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Bard College Conservatory of Music, Fisher Center

Conservatory Sundays: Music Alive

curated by Joan Tower and Blair McMillen

September 20, 2009

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Suggested donation:
$20 (orchestra seating),
$15 (parterre/first balcony)*
Minimum donation for orchestra seating: $5

The Bard College Conservatory of Music presents a concert of new works and classics of the 20th and 21st centuries, performed by over 40 musicians, and curated by composer Joan Tower, Asher B. Edelman Professor of the Arts at Bard College, and pianist Blair McMillen.

Program includes:

John Adams: Selections from Road Movies
Yang Li, Blair McMillen

Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings

Conor Brown: Cloud Forest
Fanny Wyrick-Flax, Conor Brown, Caitlin Majewski, Emma Schmiedecke, Blair McMillen

Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood
Blair McMillen, Ming Gan, Shun-Yang Lee, Conor Brown

Yiwen Shen: Songs
Ariadne Greif, Frank Corliss

George Tsontakis   Selections from Knickknacks
Luosha Fang, Shuangshuang Liu

Villa-Lobos   Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5
Mary Bonhag (soprano) and 8 cellos (principal: Qizheng Liu)

All Conservatory Sundays proceeds benefit the Scholarship Fund of The Bard College Conservatory of Music.

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