92101

CNSV 100

Studio Instruction

Frank Corliss

CNSV Faculty

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PART

4 credits This course consists of 13 one-hour private lessons with members of the Bard College Conservatory faculty. Class size: 35

92102

CNSV 102 JT

Composition Tutorial

Joan Tower

TBA -

PART

Class size: 8

92103

CNSV 104

Secondary Piano

Frank Corliss

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BLM

PART

Class size: 25

92180

CNSV 108

Introduction to Chamber Music

Marka Gustavsson

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PART

Incoming Conservatory undergraduates will be automatically registered in this class for their first semester. Students will be assigned to groups, and guided through the tools of chamber music by reading and rehearsing with faculty, and Advanced Performance Studies mentors.

92104

CNSV 110

Chamber Music

Marka Gustavsson

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2 credits Enrollment in this course is required of all Bard Conservatory performance undergraduates for 6 semesters. In registering for the class, students form their owngroups of 2-9 performers, with whom they commit to the preparation and performance of formative repertoire. Preparation requirements areat least two weekly 90 min rehearsals, and regular coachings. Performances include the Chamber Music Marathon, noon concerts, and student recitals; the groups participate in the Chamber Music Forum on six Wed afternoons, tbd,at 7:30 pm. Class size: 25

92105

CNSV 112

Orchestral Training & Rep.

Erica Kiesewetter

T Th 7:00 pm-10:00 pm

0 credits This class will focus on training and performance of orchestral literature (standard and also unusual and contemporary). Bi-annual auditions help familiarize students with this process, and sectionals are held by members of the American Symphony orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and other faculty. 4 programs a year including opera, and extra performances in major US cities and abroad. Maestro Leon Botstein is the music director, and guest conductors appear for two programs a year. Class size: 25

92106

CNSV 130

Orchestral Repertoire

Edward Carroll

W 4:30 pm-6:30 pm

2 credits Works drawn from the core of the symphonic repertoire are studied and rehearsed in 2 hour sessions throughout the semester. This course addresses issues of ensemble playing, intonation and musical expression for wind, brass, percussion, and harp players in orchestra. This course also broadens the knowledge of the symphonic repertoire through actual playing experience. Class size: 25

92107

CNSV 140

Tonal Harmony and Counterpoint

John Halle

M W 1:30 pm-2:50 pm

BITO

Core Sequence in Theory, Analysis, and Composition. Harmony and Counterpoint is an accelerated introduction to species counterpoint and traditional harmony, now increasingly weighted towards the latter as a necessary background for Composing in Tonal Forms. There are no prerequisites to the class aside from basic musical literacy, particularly the ability to read treble bass and alto clefs reasonably fluently. A very few conservatory students will require a review of musical fundamentals, obtainable through the music department Theory I class. Exemption policy: Exemption is to be determined by a placement exam. Those who have taken theory and counterpoint at others schools are generally well prepared to place. Class size: 25

92108

CNSV 240

Composing in Classical Forms

John Halle

T Th 1:30 pm-2:50 pm

BITO 210

Core Sequence in Theory, Analysis, and Composition. Composing in Styles is a class based on the study of musical form, the large scale plan according to which extended works unfold in time. You will learn about these forms by composing four complete pieces within each type, generally these have included 1) a baroque dance form movement-modelled on the Bach solo violin Partitas and the Bach cello suites 2) a set of five variations on a ground bass, 3) a group of waltzes and 4) a complete sonata exposition. The process of composing these involves examining several pieces of each formal type, extracting from them the basic principles of their construction. Then, you will immediately compose sections of the work submitting them to me for suggestions for revision, reworking each section until a musically satisfying and coherent piece within the basic style is achieved. Pre-requisite: CNSV 130 or permission of the instructor. Exemption policy: Students who have composed works in the tonal style can place out of CNSV 230 by submitting a portfolio of these pieces. Class size: 25

92109

CNSV 211

Alexander Technique for Musicians

Alexander Farkas

F 9:00 am-3:00 pm

(individual sessions)

BITO

PART

1 credit The Alexander Technique provides a way of teaching us how to re-connect with our own innate energies. For musicians this means discovering a way of performing with greater muscular ease, less accumulated fatigue and a less restrictive approach to technique. This course introduces both F. M. Alexander's principles and a new set of physical experiences suited to the musician's specific needs. The aim of the class will be learning how to apply the Technique to practice and performance situations. Students will have the opportunity to work with their instruments in class. Class size: 25

92110

CNSV 308

Aural Skills III

Benjamin Laude

T Th 10:45 am-11:30 am

BITO /BDH

PART

92112

CNSV 310

Keyboard Skills

Frank Corliss

PART

Class size: 20

92111

CNSV 330

Composition for Performers

Joan Tower

George Tsontakis

T 10:10 am-11:30 am

BLM

Core Sequence in Theory, Analysis, and Composition. The composition seminar is taught by the conservatory composition faculty Joan Tower and George Tsontakis, two of our most celebrated composers and teachers of composition. Students will produce several original compositions to be performed by themselves and others at a final concert. Exemption policy: Students can petition for exemption based on their having produced substantial original works.

92113

CNSV 403

Conservatory Project

Peter Laki

Class size: 20