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.
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.
Part of the Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts 2026
Saturday, May 2, 2026 2–3 pm
Preston Theater Unravel is the artistic component of Mona Benyamin's hybrid thesis project for the MA in Human Rights and the Arts. The film explores repetition and return as intertwined material and psychological forces shaping the Palestinian experience. It features two synchronized videos bound by a shared soundtrack—a choral adaptation of Maurice Ravel’s Boléro. In the first video, horror cinema tropes structure a narrative featuring the artist’s parents, a senior Palestinian couple living under occupation, who are chased by an unidentified voyeur up the stairwell of their home. The second video documents a choir performing a reworked Boléro that modulates and grows in intensity. Voices replace the traditional instrumental original of the notoriously repetitive piece, singing variations of “ah”, which alludes to the tradition of Ahaat, an Arabic vocal technique that conveys affirmation, sorrow, longing and exhaustion. Across both videos, repetition shifts from a stabilizing force into a source of anxiety, transforming familiarity into disorientation and revealing its oppressive potential. This work forms part of a broader research project examining the relationship between musical repetition and subjection, and music’s capacity to produce both constructive and destructive affects.Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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.
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.
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Massena Exhibition #3
Saturday, May 2, 2026 3–6 pm
Massena Campus Please join us to celebrate the Studio Art Thesis work by senior artists Jude Spencer Jordan Pambi Nashua Poreda Graciela Thompson Fatemeh Hosseini Rochelle Redfield Sawyer Gracer AJ Abernathy Andy Montesdeoca Cloris Ma Sponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Fisher Galleries #5
Saturday, May 2, 2026 4–7 pm
Fisher Studio Art Building Please join us to celebrate the Studio Art Thesis work by senior artists Mya Mackiewicz, Fisher Center Gallery Joey Gunter, Fisher Lobby GallerySponsored 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.
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.
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 Fisher Galleries #6
Saturday, May 9, 2026 4–7 pm
Fisher Studio Art Building Please join us to celebrate the Studio Art Thesis work by senior artists Leo Becker, Fisher Center Gallery Ariana Diaz, Fisher Lobby GallerySponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
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.
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Come and hear stunning solos from oratorios and other sacred and semi-sacred music, sung by the outstanding soloists of Rufus Müller’s performance class. Excerpts from works like Handel’s Messiah, Haydn's Creation, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Verdi’s Requiem, as well as Mozart’s Davide Penitente, Bach’s St. John Passion, and Orff’s Carmina Burana.
“Image courtesy of Vecteezy.com”Sponsored by: Division of the Arts.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard Hall Performing new & traditional works for Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar Orchestra Featuring a Hands-on Demonstration with Audience Participation.
Artistic Director I Nyoman Suadin Administrative Director Sue Pilla
Free of Charge and Open to the Public
Supported in part by the Kvistad Foundation, Ulster Publishing and Hudson Valley OneSponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard Hall Join us on May 14 for a performance of the Bard Accordion Orchestra, which will feature soulful new interpretations of various American immigrant musics: from klezmer to zydeco to polka to forró to the contemplative edge of accordion-based experimentalism, and more! This ensemble features the students enrolled in "Accordionology: Class, Race, and Migration in American Musics."
The Bard Accordion Orchestra will be followed by a short set from local accordionist Matt Schreiber. Schrieber has been dedicated to the study and performance of Southeastern European folk traditions for over two decades, and blends improvisation, songcraft, and vernacular music into a single stream. Matt has performed on stages and in kitchens throughout the US and Europe, and his original music has been featured in Hollywood film and awarded in Bulgaria. Matt can be found performing regularly with Hinterlands, Krivo, and Anatole Trio.
We will also have fabric paint and accordion stamps, so Bring Your Own T-shirt (BYOT) (or buy one of our limited supply) to support the maintenance of our accordions.
Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard Hall This is an opportunity for different “currents” in the music department to be in the same room for a minute and hear each other. Jazz groups, singers, violinists, oboists, cellists, flutists, pianists, musical saw artists – all are welcome, on a first-come first served basis. Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Chance Encounters with John Cage: Ed McKeon on Curatorial Composing
Thursday, May 21, 2026 3–4 pm
Online Event; Zoom Join us for a discussion on "curatorial composing," focusing on works by John Cage, Heiner Goebbels, Pauline Oliveros, and others.
“Curatorial composing” is curatorial producer and researcher Ed McKeon’s term for the way John Cage shifts attention from musical works to musical encounters, and the consequences that follow. Rather than follow the hierarchical flow of composer, then performer, then listener, curatorial composition distributes the responsibility from that model to a situation in which all are equally present and responsible for the meaning of an encounter. This means that these compositions are neither anchored in historical time nor suited to “Historically Informed Performance” in the sense of a reconstruction.
These pieces (and we as listener-observers) are always undergoing change. Curatorial composing is post-canonic. It invites us to experience and understand historical time and historical significance differently.
Exemplified in many ways by Cage, this approach means that musical composition need no longer be limited to organizing sound, but can extend to text, typography, movement, visual elements ,etc. Contrary to visual art histories in which visual art loses its “medium specificity” to become “post-conceptual,” Cage shows that music can occur in and across any medium.
Cage was not alone in this. We’ll chat about the work of Heiner Goebbels, and perhaps as well about Pauline Oliveros and Jani Christou, among others. Curatorial composing marks a shift in historical ontology, and of how we might understand historical time (and the relation of "history" and "temporality").
Please register in advance on Zoom for the free event. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
The Old Gym Two Performances Only: Saturday, May 30, 7:00 - 8:30 PM Sunday, May 31, 4:00 - 5:30
Co-created by choreographer Daniel Fetecua and composer and musical director Pablo Mayor, and directed by Germán Jaramillo, this work brings together artistic and community talent in a vibrant production. Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s *The Autumn of the Patriarch*, it is performed by eight artists from the Hudson Valley alongside renowned Cuban actor Sandor De-Juan González.Sponsored by: La Voz.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
The Old Gym Two Performances Only: Saturday, May 30, 7:00 - 8:30 PM Sunday, May 31, 4:00 - 5:30
Co-created by choreographer Daniel Fetecua and composer and musical director Pablo Mayor, and directed by Germán Jaramillo, this work brings together artistic and community talent in a vibrant production. Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s *The Autumn of the Patriarch*, it is performed by eight artists from the Hudson Valley alongside renowned Cuban actor Sandor De-Juan González.Sponsored by: La Voz.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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.
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.
Part of the Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts 2026
Saturday, May 2, 2026 2–3 pm
Preston Theater Unravel is the artistic component of Mona Benyamin's hybrid thesis project for the MA in Human Rights and the Arts. The film explores repetition and return as intertwined material and psychological forces shaping the Palestinian experience. It features two synchronized videos bound by a shared soundtrack—a choral adaptation of Maurice Ravel’s Boléro. In the first video, horror cinema tropes structure a narrative featuring the artist’s parents, a senior Palestinian couple living under occupation, who are chased by an unidentified voyeur up the stairwell of their home. The second video documents a choir performing a reworked Boléro that modulates and grows in intensity. Voices replace the traditional instrumental original of the notoriously repetitive piece, singing variations of “ah”, which alludes to the tradition of Ahaat, an Arabic vocal technique that conveys affirmation, sorrow, longing and exhaustion. Across both videos, repetition shifts from a stabilizing force into a source of anxiety, transforming familiarity into disorientation and revealing its oppressive potential. This work forms part of a broader research project examining the relationship between musical repetition and subjection, and music’s capacity to produce both constructive and destructive affects.Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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.
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.
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Massena Exhibition #3
Saturday, May 2, 2026 3–6 pm
Massena Campus Please join us to celebrate the Studio Art Thesis work by senior artists Jude Spencer Jordan Pambi Nashua Poreda Graciela Thompson Fatemeh Hosseini Rochelle Redfield Sawyer Gracer AJ Abernathy Andy Montesdeoca Cloris Ma Sponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Fisher Galleries #5
Saturday, May 2, 2026 4–7 pm
Fisher Studio Art Building Please join us to celebrate the Studio Art Thesis work by senior artists Mya Mackiewicz, Fisher Center Gallery Joey Gunter, Fisher Lobby GallerySponsored 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.
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.
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 Fisher Galleries #6
Saturday, May 9, 2026 4–7 pm
Fisher Studio Art Building Please join us to celebrate the Studio Art Thesis work by senior artists Leo Becker, Fisher Center Gallery Ariana Diaz, Fisher Lobby GallerySponsored by: Studio Arts Program.
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.
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Come and hear stunning solos from oratorios and other sacred and semi-sacred music, sung by the outstanding soloists of Rufus Müller’s performance class. Excerpts from works like Handel’s Messiah, Haydn's Creation, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Verdi’s Requiem, as well as Mozart’s Davide Penitente, Bach’s St. John Passion, and Orff’s Carmina Burana.
“Image courtesy of Vecteezy.com”Sponsored by: Division of the Arts.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard Hall Performing new & traditional works for Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar Orchestra Featuring a Hands-on Demonstration with Audience Participation.
Artistic Director I Nyoman Suadin Administrative Director Sue Pilla
Free of Charge and Open to the Public
Supported in part by the Kvistad Foundation, Ulster Publishing and Hudson Valley OneSponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard Hall Join us on May 14 for a performance of the Bard Accordion Orchestra, which will feature soulful new interpretations of various American immigrant musics: from klezmer to zydeco to polka to forró to the contemplative edge of accordion-based experimentalism, and more! This ensemble features the students enrolled in "Accordionology: Class, Race, and Migration in American Musics."
The Bard Accordion Orchestra will be followed by a short set from local accordionist Matt Schreiber. Schrieber has been dedicated to the study and performance of Southeastern European folk traditions for over two decades, and blends improvisation, songcraft, and vernacular music into a single stream. Matt has performed on stages and in kitchens throughout the US and Europe, and his original music has been featured in Hollywood film and awarded in Bulgaria. Matt can be found performing regularly with Hinterlands, Krivo, and Anatole Trio.
We will also have fabric paint and accordion stamps, so Bring Your Own T-shirt (BYOT) (or buy one of our limited supply) to support the maintenance of our accordions.
Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard Hall This is an opportunity for different “currents” in the music department to be in the same room for a minute and hear each other. Jazz groups, singers, violinists, oboists, cellists, flutists, pianists, musical saw artists – all are welcome, on a first-come first served basis. Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Chance Encounters with John Cage: Ed McKeon on Curatorial Composing
Thursday, May 21, 2026 3–4 pm
Online Event; Zoom Join us for a discussion on "curatorial composing," focusing on works by John Cage, Heiner Goebbels, Pauline Oliveros, and others.
“Curatorial composing” is curatorial producer and researcher Ed McKeon’s term for the way John Cage shifts attention from musical works to musical encounters, and the consequences that follow. Rather than follow the hierarchical flow of composer, then performer, then listener, curatorial composition distributes the responsibility from that model to a situation in which all are equally present and responsible for the meaning of an encounter. This means that these compositions are neither anchored in historical time nor suited to “Historically Informed Performance” in the sense of a reconstruction.
These pieces (and we as listener-observers) are always undergoing change. Curatorial composing is post-canonic. It invites us to experience and understand historical time and historical significance differently.
Exemplified in many ways by Cage, this approach means that musical composition need no longer be limited to organizing sound, but can extend to text, typography, movement, visual elements ,etc. Contrary to visual art histories in which visual art loses its “medium specificity” to become “post-conceptual,” Cage shows that music can occur in and across any medium.
Cage was not alone in this. We’ll chat about the work of Heiner Goebbels, and perhaps as well about Pauline Oliveros and Jani Christou, among others. Curatorial composing marks a shift in historical ontology, and of how we might understand historical time (and the relation of "history" and "temporality").
Please register in advance on Zoom for the free event. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
The Old Gym Two Performances Only: Saturday, May 30, 7:00 - 8:30 PM Sunday, May 31, 4:00 - 5:30
Co-created by choreographer Daniel Fetecua and composer and musical director Pablo Mayor, and directed by Germán Jaramillo, this work brings together artistic and community talent in a vibrant production. Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s *The Autumn of the Patriarch*, it is performed by eight artists from the Hudson Valley alongside renowned Cuban actor Sandor De-Juan González.Sponsored by: La Voz.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
The Old Gym Two Performances Only: Saturday, May 30, 7:00 - 8:30 PM Sunday, May 31, 4:00 - 5:30
Co-created by choreographer Daniel Fetecua and composer and musical director Pablo Mayor, and directed by Germán Jaramillo, this work brings together artistic and community talent in a vibrant production. Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s *The Autumn of the Patriarch*, it is performed by eight artists from the Hudson Valley alongside renowned Cuban actor Sandor De-Juan González.Sponsored by: La Voz.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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