Conservatory Sunday: Music Alive!

The Bard College Music Program and Bard College Conservatory of Music present “Music Alive! with a Touch of Klezmer, Latin, and Blues” on Sunday, October 3 at 3:00 p.m. in the acoustically superb Sosnoff Theater. Joan Tower and Blair McMillen direct a dynamic mix of styles from around the world including those tinged with a flavor of klezmer, blues, latin, and American music by Piazzolla, Golijov, Tower, Schoenfield, Rzewski and Ewazen. The concert will feature more than 40 musicians and outstanding soloists from the Conservatory.

The program includes “Frostfire,” by Eric Ewazen, performed by the New Hungarian Brass Quintet; “Trio,” by Paul Schoenfield, performed by Renata Rakova, Yuan Ma, and Wei Zhou; “Angels,” by Joan Tower, performed by the Kalmia Quartet (The Moore Brothers and Leah Gastler); “The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind,” by Osvald Golijov, performed by Conor Brown, clarinet, and the Chimeng Quartet; “Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues,” by Fred Rzewski, performed by pianists Shunyang Lee and Blair McMillen; and “Otono Porteño” and “Primavera Porteño” by Astor Piazzolla, performed by Shawn Moore, violin, and a string orchestra conducted by Joan Tower.

Ticket prices are by suggested donation*: $20 Orchestra seats; $15 Parterre and First Balcony – the minimum donation for Orchestra seating is $5. All ticket sales benefit the Conservatory’s scholarship fund. For ticket information contact the Fisher Center box office at fishercenter.bard.edu or call 845-758-7900.

* Seating location for tickets reserved without a donation will be assigned by the Box Office.

Take a look at this season’s Conservatory Sundays:

October 17, 2010 at 3:00 pm
October 24, 2010 at 3:00pm
November 21, 2010 from 1:00 – 4:00pm
December 5, 2010 at 3:00pm
February 20, 2011 at 3:00pm
March 6, 2011 at 3:00pm
May 1, 2011 at 3:00pm