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
Ani Kavafian and students in a master class, Olin Hall
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, Director Melvin Chen, Associate Director
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UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY VIOLIN
FLUTE
PERCUSSION
Eugene Drucker
Nadine Asin,
So Percussion:
Yi-Wen Jiang
master classes
Ani Kavafian,
Tara Helen O’Connor
master classes OBOE
Soovin Kim
Laura Ahlbeck
Weigang Li
Richard Dallesio
Daniel Phillips
Elaine Douvas
Laurie Smukler
Nicholas Stovall
Arnold Steinhardt CLARINET VIOLA
Laura Flax
Steven Tenenbom
David Krakauer
Michael Tree
Anthony McGill
Ira Weller BASSOON CELLO
Marc Goldberg
Sophie Shao
Patricia Rogers
Peter Wiley HORN DOUBLE BASS
Julie Landsman
Marji Danilow
Jeffrey Lang
Leigh Mesh
Julia Pilant
HARP
TRUMPET
Sara Cutler
Carl Albach
Bridget Kibbey TROMBONE PIANO
Demian Austin
Melvin Chen
John Rojak
Jeremy Denk master classes Peter Serkin
Josh Quillen Adam Sliwinski
Ida Kavafian
Richard Goode,
Eric Beach
TUBA Alan Baer
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
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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. top
Students also give shared or full-length solo recitals,
Students perform at a house concert in Beijing.
with their teacher’s permission. Each year, as many as
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soloists with the American Symphony Orchestra, con-
The Bard Conservatory Orchestra performs in Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City.
three winners of a concerto competition perform as 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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John Rojak and students in Olin Hall
“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
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INTIMATE SIZE Bard Conservatory’s undergraduate student body numbers 90 and may grow in later years to approximately 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
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Melvin Chen and student in Blum Hall center
each student. The aim of the Conservatory and the
Biology professor Felicia Keesing (right) with students
College is to foster a unified learning environment
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where the serious study of music goes hand in
Humanities professor Daniel Mendelsohn (lower right) with students
hand with the education of the whole person.
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For Ravel’s L’ Enfant et les sortile`ges, 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
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A RECORD OF SUCCESS Bard Conservatory undergraduates have distinguished themselves through: Graduate School Acceptances, Music Performance Boston University The Colburn School The Curtis Institute of Music Indiana University The Juilliard School Manhattan School of Music Mannes College The New School for Music New England Conservatory Northwestern University Rice University SUNY Stony Brook University of Southern California Other Graduate and Professional School Acceptances California Institute of Technology Johns Hopkins University University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Texas at Austin Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Music Festival Acceptances Aspen Music Festival and School Atlantic Music Festival Banff Summer Arts Festival Bowdoin International Music Festival Castleton Festival Colorado Music Festival European American Musical Alliance Summer Composition Program Kent/Blossom Music and Arts Festival Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival
Manchester Music Festival Music Academy of the West Summer Festival New York String Orchestra Seminar Pacific Rim Music Festival Pierre Monteux School Quartet Program Round Top Festival Institute Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Tanglewood Music Center Verbier Festival West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Yellow Barn Music School and Festival Competitions and Jobs Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Young Artist’s Competition, first prize, 2011 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, silver medal, 2010 Houston Symphony, associate principal second violin Michael Hill International Violin Competition, finalist, 2011 Class of 2011 Graduate School Decisions, Music Performance The Curtis Institute of Music (3 students) The Juilliard School New England Conservatory The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University SUNY Stony Brook Yale School of Music (4 students) Other alumni/ae are pursuing their academic interests in graduate schools at the University of Texas at Austin and University of Amsterdam, among others.
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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 performance 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 leading to a B.A. degree that includes courses in music history, music theory, composition, electronic music, jazz studies, ethnomusicology, and a variety of workshops 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 gradtop
uates of distinguished conservatories to work with
Laura Flax coaches chamber music in the Blum Institute.
undergraduate and graduate students.
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In addition to the B.M./B.A. dual degree, the
Bard Hall (recital space)
Conservatory also offers M.M. degrees in voice and
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both orchestral and choral conducting, as well as a
Joan Tower with student
postgraduate certificate in advanced performance studies.
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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
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A rugby game on the Seth Goldfine Memorial Field in front of the Stevenson, Hoffman, and Kellogg Libraries
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.
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ABOUT BARD COLLEGE Founded in 1860, Bard is an independent, nonsectarian, residential, coeducational college offering a four-year B.A. program in the liberal arts and sciences and a five-year B.S./B.A. degree in economics 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 climate 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 history, 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
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than 1,900 and a student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1.
Stone Row (residence halls)
For more information about Bard College, visit
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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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Albee (offices, classrooms, and laboratories)
28 Hopson Cottage (Admission Office)
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Alumni Houses (residence halls): Bluecher,
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Hopson (faculty offices, residence): see Warden’s Hall
Bourne, Honey, Leonard, Obreshkove, Rovere, Rueger, Shafer, Shelov, Steinway,
29 Anna Jones Memorial Garden
Wolff
30 Kline Commons (dining facility)
Annandale Hotel (Publications and Public
31 Libraries (Stevenson, Hoffman, Kellogg)
Relations Offices) (off map)
32 Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex
Annandale House (Residential Life,
33 Ludlow (administrative offices)
Multicultural Affairs)
34 Abigail Lundquist Botstein Nursery School,
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Aspinwall (classrooms and faculty offices)
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Bard College Field Station
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Bard Hall (recital space)
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Bertelsmann Campus Center (bookstore,
Bard Community Children’s Center 35 Old Gym (Safety and Security Office, student activity spaces) 36 Franklin W. Olin Hall (auditorium) and Humanities Building
café, post office, Weis Cinema, Career Development and Student Activities Offices) 9 Blithewood (Levy Economics Institute)
37 F. W. Olin Language Center 38 Jim and Mary Ottaway Gatehouse for International Study (IILE and Human
10 Blum Institute (Bard College Conservatory
Rights Project offices)
of Music offices) and Ottaway Film Center at Avery Arts Center
39 Parliament of Reality by Olafur Eliasson
11 Brook House (residence hall)
40 President’s House
12 Buildings and Grounds, Financial Aid Office,
41 Preston (classrooms, offices)
and Student Accounts
42 Robbins House (residence hall, Student Health and Counseling Service)
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
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)
Performing Arts (Theater and Dance
51 Tremblay Hall (residence hall)
Programs)
52 Village Dormitories
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
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)
27 Hirsch Hall (residence hall)
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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 Music PO Box 5000 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000 845-758-7196 conservatory@bard.edu
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 College Conservatory: 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
Ida Kavafian and Luosha Fang ’11
The Bard College Conservatory of Music Annandale-on-Hudson, New York