Spring Events 2013

Concert

The Bard College Conservatory of Music

Join us for a series of delightful concerts performed by the talented students of The Bard College Conservatory of Music, with faculty and special guests. All ticket sales benefit the Conservatory’s Scholarship Fund.

Sunday, February 17 at 3 pm
Friday, March 8 at 10 am*
Saturday, March 9 at 1 pm*
Friday, April 12 at 8 pm**
Saturday, May 11 at 8 pm
Sosnoff Theater 
Suggested donation: $20 (orchestra seating), $15 (parterre / first balcony)
*Free and open to the public
**Tickets: $15; Free for the Bard students (reservations via the Box Office)

CONCERT

SHELTER

NATALIE MERCHANT & THE KALMIA STRING QUARTET

Singer Natalie Merchant and the Kalmia String Quartet share the stage with local women singers Amy Helm, Simi Stone, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Yungchen Lhamo, to draw attention to the grave problem of domestic violence in the Hudson Valley. This benefit concert will raise funds for for the Washbourne House of Ulster County and Grace Smith House of Dutchess County.

Sunday, June 2 at 7 pm
Sosnoff Theater
Tickets: $40, 65, 80, 250*
*Special benefit ticket includes post-performance reception with the artists.

Dance and Theater & Performance 

Bard Student Performances

The Fisher Center is proud to host events in Bard’s Dance and Theater and Performance Programs. Please join us at the following public events and experience the imagination and creativity of a new generation of artists.

Dance
Sunday, February 10 – Saturday, February 16
Friday, March 15 – Sunday, March 17
Friday, April 26 – Sunday, April 28
Friday, May 10 – Sunday, May 12 

Theater & Performance
Thursday, February 28 – Sunday, March 3
Thursday, April 11 – Sunday, April 14

Concert

American Symphony Orchestra

Under conductor Leon Botstein, the Fisher Center's orchestra in residence performs major orchestral works by Richard Strauss, Bruckner, and Wagner, among others. 

Friday, February 22 and Saturday, February 23
Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20
All concerts take place at 8 pm and feature a preconcert talk at 7 pm.
Sosnoff Theater
Tickets: $25, 30, 35, 40 

Concert

J. S. Bach’s St. John Passion

Conducted by Leon Bostein, music director
James Bagwell, choral director
Rufus Müller, Evangelist

Featuring members of the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, with singers from the Bard College Chamber Singers and the Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

Friday, March 1 – Saturday, March 2 at 8 pm
Preconcert Talk at 7 pm
Sosnoff Theater
Suggested donation: $20 orchestra seating; $15 parterre/first balcony. Free to the Bard community with ID. 

Performance

Live Arts Bard

Bard College’s new residency and commissioning program for the performing arts

Live Arts Bard (LAB) is a laboratory where professional artists in theater, dance, and performance test ideas and develop new projects, many of which will be premiered at The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College. Each year, LAB will invite a number of leading artists and companies from the United States and abroad to Bard’s campus. As our audience, you will have special access to sneak previews, artist talks, and work-in-progress showings.

Jack Ferver and QWAN Company
NOTES!!! and SWAN!!!
Wednesday, April 3 at 7 pm
Sosnoff Stage Right
Tickets: $20; $5 for the Bard community

An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer
Saturday, April 6 at 8 pm
Sosnoff Theater
Tickets: $25, 30, 35, 40

All of a Sudden
By Jack Ferver
Wednesday, April 17 at 6:30 pm
Theater Two
Tickets: Free, reservations required

The Music Tapes
The Traveling Imaginary 
Monday, April 29 at 7 pm
Sosnoff Stage Right
Tickets: $15