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the richard b. fisher center for the performing arts at bard college MEREDITH MONK &VOCAL ENSEMBLE November 9–10, 2012
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the richard b. fisher center

for the performing arts at bard college

MEREDITH MONK&VOCAL ENSEMBLE

November 9–10, 2012

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About The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, an environment for world-class artistic presentation in the Hudson Valley, was designed by Frank Gehry and opened in2003. Risk-taking performances and provocative programs take place in the 800-seatSosnoff Theater, a proscenium-arch space, and in the 220-seat Theater Two, which features a flexible seating configuration. The Center is home to Bard College’s DanceProgram and Theater and Performance Program, and host to two annual summer festi-vals: SummerScape, which offers opera, dance, theater, operetta, film, and cabaret; andthe Bard Music Festival, which celebrated its 23rd year in August with “Saint-Saëns andHis World.” The 2013 festival will be devoted to Igor Stravinsky, with a special weekendfocusing on the works of Duke Ellington.

The Center bears the name of the late Richard B. Fisher, the former chair of Bard College’sBoard of Trustees. This magnificent building is a tribute to his vision and leadership.

The outstanding arts events that take place here would not be possible without the contributions made by the Friends of the Fisher Center. We are grateful for their supportand welcome all donations.

The 2012 fall season at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts is made pos-sible in part through grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the NewYork State Council on the Arts, as well as through the generous support of the Board ofThe Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, the Board of theBard Music Festival, and the Friends of the Fisher Center.

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The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

Chair Jeanne Donovan FisherPresident Leon Botstein

with New Albion Records and The House Foundation for the Arts

present

Meredith Monk & Vocal EnsembleQuartet Concert ISosnoff TheaterFriday, November 9 at 8 pm Running time for this concert is approximately 90 minutes, with one 15-minute intermission.

Quartet Concert IISosnoff TheaterSaturday, November 10 at 8 pmRunning time for this concert is approximately 75 minutes, with no intermission.

Programs subject to change.

The use of recording equipment or the taking of photographs during the performance is strictly prohibited.

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Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble

Quartet Concert I: Friday, November 9Meredith Monk, Voice and PianoTheo Bleckmann, Voice and PianoKatie Geissinger, VoiceBohdan Hilash, Woodwinds

I. Selections from Juice (1969), Songs from the Hill (1977), and Light Songs (1988)Composed and performed by Meredith Monk

II. Selections from Facing North (1990)Composed by Meredith Monk

Meredith Monk and Theo Bleckmann

Intermission

III. Music for Voice and PianoComposed and performed by Meredith Monk

Gotham Lullaby (1975)Travelling (1973)last song (2004)

IV. Music for Voice, Keyboard and WoodwindsComposed by Meredith Monk

Choosing Companions, from ATLAS: an opera in three parts (1991)Meredith Monk, Theo Bleckmann, and Katie Geissinger

Waltz in 5’s, from The Politics of Quiet (1996)Katie Geissinger with Meredith Monk, Theo Bleckmann, and Bohdan Hilash

Scared Song (1986)Meredith Monk and Theo Bleckmann

clusters 3, from Songs of Ascension (2008)Bohdan Hilash

Panda Chant I and Memory Song, from The Games (1984)

masks, from mercy (2001)

between song, from impermanence (2004/2006)Theo Bleckmann, Katie Geissinger, Bohdan Hilash, and Meredith Monk

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Quartet Concert II: Saturday, November 10

Meredith Monk, Voice and PianoKatie Geissinger, VoiceAllison Sniffin, Voice and PianoBohdan Hilash, Woodwinds

I. Music for Unaccompanied VoiceComposed and performed by Meredith Monk

Selections from Juice (1969), Songs from the Hill (1977), and Light Songs (1988)

II. Music for Voice and PianoComposed and performed by Meredith Monk

Gotham Lullaby (1975)Travelling (1973)Madwoman’s Vision (1988)

III. Music for Voice, Keyboard and WoodwindsComposed by Meredith Monk

Choosing Companions, from ATLAS: an opera in three parts (1991)Meredith Monk, Katie Geissinger, and Allison Sniffin

Hips Dance, from Volcano Songs: Duets (1993)Meredith Monk and Katie Geissinger

Prayer II, from The Politics of Quiet (1996)Allison Sniffin

Scared Song (1986)Meredith Monk and Allison Sniffin

epilogue and woman at the door, from mercy (2001)Katie Geissinger, Meredith Monk, Allison Sniffin, and Bohdan Hilash

clusters 3, from Songs of Ascension (2008)Bohdan Hilash

Panda Chant I and Memory Song, from The Games (1984)

masks, from mercy (2001)

between song, from impermanence (2004/2006)Katie Geissinger, Bohdan Hilash, Meredith Monk and Allison Sniffin

All compositions by Meredith Monk © Meredith Monk Music / ASCAP

Words for between song by Mieke van Hoek

Lighting / Technical Direction: Elaine BuckholtzLighting based on original design by Tony Giovannetti Sound Design/Engineer: Jody ElffCostume Design: Yoshio Yabara / Morgane Le Fay

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Memory SongWords by Meredith Monk

I remember mushroomsI remember candlelightI remember early morning coffeeI remember fishIch erinnere mich an das tischgebet (I remember saying grace)I remember newspapersI remember a black SuzukiJe pense à mon lit (I think of my bed)I remember rainI remember aspirinI am thinking of Shakespeare’s garden

between songWords by Mieke van Hoek

Between the paint and the woodBetween the pen and the writing handBetween the rug and the floorBetween the hairs on her head

Between the clouds and the nightBetween the window and the streetBetween the air and the men walkingBetween the heels and the sound

Between the skull and the brainBetween the lens and the eyeBetween the tear and the lensBetween the lipstick and the lips

Between this hand and that handBetween the water and the rockBetween his hand and her handBetween your hand and my handBetween the seed and the dirt

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Who’s Who

Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, director/choreographer, and creator of new opera,music-theater works, films, and installations. A pioneer in what is now called “extendedvocal technique” and “interdisciplinary performance,” Monk creates works that thrive atthe intersection of music and movement, image and object, and light and sound, in aneffort to discover and weave together new modes of perception. Her groundbreakingexploration of the voice as an instrument, as an eloquent language in and of itself,expands the boundaries of musical composition, creating landscapes of sound thatunearth feelings, energies, and memories for which there are no words. Over the last fivedecades, she has been hailed as “a magician of the voice” and “one of America’s coolestcomposers.” Celebrated internationally, Monk’s work has been presented by BAM, LincolnCenter Festival, Houston Grand Opera, London’s Barbican Centre, and at major venues incountries from Brazil to Syria. Among her many accolades, she was named 2012 Composerof the Year by Musical America, a 2012 Doris Duke Artist, and one of NPR’s 50 Great Voices.She also received a 2011 Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts.

In 1968 Monk founded The House, a company dedicated to an interdisciplinary approachto performance. In 1978 she founded Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble to expand hermusical textures and forms. As a pioneer in site-specific performance, she has createdsuch works as Juice: A Theatre Cantata in 3 Installments (1969) and Ascension Variations(2009) for the Guggenheim Museum, and American Archeology #1: Roosevelt Island(1994). Monk’s award-winning films, including Ellis Island (1981) and her first feature,Book of Days (1988), have been seen throughout the world. Her music can also be heardin films by such directors as Jean-Luc Godard and the Coen brothers. In addition to hernumerous vocal pieces, music-theater works, and operas, Monk has created vital newrepertoire for orchestra, chamber ensembles, and solo instruments, with commissionsfrom Michael Tilson Thomas/New World Symphony, Kronos Quartet, Saint LouisSymphony Orchestra, and Los Angeles Master Chorale, among others.

Since graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in 1964, Monk has received numerous hon-ors including the prestigious MacArthur “genius” grant, two Guggenheim Fellowships,three Obies (including an award for Sustained Achievement), two Villager Awards, andtwo Bessie Awards for Sustained Creative Achievement. She holds honorary doctor of artsdegrees from Bard College, the University of the Arts, The Juilliard School, San FranciscoArt Institute, and Boston Conservatory. Monk has made more than a dozen recordings,most of which are on the ECM New Series label, including the 2008 Grammy-nominatedimpermanence. In October 1999 Monk performed A Vocal Offering for His Holiness, theDalai Lama, as part of the World Festival of Sacred Music in Los Angeles. Monk’s 40th yearof performing and creating new music was celebrated in 2005 by a four-hour marathonat Carnegie’s Zankel Hall. In February she was honored with a remix and interpretationsCD, Monk Mix, featuring 25 artists from the jazz, pop, deejay, and new music worlds. InMarch, she premiered her newest piece for six voices and mixed ensemble, Realm

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Variations, commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony, and she performed in JohnCage’s Song Books as part of the Symphony’s American Mavericks Festival. Monk is cur-rently developing a new music-theater work, On Behalf of Nature, to premiere in 2013.

Ensemble BiosTheo Bleckmann (Friday night only) is a singer and new music composer of eclectictastes and prodigious gifts. A Grammy nominee and ECHO award recipient, he makesmusic that is accessibly sophisticated, unsentimentally emotional, and seriously playful.His work has been described as “from another planet” (New York Times), as “magical,futuristic” (AllAboutJazz), “limitless” (Citypaper, Philadelphia), “transcendent” (Village Voice),and “brilliant” (New York). Bleckmann has released a series of gorgeous and irreverentalbums on Winter & Winter, including recordings of Las Vegas standards, Berlin Kabarett,and popular “bar songs” (all with pianist Fumio Yasuda); a recording of newly arrangedsongs by Charles Ives (with jazz/rock collective Kneebody); acoustic solos for voice titledI dwell in possibility, and his latest project, Hello Earth—the Music of Kate Bush. He hascollaborated with musicians and composers including Laurie Anderson, Uri Caine, PhilipGlass, John Hollenbeck, Sheila Jordan, Phil Kline, David Lang, and, most prominently,Meredith Monk, with whom Bleckmann worked as a core ensemble member for 15 years.He was recently interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air and appeared on Late Nightwith David Letterman with Laurie Anderson.

Katie Geissinger has been singing with Meredith Monk since the 1990 Houston GrandOpera production of ATLAS (ECM), and was a recent soloist in WEAVE for Two Voices withthe St. Louis Symphony and Los Angeles Master Chorale. She premiered Bang on a Can’sObie-winning The Carbon Copy Building (Canteloupe), and sang in the world tour ofGlass/Wilson’s Einstein on the Beach (Elektra Nonesuch), recently revived in concert atCarnegie Hall, where she has also soloed in Bach’s Magnificat and played the Witch inHonegger’s Le Roi David. Other appearances include Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at BAM,and Coram Boy and La bohème on Broadway. Katie recently premiered Monk’s RealmVariations with the San Francisco Symphony American Mavericks Festival.

Bohdan Hilash, a clarinetist and multi-instrumentalist, joined the Vocal Ensemble in 2002.As part of his diverse career he has worked on four continents as a performer of orchestraland chamber music, opera, contemporary music, jazz, musical theater, and as a soloist.Hilash has appeared as a chamber and orchestral musician and as a soloist at many pre-eminent concert venues and music festivals, including those of Bayreuth, Spoleto, Tokyo,Evian, Lincoln Center, Rome, and Aspen. As an orchestral musician, he has performed withsome of the world’s leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra and theNew York Philharmonic, with conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur, ZubinMehta, Alan Gilbert, and Leonard Slatkin. He is particularly active in the field of contempo-rary music and has worked with many of its foremost practitioners, including SpeculumMusicae, Bang on a Can, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He has per-

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formed with jazz artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Phil Woods, Dave Holland, Lee Konitz, andKenny Wheeler. In the theater Hilash has worked as a featured performer in collaborationwith Arthur Miller, Lee Breuer, and other acclaimed playwrights, directors, and theater com-panies. His recordings may be heard on the ECM, Chandos, RCA Victor, CRI, Mode, CBC,Finlandia, RCA, New World, CCNC, TBM, Capstone, and RP labels.

Allison Sniffin (Saturday night only), a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer, hasbeen a member of Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble since 1996, performing in The Politicsof Quiet, A Celebration Service, Magic Frequencies, mercy, Turtle Dreams, Book of Days, imper-manence, and Songs of Ascension. She has engraved, edited, and orchestrated several ofMonk’s works, including Basket Rondo, Possible Sky, Stringsongs, Night, WEAVE for TwoVoices, Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, and the recent Realm Variations. Sniffin has wonawards for her compositions from Meet the Composer and Concert Artists’ Guild; herPrelude for Horn and String Orchestra was performed at the 2011 International Alliance forWomen in Music Congress, and Punch! for Marimba and Piano is pending publication.

Elaine Buckholtz, lighting designer and production stage manager, is a multimedia artistliving in Boston. Her work, which combines the mediums of moving light, video, and sculp-ture, has been shown at the Electric Works Gallery, New Langton Arts, and Yerba BuenaCenter for the Arts in San Francisco; Rockland Center for the Arts in Nyack, New York; PierogiLeipzig, Germany; and Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University. She attended theCalifornia College of the Arts on a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship from 2002 –04 and received herM.F.A. from Stanford University in 2006. She is currently an associate professor in the Studiofor Interrelated Media Program at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She has workedas a lighting and visual designer in the Bay Area for 20 years, and has also worked with MerceCunningham and Meredith Monk, recreating their visual environments internationally.

Jody Elff, sound designer, is an audio engineer and sound artist living and working in NewYork City. His live audio production and recording credits include work with Yo-Yo Ma,Laurie Anderson, Bang on a Can, Tan Dun, and many others. He is the resident sounddesigner for the National Theater of the United States of America, and has composed andperformed music for film and dance. He has mixed and mastered albums for OsvaldoGolijov, including the soundtrack for the Francis Ford Coppola film Tetro. Elff designed andengineered the sonic landscape for the Theater of the New Ear, a stage presentation writ-ten by Charlie Kaufman, featuring Meryl Streep. He recorded, mixed, and mastered thealbum Off the Map by the Silk Road Ensemble, which received a 2011 Grammy nominationin the Best Album–Classical Crossover category. His fine-art sound installations have beenshown in various galleries and museums internationally, including a commissionedsound-piece permanently installed in a public parking facility in Lyon, France.

New Albion Records was launched in San Francisco in the mid 1980s and has sinceinvolved itself with the art of musical composition, notably the most experimental, iconoclastic work it can find. The destination of New Albion’s journey has been to keep

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traveling, to keep looking for the most curious and beautiful work that appears to it.Following the obsolescence of the record industry, New Albion has been involved in con-cert production and licensing projects.

The House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.260 West Broadway, Suite 2, New York, NY 10013

Tel: (212) 904-1330 Fax: (212) 904-1305

E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.meredithmonk.org

Incorporated in 1971, The House Foundation for the Arts provides production and management services for Meredith Monk, Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble, and The House Company.

Meredith Monk, Artistic Director Lynn Moffat, Executive DirectorPeter Sciscioli, Communications DirectorAn Hoang, Development AssociateTrevor Wilson, Personal Assistant/IT Consultant

Press representative: Ellen Jacobs AssociatesTel: (212) 245-5100

Fax: (212) 397-1102

Exclusive U.S. Tour Representation: Rena Shagan Associates, Inc.Tel: (212) 873-9700

Fax: (212) 873-1708

www.shaganarts.com

International Booking: Thérèse Barbanel, [email protected]

MEREDITH MONK/The House Foundation for the Arts Board of TrusteesMeredith Monk, President, Artistic DirectorFrederieke Sanders Taylor, ChairHaruno Arai, Secretary Sebastiaan BremerKatherine GoodaleJim HodgesFrances Kazan Barbara G. SahlmanCarol SchusterBrian Slocum Micki Wesson, President EmeritusSali Ann Kriegsman, Trustee Emeritus

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Donors to the Fisher CenterLeadership SupportEmily H. Fisher and

John AlexanderJeanne Donovan FisherMartin and Toni Sosnoff

FoundationRichard B. Fisher Endowment FundMartin T. and Toni SosnoffRobert W. Wilson

Golden CircleAnonymousThe Barbro Osher Pro Suecia

FoundationFalconwood Foundation, Inc.FMH FoundationLinda Hirshman and

David Forkosh**Jane and Aatos Erkko FoundationThe Marks Family FoundationMillbrook Tribute Garden, Inc.Thendara FoundationIn honor of Oakleigh B. Thorne

from Felicitas S. ThorneTrue Love Productions

Friends of the Fisher CenterProducerFiona Angelini and Jamie WelchArtekArthur F. and Alice E. Adams

FoundationAssociation of Performing Arts

PresentersBioseutica USA, Inc.Carolyn Marks BlackwoodChartwells School and University

Dining ServicesThe Cultural Services of the

French Embassy in the United States

Barbara Ettinger and Sven HusebyThe Ettinger Foundation, Inc.Stefano Ferrari and Lilo ZinglersenAlexander Fisher MFA ’96

Catherine C. Fisher and Gregory A. Murphy

Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander

R. Britton and Melina FisherKey Bank FoundationHarvey and Phyllis** Lichtenstein

The Maurer Family Foundation, Inc.

National Endowment for the Arts(NEA)

New York State Council on theArts (NYSCA)

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr.Drs. M. Susan and Irwin RichmanIngrid RockefellerDavid E. Schwab II ’52 and

Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52

Bethany B. Winham

PatronHelen and Roger AlcalyMary I. Backlund and Virginia CorsiSandra and A. John Blair IIIAnne Donovan Bodnar and

James L. BodnarStuart Breslow and Anne MillerAnne and Harvey BrownBarbara and Richard DebsElizabeth de LimaTambra DillonDirt Road Realty, LLCInes Elskop and Christopher Scholz Elizabeth W. Ely ’65 and

Jonathan K. GreenburgAlan and Judith FishmanSusan Fowler-GallagherGE FoundationThomas and Bryanne HamillThe Harkness Foundation

for Dance, Inc.John Cage TrustDr. Harriette Kaley ’06

Mr. and Mrs. George A. KellnerRuth Ketay and Rene SchnetzlerLaura KuhnJane and Daniel LindauChris Lipscomb and

Monique SegarraLow Road FoundationStephen Mazoh and Martin KlineNancy A. MarksElizabeth I. McCannW. Patrick McMullan and

Rachel McPhersonMillbrook Vineyards and WineryAlexandra OttawayDavid A. SchulzDenise S. Simon and

Paolo VieiradacunhaAndrew Solomon and John Habich

Sarah and Howard SolomonDarcy StephensTeo Creative, Inc.Barbara and Donald ToberIlliana van Meeteren and

Terence C. Boylan ’70

Margo and Anthony Viscusi Aida and Albert Wilder

SponsorSarah Botstein and Bryan DoerriesCaplan Family FoundationMichelle R. ClaymanRichard D. CohenMr. and Mrs. Gonzalo de las HerasMichael F. DupreeCarlos Gonzalez and

Katherine StewartEliot D. and Paula K. HawkinsAlan Hilliker and Vivian W. LiuRachel and Dr. Shalom Kalnicki Mr. and Mrs. George A. KellnerGeraldine and

Lawrence LaybourneCynthia Hirsch Levy ’65

Barbara L. and Arthur MichaelsAndrea and Kenneth L. MironMr. and Mrs. Frederick P. PaytonQuality Printing CompanySanta Fe RestaurantCatherine M. and

Jonathan B. SmithTed SnowdonJohn TancockRobert and Melanie WhaleyWilder Consolidated

Enterprises Inc.Rosemary and Noel WerrettBeverley D. Zabriskie

SupporterDidi and David BarrettHarriet Bloch and Evan SakellariosKay Brover and Arthur BennettAlfred M. Buff and Lenore Nemeth Michael BywaterJohn DierdorffAmy K. and David DubinEve Propp Family FoundationPatricia FalkHarvey and Mary FreemanMartha Jane FleischmanAlicia Forster-WestlakeHelena and Christopher GibbsAlberta Gilbridge-Wonderlin

We honor the late Richard B. Fisher for his generosity and leadership in building and supporting thissuperb center that bears his name by offering outstanding arts experiences. We recognize and thankthe following individuals, corporations, and foundations that share Dick’s and our belief in presentingand creating art for the enrichment of society. Ticket sales cover less than 15 percent of our presenta-tion of outstanding art experiences. Help us sustain the Fisher Center and ensure that the perform-ing arts are a part of our lives. We encourage and need you to join our growing list of donors.

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Gilberte Vansintejan Glaser and William A. Glaser

Mims and Burton GoldNan and David GreenwoodAlexander Grey and David CabreraDr. Eva B. GrieppRosemary and Graham HansonDavid S. HartJanet and William HartRupert and Yanina HopeLars Hedstrom and Barry JuddHedstrom and Judd, Inc.Mel and Phyllis HeikoDarren HenaultDr. Joan Hoffman and

Syd SilvermanMartin HolubDr. Barbara KennerBelinda and Stephen KayeHarold KleinKevin KloseSeymour and Harriet KoenigRose and Josh KoplovitzDanielle Korwin and

Anthony DiGuiseppeJames KraftElissa Kramer and Jay H. NewmanRamone LascanoMr. and Mrs. David LondonerMarilyn J. MarinaccioBarbara and Arthur MichaelsAndrea and Kenneth C. MironMargrit and Albrecht PichlerMelanie and Phillipe RadleyRhinebeck Department StoreJohn and Claire ReidTed Ruthizer and Jane DenkensohnBarbara and Dick SchreiberWilliam SiegfriedTed SnowdenEileen SottileH. Peter Stern and

Helen Drutt EnglishAllan and Ronnie StreichlerPeter SullivanElisabeth F. Turnauer-DerowJames H. and Maris Van AlenCornelius R. VerhoestSeymour WeingartenIrene Zedlacher

FriendJamie AlbrightDr. and Mrs. Morton AltermanAnonymousJoshua J. AronsonKathleen AugustineJohn J. Austrian ’91 and

Laura M. AustrianSybil BaldwinJack L. BarnettTheodore BartwinkAlvin and Arlene BeckerJessica BeckerHoward and Mary Bell

Richard L. BensonDrs. Daniel Berkenblit and

Phillipine Meister-BerkenblitFrederick BerlinerKurshed BhumgaraMarge and Ed BlaineSandra and Dr. A. John Blair IIIJeffrey and Ellyn BursteinJeanne and Homer ByingtonProf. Mary Ellen Caponegro ’78

MaryAnn and Thomas CaseDaniel Chu and Lenore SchiffMr. and Mrs. John CioffiColgate-Palmolive CompanyRichard CollensJean T. CookDr. Bruce Cuttler and

Joanne E. Cuttler ’99

C. Douglas and Leslie DienelJohn DobkinJoan and Walcott DunhamAbby H. and John B. DuxDavid Ebony and Bruce MundtElizabeth ElliottPatricia FalkMilly and Arnold FeinsilberArthur FenaroliDr. Marta P. FlaumRaimond FlynnEdward ForlieAllan FreedmanMary and Harvey FreemanEdward FriedmanFrances and Rao GaddipatiMarvin and Maxine GilbertNigel GillahLaurie GilmoreMr. and Mrs. Floyd GlinertDebby and Fred GlynnJudy R. and Arthur** GoldI. Bruce GordonStanley L. GordonFayal Greene and David J. SharpeAlice and Bob GreenwoodSheryl GriffithGilbert and Mary HalesDavid A. HarrisElise and Carl HartmanSue HartshornJames HaydenDorothy and Leo HellermanDelmar D. HendricksJan Hopkins and

Richard TrachtmanSky Pape and Alan HoughtonNeil IsabelleMark R. JoelsonJohn E. JohnsonEleanor C. KaneLinda L. KaumeyerMr. and Mrs. John W. KellyMartha Klein and David HurvitzRobert J. KurillaJames Lack

Robert la PorteHelena LeeEric and Amala LevineGerald F. LewisSara F. Luther and John J. NeumaierJohn P. MackenzieCharles S. MaierHerbert MayoDr. Naomi MendelsohnEdie Michelson and

Sumner MilenderJanet C. MillsDavid T. MintzRoy MosesDoris MossJoanne and Richard MrstikMartha NickelsJill ObrigDouglas Okerson and

William WilliamsElizabeth J. and Sevgin OktayRobert M. OsborneGary S. PatrikDebra Pemstein and Dean VallasDavid Pozorski and Anna RomanskiSusan PriceKenneth S. RecuGeorge and Gail Hunt ReekeSusan RegisDr. Siri von ReisDrs. M. Susan and Irwin RichmanPeter and Linda RubensteinHeinz and Klara SauerMr. and Mrs. Edward T. ScottJames E. ScottDr. Alan M. SilbertElizabeth A. SimonPeter SipperleyDr. Sanford B. SternliebDr. Michael A. StillmanFrancis E. Storer Jr.Mark SuttonTaconic Foundation, Inc.Janeth L. ThoronTiffany & Co.Mr. Randy J. TryonJoan E. WebermanRobert WeissWendy and Michael WestermanWilliams Lumber and

Home CentersAlbert L. YarashusMike and Kathy ZdebRena Zurofsky

Donors to the Bard Music FestivalEvents in this year’s Bard MusicFestival were underwritten in partby special gifts fromHelen and Roger AlcalyBettina Baruch Foundation Michelle R. Clayman

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Jeanne Donovan FisherMimi LevittThe Mrs. Mortimer Levitt

Endowment Fund for thePerforming Arts

James H. Ottaway Jr.Denise S. Simon and

Paulo VieiradacunhaFelicitas S. ThorneFestival Underwriters

James H. Ottaway Jr.Opening Concert

Mimi LevittPreconcert TalksGuest ArtistsFilms

Furthermore: A Program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.

Festival Book

Helen and Roger AlcalyFestival BookFestival Program

Margo and Anthony ViscusiGuest Artists

Joanna M. MigdalPanel Discussions

Paula and Eliot HawkinsChristina A. Mohr and

Matthew GuerreiroBetween the Concerts Supper

National Endowment for the Arts(NEA)

New York State Council on the Arts(NYSCA)

Friends of the Bard Music FestivalLeadership SupportBettina Baruch FoundationMimi LevittThe Mortimer Levitt FoundationMr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr.Denise S. Simon and

Paulo Vieiradacunha

Golden CircleMichelle R. ClaymanJeanne Donovan FisherJane W. Nuhn Charitable TrustFelicitas S. ThorneMillie and Robert Wise

BenefactorHelen and Roger AlcalyThe Ann and Gordon Getty

FoundationArtekBanco Santander S.A.Barclays Bank

Leonie F. BatkinJoan K. DavidsonMr. and Mrs. Gonzalo de las HerasElizabeth W. Ely ’65 and

Jonathan K. Greenburg FMH Foundation Eliot D. and Paula K. HawkinsLinda Hirshman and

David Forkosh**Anne E. Impellizzeri The J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.Susan and Roger KennedyBarbara KennerEdna and Gary LachmundAmy and Thomas O. MaggsMarstrand FoundationMinistry for Foreign Affairs

of FinlandThe Mrs. Mortimer Levitt

Endowment Fund for thePerforming Arts

National Endowment for the Arts(NEA)

New York State Council on the Arts(NYSCA)

Jim and Talila O’HigginsDimitri B. and Rania PapadimitriouPeter Kenner Family Fund of the

Jewish Communal Fund Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc.Dr. Gabrielle Reem** and

Dr. Herbert J. KaydenDrs. M. Susan and Irwin RichmanDavid E. Schwab II ’52 and

Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52

H. Peter Stern and Helen Drutt English

Dr. Sanford SternliebAllan and Ronnie StreichlerMerida Welles and

William “Chip” Holman The Wise Family Charitable

Foundation Elaine and James Wolfensohn

PatronABC Foundation Constance Abrams and Ann VerberEdwin L. Artzt and

Marieluise HesselMr. and Mrs. Ronald AtkinsKathleen and Roland Augustine Elizabeth Phillips Bellin ’00 and

Marco M. S. Bellin Dr. Miriam Roskin Berger ’56

Helen ’48 and Robert Bernstein Helen and Robert Bernstein

Philanthropic Fund of theJewish Communal Fund

Anne Donovan Bodnar and James L. Bodnar

Sarah Botstein and Bryan DoerriesLydia Chapin Constance and David C. Clapp

J. T. ComptonJane Cottrell and Richard KortrightArnold J. ’44 and Seena** DavisBarbara and Richard DebsMichael Del Giudice and

Jaynne KeyesRt. Rev. Herbert A. and

Mary Donovan Amy Knoblauch Dubin and

David DubinRobert C. Edmonds ’68

Ines Elskop and Christopher Scholz John GellerHelena and Christopher Gibbs Kim Z. GoldenAlison GrannucciAlan Hilliker and Vivien W. LiuJane and Robert HottensenFrederic K. and Elena Howard Joan and Julius JacobsonJasper JohnsDrs. Harriette and Gabor** KaleyRachel and Dr. Shalom KalnickiHelene and Mark N. Kaplan Belinda and Stephen KayeMr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Keesee IIIMr. and Mrs. George A. Kellner Klavierhaus, Inc.Seymour and Harriet KoenigAlison and John LankenauGlenda Fowler Law and Alfred LawEric and Amala LevineBarbara** and S Jay LevyCynthia Hirsch Levy ’65

Patti and Murray LiebowitzMartin and Toni Sosnoff

FoundationStephen Mazoh and Martin KlineW. Patrick McMullan and

Rachel McPhersonDr. and Mrs. Arthur MenkenMetropolitan Life Foundation

Matching Gift ProgramAndrea and Kenneth L. MironChristina A. Mohr and

Matthew GuerreiroKen MortensonMartin L. Murray and

Lucy Miller Murray Alexandra OttawayEve Propp Barbara B. ReisBlanche and Bruce RubinAndrew Solomon and

John Habich SolomonSarah and Howard Solomon Martin T. and Toni Sosnoff Edwin A. SteinbergStewart’s ShopsAllan and Ronnie StreichlerElizabeth Farran Tozer and

W. James Tozer Jr.Tozer Family Fund of the New York

Community Trust

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Illiana van MeeterenOlivia van Melle CampRosemary and Noel WerrettAida and Albert WilderIrene ZedlacherWilliam C. Zifchak and

Margaret Evans

SponsorAnonymousRoland AugustineAna AzevedoMargaret and Alec BancroftEva Thal Belefont ’49

Everett and Karen CookPhillip S. Cooke Blythe Danner ’65

Dasein FoundationDavid G. Whitcomb FoundationWillem F. De Vogel and

Marion Davidson Roberto De AzevedoJohn A. DierdorffCornelia Z. and Timothy Eland Timothy and Cornelia Eland Fund

of the Fidelity Charitable GiftFund

Shepard and Jane Ellenberg Ellenberg Asset Management

Corp. Phyllis FederField-Bay FoundationFrancis Finlay and Olivia J. FussellLaura FlaxMartha Jane FleischmanDeborah and Thomas Flexner Donald C. FresneLaura GeneroCarlos Gonzalez and

Katherine Stewart Samuel L. Gordon Jr. and

Marylou TapallaMr. and Mrs. Jay M. GwynneMarjorie HartNancy and David HathawayMartin Holub and Karen Kidder**Lucas Hoogduin and

Adriana OnstwedderElizabeth D. and Robert HottensenPamela HowardJohn R. and Joyce Hupper I.B.M. Matching Grants Program Susan JonasEdith Hamilton KeanFernanda Kellogg and

Kirk HenckelsClara F. and David J. LondonerMarstrand FoundationElizabeth I. McCannJames and Purcell Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. PaytonEllen and Eric PetersenJohn and Claire ReidDr. Siri von ReisAlfred J. and Deirdre Ross

Dr. Paul H. Schwartz and Lisa Barnes-Schwartz

James and Sara SheldonDavid and Sarah StackEdwin SteinbergArt and Jeannette TaylorBarbara and Donald ToberRichard C. Strain and Eva Van RijnArete and William** Warren Jack and Jill WertheimRobert and Melanie WhaleyMaureen A. Whiteman and

Lawrence J. ZlatkinSerena H. WhitridgeJulia and Nigel WiddowsonPeter and Maria WirthMarina van Zuylen

SupporterMunir and Susan Abu-HaidarBarbara J. AgrenJames Akerberg and

Larry SimmonsSaga M. AmbegaokarLeora and Peter ArmstrongIrene and Jack BanningDidi and David Barrett Karen H. Bechtel Dr. Susan Krysiewicz and

Thomas Bell Carole and Gary Beller Mr. and Mrs. Andy BellinBeth and Jerry BierbaumMr. and Mrs. David Bova Mr. and Mrs. William B. BrannanKay Brover and Arthur Bennett Madge BriggsDan F. and Nancy BrownKate Buckley and Tony Pell Phyllis Busell and James KostellPeter Caldwell and Jane Waters Miriam and Philip CarrollHugo M. J. Cassier and

Sarah ButtrickDavid ClainFrederick and Jan CohenMr. and Mrs. Kevin ConcaghSeth Dubin and Barbara FieldEma DunchJoan and Wolcott DunhamRuth EngGail and John EylerHarold FarbermanIngrid and Gerald FieldsEmily Rutgers Fuller Michael H. GarretyJoseph W. and Joyce GeebJohn GellerDonald Gellert and Elaine Koss Mims and Burton Gold Victoria and Max GoodwinJanine M. GordonRichard GottliebMary and Kingdon Gould Jr. Nan and David Greenwood

Mortimer and Penelope C. HallSally S. HamiltonJuliet HeyerSusan Hoehn and Allan BahrsWilliam HolmanDalya InhaberJay JollyKaren Bechtel Foundation of the

Advisor Charitable Gift FundRobert E. KausErica KiesewetterCharles and Katharine KingKaren KloppDr. and Mrs. Vincent KohRobert J. KurillaLowell H. and Sandra A. LambDebra I. and Jonathan LanmanWayne LawsonE. Deane and Judith S. LeonardBrent Lewis ’09

Walter LippincottLynn Favrot Nolan Family FundJeanette MacDonald and

Charles MorganJohn P. MackenziePhilip and Tracey MactaggartCharles S. MaierClaire and Chris MannMarilyn MarinaccioElizabeth B. MavroleonMia McCully ’07

Charles MelcherArthur and Barbara L. MichaelsSamuel C. MillerJohn E. Morrison IVMr. and Mrs. Alfred MudgeBernadette Murray and

Randy FertelKamilla and Donald NajdekAnna Neverova ’07

Jay H. Newman and Elissa KramerMr. and Mrs. William T. NolanMarta E. NottebohmElizabeth J. and Sergin OktayDr. Bernhard Fabricius and

Sylvia OwenLouis ParkerDavid B. and Jane L. ParshallSusan Heath and Rodney PatersonRuth PlagerJohn and Claire ReidBarbara ReisEmma Richter ’09

Susan F. RogersRosalie Rossi, Ph.D.John RoyallAndrew and Ellen SantandraDr. Gloria SchaferDagni and Martin SenzelDenise and Lawrence ShapiroDr. Scott and Alexis SmallNadine Bertin StearnsMim and Leonard SteinMary and Stephen Stinson

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Mila TewellCarole TindallJohn Tuke and Leslie FarhangiDr. Elisabeth F. Turnauer-DerowAlan and Christine Vickery ’75

Monica WamboldTaki and Donald WiseJohn and Mary Young

FriendRev. Albert R. AhlstromLorraine D. AlexanderArthur A. AndersonAnonymousZelda Aronstein and

Norman EisnerArtscope, Inc.John K. AylingPhebe and George BantaJames M. BartonMr. and Mrs. Francis D. BartonSaida BaxtRegina and David BeckmanDr. Howard BellinRichard L. BensonDr. Marge and Edward BlaineClara BotsteinEric and Irene BrocksDavid and Jeannette T. BrownMr. and Mrs. John C. D. BrunoAlfred M. Buff and Lenore NemethMichael CaolaPamela Chow and Ted SmithRobert and Isobel ClarkDonald CooneyJoan CostaMillicent O. McKinley CoxLinda and Richard DainesMary E. DavisDana and Brian DunnAbby and John DuxPeter EdelmanPeter Elebash and Jane RobinsonJim and Laurie Niles ErwinPatricia FalkArthur L. FenaroliDavid and Tracy FinnLuisa E. FlynnPatricia and John ForelleMary Ann FreeSamantha FreeStephen and Jane GarmeyAnne C. GillisAlysha Glenn ’09

Dr. Joel and Ellen GoldinStanley L. GordonSandra Graznow and Jim KearnsThurston GreeneAndrea E. GrossBen-Ali and Mimi HagginDavid A. HarrisSy HeldermanSharon and David HendlerCarol HenkenNancy H. Henze

Gary HermanMartin HolubDavid Hurvitz and Martha KleinRocco G. IlardiDr. and Mrs. Gerald ImberRod and Caroline KeatingPatricia H. KeeseeMr. and Mrs. John W. KellyJoan Kend Diana Niles KingIrving and Rhonda E. KleimanThea KlirosSharon Daniel KroegerJeffrey LangProf. Edward C. LauferWayne LawsonBeth LedyLeon and Fern LernerLaurence and Michael LevinGerald F. LewisRuthie and Lincoln LymanM Group, LLCJohn P. MacKenzieHermes Mallea and Carey MaloneyAnnette S. and Paul N. MarcusHarvey MarekThe McGraw-Hill Companies

Matching Gift ProgramMarcus Mello ’04

Dr. Naomi MendelsohnPhilip MessingMillbrook Real Estate, LLCDeborah D. MontgomeryKelly Morgan Doris MossDebbie Ann and

Christopher MorleySusan and Robert MurphyNancy R. NewhouseHugh and Marilyn NissensonHarold J. and Helen C. NoahDouglas Okerson and

William WilliamsJames OlanderMarilyn and Peter OswaldGary S. PatrikSarah Payden ’09

Peter and Sally V. PettusLucas Pipes ’08

Dr. Alice R. PisciottoEleanor PollakDavid Pozorski and Anna RomanskiD. Miles PriceStanley A. Reichel ’65 and

Elaine ReichelDr. Naomi F. Rothfield ’50 and

Lawrence RothfieldHarriet and Bernard SadowAntonia SalvatoSheila SandersDr. Thomas B. SandersHeinz and Klara SauerMolly SchaeferFrederick W. Schwerin Jr.

Mary ScottDanny P. Shanahan and

Janet E. Stetson ’81

Muriel SimmonsBetsy Covington SmithJ. Kevin SmithPolly and LeRoy SwindellJessica and Peter TcherepnineGladys R. ThomasJaneth L. ThoronCynthia M. Tripp ’01

Leigh Beery and Jonathan Tunick ’58

Laurie TuzoUBS Matching Gift ProgramRonald VanVoorhiesAndrea A. WaltonJohn WaldesJacqueline E. WarrenPeter WarwickRenee K. Weiss ’51

Barbara Jean WeyantAnne WhiteheadVictoria and Conrad WicherMr. and Mrs. John WinklerAmy WoodsRobert and Lynda YoumansMarvin Zelman

Major support for the Fisher Center’s programshas been provided by:Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams

FoundationHelen and Roger Alcaly The Andrew W. Mellon FoundationFiona Angelini and Jamie WelchThe Ann & Gordon Getty

FoundationAnonymousArtekBettina Baruch FoundationBioseutica USA, Inc.Carolyn Marks Blackwood and

Gregory QuinnChartwells School and University

Dining ServicesMichelle R. ClaymanThe Cultural Services of the French

Embassy of the United StatesJoan K. DavidsonMr. and Mrs. Gonzalo de las HerasJohn A. DierdorffElizabeth W. Ely ’65 and

Jonathan K. GreenburgEstate of Richard B. FisherBarbara Ettinger and Sven HusebyThe Ettinger Foundation, Inc.Stefano Ferrari and Lilo ZinglersenAlexander D. Fisher MFA ’96

Catherine C. Fisher and Gregory A. Murphy

Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander

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Jeanne Donovan FisherR. Britton and Melina FisherFMH FoundationEliot D. and Paula K. HawkinsLinda Hirshman and

David Forkosh**HSBC Philanthropic ProgramsAnne E. ImpellizzeriJane and Aatos Erkko FoundationJane’s Ice CreamJane W. Nuhn Charitable TrustThe J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.Belinda and Stephen KayeSusan and Roger KennedyBarbara KennerMimi Levitt Chris Lipscomb and

Monique SegarraAmy and Thomas O. MaggsMansakenning LLCThe Marks Family FoundationMarstrand FoundationMartin and Toni Sosnoff FoundationThe Maurer Family Foundation, Inc.Joanna M. MigdalThe Millbrook Tribute GardenMillbrook Vineyards & WineryThe Mortimer Levitt Foundation Inc.Mrs. Mortimer Levitt Endowment

Fund for the Performing ArtsNational Endowment for the Arts

American Masterpieces: DanceNational Endowment for the Arts

(NEA)New England Foundation for the

Arts (NEFA)New York State Council on the Arts

(NYSCA)Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr.Dimitri B. and Rania PapadimitriouPeter Kenner Family Fund of the

Jewish Communal FundDr. Gabrielle H. Reem** and

Dr. Herbert J. KaydenDr. Siri von ReisRichard B. Fisher Endowment FundDrs. M. Susan and Irwin RichmanIngrid RockefellerDavid E. Schwab II ’52 and

Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52

The Schwab Charitable FundDenise S. Simon and

Paulo VieiradacunhaMartin T. and Toni SosnoffH. Peter Stern and

Helen Drutt EnglishDr. Sanford SternliebAllan and Ronnie StreichlerThendara FoundationFelicitas S. ThorneTrue Love ProductionsMargo and Anthony Viscusi

Bethany B. WinhamMillie and Robert WiseThe Wise Family Charitable

Foundation**deceasedAll lists current as of October 18, 2012

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Boards and Administration

Bard CollegeBoard of TrusteesDavid E. Schwab II ’52, Chair

EmeritusCharles P. Stevenson Jr., ChairEmily H. Fisher, Vice ChairElizabeth Ely ’65, Secretary; Life

TrusteeStanley A. Reichel ’65, Treasurer

Fiona AngeliniRoland J. AugustineLeon Botstein+ , President of the

CollegeJames Cox Chambers ’81

David C. ClappMarcelle Clements ’69*Melinda N. Donovan+Asher B. Edelman ’61

Paul S. EfronRobert S. Epstein ’63

Barbara S. Grossman ’73*Sally HambrechtGeorge F. Hamel Jr.Marieluise HesselMaja HoffmannMatina S. Horner+Charles S. Johnson III ’70

Mark N. KaplanGeorge A. KellnerMurray Liebowitz, Life TrusteeMarc S. LipschultzPeter H. Maguire ’88

James H. Ottaway Jr., Life TrusteeMartin PeretzStewart Resnick, Life TrusteeRoger N. Scotland ’93*The Rt. Rev. Mark S. Sisk, Honorary

TrusteeMartin T. Sosnoff Susan WeberPatricia Ross Weis ’52

Senior AdministrationLeon Botstein, PresidentDimitri B. Papadimitriou, Executive

Vice PresidentMichèle D. Dominy, Vice President

and Dean of the CollegeMary Backlund, Vice President for

Student Affairs and Director ofAdmission

Norton Batkin, Vice President andDean of Graduate Studies

Jonathan Becker, Vice President andDean for International Affairsand Civic Engagement

James Brudvig, Vice President forAdministration

John Franzino, Vice President forFinance

Susan H. Gillespie, Vice President forSpecial Global Initiatives

Max Kenner ’01, Vice President forInstitutional Initiatives

Robert Martin, Vice President forAcademic Affairs and Director ofThe Bard College Conservatory ofMusic

Debra Pemstein, Vice President forDevelopment and Alumni/aeAffairs

The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing ArtsAdvisory BoardJeanne Donovan Fisher, ChairCarolyn Marks BlackwoodLeon Botstein+Stefano FerrariHarvey LichtensteinRobert Martin+Dimitri B. Papadimitriou+Martin T. SosnoffToni SosnoffFelicitas S. Thorne

AdministrationDebra Pemstein, Vice President for

Development and Alumni/aeAffairs

Bob Bursey, Senior ProducerGideon Lester, Director, Theater and

Dance ProgrammingMark Primoff, Director of

CommunicationsSusana Meyer, Producer,

SummerScape OperaMary Smith, Director of PublicationsGinger Shore, Consultant to

PublicationsEleanor Davis, Media and Marketing

ManagerJoanna Szu, Marketing AssociateBonnie Kate Anthony, Assistant

Production ManagerPaul LaBarbera, Sound and Video

EngineerStephen Dean, Stage Operations

ManagerVincent Roca, Technical DirectorMark Crittenden, Facilities ManagerJeannie Schneider, Business

ManagerAndrea Gross, Community Relations

ManagerPatrick King ’12, House ManagerCarley Gooley ’12, Assistant House

ManagerRoisin Taylor ’13, Assistant House

ManagerNicholas Reilingh, Box Office

ManagerCaitlyn DeRosa, Assistant Box Office

ManagerRay Stegner, Building Operations

Manager

Doug Pitcher, Building OperationsCoordinator

Daniel DeFrancis, Staff AssistantRobyn Charter, Staff Assistant

The Bard Music FestivalBoard of DirectorsDenise S. Simon, ChairRoger AlcalyLeon Botstein+Michelle R. ClaymanRobert C. Edmonds ’68

Jeanne Donovan FisherChristopher H. Gibbs+Paula K. HawkinsSusan Petersen KennedyBarbara KennerGary LachmundMimi LevittThomas O. MaggsRobert Martin+Kenneth L. MironChristina A. MohrJames H. Ottaway Jr.Siri von ReisFelicitas S. ThorneE. Lisk Wyckoff Jr.

Artistic DirectorsLeon BotsteinChristopher H. GibbsRobert Martin

Executive DirectorIrene Zedlacher

Associate DirectorRaissa St. Pierre ’87

Scholar in Residence 2013

Tamara Levitz

Program Committee 2013

Byron AdamsLeon BotsteinChristopher H. GibbsTamara LevitzRobert MartinRichard WilsonIrene Zedlacher

Director of ChorusesJames Bagwell

Vocal Casting ConsultantSusana Meyer

+ ex officio* alumni/ae trustee

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About Bard College

Founded in 1860, Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, is an independent, nonsectarian, residential, coeducational college offering a four-year B.A. program in the liberal arts and sciences and a five-year B.A./B.S. degree in economics and finance. The BardCollege Conservatory of Music offers a five-year program in which students pursue a dualdegree—a B.Music and a B.A. in a field other than music—and offers an M.Music in vocalarts and in conducting. Bard also bestows an M.Music degree at Longy School of Music ofBard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bard and its affiliated institutions also grant thefollowing degrees: A.A. at Bard High School Early College, a public school with campuses inNew York City (Manhattan and Queens) and Newark, New Jersey; A.A. and B.A. at BardCollege at Simon’s Rock: The Early College, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and throughthe Bard Prison Initiative at five correctional institutions in New York State; M.A. in curator-ial studies, M.S. in economic theory and policy, and M.S. in environmental policy and in climate science and policy at the Annandale campus; M.F.A. and M.A.T. at multiple cam-puses; M.B.A. in sustainability in New York City; and M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in the decorativearts, design history, and material culture at the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan.Internationally, Bard confers dual B.A. degrees at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St.Petersburg State University, Russia (Smolny College), and American University of CentralAsia in Kyrgyzstan; and dual B.A. and M.A.T. degrees at Al-Quds University in the West Bank.

Bard offers nearly 50 academic programs in four divisions. Total enrollment for Bard Collegeand its affiliates is approximately 5,000 students. The undergraduate college has an enroll-ment of more than 1,900 and a student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1. For more information aboutBard College, visit www.bard.edu.

©2012 Bard College. All rights reserved. Cover Bohdan Hilash, Meredith Monk, Allison Sniffin, Katie Geissinger. © 2012 Musée du Louvre / Olivier OuadahInside back cover ©Peter Aaron ’68/Esto

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BECOME A FRIEND OF THE FISHER CENTER TODAY!

Since opening in 2003, The Richard B.Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

at Bard College has transformed cultural life in the Hudson Valley with

world-class programming. Our continued success relies heavily on individuals such as you. Become aFriend of the Fisher Center today.

Friends of the Fisher Center membership is designed to give

individual donors the opportunity to support their favorite programs

through the Fisher Center Council or Bard Music Festival Council. As aFriend of the Fisher Center, you will

enjoy a behind-the-scenes look atFisher Center presentations and

receive invitations to special eventsand services throughout the year.

Friend ($100–349)• Advance notice of programming• Free tour of the Fisher Center• Listing in the program

($5 of donation is not tax deductible)

Supporter ($350–749) All of the above, plus:• Invitation for you and a guest to a season preview event• Invitations to opening night receptions with the artists• Invitation for you and a guest to a select dress rehearsal

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Sponsor ($750–1,499) All of the above, plus:• Copy of the Bard Music Festival book• Invitation for you and a guest to a backstage technical

demonstration ($40 of donation is not tax deductible)

Patron ($1,500–4,999) All of the above, plus:• Opportunity to buy tickets before sales open to

the general public• Exclusive telephone line for Patron Priority handling

of ticket orders• Invitation for you and a guest to a pre-performance

dinner at a Hudson River Valley home($150 of donation is not tax deductible)

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John Cage: On & Off the Air!Commissioned by the Fisher Center and produced by the John Cage Trust

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 AT 8 PM

The Bard College Conservatory of MusicSUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 AT 3 PM

Conservatory SundaysConcert performed by the talented students of The Bard College Conservatory of Music, with guest conductor Marcelo Lehninger (MFA ’07)

FRIDAY, MARCH 1 AND SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2013 AT 8 PM

J. S. Bach's St. John Passion

American Symphony OrchestraConducted by Leon Botstein, music director

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 AND SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Works by Harold Farberman and Anton Bruckner

FRIDAY, APRIL 19 AND SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

Works by Richard Wagner

All concerts are at 8 pm and feature a preconcert talk at 7 pm.


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