EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the West
7th Annual International Conference of the US-China Music Institute
Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025
Various Campus Locations The seventh annual conference of the US-China Music Institute is a three-day series of scholarly, interactive, and musical events exploring intercultural exchange while drawing on the rich tapestry of Chinese musical heritage and its resonance in the West. Topics discussed will focus on the following three pivotal areas:
Leadership on Chinese music development in Western society
Expanding the approaches and perspectives on Chinese music research
Successes and challenges in Chinese music teaching in the West
The conference is presented in partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, and in collaboration with China Institute of America. View the conference website for more information about specific events and participants. Registration in advance is kindly requested. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.
A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.
Choreography by Souleymane Badolo Jean Churchill Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray Yuval Pick Maria Simpson
Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen Lighting Designer Brian Aldous Costume Designer Alicia Austin Stage Manager Daniel Nelson Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores
EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the West
7th Annual International Conference of the US-China Music Institute
Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025
Various Campus Locations The seventh annual conference of the US-China Music Institute is a three-day series of scholarly, interactive, and musical events exploring intercultural exchange while drawing on the rich tapestry of Chinese musical heritage and its resonance in the West. Topics discussed will focus on the following three pivotal areas:
Leadership on Chinese music development in Western society
Expanding the approaches and perspectives on Chinese music research
Successes and challenges in Chinese music teaching in the West
The conference is presented in partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, and in collaboration with China Institute of America. View the conference website for more information about specific events and participants. Registration in advance is kindly requested. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Studio Art Senior Project Exhibition Opening Performance
Acolyte Training
Friday, May 2, 2025 2–6 pm
Memorial Hall (Old Gym) Exhibition and Performance by Senior Student Marissa Salett. Performance times: May 2nd - 4pm May 3rd - 12:30pm and 5:30pm May 4th - 12:30pmSponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.
Choreography by Souleymane Badolo Jean Churchill Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray Yuval Pick Maria Simpson
Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen Lighting Designer Brian Aldous Costume Designer Alicia Austin Stage Manager Daniel Nelson Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores
EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the West
7th Annual International Conference of the US-China Music Institute
Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025
Various Campus Locations The seventh annual conference of the US-China Music Institute is a three-day series of scholarly, interactive, and musical events exploring intercultural exchange while drawing on the rich tapestry of Chinese musical heritage and its resonance in the West. Topics discussed will focus on the following three pivotal areas:
Leadership on Chinese music development in Western society
Expanding the approaches and perspectives on Chinese music research
Successes and challenges in Chinese music teaching in the West
The conference is presented in partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, and in collaboration with China Institute of America. View the conference website for more information about specific events and participants. Registration in advance is kindly requested. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.
A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.
Choreography by Souleymane Badolo Jean Churchill Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray Yuval Pick Maria Simpson
Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen Lighting Designer Brian Aldous Costume Designer Alicia Austin Stage Manager Daniel Nelson Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores
Studio Art Senior Project Exhibition Opening Reception
Bard Exhibition Center, UBS Exhibition #3
Saturday, May 3, 2025 3–6 pm
Bard Exhibition Center Please join us to celebrate the thesis work by our third group of senior students exhibiting in Red Hook at the Bard Exhibition Center: Rubi Rhoades, Ella Perkel, Nico Goldstein, Eva Rose Askew, Ezra Hawk-Weintraub, Precious Star, Sohanaa Oswal, Oscar Backes, Zoya Kirmani, Zahra Haidari, Nicole Hazen. For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail [email protected].
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception
Fisher Studio Art Galleries #3
Saturday, May 3, 2025 4–7 pm
Fisher Studio Arts Building Please join us to celebrate the thesis work of our senior students Dana Debro (in the Center Gallery) and Pamela Zhang (in the Lobby Gallery). For more information, call 845-758-7674, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fisherexhibition#3.
A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.
Choreography by Souleymane Badolo Jean Churchill Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray Yuval Pick Maria Simpson
Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen Lighting Designer Brian Aldous Costume Designer Alicia Austin Stage Manager Daniel Nelson Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception
Old Gym Exhibition #1
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 5–7 pm
Memorial Hall (Old Gym) Please join us to celebrate the thesis work of senior student Kaylah Lewis. For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail [email protected].
Albee; Annex Basement (La Voz Magazine on google Maps) Are you interested in journalism, activism, and Latino immigrant issues? La Voz magazine seeks to empower the Spanish speaking communities of the Mid-Hudson Valley and Catskill regions with actionable information, ranging from topics such as health and education to environmental concerns and political issues. We welcome artists, writers and volunteers to become reporters for La Voz and help coordinate our events such as panel discussions on immigration, concerts, and film screenings.
We invite students of all skills and talents to come to our weekly meeting on Wednesdays, 1:30 to 2:30pm, at the La Voz office (Albee Annex Basement, in front of Henderson computer lab), or via Zoom in case of bad weather. Regularly held at the Kline College Room.
STINK HORN: A Mycological Musical Performance-Lecture by Siôn Parkinson
Presented by Bard Conservatory, in Partnership with the John Cage Trust
Thursday, May 8, 2025 4 pm
Edith C. Blum Institute
Join musician, artist, performer, and author Siôn Parkinson for an intimate performance-lecture– part talk, part live musical experiment– exploring the strange, multi-sensory world of the stinkhorn fungus. Drawing from his book Stinkhorn: How Nature’s Most Foul-Smelling Mushroom Can Change the Way We Listen, Siôn will lead an afternoon of music and mycology. Like composer John Cage, his twin passions for music and mushrooms have shaped a radical approach to sound. Yet while Cage sought silence in his fungal forays, Siôn finds Stink, an element that links sound and smell, the real and the hallucinated, opening up new ways of listening and composing. Siôn’s performance will be accompanied by a recording of John Cage’s "Child of Tree" (1975), a work for amplified plant materials, performed by D’Arcy Philip Gray and presented courtesy of Mode Records.
The performance is open to the public with free access. A reception featuring “John Cage Cookies” will follow at the John Cage Trust (Wilson House).
Event address: Edith C. Blum Institute, Blum Hall, 60 Blithewood Avenue, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504.
Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.
Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.
Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception
Fisher Studio Art Galleries Exhibition #4
Saturday, May 10, 2025 4–7 pm
Fisher Studio Arts Building Please join us to celebrate the thesis work of our senior students Mabel Kim (in the Center Gallery) and Xeno Szalla (in the Lobby Gallery). For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail [email protected].
Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Join us for a musical journey and celebration of life honoring our loved ones and ancestors.Sponsored by: Division of the Arts; Music Program.
For more information, call 617-584-1350, or e-mail [email protected].
Blum Hall Please join us for a student open concert!
This is an opportunity for the many different “currents” in the Music Program to share an informal concert and to hear and perform for each other and you! From year to year it can feature classical & jazz groups, chamber groups, violinists, oboists, flutists, pianists, musical saw artists, and more!
The program for this year will feature:
J. S. Bach, Prelude from E Major Violin Partita, BWV 1006 J. S. Bach, Chorale “Der du bist drei in Einigkeit” Johannes Brahms, Violin Sonata in G Major, 1st movement Aaron Copland, Duo for Flute and Piano, 1st movement Frederic Rzewski, Attica Arnold Schoenberg, Canon “O dass der Sinnen doch so viele sind! Tchaikovsky, Selection from “Swan Lake” (arr. P. Lightburn) Stefan Wolpe, Hasty (“on thirds”) and more!
Performed by: Leo Belsky, Julien Franchot, Graham Hall-Keough Sasha Vesensky and Ji-Sian Chen Santiago Mieres Asher Longdon-Stewart and Coulson Matto Phoebe Lightburn and Najla Nazari Claire Sheffler and Sam Daly-Short
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Join us afterward for light refreshments!Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
"Limeys, Yanks, and Krauts": Rufus Müller's Performance Class Recital
Monday, May 12, 2025 6 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Before the semester finally ends, hear the beauty of voices singing British, American, and German art song in a final recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Albee; Annex Basement (La Voz Magazine on google Maps) Are you interested in journalism, activism, and Latino immigrant issues? La Voz magazine seeks to empower the Spanish speaking communities of the Mid-Hudson Valley and Catskill regions with actionable information, ranging from topics such as health and education to environmental concerns and political issues. We welcome artists, writers and volunteers to become reporters for La Voz and help coordinate our events such as panel discussions on immigration, concerts, and film screenings.
We invite students of all skills and talents to come to our weekly meeting on Wednesdays, 1:30 to 2:30pm, at the La Voz office (Albee Annex Basement, in front of Henderson computer lab), or via Zoom in case of bad weather. Regularly held at the Kline College Room.
And Kaethe & Marié , the violin & accordion super-duo
Friday, May 16, 2025 8:30–10 pm
Bard Hall
Please join us at Bard Hall on May 16th, 8:30 PM for the debut performance of the Bard Accordion Orchestra featuring the students enrolled in Prof. Sonevytsky’s Accordionology class, and special guest singer Eva Salina. This will be followed super duo Marié Abe and Kaethe Hostetter, who will play accordion and violin arrangements of tunes from Ethiopia, Japan, the US and more.
This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the West
7th Annual International Conference of the US-China Music Institute
Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025
Various Campus Locations The seventh annual conference of the US-China Music Institute is a three-day series of scholarly, interactive, and musical events exploring intercultural exchange while drawing on the rich tapestry of Chinese musical heritage and its resonance in the West. Topics discussed will focus on the following three pivotal areas:
Leadership on Chinese music development in Western society
Expanding the approaches and perspectives on Chinese music research
Successes and challenges in Chinese music teaching in the West
The conference is presented in partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, and in collaboration with China Institute of America. View the conference website for more information about specific events and participants. Registration in advance is kindly requested. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.
A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.
Choreography by Souleymane Badolo Jean Churchill Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray Yuval Pick Maria Simpson
Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen Lighting Designer Brian Aldous Costume Designer Alicia Austin Stage Manager Daniel Nelson Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores
EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the West
7th Annual International Conference of the US-China Music Institute
Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025
Various Campus Locations The seventh annual conference of the US-China Music Institute is a three-day series of scholarly, interactive, and musical events exploring intercultural exchange while drawing on the rich tapestry of Chinese musical heritage and its resonance in the West. Topics discussed will focus on the following three pivotal areas:
Leadership on Chinese music development in Western society
Expanding the approaches and perspectives on Chinese music research
Successes and challenges in Chinese music teaching in the West
The conference is presented in partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, and in collaboration with China Institute of America. View the conference website for more information about specific events and participants. Registration in advance is kindly requested. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Studio Art Senior Project Exhibition Opening Performance
Acolyte Training
Friday, May 2, 2025 2–6 pm
Memorial Hall (Old Gym) Exhibition and Performance by Senior Student Marissa Salett. Performance times: May 2nd - 4pm May 3rd - 12:30pm and 5:30pm May 4th - 12:30pmSponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.
Choreography by Souleymane Badolo Jean Churchill Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray Yuval Pick Maria Simpson
Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen Lighting Designer Brian Aldous Costume Designer Alicia Austin Stage Manager Daniel Nelson Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores
EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the West
7th Annual International Conference of the US-China Music Institute
Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025
Various Campus Locations The seventh annual conference of the US-China Music Institute is a three-day series of scholarly, interactive, and musical events exploring intercultural exchange while drawing on the rich tapestry of Chinese musical heritage and its resonance in the West. Topics discussed will focus on the following three pivotal areas:
Leadership on Chinese music development in Western society
Expanding the approaches and perspectives on Chinese music research
Successes and challenges in Chinese music teaching in the West
The conference is presented in partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, and in collaboration with China Institute of America. View the conference website for more information about specific events and participants. Registration in advance is kindly requested. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.
A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.
Choreography by Souleymane Badolo Jean Churchill Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray Yuval Pick Maria Simpson
Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen Lighting Designer Brian Aldous Costume Designer Alicia Austin Stage Manager Daniel Nelson Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores
Studio Art Senior Project Exhibition Opening Reception
Bard Exhibition Center, UBS Exhibition #3
Saturday, May 3, 2025 3–6 pm
Bard Exhibition Center Please join us to celebrate the thesis work by our third group of senior students exhibiting in Red Hook at the Bard Exhibition Center: Rubi Rhoades, Ella Perkel, Nico Goldstein, Eva Rose Askew, Ezra Hawk-Weintraub, Precious Star, Sohanaa Oswal, Oscar Backes, Zoya Kirmani, Zahra Haidari, Nicole Hazen. For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail [email protected].
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception
Fisher Studio Art Galleries #3
Saturday, May 3, 2025 4–7 pm
Fisher Studio Arts Building Please join us to celebrate the thesis work of our senior students Dana Debro (in the Center Gallery) and Pamela Zhang (in the Lobby Gallery). For more information, call 845-758-7674, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fisherexhibition#3.
A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.
Choreography by Souleymane Badolo Jean Churchill Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray Yuval Pick Maria Simpson
Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen Lighting Designer Brian Aldous Costume Designer Alicia Austin Stage Manager Daniel Nelson Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception
Old Gym Exhibition #1
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 5–7 pm
Memorial Hall (Old Gym) Please join us to celebrate the thesis work of senior student Kaylah Lewis. For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail [email protected].
Albee; Annex Basement (La Voz Magazine on google Maps) Are you interested in journalism, activism, and Latino immigrant issues? La Voz magazine seeks to empower the Spanish speaking communities of the Mid-Hudson Valley and Catskill regions with actionable information, ranging from topics such as health and education to environmental concerns and political issues. We welcome artists, writers and volunteers to become reporters for La Voz and help coordinate our events such as panel discussions on immigration, concerts, and film screenings.
We invite students of all skills and talents to come to our weekly meeting on Wednesdays, 1:30 to 2:30pm, at the La Voz office (Albee Annex Basement, in front of Henderson computer lab), or via Zoom in case of bad weather. Regularly held at the Kline College Room.
STINK HORN: A Mycological Musical Performance-Lecture by Siôn Parkinson
Presented by Bard Conservatory, in Partnership with the John Cage Trust
Thursday, May 8, 2025 4 pm
Edith C. Blum Institute
Join musician, artist, performer, and author Siôn Parkinson for an intimate performance-lecture– part talk, part live musical experiment– exploring the strange, multi-sensory world of the stinkhorn fungus. Drawing from his book Stinkhorn: How Nature’s Most Foul-Smelling Mushroom Can Change the Way We Listen, Siôn will lead an afternoon of music and mycology. Like composer John Cage, his twin passions for music and mushrooms have shaped a radical approach to sound. Yet while Cage sought silence in his fungal forays, Siôn finds Stink, an element that links sound and smell, the real and the hallucinated, opening up new ways of listening and composing. Siôn’s performance will be accompanied by a recording of John Cage’s "Child of Tree" (1975), a work for amplified plant materials, performed by D’Arcy Philip Gray and presented courtesy of Mode Records.
The performance is open to the public with free access. A reception featuring “John Cage Cookies” will follow at the John Cage Trust (Wilson House).
Event address: Edith C. Blum Institute, Blum Hall, 60 Blithewood Avenue, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504.
Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.
Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.
Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception
Fisher Studio Art Galleries Exhibition #4
Saturday, May 10, 2025 4–7 pm
Fisher Studio Arts Building Please join us to celebrate the thesis work of our senior students Mabel Kim (in the Center Gallery) and Xeno Szalla (in the Lobby Gallery). For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail [email protected].
Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.
Chapel of the Holy Innocents Join us for a musical journey and celebration of life honoring our loved ones and ancestors.Sponsored by: Division of the Arts; Music Program.
For more information, call 617-584-1350, or e-mail [email protected].
Blum Hall Please join us for a student open concert!
This is an opportunity for the many different “currents” in the Music Program to share an informal concert and to hear and perform for each other and you! From year to year it can feature classical & jazz groups, chamber groups, violinists, oboists, flutists, pianists, musical saw artists, and more!
The program for this year will feature:
J. S. Bach, Prelude from E Major Violin Partita, BWV 1006 J. S. Bach, Chorale “Der du bist drei in Einigkeit” Johannes Brahms, Violin Sonata in G Major, 1st movement Aaron Copland, Duo for Flute and Piano, 1st movement Frederic Rzewski, Attica Arnold Schoenberg, Canon “O dass der Sinnen doch so viele sind! Tchaikovsky, Selection from “Swan Lake” (arr. P. Lightburn) Stefan Wolpe, Hasty (“on thirds”) and more!
Performed by: Leo Belsky, Julien Franchot, Graham Hall-Keough Sasha Vesensky and Ji-Sian Chen Santiago Mieres Asher Longdon-Stewart and Coulson Matto Phoebe Lightburn and Najla Nazari Claire Sheffler and Sam Daly-Short
++++++
Join us afterward for light refreshments!Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
"Limeys, Yanks, and Krauts": Rufus Müller's Performance Class Recital
Monday, May 12, 2025 6 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Before the semester finally ends, hear the beauty of voices singing British, American, and German art song in a final recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Albee; Annex Basement (La Voz Magazine on google Maps) Are you interested in journalism, activism, and Latino immigrant issues? La Voz magazine seeks to empower the Spanish speaking communities of the Mid-Hudson Valley and Catskill regions with actionable information, ranging from topics such as health and education to environmental concerns and political issues. We welcome artists, writers and volunteers to become reporters for La Voz and help coordinate our events such as panel discussions on immigration, concerts, and film screenings.
We invite students of all skills and talents to come to our weekly meeting on Wednesdays, 1:30 to 2:30pm, at the La Voz office (Albee Annex Basement, in front of Henderson computer lab), or via Zoom in case of bad weather. Regularly held at the Kline College Room.
And Kaethe & Marié , the violin & accordion super-duo
Friday, May 16, 2025 8:30–10 pm
Bard Hall
Please join us at Bard Hall on May 16th, 8:30 PM for the debut performance of the Bard Accordion Orchestra featuring the students enrolled in Prof. Sonevytsky’s Accordionology class, and special guest singer Eva Salina. This will be followed super duo Marié Abe and Kaethe Hostetter, who will play accordion and violin arrangements of tunes from Ethiopia, Japan, the US and more.
This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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