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The Music Program faculty includes many musicians and
historians who are preeminent in their particular discipline.
College President Leon Botstein, Leon Levy Professor in the Arts and Humanities, is conductor and music director of the American Symphony Orchestra and conductor laureate of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, as well as a prominent music historian and editor of The Musical Quarterly. Both Joan Tower, a four-time  Grammy Award winner and member of the American Academy of  Arts and Letters, and George Tsontakis have received the coveted  Grawemeyer Award for composition.

Classical Vocal Faculty

  • Choral conducting and history – James Bagwell (Director)
  • Voice – Teresa Buchholz (Artist in Residence)
  • Voice – Ilka LoMonaco
  • Voice – Rufus Müller
  • Collaborative piano, vocal coach, lyric diction – Erika Switzer 

Classical Vocal Private Lesson Teachers

  • Voice – Teresa Buchholz (Artist in Residence)
  • Voice – Ilka LoMonaco
  • Voice – Rufus Müller

Classical Instrumental Performance Faculty

  • Bard College Community Orchestra – Erica Kiesewetter, Zac Schwartzman
  • Bard Baroque Ensemble – Renée Anne Louprette
  • Chamber Music – Blair McMillen, Marka Gustavsson, Patricia Spencer
  • Collaborative Piano – Erika Switzer
  • Collaborative Piano – David Sytkowski
  • Early Music – Renée Anne Louprette
  • Flute – Patricia Spencer
  • Harpsichord – Renée Anne Louprette
  • Music Theory – Renée Anne Louprette
  • Music History – Renée Anne Louprette
  • Organ – Renée Anne Louprette
  • Piano – Blair McMillen
  • Viola – Marka Gustavsson
  • Violin – Marka Gustavsson 
  • Violin – Erica Kiesewetter
  • Violin – Helena Baillie
  • Viola – Helena Baillie

Classical Instrumental Performance Private Lesson Teachers

  • Bass – Ryan Kamm 
  • Bassoon – Cornelia McGiver
  • Cello – Raman Ramakrishnan
  • Cello – Sean Katsuyama
  • Clarinet – Zack Hann
  • Flute – Patricia Spencer
  • French Horn – Stephanie Hollander
  • Guitar – Greg Dinger
  • Harp – Bridget Kibbey
  • Harpsichord – Renée Anne Louprette
  • Oboe – Allison Rubin
  • Organ – Renée Anne Louprette
  • Percussion & Timpani – Eric Cha-Beach
  • Percussion – Jason Treuting
  • Piano (Classical, Improvisation) – Blair McMillen
  • Piano – David Stykowski
  • Piano – Isabelle O’Connell
  • Trombone – Hsiao-Fang Lin
  • Trumpet – Peter Bellino
  • Tuba – Marcus Rojas
  • Viola – Marka Gustavsson
  • Violin – Marka Gustavsson
  • Violin – Erika Kiesewetter 
  • Violin – Kathryn Aldous
  • Violin – Helena Baillie
  • Viola – Helena Baillie

Composition Faculty

  • Composition – Joan Tower
  • Composition – Kyle Gann
  • Composition – George Tsontakis
  • Electronic Composition – Matt Sargent 
  • Jazz Composition – Angelica Sanchez
  • Jazz Composition – John Esposito
  • Jazz Composition – Erica Lindsay

Jazz (Performance and Composition) Faculty

  • Jazz Composition and Arranging – Erica Lindsay
  • Jazz Composition – John Esposito
  • Jazz History – Angelica Sanchez
  • Jazz Piano – John Esposito
  • Jazz Piano – Angelica Sanchez
  • Jazz Saxophone – Erica Lindsay
  • Jazz Theory – John Esposito

Jazz Performance Private Lesson Teachers

  • Bass – Rich Syracuse
  • Cello – Akua Dixon
  • Drums – Peter O’Brien
  • Guitar – Mike DiMicco
  • Guitar – Steve Raleigh 
  • Piano – Larry Ham
  • Piano – Francesca Tanksley
  • Saxophone – Jessica Jones
  • Saxophone – Eric Person
  • Trumpet – Greg Glassman
  • Violin – Gwen Laster
  • Voice – Pamela Pentony

Electronic Music Faculty

  • Electronic Composition – Matt Sargent
  • Electronic Composition – Sarah Hennies
  • Electronic Music and Sound Art –  Matt Sargent
  • Electronic Music and Sound Art – Sarah Hennies

Electronic Music Private-Lesson Teachers

  • Serge Synthesizer – Dani Dobkin

Musicology (Theory, History, and Analysis) Faculty

  • Choral Conducting – James Bagwell (chair)
  • Composition – Kyle Gann
  • Music History – Christopher H. Gibbs
  • Music History – James Bagwell (chair)
  • Music History – Leon BotsteinMusic History – Peter Laki
  • Music Theory – Kyle Gann

Ethnomusicology and World Music

  • Ethnomusicology – Whitney Slaten

World Music Private Lesson Teachers

  • Shakuhachi – Elizabeth Brown

Applying to the Program

  • How to Apply
    To apply to the undergraduate Bard Music Program, apply through the Bard Admission Office. Applying to the Bard Conservatory of Music requires a separate application to the Conservatory.
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