The Bard College Conservatory of Music is a program of Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Founded in 2005, the program is unique among music conservatories in the United States in that all undergraduate students are required to participate in a five-year dual-degree program, in which both a B.M. in music and a B.A. in a subject other than music are obtained. The Conservatory has an exceptional faculty, many of whom teach at other conservatories such as the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute.
Undergraduate faculty teach the standard orchestral/chamber music instruments and composition. The Conservatory also offers two graduate programs, the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and the Graduate Conducting Program, in addition to a Preparatory Division and The Conductor's Institute.
Strings
Sarah Cutler, harp
Marji Danilow, double bass
Eugene Drucker, violin
Luis Garcia-Renart‎, cello
Yi-Wen Jiang, violin
Ani Kavafian, violin (master classes only)
Ida Kavafian, violin
Bridget Kibbey, harp
Soovin Kim, violin
Weigang Li, violin
Leigh Mesh, double bass
Sophie Shao, cello
Laurie Smukler, violin
Arnold Steinhardt, violin
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Michael Tree, viola
Ira Weller, viola
Peter Wiley, cello
Woodwinds
Laura Ahlbeck, oboe
Richard Dallessio, oboe
Elaine Douvas, oboe
Laura Flax, clarinet
Marc Goldberg, bassoon
David Krakauer, clarinet
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
Brass
Carl Albach, trumpet
Alan Baer, tuba
Julie Landsman, horn
Jeffrey Lang, horn
Julia Pilant, horn
John Rojak, trombone
Piano
Melvin Chen
Jeremy Denk
Richard Goode
Peter Serkin
Composition
Joan Tower
George Tsontakis
Conducting
James Bagwell
Leon Botstein
Harold Farberman
Vocal Arts
Dawn Upshaw, Artistic Director
Kayo Iwama, Head of Program
Edith Bers, voice
Lorraine Nubar, voice
Patricia Misslin, voice
Percussion (beginning Fall 2011)
So Percussion