Explore the Fall Season

Fisher Center Beyond Bard

Transformative performances from the banks of the Hudson to around the world.

Explore what’s on beyond Bard.

The Search for Power

Tania El Khoury and Ziad Abu-Rish

UNDER THE RADAR
Presented by The Invisible Dog Art Center
A Co-Production with the Fisher Center at Bard
January 9–19

 

The Search for Power is a lecture and installation performance featuring the artist, the historian, and the audience, investigating the history of power outages in Lebanon.

American Symphony Orchestra

2024–25 SEASON

The American Symphony Orchestra (ASO)’s 63rd season features full-orchestra programs at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall (ASO debut), and Carnegie Hall, all conducted by Leon Botstein, President of Bard College.

 

Bach at St. Bart’s
St. Bartholomew’s Church
January 24

 

Tapping into the Twenties
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
March 23

 

Strauss’s Guntram
Carnegie Hall
June 6

Photo by Matt Dine

SCAT!… The Complex Lives of Al & Dot, Dot & Al Zollar

URBAN BUSH WOMEN

Perelman Performing Arts Center, NYC
February 5–8

 

First commissioned for 2024 Bard SummerScape, Urban Bush Women’s SCAT!… The Complex Lives of Al & Dot, Dot & Al Zollar makes its NYC premiere this February.

Photo by Maria Baranova

Coincident Dances

Pam Tanowitz and Jessie Montgomery

Miami City Ballet
February 14 – March 9

 

Having first collaborated on I was waiting for the echo of a better day (2021 Bard SummerScape), Pam Tanowitz (Fisher Center Choreographer in Residence) and Jessie Montgomery (Composer in Residence, Bard College Conservatory of Music) reunite for the world premiere of Coincident Dances with Miami City Ballet.

Photo by Jeremy Jacob

Ulysses

ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE

CAP UCLA
April 4–5

James Joyce’s Ulysses has fascinated, perplexed, scandalized, and/or defeated readers for over a century. Elevator Repair Service presents a “riveting” (New York Times) new stage adaptation of Joyce’s life-affirming masterpiece—first commissioned for 2024 Bard SummerScape.

Photo by Maria Baranova

Sight and Sound: Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now

METLIVEARTS

In Sight and Sound, The Orchestra Now explores the parallels between orchestral music and the visual arts. Each performance includes a Met curator introduction, a discussion with conductor and music historian Leon Botstein featuring on-screen exhibition images and live musical excerpts, a full performance of the works, and an audience Q&A.

 

 

Schumann & Friedrich: Nature in Music and Art
April 13

 

Fauré, Sargent, & Paris
May 18

Photo by David DeNee

The Orchestra Now

2024–25 Free Concerts Series

The Orchestra Now continues its series of free concerts, offering music lovers of all ages an exciting opportunity to hear a wide range of orchestral music.

 

The Nutcracker & The Planets
Talent Unlimited High School in NYC
December 15

 

Joan Tower & Tchaikovsky’s 5th
Peter Norton Symphony Space
March 23

Photo by David DeNee

Maestro

The Orchestra Now is featured in the Netflix film Maestro, starring Bradley Cooper as the renowned composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.

 

TŌN was selected to perform Beethoven’s 8th Symphony at Tanglewood in the film, with Cooper-as-Bernstein conducting, which is also included on the Deutsche Grammophon release of the film’s original soundtrack, conducted by Metropolitan Opera Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

 

Maestro is available to stream on Netflix, and the original soundtrack album is available on CD, vinyl, and digital platforms.