Music - Bard College

Music from Bard College is a Campus Bachelor Music degree that prepares you for a Vocational Programs career. Performance, composition, and historical analysis are the primary focuses of the Bard Music Program. Students develop their talents as performers through lessons and in large and small ensembles. In addition to weekly rehearsals with an ensemble and in open concerts offered monthly, they present three or four full-length concerts by the end of their fourth year. Composers develop individual ?voices? through an active schedule of rehearsing, taping, and performing their music with faculty, outside professional players, and fellow students. Electronic composers learn the use of a sophisticated electronic music studio and eventually present their pieces (live or on tape) to the Music Program and the Bard community. All senior music majors are eligible either to perform with or have a piece played by the American Symphony Orchestra at the annual Commencement concert. The music faculty believe that these activities take on depth when grounded in a knowledge of musical tradition. The Bard College Conservatory of Music offers a five-year program in which students pursue a simultaneous dual degree , a bachelor of music and a bachelor of arts in a field other than music . Music Program courses are open to Conservatory students, and the two programs may share some courses, workshops, faculty, and performances facilities. Areas of Study: Bard's Music Program is equipped for specialization in four major areas: jazz (and related African American traditions), European classical music (including its younger, American parallel), electronic music (starting with its early 20th-century experimental roots), and ethnomusicology. The music major explores the history and theory of one of these four areas through course work and also takes at least one music course in an area outside his or her specialization. The Music Program encourages diversity, provided the musician becomes sufficiently immersed in one tradition to experience the richness and complexity of a musical culture. View more details on Bard College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Music courses.