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March 29

West Point Band: American Tapestry

On March 29 at 7:00 pm

Bard College

Classical

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April 3–6

Masterclass

Next on April 3 at 7:30 pm

Fisher Center

Theater

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April 5–6

Weber & “Laterna Magica”

Next on April 5 at 7:00 pm

The Orchestra Now

Classical

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April 18–20

Good Penny

Next on April 18 at 7:30 pm

Theater & Performance Program

Theater

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April 27

Heaven in a Wild Flower: The Earthly and the Divine

On April 27 at 2:00 pm

Bard Conservatory, The Orchestra Now

Classical

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Robert Hubert, The Dance (1777–79)

May 1–3

Faculty Dance Concert

Next on May 1 at 7:30 pm

Dance Program

Dance

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May 8–10

Spring Senior Dance Concert

Next on May 8 at 7:30 pm

Dance Program

Dance

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Senior Dance

May 10

Bard Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Tan Dun

On May 10 at 7:00 pm

Bard Conservatory

Classical

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June 27–29

Pastoral

Next on June 27 at 7:00 pm

Bard SummerScape

Dance

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July 25 – August 3

Dalibor

Next on July 25 at 6:30 pm

Bard SummerScape

Opera

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August 8

Bard Music Festival Opening Night Social

On August 8 at 5:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Special Event

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August 8

Program One • The Peripatetic Career

On August 8 at 7:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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Martinů in Darien, CT, 1943. Courtesy of Bohuslav Martinů Center in Polička, Czechia.

August 9

Panel One • Why Martinů: Understanding Classical Music, Past and Future

On August 9 at 10:00 am

Bard Music Festival

Panel

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PANEL 2-c_o Library of Congress, Music Division Division, The Serge Koussevitzky Archive

August 9

Program Two • The Emigree in Paris

On August 9 at 1:30 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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August 9

Program Three • Music and Freedom

On August 9 at 7:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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August 10

Program Four • The Search for a Distinctive Voice

On August 10 at 11:00 am

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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Vítězslava Kaprálová, 1935, Brno. Photo: Atelier Klaska, Brno-Královo Pole. © The Kapralova Society Archive.

August 10

Program Five • New Shores: Influences and Contexts

On August 10 at 3:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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Aaron Copland

August 14–15

Program Six • The Spiritual Quest

Next on August 14 at 7:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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Program Six

August 15

Program Seven • Myth, Faith, and Folklore

On August 15 at 7:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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Karel Plicka, film still from The Land of Song, 1933. Courtesy of Moravian Gallery in Brno, Czechia.

August 16

Panel Two • Music and Politics: From the Habsburg Empire to Contemporary Populism and Autocracy

On August 16 at 10:00 am

Bard Music Festival

Panel

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Bohuslav Martinů

August 16

Program Eight • Martinů and the Craft of Composition

On August 16 at 1:30 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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Courtesy of Bohuslav Martinů Center in Polička, Czechia.

August 16

Summer Soirée

On August 16 at 3:30 pm

Bard SummerScape

Special Event

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August 16

Program Nine • Renewing the Public Power of Tradition

On August 16 at 7:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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August 17

Program Ten • Martinů’s Legacy

On August 17 at 11:30 am

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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Program Ten

August 17

Program Eleven • The Opera of Dreams: Martinů’s “Julietta”

On August 17 at 3:00 pm

Bard Music Festival

Classical

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Jaroslav Rössler, Ms Gerta, 1924, photograph. Courtesy of Moravian Gallery in Brno, Czechia.

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The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College is located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in the beautiful Hudson Valley, about 90 miles north of New York City and 220 miles southwest of Boston.

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