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.historians who are preeminent in their particular discipline.
Classical Vocal Faculty
- James Bagwell (chair) – choral conducting and history
- Teresa Buchholz – artist in residence, voice
- Ilka LoMonaco – voice
- Rufus Müller – voice
- Erika Switzer – collaborative piano, vocal coach, lyric diction
Classical Vocal Private Lesson Teachers
- Teresa Buchholz – artist in residence, voice
- Ilka LoMonaco – voice
- Rufus Müller – voice
Classical Instrumental Performance Faculty
- Marka Gustavsson – violin, viola, and chamber music
- Erica Kiesewetter – violin
- Renee Anne Louprette – music theory and history, early music, organ and harpsichord
- Blair McMillen – piano and chamber music
- Zac Schwartzman – Bard College Community Orchestra
- Patricia Spencer – flute
- Erika Switzer – collaborative piano
- David Sytkowski – collaborative piano
Classical Instrumental Performance Private Lesson Teachers
- Ryan Kamm – Bass
- Cornelia McGiver – Bassoon
- Raman Ramakrishnan – Cello
- Sean Katsuyama – Cello
- Zack Hann – Clarinet
- Stephanie Hollander – French horn
- Greg Dinger – Guitar
- Bridget Kibbey – Harp
- Renee Louprette – Harpsichord
- Allison Rubin – Oboe
- Renee Louprette – Organ
- Eric Cha-Beach – Percussion & timpani
- Jason Treuting – Percussion
- Blair McMillen – Piano (Classical, Improvisation)
- David Stykowski – Piano
- Isabelle O’Connell – Piano
- Hsiao-Fang Lin – Trombone
- Peter Bellino – Trumpet
- Marcus Rojas – Tuba
- Marka Gustavsson – Violin & Viola
- Erika Kiesewetter – Violin
- Kathryn Aldous – Violin
Composition Faculty
- Thurman Barker – jazz percussion and composition
- John Esposito – jazz piano, theory and composition
- Kyle Gann – music theory and composition
- Erica Lindsay – jazz saxophone and composition
- Matt Sargent – electronic music and composition
- Joan Tower – composition
- George Tsontakis – composition
Jazz (Performance and Composition) Faculty
- Thurman Barker – jazz percussion and composition
- John Esposito – jazz piano, theory, and composition
- Erica Lindsay – jazz saxophone and composition
- Pamela Pentony – jazz vocal
Jazz Performance Private Lesson Teachers
- Ira Coleman – Bass
- Akua Dixon – Cello
- Peter O’Brien – drums
- Mike DiMicco – Guitar
- Steve Raleigh – Guitar
- Larry Ham – piano
- Francesca Tanksley – piano
- Jessica Jones – saxophone
- Eric Person – saxophone
- Greg Glassman – trumpet
- Gwen Laster – violin
- Pamela Pentony – voice
Electronic Music Faculty
- Matt Sargent – electronic music and composition
- Sarah Hennies— electronic music and composition
Electronic Music Private-Lesson Teachers
- Dani Dobkin – Serge synthesizer
Musicology (Theory, History, and Analysis) Faculty
- James Bagwell (chair) – choral conducting and history
- Leon Botstein – music history
- Kyle Gann – music theory and composition
- Christopher H. Gibbs – music history
- Peter Laki – music history
Ethnomusicology and World Music
- Whitney Slaten – ethnomusicology