William Bueno is a Colombian guitar player, composer, educator, and therapeutic music student. He understands music can change lives – as it changed his own life – and wants to...
Nadia Shpachenko Piano Outside the Lines Grammy-Winning Pianist, Educator, New Music Advocate, Longy Alum Longy School of Music of Bard College is proud to present The Multifaceted Career Speaker Series featuring conversations...
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...
Born out of the desire to foster cultural curiosity, Castle of our Skins is a concert and educational series dedicated to celebrating Black artistry through music. From classrooms to concert halls, Castle...
Custom Commission Showcase December 2nd 2021, 4pm Entirely new pieces crafted for Longy’s Custom Commission after a process of collaboration and custom crafting as unique or detailed as each...
6pm start of Masterclass Cellist Christopher Gross' performances have been praised by The New York Times ("beautifully meshed readings....lustrous tone") and The Strad Magazine (“...the tone of Gross’ cello enveloped the crowd showed energy...
Global Folk Ensemble focuses each semester on a different traditional music from around the world. This semester the band will be led by Naseem Alatrash and will perform Middle Eastern and...
Castle of our Skins welcomes South African Composer Dr. Bongani Ndodana-Breen for its third Music Ensemble in Residence. Highlighting Ndodana-Breen's works for piano and strings, this program centers around the...
The program is an immersive concert celebrating Central Asian and Chinese cultures on Western and traditional Chinese instruments featuring performers from Longy School of Music and US-China Music Institute...
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...
This is a concert of works chosen by the students of All Embracing Music. This concert is only open to Longy personnel.
Shakespeare famously asked, “What is the City but its people?” The Neave Trio endeavors to answer, breaking down how we’re affected by our communities as well as our places in...
Orchestra FLEX is a re-imagined orchestra which provides an opportunity for large ensemble projects without being limited by instrumentation. Defined by the group's collective voice, students take part in the...
Baritone Joshua Conyers has been hailed by Opera News with “a deliciously honeyed baritone that would seduce anyone” and The New York Times as having “a sonorous baritone” that “wheedled and seduced.” Mr. Conyers, a native of...
Join us for a night of solos, duos, trios, and chamber music presented by Longy's Historical Performance Department.
Led by John Lockwood of The Fringe, The Fringe Ensemble focuses on collective improvisation and the variety of ways a band can work together or intentionally against each other to effectively...
I Have Become Lost to the World Isolation. Loss, Resurrection and the Human Condition Songs of Gustav Mahler Presented by students in Jane Struss's Mahler Seminar Aufersteh’n Saturday Evening December...
Hildegard von Bingen – A Feminine Universe Students from many disciplines, including voice, composition, and Historical Performance, will immerse you in the powerful and dazzling music of Hildegard von Bingen....
All are welcome, no experience necessary---always experimental, always inclusive, always anarchic. Sonically activate those spaces between us! Come for the jams Come to participate Come to let the sounds wash...
Alegría y dolor: Spanish Songs of joy and pain. Experience the fire of passion through Spanish rhythms and the intense pain of lost love through heart wrenching vocal lines. Come...
This concert disrupts the cis-heteronormative tradition of 19th century German Lieder performance practice and explores love through the lens of inclusivity, gender, and sexuality.
With framing from a mindfulness practitioner, explore the concept of "beginner's mind." How does a composer approach each new composition with openness and eagerness? What would it mean for audience...
Opera Experience presents: Shared Spaces: An evening of Opera and Musical Theater Scenes. Opera and Musical Theater share a space on this concert of scenes stage directed by Carol Mastrodomenico...
Opera Experience presents: Shared Spaces: An evening of Opera and Musical Theater Scenes. Opera and Musical Theater share a space on this concert of scenes stage directed by Carol Mastrodomenico...
Featuring works by Boehm, J.S. Bach, and Daugherty, the audience will embark on a musical exploration of the warmth and darkness of tone colors, harmonies, and melodies of the flute literature....
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Synapse: Two offers a junction between the familiar and the unknown, narrowing the space between us. Join Ensemble Uncaged for an expansive program of new & recent chamber music by HyeKyung...
“This experience is a combination of improvised movement and music, text, and multimedia. It is designed to encourage the free expression of feelings and a sense of togetherness.” Roy Lewis Program
Program notes: YuekSze Chau program
Program notes: Jiajie Chen Recital program
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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.