For Longy’s 2022–2023 event season, we invite you to leave all preconceptions at home.
Musical experiences can have any starting point. Whether born of complex ideas, emotional impulses, or spontaneous inspiration, every music maker begins wherever they are—which is exactly where they need to be.
Just as there’s no right way, no single starting line for becoming a musician, composer, or performer, there’s no one correct entry point for us as the audience. There’s no required reading for experiencing a piece of music, no prerequisite understanding or context to bring with you to a musical experience. You come to it from wherever you are.
In relinquishing our ideas of what a musical experience should be, we open ourselves to receiving and internalizing music in a way that is unique and true to each of us.
Every artist, composer, and musician represented in this season’s program took a different path to arrive at Longy, detours and scenic routes included. We hope the stories on our stages this year inspire you to begin your own new journey, no matter where you start. Allow yourself to begin wherever you are.
When there’s no set path to follow, you become free to begin anywhere.
Pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, a Chopin Competition gold medalist with a flourishing career throughout Europe, makes her eagerly anticipated Celebrity Series debut, offering a bold and audacious program. Avdeeva performs Liszt’s...
Free preview of new sci-fi opera at Longy features top New England vocalists A free workshop performance of The Onion, a new opera that deals with issues of memory, thought,...
Changemakers: Professional Development for Music Educators Empower your students to take ownership of their learning with culturally responsive teaching. These interactive workshops offer you insights, skills, and resources to transform...
Featuring visual artist Emily Parent Tonight we rekindle the flame of enthusiasm, wellness, and past flames from NewGal’s beginnings. Join us for a world premiere by violinist Abigale Reisman, music and...
Please note this performance will take place at the Regattabar in the Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St, Cambridge. In a world of near constant and overwhelming change, what is consistent?...
Longy School of Music of Bard College is proud to present The Multifaceted Career Speaker Series which broadens personal narratives around success and inspires us to create our own diverse and...
Longy’s performance are free and open to the public, but please register in advance. This recital will feature narrative and programmatic works that tell stories on multiple levels. Schubert's Moments...
Longy’s performance are free and open to the public, but please register in advance. The Horszowski Trio presents incidental music to Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" by Korngold, and to...
Longy’s performance are free and open to the public, but please register in advance. Artina McCain presents lesser known repertoire that follows a storyline of discovering one's own strengths as...
This performance will be rescheduled for the fall of 2025. Byrne:Kozar:Duo Corrine Byrne, soprano Andy Kozar, trumpet Old<--->New This program presents pairings of music and texts from disparate provenances, illuminating...
Thanks to our partnership with the Massachusetts Cultural Council and their “Card to Culture” program, Longy School of Music of Bard College can offer free tickets to many of our diverse and innovative performance offerings. See the full list of participating “Card to Culture” organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.
