More than 50 years after Donald Fagen and Walter Becker first met at Bard College, the College’s elite musicians come together for a first-of-its-kind concert celebrating the music of Steely Dan. Featuring a full rhythm section, horns, and background singers, the band will perform a selection of Steely Dan’s high-fidelity hits in exacting detail. Streamed live from Olin Hall in 2023.
Music Program Events
11/24
Sunday
Sunday, November 24, 2024 Bard Baroque Ensemble Bard Chamber Singers Preparatory Division Chorus Graduate Vocal Arts Program Hudson River Brass present:
LA GUERRA DE LOS GIGANTES Spanish music from the 12th through 18th centuries Chapel of the Holy Innocents5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Works by Comtessa de Dia, Pedro Guerrero, Luys de Narváez, Gracia Baptista, Andrea Falconieri, Antonio Martín y Coll, Antonio Soler, Vicente Baset, Joan Cabanilles, Sebastián Durón, and from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
Readings by Giraut de Bornelh, San Juan de la Cruz, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Renée Anne Louprette, director Chirbee Dy and Madelin Morales, mezzo-sopranos Michael Adams and Maria Giovanetti, sopranos Ryan Michki, tenor Richard Kolb, lutenist Sophia Cornicello, harpsichord and organ Tianxiang Ni, harpsichord Enikő Samu, violin David Keringer, recorder Ethan Young, cello Sarah Martin, cello Aleksandar Vitanov, trumpet Luca Esposito, percussion Karen Sullivan, Omar Guillermo Encarnación, Miles Rodriguez, and Annabella Capaccio, guest readers
Free Admission | Open to the Public
Viewable by livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/5KzPMQ8obZ4
For more information, visit contact Renée Anne Louprette at [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/conservatory/baroque-ensemble/
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Chapel of the Holy Innocents
12/03
Tuesday
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 Blum Hall5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Join us for a student moderation concert.
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Blum Hall
12/05
Thursday
Thursday, December 5, 2024 Blum N211, the jazz room7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5 A moderation concert for James Wise.
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Blum N211, the jazz room
12/05
Thursday
Thursday, December 5, 2024 The Jazz Room, Blum N2118:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Moderation concert for Jasmine Caperton.
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5 The Jazz Room, Blum N211
12/06
Friday
Friday, December 6, 2024 Blum Hall7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST/GMT-5 A senior concert by Steve Bonacci.
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST/GMT-5 Blum Hall
Music Program Newsroom
Joan Tower’s Cello Concerto A New Day Featured in Times Union
A New Day, a cello concerto released in 2021 by Joan Tower, Asher B. Edelman Professor in the Arts at Bard College, was featured in Times Union. The work, which began as a commission by the Colorado Music Festival, Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra, was written while Jeff Litfin, her late husband of 50 years, was dying.
Joan Tower’s Cello Concerto A New Day Featured in Times Union
A New Day, a cello concerto released in 2021 by Joan Tower, Asher B. Edelman Professor in the Arts at Bard College, was featured in Times Union. The work, which began as a commission by the Colorado Music Festival, Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra, was written while Jeff Litfin, her late husband of 50 years, was dying. “I was in real bad shape,” Tower said. “So I decided to write. In fact, all the music I've been writing since then is about him.” The concerto, which will be performed by Albany Symphony in Troy on November 16 and 17, contains four movements: “Daybreak,” “Working Out,” “Mostly Alone” and “Into the Night.” The titles are intentionally simple, allowing for many interpretations of a single day, she told Times Union.
Bard will receive the grant through New York State’s Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program, which supports projects at colleges and universities across the state by providing construction and renovation of laboratory and research spaces, the purchase of technologies and equipment, and other investments. It will support the purchase of pianos and equipment for Bard’s László Z. Bitó Conservatory Building.
Bard College Conservatory Receives $50,006 Grant from New York State
Bard College will receive a $50,006 grant as part of New York State’s Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program, which supports projects at colleges and universities across the state by providing construction and renovation of laboratory and research spaces, the purchase of instructional technologies and equipment, and other significant investments. The grant will support the purchase of pianos and equipment for Bard’s László Z. Bitó Conservatory building. The equipment will be available to Bard’s community of students, faculty, and staff, as well as to the greater Hudson Valley community that participates in the opportunities Bard provides for learning, enrichment, and enjoyment. “New York’s colleges and universities are second to none, offering students unparalleled opportunities to learn, explore, and prepare to launch their careers,” Governor Hochul said. “With this funding, my administration is reaffirming our commitment to providing our students—including those at our private, not-for-profit institutions—with a top-tier, New York education with the best possible resources and facilities that will help them succeed inside and outside of the classroom.”
Jazz pianist and Bard Distinguished Visiting Professor of Music Marcus Roberts was a featured artist in the dedication and gala concert held in the newly named Marian Anderson Hall in Philadelphia to honor the legacy of internationally renowned American contralto and civil rights icon Marian Anderson (1897–1993), who was the first Black singer to perform at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, reports NPR.
Bard Music Professor Marcus Roberts Performs in Gala Concert to Inaugurate Philadelphia Orchestra’s Newly Named Marian Anderson Hall
Jazz pianist and Bard Distinguished Visiting Professor of Music Marcus Roberts was a featured artist in the dedication and gala concert held in the newly named Marian Anderson Hall in Philadelphia to honor the legacy of internationally renowned American contralto and civil rights icon Marian Anderson (1897–1993), who was the first Black singer to perform at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, reports NPR. Music and Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin said, “To have exceptional artists like Queen Latifah, Angel Blue, Audra McDonald, Latonia Moore, and Marcus Roberts—themselves trailblazers in their fields—join us for this momentous occasion will make the evening even more special, as we continue to create a more representative art form. We hope that every person feels welcome in our music and in the concert hall, and that every performance in Marian Anderson Hall serves as a reminder of her legacy and as an inspiration.”
New Muse 4tet, Led by Gwen Laster, Wins Chamber Music America 2024 Performance Plus Award
New Muse 4tet, an ensemble led by jazz faculty member Gwen Laster, was awarded a $11,300 Performance Plus grant by Chamber Music America, a national network for ensemble music professionals. The grant will enable New Muse 4tet to record new music, building off of the successes of their debut album, Blue Lotus. The grant will also enable coaching sessions from jazz pianist and composer Michele Rosewoman, helping New Muse 4tet build new works through the lenses of jazz composition and Caribbean folkloric idioms.
Bard Composer in Residence Missy Mazzoli Featured on NPR
Missy Mazzoli, composer in residence at Bard College, performed together with violinist Jennifer Koh for Tiny Desk Concerts at NPR’s headquarters. The two artists, who have collaborated on projects for 15 years, performed a set of pieces composed by Mazzoli and brought to life by Koh’s violin. “Dissolve, O my Heart, the first piece Mazzoli wrote for Koh, spirals out into an emotional journey touched with spasms of joy and grief,” writes Tom Huizenga for NPR. He continues: “Hearing this set, in all its rugged delight, feels like we're eavesdropping on something personal—a fruitful, collaborative friendship between composer and performer that has yielded amazing music.”
Bard Music Professor Sarah Hennies and Alums Adam Khalil ’11, Zack Khalil ’14, and Trisha Baga MFA ’10 Win 2024 United States Artist Fellowships
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Sarah Hennies; New Red Order, an Indigenous art collective whose core contributors are Bard alumni Adam Khalil ’11 (Ojibway) and Zack Khalil ’14 (Ojibway); and Trisha Baga MFA ’10 have received 2024 United States Artist (USA) Fellowships in the disciplines of Music and Visual Arts. Hennies, New Red Order, and Baga are among this year’s 50 awardees, encompassing artists and collectives spanning multiple generations, who are dedicated to their communities and committed to building upon shared legacies through artistic innovation, cultural stewardship, and multifaceted storytelling. USA Fellowships provide $50,000 in unrestricted money to artists across 10 creative disciplines. In addition to the award, current fellows have access to financial planning, career consulting, legal advice, and other professional services as requested.
Sarah Hennies is a composer based in Upstate NY whose work is concerned with a variety of musical, sociopolitical, and psychological issues including queer and trans identity, psychoacoustics, and the social and neurological conditions underlying creative thought.
New Red Order is a public secret society facilitated by core contributors Adam Khalil (Ojibway), Zack Khalil (Ojibway), and Jackson Polys (Tlingit) that collaborates with informants to create exhibitions, videos, and performances that question and rechannel subjective and material relationships to indigeneity.
Trisha Baga is a Filipino-American artist working in stereoscopic 3D video installation, paint, clay, consumer grade electronics, and community performance. Compelled by an interest in what they call “the stuff that makes things stick together,” Baga recombines objects and images into scenarios that address issues related to the environment, technology, and identity.
Representing a broad diversity of regions and mediums, the USA Fellows are awarded through a peer-led selection process in the disciplines of Architecture & Design, Craft, Dance, Film, Media, Music, Theater & Performance, Traditional Arts, Visual Art, and Writing.
Bard College Faculty and Alumna Win 2024 GRAMMY Awards
At the 66th annual GRAMMY Awards ceremony, the Recording Academy honored the 2024 GRAMMY winners. Among them, Bard Composer in Residence Jessie Montgomery won Best Contemporary Classical Composition, her first GRAMMY award, for her composition “Rounds.” Bard Conservatory of Music’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program alumna Julia Bullock MM ’11 also won her first GRAMMY award, winning Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for her album Walking in the Dark. Artistic Director of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program Stephanie Blythe is featured on the album Blanchard: Champion, which won for Best Opera Recording.
Jessie Montgomery’s “Rounds” is a composition for piano and string orchestra inspired by the imagery and themes from T.S. Eliot’s epic poem Four Quartets, fractals (infinite patterns found in nature that are self-similar across different scales), and the interdependency of all beings.
Julia Bullock’s Walking in the Dark was recorded with her husband, conductor and pianist Christian Reif, and London’s Philharmonia Orchestra. The album combines orchestral works by American composers John Adams and Samuel Barber with a traditional spiritual and songs by jazz legend Billy Taylor and singer-songwriters Oscar Brown, Jr., Connie Converse, and Sandy Denny.
The Metropolitan Opera’s recording of Terence Blanchard’s Champion, an opera about young boxer Emile Griffith who rises from obscurity to become a world champion, was conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and featured a cast including mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as Kathy Hagen.
Artistic Director of the Bard College Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program Stephanie Blythe
The GRAMMYs are voted on by more than 11,000 music professionals—performers, songwriters, producers, and others with credits on recordings—who are members of the Recording Academy.
Popular Science Names Pippa Kelmenson ’17’s Bone Conductive Instrument as One of the “Most Innovative Musical Inventions of the Past Year”
“Every year since 2009, a handful of artists, engineers, musicians, and hobbyists from around the world arrive in Atlanta, Georgia, with one-of-a-kind instruments in tow,” writes Andrew Paul for Popular Science. Among them is Pippa Kelmenson ’17, inventor of the Bone Conductive Instrument, or BCI. Popular Science named the BCI, which “emits sound signals to vibrate individual body resonant frequencies to aid hard-of-hearing users,” as one of 2023’s most innovative musical inventions. According to Kelmenson, the BCI “calls for an inclusive and innovative way for users across the hearing spectrum to interact with sound.”
Whitney Biennial 2024 to Feature Bard College Faculty and Alums
Bard College faculty members and alums will be among the 71 artists and collectives selected to participate in this year’s Whitney Biennial, the 81st installment of the landmark exhibition series. Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing opens on March 20. Works by Visiting Assistant Professor of MusicSarah Hennies; Assistant Professor of American and Indigenous Studies, Distinguished Artist in Residence in Studio Arts, and Bard MFA Faculty in Music/Sound KiteMFA ’18;andBard MFA Faculty in Sculpture Lotus Laurie Kang MFA ’15 will be featured alongside those by alums Diane Severin Nguyen MFA ’20, Carolyn Lazard ’10, and Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio ’12. The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College graduate Min Sun Jeon CCS ’22 helped to organize the exhibition.
The 2024 Whitney Biennial is organized by Chrissie Iles (Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Curator) and Meg Onli (Curator at Large), with Min Sun Jeon CCS ’22 and Beatriz Cifuentes. The performance program is organized by Iles and Onli, with guest curator Taja Cheek. The film program is organized by Iles and Onli, with guest curators Korakrit Arunanondchai, asinnajaq, Greg de Cuir Jr, and Zackary Drucker.
“After finalizing the list of artists last summer, we have built a thematic Biennial that focuses on the ideas of ‘the real,’” write the curators. “Society is at an inflection point around this notion, in part brought on by artificial intelligence challenging what we consider to be real, as well as critical discussions about identity. Many of the artists presenting works—including via robust performance and film programs—explore the fluidity of identity and form, historical and current land stewardship, and concepts of embodiment, among other urgent throughlines, and we are inspired by the work they are creating and sharing.”
Blum Hall7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Works by Anonymous (“Willow Song” from Othello) Blues Michael Gordon F. J. Haydn W. A. Mozart Astor Piazzolla G. P. Telemann Performed by 7:30 PM Clemens Henning, flute; Hanson Shang, marimba Cristian Zavela, 5 tuned drums Caleb Carman, piano Havvah Keller, flute; Freddy Coronel, guitar; Isabel Lagunes, cello Ivan Tamayo, Leo Belsky, guitars Niall Ransford, Nicole Hazan, Finn O’Rourke, guitars assisted by Peter Laki, baritone; Patricia Spencer, piano
Music Program events are now open to fully vaccinated members of the community. All visitors must register and demonstrate proof of vaccination in advance and wear a mask in any indoor campus setting
Bard Hall1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST/GMT-5 As we readjust to human social life after the worst of the plague, Professor Rufus Müller’s Performance Class presents a brief concert of songs about mammals, birds, insects and fish, with settings by Barber, Chausson, Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Hahn, Debussy, and Poulenc.
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Blum Hall8:30 pm – 9:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Olin Hall8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Root Cellar8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Works by Richard Teitelbaum, Kaija Saariaho, Matt Sargent, Jonah Knapp-Wilson ‘22, and Paula Matthusen Bitó Conservatory Building7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Music reflecting on the natural world, ranging from the field recordings of Richard Teitelbaum's “Threshold Music,” the pastoral reflections of Saariaho's cello opus, “Sept Papillons,” to the study of resonances heard within a New York City aqueduct system by Paula Matthusen in “Ontology of Echo,” these pieces reveal the potential for musicality surrounding the listener in daily life.
Curated in conjunction with the Bard electronic music program, directed by Matt Sargent, many of the pieces feature live electronics, including a new work for ensemble and electronics by Jonah Knapp-Wilson (Bard '22).
Bard Conservatory events are now open to fully vaccinated members of the community. All visitors who are not Bard students, faculty, or staff must register and demonstrate proof of vaccination in advance and wear a mask in any indoor campus setting Register to attend here - https://forms.gle/yGHSncyESFCqF8489
Program: Richard Teitelbaum - Threshold Music (1974), performed by students/faculty from Bard electronic music program Kaija Saariaho - Sept Papillons (2000), with Lily Moerschel, cello Paula Matthusen - Forgiveness Anthems (2010), with Rea Ábel, flute Jonah Knapp-Wilson, '22 - (new work, 2021) Paula Matthusen - Ontology of an Echo (2013) Matt Sargent - Songs, Clouds (2020), with Isabelle O'Connell, piano
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Fisher Center, Resnick Theater Studio7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
the Jazz Room, Blum N2118:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Monday, December 6, 2021
Blum Hall8:30 pm – 9:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Sunday, December 5, 2021
Winter Concert Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST/GMT-5 The Chinese Ensemble returns to live concerts at Bard with an exciting program for mixed Chinese and Western instruments, especially arranged for the ensemble by conductor Chen Tao.
Bard Conservatory events are now open to fully vaccinated members of the community. All visitors must register and demonstrate proof of vaccination in advance and wear a mask in any indoor campus setting.
PROGRAM Good Friends 阿西里西 by Zhu Yi, Arr. by Chen Tao Autumn Thoughts 秋思 – 古琴与乐队 by Chen Tao & Liu Li Little Boat 小行舟 Folk Music, Arr. by Chen Tao Song of Flower & Drum 花香鼓舞 by Shang Yi, Arr. by Chen Tao Buddha in the Temple 佛上殿 Classical Music, Arr. by Chen Tao Hometown Ballad 乡谣 by Cao Wen-Gong, Arr. by Chen Tao
Plus selected chamber pieces for small ensemble. ABOUT THE ENSEMBLE
The Bard Chinese Ensemble is mainly composed of the Conservatory’s Chinese instrument majors, along with various students of Western instruments joining each semester, depending on the repertoire. With increased enrollment in Chinese instrument majors each year since 2018, this year the Ensemble is composed of nearly 20 musicians.
Conductor and arranger Chen Tao is a dizi (bamboo flute) master and the artistic director of Melody of Dragon, an educational and performing arts organization in New York City focusing on traditional Chinese music. Chen Tao studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and has been teaching and performing in the New York area for nearly 30 years.
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Blum Hall8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST/GMT-5 Bard Conservatory events are now open to fully vaccinated members of the community. All visitors must register and demonstrate proof of vaccination in advance and wear a mask in any indoor campus setting
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Stage8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EST/GMT-5 George Bizet Symphony in C (1855) Antonin Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 (1885)Sponsored by: Bard College Community Orchestra.
Music Program events are now open to fully vaccinated members of the community. All visitors must register and demonstrate proof of vaccination in advance and wear a mask in any indoor campus setting Register to attend here - https://forms.gle/YHNerDGd1QkrrxaC6
Monday, November 22, 2021
A Night On Broadway Memorial Hall (Old Gym)6:30 pm – 7:30 pm EST/GMT-5 Come join me as I celebrate the return of live (musical) theatre for my first concert as part of the Bard College Music Program senior project requirement!!! An hour long set of musical theater sung by amazing singer friends. Limited seating capacity. Masks must be worn at all times.
Sunday, November 21, 2021
Olin Hall5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5 For any non-Bard visitors and guests, please complete the Concert Vaccine registration form here: https://forms.gle/HCVJGs2PxtuhxKJ89
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Olin Hall6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Olin Hall7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Music Program events are now open to fully vaccinated members of the community. All visitors must register and demonstrate proof of vaccination in advance and wear a mask in any indoor campus setting Register to attend here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18unuAeKF4c-6zjZjCjOpD0efFz6HeXSGR1PdCh9PkK8/edit
Monday, November 15, 2021
Blum Hall8:00 pm – 10:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Friday, November 12, 2021
Bard Hall5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Sunday, November 7, 2021
Featuring two French composers plus two American composers who studied with Nadia Boulanger Online Event4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Program: Thea Musgrave (b. 1928), Primavera (1971) soprano and flute Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St. Georges, Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 1a, No. 1 flute and piano Maurice Duruflé, Prélude, Récitatif et Variations flute, viola, and piano Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Quartet in D Major, Wq 94 flute, viola, and piano Aaron Copland, Duo for Flute and Piano (1971)
Saturday, November 6, 2021
Blum Hall7:30 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 Bent Duo, a New York-based piano and percussion duo of David Friend and Bill Solomon, perform new work by Bard electronic music faculty Matt Sargent and Sarah Hennies, as well as a premiere of a new composition by Bard alum Meghan Mercier.
David Friend has been hailed as “astonishingly compelling” (Washington Post), “spooky precision” (The Times of London), “[one] of the finest, busiest pianists active in New York’s contemporary-classical scene” (The New York Times). Bill Solomon has been called a "fine soloist" (NY Times) and "a stand out" (The Boston Globe).
Bent Duo will also give a talk about their public art projects (including Ramble, installed in Central Park in 2019) at 3 PM on Sat. 11/6 in Blum N119. Students, faculty, and Bard community members are welcome to attend the talk and concert.
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Chapel of the Holy Innocents5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Info session with Music Program faculty and staff.
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Bard Hall6:30 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Bito CPS3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Blum courtyard5:30 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Friday, May 14, 2021
Handel Aria Project 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 HANDEL ARIA PROJECT Bard Baroque Ensemble Renée Anne Louprette, Director
Graduate Vocal Arts Program Bard College Conservatory Stephanie Blythe, Artistic Director Kayo Iwama, Associate Director
The HANDEL ARIA PROJECT features a selection of George Frideric Handel’s most exquisite and beloved arias from his operas Rodelinda and Giulio Cesare. Graduate students and faculty members from Bard College Conservatory’s Vocal Arts Program join the Bard Baroque Ensemble under the direction of Renée Anne Louprette to present these works in video-recorded performances captured throughout the Spring 2021 academic semester. The program will be framed by movements from Handel’s Organ Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 and Trio Sonata, Op. 2, No. 4.
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 Featuring the east coast premier of Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate's "Chokfi’" and works of Bach, Sibelius, Shostokovich, and Andriessen.
Friday, May 7, 2021
Online Event7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 Program: Sonata in E minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 38 (1865) Allegro non troppo Allegretto quasi Menuetto Allegro
Sonata in F major for Cello and Piano, Op. 99 (1886) Allegro vivace Adagio affettuoso Allegro passionato Allegro molto
Online Event3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST/GMT-5 The Caribbean Students Association invites the Bard community to join a virtual live screening and panel discussion of the newest Jamaican Dancehall documentary, Out There Without Fear, by Bard student Joelle Powe. This is a multidisciplinary cross-cultural experience expanding into gender and sexuality studies, philosophy, theater, film, anthropology, sociology, music, Africana studies, history, preservation, and religion through the study of dance.
Day 1: Panel Discussion – February 19 from 1 pm to 3 pm EST Meet with the filmmaker and panelists calling in from Kingston, Jamaica. Musicologist Herbie Miller, iconic dancer Kool Kid, and internationally renowned choreographer Latonya Style want to answer your questions! The panel will be moderated by the documentarian, Joelle Powe.
Day 2: Dance Workshop – February 20 from 3 pm to 4 pm EST Dance with two award-winning Dancehall celebrities, Kool Kid and Latonya Style.
Art . . . Dance . . . Classism . . . Violence . . . Sexuality . . . Homophobia . . . The Church . . . The Empowerment of Women . . . Blackness
Friday, February 19, 2021
Online Event1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST/GMT-5 The Caribbean Students Association invites the Bard community to join a virtual live screening and panel discussion of the newest Jamaican Dancehall documentary, Out There Without Fear, by Bard student Joelle Powe. This is a multidisciplinary cross-cultural experience expanding into gender and sexuality studies, philosophy, theater, film, anthropology, sociology, music, Africana studies, history, preservation, and religion through the study of dance.
Day 1: Panel Discussion – February 19 from 1 pm to 3 pm EST Meet with the filmmaker and panelists calling in from Kingston, Jamaica. Musicologist Herbie Miller, iconic dancer Kool Kid, and internationally renowned choreographer Latonya Style want to answer your questions! The panel will be moderated by the documentarian, Joelle Powe.
Day 2: Dance Workshop – February 20 from 3 pm to 4 pm EST Dance with two award-winning Dancehall celebrities, Kool Kid and Latonya Style.
