Bard College Conservatory Orchestra

Founded in 2005, the Bard College Conservatory of Music offers a unique, five-year, double-degree program at the undergraduate level, integrating rigorous musical training with a liberal arts education. Graduate programs include vocal arts, conducting, instrumental performance, and Chinese music and culture, along with Advanced Performance Studies and Postgraduate Collaborative Piano Fellowships. The Conservatory’s US-China Music Institute, formed in 2017, offers the only degree programs in Chinese instrument performance in the Western Hemisphere. The Bard Conservatory Orchestra has performed at Lincoln Center; toured internationally in China, Russia, Eastern Europe, and Cuba; and, in collaboration with the Bard Prison Initiative, presents annual performances at New York State prisons. The Conservatory enrolls more than 200 students from 27 countries and 35 states.

Members of the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra will perform with TŌN on May 9, 10 & 12, 2026. They previously performed with TŌN on April 6 & 7, 2024; April 6 & 7, 2019; April 14 & 15, 2018; April 8 & 9, 2017; and May 8, 2016.

Bio: April 2026