Course:

CNSV 100  Studio Instruction

Professor:

Frank Corliss  

CRN:

90368

Schedule:

        TBA  

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

4

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.

 

Course:

CNSV 102 A Composition Tutorial

Professor:

Joan Tower  

CRN:

90369

Schedule:

        TBA

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

4

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.

 

Course:

CNSV 102 B Composition Tutorial

Professor:

George Tsontakis  

CRN:

90370

Schedule:

        TBA  

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

4

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.

 

Course:

CNSV 104  Secondary Piano

Professor:

Erika Switzer  

CRN:

90371

Schedule:

        TBA 

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

2

This course develops technical and musical skills through weekly hour-long private piano lessons taught by the excellent pianists of the Postgraduate Collaborative Piano Fellowship. Students are graded based on the quality of preparation for lessons, attendance, and an end of the semester jury. Registration is open to Conservatory students at all levels of pianistic skill and experience. College students wishing to take secondary piano do so through the undergraduate music program.

 

Course:

CNSV 106  Studio Instruction for Undergraduate Voice

Professor:

Frank Corliss

CRN:

90996

Schedule:

        TBA 

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

2

This course is for Conservatory vocal performance majors. It consists of 13 one-hour private lessons with members of the Bard College Conservatory faculty. This course is required for all vocal performance majors in every semester.

 

Course:

CNSV 108  First-Year Conservatory Forum: Wellness, Life Skills and Chamber Music

Professor:

Melissa Reardon  + Raman Ramakrishnan

CRN:

90372

Schedule:

        TBA  

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

2

Enrollment in this course is required of all first-year undergraduate students in the Conservatory. Life as a musician can be extremely rewarding, but it can also, at times, be difficult physically, psychologically, socially, logistically, and in any number of other ways. This course aims to give students some tools to help them navigate their lives as musicians in the double degree program and beyond. A series of presentations, workshops, and discussions will cover such topics as time management, practice techniques, physical well-being, and mental well-being. Since many of a musician's life skills can be learned through the study and performance of chamber music, students will also be assigned chamber music groups at the beginning of the semester, and will work with Conservatory faculty towards a final performance at the end of the semester.

 

Course:

CNSV 110  Chamber Music

Professor:

Marka Gustavsson  

CRN:

90373

Schedule:

        TBA 

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

2

Enrollment in this course is required of all Bard Conservatory performance undergraduates, after their first semester in CNSV 108. Students will be automatically registered for this class, and are assigned or may request their own groups of 2-9 musicians. To be considered, requests must be sent to gustavss@bard.edu before August 15, and January 15. All groups commit to the preparation and performance of formative repertoire. Rehearsal requirements must include at least two weekly 90 min meetings, and regular coaching will be arranged by the lesson scheduler. Performance opportunities include: the Chamber Music Marathon (Nov/April), noon concerts, student recitals, performance classes, and guest artist master classes.

**Notes:

Undergraduate students who have an exceptional need to reduce their workload may apply for a waiver for CNSV 110. Students must submit the online waiver form, and send an email notification to gustavss@bard.edu. The waiver must be approved before the end of the first week of classes. Waivers received later than the first week will not be considered. Students may request to audit Chamber Music CNSV 110 for 0 cr, however the workload remains the same as the credit bearing requirement.

 

Course:

CNSV 112  Orchestral Training and Repertoire

Professor:

Erica Kiesewetter  

CRN:

90374

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Fisher Performing Arts Center SSR

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

0

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, in addition to Tan Dun and James Bagwell.

 

Course:

CNSV 118  Chinese Ensemble

Professor:

Chen Tao  

CRN:

90383

Schedule:

 Tue      7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Bito Conservatory Bldg. CPS

      Fri   6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Bito Conservatory Bldg. CPS

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

0

 (0 Credits) Chinese Ensemble provides Chinese instrument majors large ensemble and chamber music experience with regular rehearsals and performance opportunities. Students work closely with the ensemble coach and their studio teachers to further develop their skills in ensemble playing, intonation, and musical expression through practical playing experience. At least one major Chinese Ensemble concert with the participation of all Chinese instrument majors will be performed each semester on campus, supplemented by other types of performance opportunities on and off campus throughout the year. Studio teachers assist the ensemble coach as well as performing in ensembles, allowing students to learn firsthand from the playing of more experienced musicians. Mixed ensembles including Western instruments are encouraged. The Chinese Ensemble program is further enriched by master classes and concerts by guest artists.

Note: This course will be the US-China Music Institute equivalent to both the Conservatory Chamber Music and Orchestra requirements. Separate enrollment in Chamber Music or Orchestra is not required.

This class is open to all students at Bard. If you are not conservatory students but want to take this class, please contact hlin@bard.edu for more information.

This class is also possible to be a 2 credits class up on request.

 

Course:

CNSV 125  Literature and Language of Chinese Music I: Introduction

Professor:

Ming-Mei Yip-Redmond  

CRN:

90384

Schedule:

  Fri     9:30 AM - 10:50 AM Blum Music Center N210

Distributional Area:

AA Analysis of Art

Class cap:

 

Credits:

2

2 credits. Through more than three thousand years long history, Chinese has developed a unique musical aesthetic and system which intertwined with its philosophy, culture and customs of both the Han and ethnic tribes. This course will present Chinese music in its social and cultural context and will be suitable for beginners and more advanced students. It will introduce Chinese music through interactive didactic sessions augmented with recordings of the kinds of music under discussion, and PowerPoint presentations of related Chinese art, together with guest appearances of prominent performers in the New York area. This class is open to all college students.

 

Course:

CNSV 130  Orchestral Repertoire for winds, brass, percussion, and harp

Professor:

Edward Carroll  

CRN:

90375

Schedule:

  Wed     4:45:00 PM - 6:45:00 PM 

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

2

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

 

Course:

CNSV 140  Core Sequence Class I:  Tonal Harmony and Counterpoint

Professor:

Eric Wen  

CRN:

90376

Schedule:

Mon       3:30 PM – 6:30 PM Olin Auditorium

Wed       Times for workshops TBD, Students will be contacted by email.

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

4

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 other schools are generally well prepared to place.

 

 

Course:

CNSV 201  Composing for Film: Aesthetics & Techniques

Professor:

Mark Baechle

CRN:

90377

Schedule:

  Wed     3:30 PM - 5:30 PM 

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

2

Cross-listed:  Music

This course will explore the aesthetics and practice of film music composition. Common uses of film music will be understood through the analysis of pivotal film scores. Techniques for writing and producing film music will be demonstrated using behind the scenes, real world examples from Oscar winning Indies and Hollywood Blockbusters. In addition to gaining an understanding of the design of popular film scores, students will learn practical techniques and methods for creating music productions through demonstrations using software applications and computer workstations. The course will feature guest lectures from some of the leading figures in film music composition, including Conservatory dean and film composer Tan Dun.

Prerequisites: This class is open to all students at Bard who have a basic knowledge of music theory demonstrated through successful completion of a Conservatory or Music Program theory class. Or by permission of instructor.

 

Course:

CNSV 211  Alexander Technique for Musicians

Professor:

Alexander Farkas  

CRN:

90378

Schedule:

    Fri   9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Bito Conservatory Bldg. 210

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

1

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.

 

Course:

CNSV 308  Aural Skills III

Professor:

David Sytkowski  

CRN:

90379

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    12:10 PM - 1:30 PM Bito Conservatory Bldg. 210

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

2

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.

 

Course:

CNSV 310  Keyboard Skills

Professor:

Frank Corliss  

CRN:

90380

Schedule:

        TBA 

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

2

A class designed for piano majors who wish to develop and improve skills in score reading, transposition, sight reading, and playing orchestral reductions. May be taken for a total of 2 semesters.

 

Course:

CNSV 330  Core Sequence Class III: Composition for Performers

Professor:

Joan Tower  

CRN:

90381

Schedule:

 Tue      10:20 AM - 11:40 AM Blum Music Center HALL

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

4

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.)

 

Course:

CNSV 403  Senior Recital Seminar

Professor:

Peter Laki  + Raman Ramakrishnan

CRN:

90382

Schedule:

        TBA  

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

2

Students who are preparing for their degree recitals meet weekly to perform their recital repertoire for each other, and for members of the Conservatory faculty. In addition, the students conduct historical and analytical research into their repertoire, and write program notes that are printed and distributed to the audience the day of the recital, timetable permitting. Besides the weekly performance class, the seminar normally entails four or five individual meetings with the faculty member who assigns reading materials and supervises the writing of the program notes. The objective of the seminar is to give students an opportunity to become comfortable performing their recital repertoire, and to learn how to give each other constructive comments; they will also discuss and reflect on the music, and hone their writing styles.

 

 

 

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Course:

CNSV 118  Chinese Ensemble

Professor:

Chen Tao  

CRN:

90383

Schedule:

 Tue      7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Bito Conservatory Bldg. CPS

      Fri   6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Bito Conservatory Bldg. CPS

Distributional Area:

PA Practicing Arts

Class cap:

 

Credits:

0

Chinese Ensemble provides Chinese instrument majors large ensemble and chamber music experience with regular rehearsals and performance opportunities. Students work closely with the ensemble coach and their studio teachers to further develop their skills in ensemble playing, intonation, and musical expression through practical playing experience. At least one major Chinese Ensemble concert with the participation of all Chinese instrument majors will be performed each semester on campus, supplemented by other types of performance opportunities on and off campus throughout the year. Studio teachers assist the ensemble coach as well as performing in ensembles, allowing students to learn firsthand from the playing of more experienced musicians. Mixed ensembles including Western instruments are encouraged. The Chinese Ensemble program is further enriched by master classes and concerts by guest artists.

Note: This course will be the US-China Music Institute equivalent to both the Conservatory Chamber Music and Orchestra requirements. Separate enrollment in Chamber Music or Orchestra is not required.

This class is open to all students at Bard. If you are not conservatory students but want to take this class, please contact hlin@bard.edu for more information.

This class is also possible to be a 2 credits class up on request.

 

Course:

CNSV 125  Literature and Language of Chinese Music I: Introduction

Professor:

Ming-Mei Yip-Redmond  

CRN:

90384

Schedule:

  Fri     9:30 AM - 10:50 AM Blum Music Center N210

Distributional Area:

AA Analysis of Art

Class cap:

 

Credits:

2

Through more than three thousand years long history, Chinese has developed a unique musical aesthetic and system which intertwined with its philosophy, culture and customs of both the Han and ethnic tribes. This course will present Chinese music in its social and cultural context and will be suitable for beginners and more advanced students. It will introduce Chinese music through interactive didactic sessions augmented with recordings of the kinds of music under discussion, and PowerPoint presentations of related Chinese art, together with guest appearances of prominent performers in the New York area. This class is open to all college students.

 

Course:

CNSV 218  Literature and Language of Chinese Music III: Folk Music

Professor:

Xinyan Li  

CRN:

90476

Schedule:

 Tue      3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 

Distributional Area:

AA Analysis of Art

Class cap:

 

Credits:

2

Through the repertoire listening, score study, and singing, this course emphasizes the history, structure, melodic, rhythmic, harmonic, and performance characteristics of Chinese folk music. It includes Han folk songs Shan Ge, Xiao Diao, and Hao Zi, and minority folk songs of Mongolian, Uyghur, Tibetan, Yi, Dai, Miao, Nakhi, and Korean. It also includes Han and minority folk songs and dances of Han, Uyghur, Tibetan, Miao, Dong, and Dai as well as folk chorus of Han, Dong, Miao, Tujia, and Zhuang. Speaking and singing will also be introduced in this class. Students will have the opportunity to learn composition techniques in various folk music styles.  Prerequisite: For students majoring other than Chinese music, they must complete Music Theory II in the Department of Music or Conservatory Core Sequence Class I before taking Chinese Music III: Folk Music.