"Now’s the Time" is the first of a new Visiting Artist Series that offers Jazz & Contemporary Music students the opportunity to work with guest artists. Each event includes an...
We are happy to announce our upcoming concert, this June 11, 2021! We will be performing works by Béla Bartók, Aaron Copland, Gustav Holst, and Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges....
Our anti-racism and diversity work often focuses on the future, without looking as closely at where things stand in the present. But to dismantle a machine, you have to know...
On a stage elevated above the audience, an orchestra is traditionally separated from its audience. This separation isn’t just physical — it’s often emotional, as well. Xavier Foley has focused...
Composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen has written a wide range of music encompassing symphonic work, opera, chamber music and vocal music. According to The New York Times his “delicately made music – airy, spacious,...
"Tao’s ability to get around a keyboard — with either nimble agility or pounding intensity as required — is something to marvel over." – Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle Conrad...
The Gessner-Schocken Concert, with pianist Jessica X. Osborne, has been rescheduled to March 26, 2022. Join us in the spring to celebrate historically marginalized music composed by women and performed...
Glass Houses for Sound: Kris Davis and the Now’s The Time Ensemble Longy's Jazz and Contemporary Music (JCM) department hosts pianist/composer Kris Davis, performing solo and in collaboration with Longy’s...
Classical music has not made equitable space for women composers throughout history. Osborne's progressive and meaningful concert will challenge our definition and context of fugues, putting works by Irene Britton-Smith,...
Celebrated composer, guitarist, and recording artist Dr. Bill Banfield brings his eclectic chamber ensemble, Imagine Orchestra to Pickman Hall at Longy! Banfield has written works that have been commissioned by...
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.
