92207

CNSV 100

Studio Instruction

John Halle

PART

4 credits This course is for Conservatory performance majors studying their primary instrument and consists of 13 one-hour private lessons with members of the Bard College Conservatory faculty. This course is required for all performance majors in every semester. Class size: 35

92208

CNSV 102 GT

Composition Tutorial

George Tsontakis

PART

This course is for Conservatory composition majors and consists of 13 one-hour private lessons with members of the Bard College Conservatory composition faculty. This course is required for all performance majors in every semester. Class size: 10

92209

CNSV 104

Secondary Piano

Frank Corliss

PART

Students in this course develop technical and musical skills through weekly private lessons in piano. Students are graded based on the quality of preparation for lessons, attendance at lessons, and a final end of the semester jury. This course is open to students at all levels of pianistic skill and experience. This course is open to Conservatory students only. College students wishing to take secondary piano do so through the undergraduate music program. Class size: 10

92210

CNSV 108

Introduction to Chamber Music

Marka Gustavsson

W 7:30 pm-9:30 pm

BITO CPS

PART

1 credit. Incoming first-year Conservatory undergraduates are required to take this class in the fall semester of their first year. Students will be assigned to groups, and guided through the tools of chamber music by reading and rehearsing with faculty, and Advanced Performance Studies student mentors. Attendance at the Wednesday evening Chamber Music Forum (dates tbd) is required as part of this course.

Class size: 10

92211

CNSV 110

Chamber Music

Marka Gustavsson

W 7:30 pm-9:30 pm

BITO CPS

2 credits. Enrollment in this course is required of all Bard Conservatory performance undergraduates for 7 semesters.** In registering for the class, students are assigned or may form their own groups of 2-9 performers, with whom they commit to the preparation and performance of formative repertoire. Preparation requirements are at least two weekly 90 minute rehearsals, and regular coaching. Performances include the Chamber Music Marathon, noon concerts, and student recitals; the groups participate in the Chamber Music Forum on 7 Wednesday evenings (dates tbd).

**Note: For those undergraduate students who enrolled before the fall of 2016, chamber music is required every semester. Students may now take the class for 2 credits, wherein it was previously 0 credits. Students who have an exceptional need to reduce their work load may apply for a waiver for chamber music; they may be granted a waiver for up to three semesters. You’ll find the waiver form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPwC9tG8aTdGCVAyRCmMu9yZrpPlXh5sMfrIM83XvZnwDl7A/viewform?c=0&w=1https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPwC9tG8aTdGCVAyRCmMu9yZrpPlXh5sMfrIM83XvZnwDl7A/viewform?c=0&w=1

For consideration, the waiver form must be submitted on registration day. Class size: 10

92212

CNSV 112

Orchestral Training & Rep.

Erica Kiesewetter

T Th 7:00 pm-9:30 pm

FISH

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. Four 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: 15

92213

CNSV 130

Orchestral Repertoire for winds, brass, percussion and harp

Edward Carroll

W 4:45 pm-6:45 pm

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. Woodwind/Brass class will follow from 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm. Class size: 15

92192

CNSV 140

Tonal Harmony and Counterpoint

John Halle

M W 1:30 pm-2:50 pm

BITO 210

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

92215

CNSV 211

Alexander Technique for Musicians

Alexander Farkas

F 9:00 am-4:00 pm

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: 18

92193

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 140 or permission of the instructor. Exemption policy: Students who have composed works in the tonal style can place out of CNSV 240 by submitting a portfolio of these pieces. Class size: 25

92194

CNSV 308

Aural Skills III

John Halle

M W 10:45 am-11:30 am

BITO 210

PART

2 credits. This course should be taken at the same time as, or previous to, taking Core Sequence I (Harmony and Counterpoint). It is recommended that this course and Aural Skills IV be taken in the first two years of the Conservatory degree. Class size: 20

92427

CNSV 330

COMPOSITION FOR PERFORMERS

Joan Tower

George Tsontakis

TBD -

BLUM 203

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. (Of course, those with an interest in composition will be unlikely to pass up the opportunity to study with two major figures in contemporary music.)

92216

CNSV 403

Conservatory Project

Peter Laki

TBD -

TBD

Class size: 15

92063

MUS WKSH EK

Advanced Orchestral Audition Prep.

Erica Kiesewetter

TBD

PART

This class is for advanced violinists (and any orchestral instrumentalist) who would like to learn orchestral excerpts for festival and orchestra auditions. The student is expected to prepare 3-5 excerpts in the semester, play in class most weeks, and participate in feedback. The class will involve detailed coaching on the excerpts including a focus on understanding the work in context and the composer's style, advice on preparation and performance anxiety and mock audition practice. Final is a mock audition with 3-5 excerpts. Class size: 12