Formed in 2002 by music director James Bagwell, Bard College Chamber Singers is an auditioned choir of Bard students and alumni/ae from all programs of the College. The Chamber Singers have performed with the Bard Baroque Ensemble and in concerts of Haydn’s Mass in D Minor and works by Mahler, Fauré, Kodály, and Baltas. In previous holiday seasons they have joined the Bard College Symphonic Chorus and members of TŌN, Conservatory, and Community orchestras to perform an annual December Winter Songfest.
The Bard College Chamber Singers performed with The Orchestra Now on Mar 4 & 5, 2023; Apr 6 & 7, 2019; Apr 14 & 15, 2018; Oct 21 & 22, 2017; Apr 8 & 9, 2017; Feb 25 & 26, 2017; Apr 9 & 10, 2016; and Apr 1, 2016.