil., and Ph.D. in the decorative arts, design his-

tory, and material culture at the Bard Graduate

Center in Manhattan. Internationally, Bard confers

dual B.A. degrees at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and

Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Russia

(Smolny College), and American University of

Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan; and dual B.A. and

M.A.T. degrees at Al-Quds University in East

Jerusalem.

Bard offers nearly 50 academic programs in four

divisions. Total enrollment for Bard College and its

affiliates is approximately 3,900 students. The

undergraduate college has an enrollment of more

than 1,900 and a student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1.

For more information about Bard College, visit

www.bard.edu.

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Stone Row (residence halls)

above

The Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J.

Kayden Center for Science and

Computation (László Z. Bitó ’60

Auditorium and the Lynda and

Stewart Resnick Science Laboratories)

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1 Albee (offices, classrooms, and laboratories)

2 Alumni Houses (residence halls): Bluecher,

Bourne, Honey, Leonard, Obreshkove,

Rovere, Rueger, Shafer, Shelov, Steinway,

Wolff

3 Annandale Hotel (Publications and Public

Relations Offices) (off map)

4 Annandale House (Residential Life,

Multicultural Affairs)

5 Aspinwall (classrooms and faculty offices)

6 Bard College Field Station

7 Bard Hall (recital space)

8 Bertelsmann Campus Center (bookstore,

café, post office, Weis Cinema, Career

Development and Student Activities Offices)

9 Blithewood (Levy Economics Institute)

10 Blum Institute (Bard College Conservatory

of Music offices) and Ottaway Film Center

at Avery Arts Center

11 Brook House (residence hall)

12 Buildings and Grounds, Financial Aid Office,

and Student Accounts

13 Carriage House (Central Services)

14 Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel

Museum of Art

15 Chapel of the Holy Innocents

16 Community Garden

17 Cruger Village (residence halls): Bartlett, Keen

North, Keen South, Maple, Mulberry, New

Cruger, Oberholzer, Sawkill, Spruce,

Stephens, Sycamore

V Fairbairn (faculty offices, residence): see

Warden’s Hall

18 Feitler House (residence hall) (off map)

19 Fisher Annex (MFA Program offices)

20 The Richard B. Fisher Center for the

Performing Arts (Theater and Dance

Programs)

21 Fisher Studio Arts Building

22 The Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J.

Kayden Center for Science and Computation

23 Gahagan (residence hall)

24 Hegeman Hall (Bard CEP)

25 Henderson Computer Resources Center

26 Henderson Technology Laboratories

27 Hirsch Hall (residence hall)

28 Hopson Cottage (Admission Office)

V Hopson (faculty offices, residence): see

Warden’s Hall

29 Anna Jones Memorial Garden

30 Kline Commons (dining facility)

31 Libraries (Stevenson, Hoffman, Kellogg)

32 Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex

33 Ludlow (administrative offices)

34 Abigail Lundquist Botstein Nursery School,

Bard Community Children’s Center

35 Old Gym (Safety and Security Office, student

activity spaces)

36 Franklin W. Olin Hall (auditorium) and

Humanities Building

37 F. W. Olin Language Center

38 Jim and Mary Ottaway Gatehouse for

International Study (IILE and Human

Rights Project offices)

39 Parliament of Reality by Olafur Eliasson

40 President’s House

41 Preston (classrooms, offices)

42 Robbins House (residence hall, Student

Health and Counseling Service)

43 David Rose Science Laboratories

44 Sands House (residence hall)

V Seymour (Bard Music Festival Office): see

Warden’s Hall

45 Shafer House (faculty offices) (off map)

46 Sottery Hall (BRAVE, Institute for Writing and

Thinking, Office of Program Development)

47 South Hall (residence hall)

48 Stevenson Gymnasium

49 Stone Row (Academic Resources Center,

BEOP, residence halls): North Hoffman, South

Hoffman, McVickar, Potter

50 Tewksbury Hall (residence hall)

51 Tremblay Hall (residence hall)

52 Village Dormitories

53 Ward Manor (residence hall, Manor House

Café)

54 Ward Manor Gatehouse (Graduate Vocal

Arts Program)

55 Warden’s Hall (faculty and program offices,

residences): Fairbairn, Hopson, Seymour*

56 Woods Studio (Photography Program)

THE BARD COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

PROGRAMS

Undergraduate Study

Graduate Vocal Arts Program

Graduate Conducting Program

Preparatory Division

Postgraduate Collaborative Piano Fellows Program

Artist-Fellow Program

Hungarian Visiting Fellows Program

For faculty biographies and information on admission, curriculum requirements,

fees and expenses, financial aid, graduate and additional programs, and more,

visit www.bard.edu/conservatory.

Application deadline: January 1

The Bard College Conservatory of MusicPO Box 5000

Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000

845-758-7196

[email protected]

Cover photo: The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

Published by the Bard College Publications Office. ©2011 Bard College. All rights reserved.Photography Peter Aaron ’68/Esto: cover, 12 (center), 14, 15 ; Scott Barrow: 7 (bottom); Courtesy of the Bard CollegeConservatory: 4 (top); Samuel Joseph: 10; Don Hamerman: 7 (center); Karl Rabe: 2, 6, 7 (top), 8, 9, 12 (top and bottom),13, back cover; Noah Sheldon: 12; Cory Weaver: inside front cover–1, 4 (bottom), 5. Illustration Mark Hess: 16–inside back cover

The Bard College Conservatory of MusicAnnandale-on-Hudson, New York

Ida Kavafian and Luosha Fang ’11

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