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THE PROGRAM
Clara Schumann & Brahms’ German Requiem
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The Music invested so much. Robert and Clara had to
get a court order to be able to marry without
her father’s consent. They finally married
CLARA SCHUMANN’S PIANO in 1840.
CONCERTO
Notes by TŌN trumpeter Diana Lopez Clara and Robert
However, in order to focus on his own
composition, sometimes Robert demanded
limits on his wife's practice. Fortunately,
she was strong and found herself gradually
able to overcome the difficulties of life with
her husband—to cope with his depressive
moods and the birth of eight children, all
before the age of 35. During those years
she did her best to continue her own career
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as a composer and writer. After Robert’s
attempted suicide in 1854, he spent his final
A Gifted Girl period in a private asylum. Clara, supported
As a gifted girl, Clara Wieck was trained by her by friends, continued her concert career,
father Friedrich Wieck as a pianist, thinking as the only practical way of supporting her
to embark on a career as a performer. She young family. Robert died in 1856. After his
made her first public appearance when death, Clara started the promotion of his
she was 11 years old. When Clara was a music on her own tours. In 1891 she gave
teenager, she was more independent in her last concert in Frankfurt. In 1896, she
spirit and found herself attracted to Robert suffered a stroke and died.
Schumann, who in 1830 became involved in
the Wieck’s circle. They became engaged in The Concerto
secret in 1837. However, her father saw his Clara Schumann’s compositions were
daughter’s marriage as an obstacle to the limited in number, but they show
magnificent solo career in which he had magnificent skills based on the musicalTHE ORCHESTRA NOW CONCERT DEEP DIVE
education she received. In 1833, when
she was 14, she wrote the first sketch of
Schumann, the man who initially caused
him to become famous and who tragically The Artists Anna Polonsky has appeared with the
Moscow Virtuosi, the Buffalo Philharmonic,
her Piano Concerto. Robert completed died in 1856 while institutionalized. After the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra,
LEON BOTSTEIN conductor
the orchestration at the end of the year. an initial premiere of a smaller version the Columbus Symphony Orchestra,
This became the third movement of the in December of 1867, Brahms revised A the Memphis Symphony, the Chamber
concerto. During the summer of 1834 she German Requiem into the more expansive Orchestra of Philadelphia, the St. Luke’s
completed and orchestrated the first and version that is popular today. It is the longest Chamber Ensemble, and many others.
second movements of the piece, and a year work in his oeuvre, and the largest in terms She has collaborated with the Guarneri,
later was preparing it for publication. The of number of musicians. Orion, Daedalus, and Shanghai Quartets,
concerto shows the maturity that Clara and with such musicians as Mitsuko
had already developed as a composer and A Different Requiem Uchida, Yo-Yo Ma, David Shifrin, Richard
soloist. Clara never played the concerto Brahms’ Requiem is different from other Goode, Emanuel Ax, Arnold Steinhardt,
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again in public after she married. traditional Requiem masses, such as those Peter Wiley, and Jaime Laredo. She has
composed by Verdi, Mozart, Berlioz and performed chamber music at festivals such
BRAHMS’ A GERMAN REQUIEM Fauré, in a few notable ways. First, as the Leon Botstein brings a renowned career as Marlboro, Chamber Music Northwest,
Notes by TŌN violist Lucas Goodman name implies, A German Requiem uses as both a conductor and educator to his Seattle, Music@Menlo, Cartagena, Bard,
German instead of the traditional Latin text role as music director of The Orchestra and Caramoor, as well as at Bargemusic
used by the composers mentioned above. Now. He has been music director of the in New York City. She has given concerts
Another major difference is that Brahms, American Symphony Orchestra since 1992, in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the
who himself was a Protestant, took his own artistic codirector of Bard SummerScape Vienna Konzerthaus, Alice Tully Hall, and
selections of text from the Lutheran Bible as and the Bard Music Festival since their Carnegie Hall’s Stern, Weill, and Zankel Halls,
the libretto for his Requiem, as opposed to creation, and president of Bard College and has toured extensively throughout the
the Catholic tradition typically associated since 1975. He was the music director of United States, Europe, and Asia. A frequent
with the Requiem Mass. Along with this the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra from guest at the Chamber Music Society of
difference comes a difference in the focus 2003–11, and is now conductor laureate. Lincoln Center, she was a member of the
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of the text itself, which omits references In 2018 he assumed artistic directorship Chamber Music Society Two from 2002
to Jesus Christ and other facets of the of the Grafenegg Academy in Austria. Mr. to 2004. In 2006 she took a part in the
Christian faith—a fact which was pointed Botstein is also a frequent guest conductor European Broadcasting Union's project
The Inspiration out to him by the conductor of the premiere. with orchestras around the globe, has made to record and broadcast all of Mozart's
Brahms began composing Ein Deutsches Brahms opted to compose what he would numerous recordings, and is a prolific author keyboard sonatas, and in the spring of 2007
Requiem (A German Requiem) immediately describe as a “Requiem of Mankind” in his and music historian. He is the editor of the she performed a solo recital at Carnegie
following the death of his beloved mother, response to the conductor. Brahms also prestigious The Musical Quarterly, and has Hall’s Stern Auditorium to inaugurate the
Christiane, in February of 1865. Another chose to focus his work not on the dead but received many honors for his contributions Emerson Quartet’s Perspectives Series.
likely source of inspiration was Brahms’ on the living, in an attempt to offer comfort to music. She is a recipient of a Borletti-Buitoni Trust
ongoing grief for his late friend, Robert to all listeners. Fellowship and the Andrew Wolf Chamber
More info online at leonbotstein.com. Music Award.
ANNA POLONSKY piano Ms. Polonsky made her solo piano debut at
the age of seven at the Special Central Music
School in Moscow, Russia. She emigrated to
the United States in 1990 and attended high
school at the Interlochen Arts Academy
in Michigan. She received her Bachelor of
Music diploma from The Curtis Institute of
Music under the tutelage of the renowned
pianist Peter Serkin, and continued her
Steve Riskind
studies with Jerome Lowenthal, earning her
Master's Degree from The Juilliard School.
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In addition to performing, she serves on the Thousand Acres. Alexis is a proud alum of The Chamber Singers have performed Hall was recorded live for Gaslight Records
piano faculty of Vassar College, and in the Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artists’ Vocal with the Bard Baroque Ensemble and in and is the only complete recording of the
summer at the Marlboro and Kneisel Hall Academy. concerts of Haydn’s Mass in D Minor and work. He has collaborated since 2011 with
chamber music festivals. works by Mahler, Fauré, Kodály, and Baltas. singer and composer Natalie Merchant,
BARD CONSERVATORY GRADUATE In previous holiday seasons they have conducting orchestras across the country,
Beginning in 2018, Ms. Polonsky performs VOCAL ARTS PROGRAM joined the Bard College Symphonic Chorus including the San Francisco and Seattle
in a trio with clarinetist David Shifrin and The Graduate Vocal Arts Program is a and members of TŌN, Conservatory, and Symphonies. Other recent performances
cellist Peter Wiley. unique master of music program in vocal Community orchestras to perform an include Glass’ Another Look at Harmony
arts that balances a respect for established annual December Winter Songfest. at the Park Avenue Armory and leading
Ms. Polonsky is a Steinway Artist. repertory and expressive techniques with the Little Opera Theatre of New York’s
the flexibility and curiosity needed to keep production of Rossini’s Opportunity Makes
JONATHAN LAWLOR VAP ‘23 baritone abreast of evolving musical ideas. Led by JAMES BAGWELL choral director the Thief.
Jonathan Lawlor, baritone, earned a BM the renowned American mezzo-soprano
from New England Conservatory in 2021, Stephanie Blythe, the program prepares Mr. Bagwell is a regular guest conductor for
and joined the Graduate Vocal Arts Program young singers to meet the special challenges The Tulsa Symphony. In 2011 and 2012 he
in September as a first-year student. While of pursuing a professional life in music in conducted the Amici New York Orchestra
attending NEC, he performed iconic lyric the 21st century. Students engage with at the OK Mozart Festival, and in December
baritone roles including Marcello in Puccini’s art song, chamber music, contemporary 2014 made his second appearance with
La bohème (2020), Melchior in Menotti’s music, and operatic repertoire throughout the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He
Amahl and the Night Visitors (2020), and their course work. Operatic performance frequently appears as guest conductor
Daniel Welch
Belcore in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore (2021). includes a fully staged production at the for orchestras around the country and
His performances this year include the VAP Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. The abroad, including the Jerusalem Symphony,
and TŌN’s performances of Janacek’s The program includes seminars and classes in the Interlochen Music Festival, and the
Cunning Little Vixen as the Forester, TŌN’s Alexander Technique, acting, diction and James Bagwell maintains an active Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra.
performance of Brahms’ Requiem as the translation, development of performance international schedule as a conductor
Bass Soloist and Concerts in The Village's opportunities, and a workshop in career of choral, operatic, and orchestral A noted choral director, Mr. Bagwell has
performance of Haydn’s Creation as Adam. skills with guest speakers who are music. He was recently named associate prepared The Concert Chorale of New
leading figures in arts management and conductor and academic director of The York for performances with the New York
ALEXIS SEMINARIO VAP ‘22 soprano administration. Orchestra Now (TŌN) and was appointed Philharmonic over the past several years.
Italian-American soprano Alexis Seminario principal guest conductor of the American In 2018, he prepared The Concert Chorale
is a second year student in the Graduate Symphony Orchestra in 2009. He has led for performances with the Los Angeles
BARD FESTIVAL CHORALE
Vocal Arts Program. Operatic role both ensembles in concerts at Carnegie Philharmonic, and prepared two concerts
The Bard Festival Chorale was formed
experience includes Forester’s Wife in The Hall and Lincoln Center. He served as for the Mostly Mozart Festival. Since 2003
in 2003 as the resident choir of the Bard
Cunning Little Vixen, Monica in The Medium, music director of The Collegiate Chorale he has been director of choruses for
Music Festival. It consists of the finest
Atalanta in Xerxes, Lusya in Moscow from 2009–15. Highlights included the Bard Music Festival, conducting and
ensemble singers from New York City and
Cheryomushki, and Helena in A Midsummer conducting rarely-performed operas at preparing choral works during the annual
surrounding areas. Many of its members
Night’s Dream. Scene credits include Frau Carnegie Hall, including Bellini’s Beatrice SummerScape festival.
have distinguished careers as soloists and
Fluth in Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, di Tenda, Rossini’s Möise et Pharaon, and
as performers in a variety of choral groups;
Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, and Countess Boito’s Mefistofele. He conducted the Mr. Bagwell is Professor of Music at Bard
all possess a shared enthusiasm for the
Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. In 2021 she New York premiere of Philip Glass’ Toltec College and Director of Performance
exploration of new and unfamiliar music.
was an Apprentice in Bard SummerScape’s Symphony and Osvaldo Golijov’s Oceana Studies in the Bard College Conservatory
production of Le Roi Arthus and was a at Carnegie Hall. His performance of Kurt of Music.
BARD COLLEGE CHAMBER SINGERS Weill’s Knickerbocker Holiday at Alice Tully
featured soloist in the Bard Music Festival.
Formed in 2002 by music director James
In summer 2022, Alexis will be participating
Bagwell, Bard College Chamber Singers is
as an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines
an auditioned choir of Bard students and
Metro Opera, where she will cover the role
alumni/ae from all programs of the College.
of Rose in the company’s premiere of A
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jazz inspired genres. I love the complexities
James Bagwell Director within the melodies of artists such as Hiatus
Lilly Cadow GCP ’22 Assistant Director Kaiyote, Esperanza Spalding, and Robert
Soprano Stephanie Feigenbaum Kannan Vasudevan Glasper and find myself constantly inspired
Nina Berman Megan Friar Adam Von Almen to make music when enjoying their art.
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Piece of advice for a young classical
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Liz Lang Suzanne Schwing Nicholas Hay Sabrina will talk briefly about Clara
compete that may surround you. Discover
Marie Mascari Carla Wesby Paul Holmes Schumann’s Piano Concerto on stage
your own quirks that make classical music
Kathryn Papa Darren Lougee before the performance.
important to you, which will help you create
Katherine Peck Tenor Andrew Martens Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT a narrative for audiences to understand
Ellen Taylor Sisson Eric Carey Michael Riley
Alma maters: Eastman School of Music, and relate to.
Christine Sperry Christopher Carter John Rose
Elizabeth Van Os Matthew Deming Kurt Steinhauer 2013–17; Louisiana State University 2018–20
Sean Fallen Aaron Theno Awards/competitions: Winner, 2018 LSU BRENDAN DOOLEY flute
Alto Eric William Lamp Makoto Winkler Concerto Competition
Maya Ben-Meir Anthony McGlaun
Appearances: National Repertory
Yiselle Blum Douglas Purcell Choral Contractor
Orchestra, 2017
Teresa Buchholz Nathan Siler Nancy Wertsch
What is your earliest memory of classical
music? I have to mention both Fantasia
Bard College Chamber Singers and the album Hooked on Classics. These
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are undoubtedly both my introduction to
James Bagwell Director classical music, and while some might think
Lilly Cadow GCP ’22 Assistant Director it’s cheesy, I am so grateful for it! The visuals Brendan will talk briefly about Brahms’
Soprano Rose Reiner James Fitzwilliam in Fantasia juxtaposed with some of the A German Requiem on stage before the
Isabella Aragondizza Jayla Smith Josh Guerrero most iconic music always had me coming performance.
Calla Begley Augustin Johnson back for more, and my appreciation for the Hometown: Boylston, MA
Georgia Craddock Tenor Daewon Kang music grew at a very young age.
Alma maters: Curtis Institute of Music, B.M.;
Margaret Dembergh Emanuel Cohen Francis Karagodins When did you realize you wanted to University of Southern California, M.M.; Yale
Lexi Lanni Barak Fellner-Dublin Aaron Kim pursue music as a career? I think I always University, M.M.A.
Silvie Lundgren Ash Fitzgerald Yu Liu knew I wanted to perform in some capacity,
Claire Sullivan Andrés Peltier-Salazar Garrick Neuner so pursuing a career in music seemed like Awards/Competitions: 1st Place, 2017
Bridget White Brian Reynolds Colin Roshak a no-brainer for most of my life. The real Redlands Bowl Concerto Competition
Guillermo Rode Viesca George Sutton turning point, I think, was in high school when Appearances: National Repertory
Alto Grace Sanger-Johnson Jacob Testa I attended my first summer festival and Orchestra, 2019; AIMS Graz Orchestra, 2016;
Lilly Cadow Ethan Wood experienced coming together with people New World Symphony; Music Academy of
Rachael Gunning Bass from different places and backgrounds, but the West Orchestra; YMF Debut Orchestra,
Emma Kuntz Gordon Cheung all with a similar goal in mind. Los Angeles; Symphony in C, New Jersey
Emily Lewis Sebastien Dufour
Which composer or genre of music do you What is your earliest memory of classical
feel you connect with the most? Lately, I music? Sitting on my dad’s lap while he
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Helen V. Atlas Anonymous (2) Peter and Charlene Gay Howard N. Wallick Jing L. Roebuck, in honor of Leslie Pepper
Gary Giardina Josephine G. Curry ’11 Howard and Caroline Eva Roebuck TŌN ’22 Shirley Perle
Steven Holl Nicole M. de Jesús ‘94 and Goodman, in honor of Brigitte R. Roepke Robert Renbeck
Laurie S. Lauterbach Brian P. Walker Lucas Goodman TŌN ’23
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Joan Roth
Richard Scherr
*Includes gifts and
pledges to the Bard
Thank you for your
partnership! The Administration
Diane J. Scrima Music Festival and The
M. Lana Sheer Orchestra Now Gala. THE ORCHESTRA NOW
Anna Shuster **Deceased
Artistic Staff Administrative Staff Matt Walley TŌN ’19 Program
John Simpson
Leon Botstein Music Director Kristin Roca Executive Coordinator, Admissions
Jenny Snider This list represents gifts
James Bagwell Associate Director Counselor, and Guest Artist
Elizabeth Zubroff, in honor of made January 1, 2021 to Relations
Conductor and Academic Brian J. Heck Director of
John D. Murphy March 24, 2022.
Director Marketing
Jindong Cai Associate Nicole M. de Jesús ’94 Concert Crew
Conductor Director of Development Marlan Barry Audio Producer
Zachary Schwartzman Leonardo Pineda ’15 and Recording Engineer
Resident Conductor TŌN ’19 Director of Youth Skillman Music Audio and
Andrés Rivas GCP ’17 Educational Performance Video Broadcast
Assistant Conductor and South American Music Nora Rubenstone Stage
Erica Kiesewetter Professor Curator Manager
of Orchestral Practice Sebastian Danila Music Danielle Brescia Stage
Bridget Kibbey Director of Preparer and Researcher Manager
Chamber Music and Arts Marielle Metivier Orchestra Lydia McCaw Stage Manager
Advocacy Manager Robert Strickstein Stage
Benjamin Oatmen Librarian Manager
Viktor Tóth ’16 TŌN ’21 Walter Daniels LX
Production Coordinator
BARD COLLEGE
Board of Trustees Kimberly Marteau Emerson Mostafiz ShahMohammed
James C. Chambers ’81 Chair Robert S. Epstein ’63 ’97
Emily H. Fisher Vice Chair Barbara S. Grossman ’73 Jonathan Slone ’84
George F. Hamel Jr. Vice Alumni/ae Trustee Geoffrey W. Smith
Chair Andrew S. Gundlach Alexander Soros
Elizabeth Ely ’65 Secretary; Matina S. Horner ex officio Jeannette H. Taylor ex officio
Life Trustee Charles S. Johnson III ’70 James von Klemperer
Stanley A. Reichel ’65 Mark N. Kaplan Life Trustee Brandon Weber ’97
Treasurer; Life Trustee George A. Kellner Alumni/ae Trustee
Fiona Angelini Mark Malloch-Brown Susan Weber
Roland J. Augustine Fredric S. Maxik ’86 Patricia Ross Weis ’52
Leonard Benardo Juliet Morrison '03
Leon Botstein President of James H. Ottaway Jr. Life Senior
the College, ex officio Trustee Administration
Mark E. Brossman Hilary Pennington Leon Botstein President
Jinqing Cai Martin Peretz Life Trustee Coleen Murphy Alexander
Marcelle Clements ’69 Life Stewart Resnick Life Trustee ’00 Vice President for
Trustee David E. Schwab II ’52 Life Administration
The Rt. Rev. Andrew M. L. Trustee Myra Young Armstead Vice
Dietsche Honorary Trustee Roger N. Scotland ’93 President for Academic
Asher B. Edelman ’61 Life Alumni/ae Trustee Inclusive Excellence
Trustee Annabelle Selldorf
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Jonathan Becker Executive Peter Gadsby Vice Taun Toay ’05 Senior Vice Brynn Gilchrist ‘17 Production Marketing and Erik Long Box Office
Vice President; Vice President for Enrollment President; Chief Financial Coordinator Audience Services Supervisor
President for Academic Management; Registrar Officer Andrea Sofia Sala Production David Steffen Director of Jardena Gertler-Jaffe VAP ‘21
Affairs; Director, Center for Mark D. Halsey Vice President Stephen Tremaine ’07 Administrator Marketing and Audience Box Office Supervisor
Civic Engagement for Institutional Research Executive Director, Rick Reiser Technical Services*
Erin Cannan Vice President and Assessment Bard Early College; Vice Director Nicholas Reilingh Database Facilities
for Civic Engagement Max Kenner ’01 Vice President for Early Colleges Josh Foreman Lighting and Systems Manager Mark Crittenden Facilities
Deirdre d’Albertis Vice President for Institutional Dumaine Williams ’03 Vice Supervisor Maia Kaufman Audience and Manager
President; Dean of the Initiatives; Executive President for Student Moe Schell Costume Member Services Manager Ray Stegner Building
College Director, Bard Prison Affairs; Dean of Early Supervisor Brittany Brouker Marketing Operations Manager
Malia K. Du Mont ’95 Vice Initiative Colleges Kat Pagsolingan Video Manager Hazaiah Tompkins ’19
President for Strategy and Debra Pemstein Vice Supervisor Sean Jones Assistant Building Operations
Policy; Chief of Staff President for Development Lex Morton Audio Supervisor Marketing Manager Assistant
and Alumni/ae Affairs Garrett Sager HRA ‘23 Digital Liam Gomez Building
Communications Archive Associate Operations Assistant
Mark Primoff Associate Elyse Lichtenthal House Chris Lyons Building
FISHER CENTER AT BARD Vice President of Manager Operations Assistant
Gary Lachmund Rachael Gunning ‘19 Communications David Bánóczi-Ruof ‘22 Lead Robyn Charter Fire Panel
Advisory Board
Thomas O. Maggs Producing Coordinator Amy Murray Videographer Assistant House Manager Monitor
Jeanne Donovan Fisher Chair
Kenneth L. Miron Ash Fitzgerald ‘24 Assistant Bill Cavanaugh
Carolyn Marks Blackwood
Christina A. Mohr Development Publications House Manager Environmental Specialist
Leon Botstein ex officio
James H. Ottaway Jr. Debra Pemstein Vice Mary Smith Director of Maya Miggins ‘23 Assistant Drita Gjokaj Environmental
Stefano Ferrari
Felicitas S. Thorne President for Development Publications House Manager Specialist
Alan Fishman
Kathleen Vuillet Augustine and Alumni/ae Affairs Cynthia Werthamer Editorial Paulina Swierczek VAP ‘19 Oksana Ryabinkina
Neil Gaiman
Alessandra Larson Director Director Audience and Member Environmental Specialist
S. Asher Gelman ’06
Executive Director of Development* Services Assistant Manager
Rebecca Gold Milikowsky
Anthony Napoli Liza Parker* Kieley Michasiow-Levy * Equity & Inclusion working
Denise S. Simon Individual Giving Manager group team leader
Martin T. Sosnoff Artistic Director Malinda Slayton-Cruz MAT '10
Toni Sosnoff Gideon Lester Development Operations BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
Felicitas S. Thorne Emerita Manager
Taun Toay ’05 ex officio Administration Michael Hofmann VAP '15 Executive Director Scholars in Director of Choruses
Andrew E. Zobler Shannon Csorny Executive Development Operations Irene Zedlacher Residence 2021 James Bagwell
Coordinator Manager Jeanice Brooks
Bard Music Festival Kayla Leacock Hiring/Special Elise Alexander ‘19 Gala Artistic Directors Vocal Casting
Board of Directors Projects Manager Coordinator* Leon Botstein Program Committee Joshua Winograde
Denise S. Simon Chair Christopher H. Gibbs 2021
Roger Alcaly Artistic Direction Theater & Byron Adams Producer, Staged
Leon Botstein ex officio Caleb Hammons Director Performance and Associate Director Leon Botstein Concerts
Michelle R. Clayman of Artistic Planning and Dance Programs Raissa St. Pierre Jeanice Brooks Nunally Kersh
David Dubin Producing* Jennifer Lown Program Christopher H. Gibbs
Robert C. Edmonds '68 Catherine Teixeira General Administrator Richard Wilson
Jeanne Donovan Fisher Manager* Irene Zedlacher
Christopher H. Gibbs Nunally Kersh SummerScape Production
ex officio Opera Producer Jason Wells Director of
Thomas Hesse Carter Edwards Producing Production*
Susan Petersen Kennedy Operations Manager Stephen Dean Orchestra
Barbara Kenner Jason Collins Associate Production Manager
Producer
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About Bard College Upcoming TŌN Events
FISHER CENTER AT BARD
The Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines Joseph Young, New Voices from
through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire. As a premier Lara Downes & the 1930s
professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education, the Fisher
Center supports artists, students, and audiences in the development and examination
Florence Price’s MAY 7 & 8
SATURDAY at 8 PM | SUNDAY AT 2 PM
of artistic ideas, offering perspectives from the past and present as well as visions of the Piano Concerto at the Fisher Center at Bard
future. The Fisher Center demonstrates Bard’s commitment to the performing arts as APRIL 23 & 24
a cultural and educational necessity. Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, SATURDAY at 8 PM | SUNDAY AT 2 PM Leon Botstein conductor
designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson at the Fisher Center at Bard Gilles Vonsattel piano
Valley. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the Frank Corliss piano
students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, Joseph Young conductor
across the country, and around the world. Building on a 161-year history as a competitive Lara Downes piano William Grant Still Dismal Swamp
and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public Carlos Chávez Piano Concerto
life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. Julia Perry A Short Piece for Orchestra Witold Lutosławski Symphonic
Florence Price Piano Concerto in Variations
One Movement Karl Amadeus Hartmann Symphony
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 3 No. 1, Essay for a Requiem
Founded in 1860, Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, is an independent,
residential, coeducational college offering a four-year BA program in the liberal arts
and sciences and a five-year BA/BS degree in economics and finance. The Bard College
Conservatory of Music offers a five-year program in which students pursue a dual degree—a
BMus and a BA in a field other than music. Bard offers MMus degrees in conjunction
with the Conservatory and The Orchestra Now, and at Longy School of Music of Bard
College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bard and its affiliated institutions also grant the
following degrees: AA at Bard Early Colleges, public schools with campuses in New York
City, Baltimore, Cleveland, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., and Newark, New Jersey,
and at three Bard Microcolleges; AA and BA at Bard College at Simon’s Rock: The Early
College, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and through the Bard Prison Initiative at six
correctional institutions in New York State; MA in curatorial studies, MS and MA in economic
theory and policy, MEd in environmental education, and MS in environmental policy and
in climate science and policy at the Annandale campus; MFA at multiple campuses; MBA
in sustainability in New York City; and MA, MPhil, and PhD in the decorative arts, design
history, and material culture at the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan. Internationally,
Bard confers BA and MAT degrees at Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem and American
University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan; and BA degrees at Bard College Berlin: A Liberal Arts
University. Bard offers nearly 50 academic programs in four divisions. Total enrollment for
Bard College and its affiliates is approximately 6,000 students. The undergraduate College
has an enrollment of about 1,800 and a student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1. Bard’s acquisition
of the Montgomery Place estate brings the size of the campus to nearly 1,000 acres.
For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
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