Bard College Conservatory of Music

The Bard College Conservatory of Music is part 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. Many of the Conservatory's faculty also 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, and a Post-graduate Collaborative Piano Fellowship in addition to a Preparatory Division and The Conductor's Institute.

Read more about Bard College Conservatory Of Music:  Mission Statement, Facilities, Conservatory Programs, Faculty

Famous quotes containing the words bard, college and/or music:

    “There is one story and one story only
    That will prove worth your telling,
    Whether as learned bard or gifted child;”
    —Robert Graves (1895–1985)

    “A whale-ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “The manner in which Americans “consume” music has a lot to do with leaving it on their coffee tables, or using it as wallpaper for their lifestyles, like the score of a movie—it’s consumed that way without any regard for how and why it’s made.”
    —Frank Zappa (1940–1994)