Longy School of Music of Bard College
Longy School of Music of Bard College is a private
History
Longy School of Music was founded in Boston in 1915 by
The school moved across the
Previous leaders of the school include violinist Roman Totenberg, director from 1978 to 1985, pianist Victor Rosenbaum, director from 1985 to 2001, and Kwang-Wu Kim, president from 2001 to 2006. Rosenbaum's tenure as director saw the establishment of the opera and modern American music departments as well as a growth in student numbers from 600 to 1,200, and in the annual budget from $600,000 to $3.5 million.[4] The current president is Karen Zorn, who took up her post in 2007.[5]
On April 1, 2010, the
The merger with Bard College in June 2011
Facilities
Zabriskie House
Longy's original home in Cambridge is the
The Rey-Waldstein Building
In 1998, Longy purchased a new building at 33 Garden Street to add further performance and practice space as well as classrooms and offices. Originally built in 1905, and renovated by Longy in 2005, the historic structure is now named in honor of
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
The Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, built in 1970, is Longy School of Music of Bard College's primary performance space. Named in honor of Edward M. Pickman, president of the board of trustees from 1955 to 1959, the 300-seat birch-lined hall provides a setting for masterclasses, and solo and chamber performances. The addition to the historic Abbot House was designed by Huygens and Tappe. Its juxtaposition of abstract contemporary volumes of brick and stone, with the historic masonry forms of the Abbot House, has been admired over the decades as a model combination of old and new. The completion of a renovation in 1993 was marked with a concert that included the world premiere of Howard Frazin's Amid a Crowd of Stars.[10] In 2010, Longy undertook another round of renovations to fine-tune the Hall's acoustics, expand the lobby, and create a new entrance pavilion. Over 250 concerts now take place in Pickman Hall each year, many of which are free and open to the public.[11]
Academics
Through its conservatory, Longy School of Music of Bard College offers two four-year undergraduate programs: Undergraduate Diploma, and Bachelor of Music Degree (the latter in conjunction with Emerson College). At graduate level, the school offers two two-year programs: Master of Music Degree, and Graduate Performance Diploma.[12]
Longy launched a fully online Master of Music in Music Education degree program (MM/ME) designed especially for educators who seek an advanced degree without taking time off from their careers.[13]
Notable alumni
Notable former students and alumni of Longy School of Music of Bard College include:[14]
- Elliott Carter (composer)
- Schuyler Chapin (former General Manager New York Metropolitan Opera, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts)
- Alexandra du Bois (composer)
- Ralph Farris (violist, violinist, composer, and conductor)
- Robert Freeman (pianist, musicologist, and long time director of the Eastman School of Music)
- Ashley Hall-Tighe (trumpet)
- Anton Kuerti (pianist, music teacher and composer)
- Noël Lee (pianist)
- Janice Lourie (computer scientist and graphic artist)
- Susana Naidich (singer, musicologist, phonologist, voice teacher, and speech-language pathologist)
- Dmitri Nabokov (opera singer and translator)
- Jean Papineau-Couture (composer)
- Daniel Pinkham (composer, organist, and harpsichordist)
- Greg Sandow (music critic, composer)
- Polyna Savridi (soprano)
Notable faculty
Notable faculty at Longy include:
- Kenneth Amis (tuba player)
- Anne Azéma (voice, early music)
- Laura Anne Bossert (violinist and violist)
- Phoebe Carrai (baroque cellist)
- Jonathan Cohler (clarinetist)
- Pamela Dellal (voice and diction)
- Isaiah Jackson (conductor)
- John Howell Morrison(composer)
- Kenneth Radnofsky (classical saxophonist)
- Jayne West (soprano)
Past faculty have included:
- Olga Averino (soprano and vocal pedagogue)
- Charlie Banacos (jazz and improvisation)
- E. Power Biggs (organist)
- Nadia Boulanger (composer, conductor, and music theorist)
- Sarah Caldwell (conductor and opera company director)
- John Ernest Cook (composer and organist)
- Edward Downes (musicologist and critic)
- Thomas Meglioranza (baritone)
- Walter Piston (composer and music theorist)
- Eric Rosenblith (violinist)
- Peter Serkin (pianist)
- Roman Totenberg (violinist)
- Pacifica Quartet (Visiting Artists in Chamber Music)
- Nicholas Van Slyck (composer)
References
- ^ Longy School of Music (April 2, 2012). Press release: "Longy School of Music Becomes a Part of Bard College"[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ The monumental structure was the work of the notable architectural firm of Longfellow, Alden, and Harlow. In 2004 the building was renamed Zabriskie House in honor of the Chair of the school's Board of Directors at the time, Dr. Adelaide W. Zabriskie, and her husband, Dr. John Zabriskie.
- Boston Globe
- ^ Richard Dyer, Longy School's Rosenbaum To Step Down, Boston Globe, December 9, 1999. Accessed via subscription 21 January 2008.
- ^ Jeremy Eichler, Longy names president, Boston Globe, January 16, 2007. Accessed 21 January 2008.
- ^ Geoff Edgers, "Cambridge music school cuts jobs, seeks partner", Boston Globe, April 1, 2010. Accessed 1 April 2010.
- Boston Globe
- ^ Johnson, Reed (4 October 2011). "L.A. Phil, Bard, Longy launch El Sistema-based music initiative". Los Angeles Times
- ^ Margaret Henderson Floyd, Architecture after Richardson-Regionalism Before Modernism: Longfellow, Alden, and Harlow in Boston and Pittsburgh, University of Chicago Press, 1993
- ^ Richard Buell, A New Space in An Old Place At Longy's Pickman Concert Hall[dead link], Boston Globe, September 14, 1993. Accessed via subscription 21 January 2008.
- ^ Longy School of Music performance calendar
- ^ Longy School of Music Conservatory Programs Archived 2008-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Teacher Education Programs | Longy School of Music". Longy. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
- ^ Distinguished Alumni Awards Archived 2008-01-09 at the Wayback Machine Longy School of Music