{"id":212,"date":"2021-09-16T16:41:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T16:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/conservatory-wiki\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2025-07-13T02:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T02:35:18","slug":"orchestra-studies-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/conservatory-wiki\/programs\/orchestra-studies-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchestra Studies Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/conservatory-wiki\/programs\/orchestra-studies-program\/orchestra-policies-aps\/\">Orchestra Policies: APS &amp; IAP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/conservatory-wiki\/programs\/orchestra-studies-program\/orchestra-policies-undergraduate\/\">Orchestra Policies: Undergraduate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/conservatory-wiki\/orchestra-protocols\/\">Orchestra Protocols<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/conservatory-wiki\/resources-and-guides\/absence-request\/\">Absence Request Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Orchestra Calendars: please check your ASIMUT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/conservatory-wiki\/programs\/orchestra-studies-program\/orchestra-programming-suggestion-form\/\">Orchestra Programming Suggestion Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/16XmxcJvyNKVxweVTqHlkvpzKn9VdLmUoOmxLbL9-w_I\/edit?usp=sharing\">Orchestra Fall 2025 &#8211; Spring 2026 Seating<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/classroom.google.com\/c\/NzY2MDEyNzA2OTMx?cjc=4enobb2d\">Orchestra Music on google classroom<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><b>Welcome Letter from Director of Orchestra Studies Erica Kiesewetter\u00a0<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dear Bard Conservatory Orchestra members (including pianists),\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Welcome in advance to the Bard Conservatory Orchestra! I am the Director of Orchestral Studies. Nicolas Gomez\u00a0 Amin is our assistant conductor and orchestra assistant, Hsiao-Fang is the orchestra manager, and Viktor is the librarian assistant. We are looking\u00a0 forward to getting to know and hearing you. We would like to tell you a\u00a0 few things about the orchestra to help you to\u00a0 prepare for the rehearsals and concerts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First of all, here is the list of things you should bring to Bard with you:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> All black (long) dress or suit or Tuxedo (Please see below for concert dress code)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> White shirt and Black shirt\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Black dress shoes (no open toe)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Folding stands\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Portable stand light\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Tuner and Metronome\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Musician earplugs (important!)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> String players: mute that stays on instrument\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> String players: extra set of strings\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> String players: rehair your bow before you come\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Bass players: your own bass stool\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As always, we have an exciting season planned for the orchestra; you can see below the repertoire for this academic\u00a0 year. I did want to reach out especially to the freshmen and other new players to give you a heads up about the placement\u00a0 auditions. Usually they are held the first weekend of each semester. These are valuable in and of themselves, as you will be\u00a0 taking many auditions in your lives. This can get you more familiar with the process. I will give an audition prep class for\u00a0 first year students during L &amp; T <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(date &amp; time TBD),<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> this will give you an idea of how to prepare for the placement audition.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This coming semester there will indeed be auditions (on Sept 5, 6, 7), except for percussion, which will be assigned. The seatings can be found in Orchestral Training and Rep F25-S26 google classroom as they are put up: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(please use your bard account to access the google classroom)\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/classroom.google.com\/c\/NzY2MDEyNzA2OTMx?cjc=4enobb2d\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/classroom.google.com\/c\/NzY2MDEyNzA2OTMx?cjc=4enobb2d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*in case this class link is not working, you can use the class code (4enobb2d) to find our orchestra training google classroom.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just some details: The auditions are behind a screen to reproduce a professional orchestral audition as much as\u00a0 possible, and to guarantee anonymity. These are heard by a small panel of judges from the faculty, and then those\u00a0 impressions are conveyed to your studio faculty, who confer about the final decision. You are encouraged to get ahold of\u00a0 their comments in the weeks after the audition. The repertoire varies from instrument to instrument; in the strings and\u00a0 harp we tend to have selections from the actual repertoire for the semester. In the winds, brass (and percussion) it may be a mixture or only standard repertoire. Some professors allow for a solo first, some not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please find the audition repertoire at the google classroom:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/classroom.google.com\/c\/NzY2MDEyNzA2OTMx?cjc=4enobb2d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*If you cannot access any google links in your country, you can use this link to access the audition folder before you arrive on campus: https:\/\/pan.baidu.com\/s\/1QPFcCtzk1uMbNDPexqFoww?pwd=bcom (passcode: bcom)\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The main point here is not to fret or worry about this, but to give yourself time to learn the music and do as well as\u00a0 you can. I strongly advise listening to the pieces and even looking at a score online. A good audition shows not only that you\u00a0 know the notes in the right tempo, etc, but that you are showing that you have heard the piece and know how your part\u00a0 fits in. It is more fun to practice that way, too!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the orchestra, APS and Master degree players are here in a special pre-professional capacity and as such will be\u00a0 asked to play a number of projects besides the regular orchestra and chamber music concerts, and that information about\u00a0 this will be forthcoming.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We know there is a lot of information coming at you, and a lot of emails. You will be able to find lots of handy information,\u00a0 and our orchestra calendar here:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/bcom.asimut.net\/<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*please note that all the conservatory schedules are on the asimut system, not google calendar. Please login to ASIMUT to view your daily Conservatory schedule.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please feel free to email any of us with any questions, and see you soon!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Erica Kiesewetter, Director of Orchestra Studies &lt;kiesewet@bard.edu&gt;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Hsiao-Fang Lin, orchestra manager &lt;hlin@bard.edu&gt;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Viktor Toth, librarian assistant &lt;vtoth@bard.edu&gt;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Nicolas Gomez Amin, assistant conductor and orchestra assistant &lt;ng5928@bard.edu&gt;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Here is the rep for 2025-2026\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">October 25, 26<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fisher Center,\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bard\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">October 29<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alice Tully Hall, NYC<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Family Weekend Concert with Tan Dun &amp; Leon Botstein\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Tan Dun The Nine\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 d minor<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dec 13<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fisher Center, Bard<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Concert with Leon Botstein<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Mendelssohn Die erste Walpurgisnacht, op. 60\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Copland Symphony 3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mar 6, 8<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fisher Center, Bard<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Opera performance with James Bagwell and Conservatory Vocal Arts Program\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Puccini Gianni Schicchi\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Menotti Amelia Goes To The Ball<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">April 25\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fisher Center, Bard<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Concert with Leon Botstein<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Toru Takemitsu Quotation of Dream\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Debussy La Mer\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Mahler Symphony no 1. D major (Titan)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b><i>(optional)\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 9, 10<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fisher Center, Bard<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 12<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carnegie Hall, NYC<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Side by Side concert with The Orchestra Now and Leon Botstein<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 R. Strauss Alpine Symphony<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Please check the seating assignments on google classroom: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(it will be updated after the placement audition, please use your Bard email account\u00a0 to access the orchestra training google classroom)\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/classroom.google.com\/c\/NzY2MDEyNzA2OTMx?cjc=4enobb2d\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/classroom.google.com\/c\/NzY2MDEyNzA2OTMx?cjc=4enobb2d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>THE ABSENCE REQUEST FORM\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Absence Request Form is available online at:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bard Conservatory Absence Request Form\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/conservatory-wiki\/resources-and-guides\/absence-request\/\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An Absence Request Form must be submitted and approved by the Conservatory in advance of accepting any outside\u00a0 commitments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>ABSENCES FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any absence for outside professional activities (even very brief periods of time, e.g., auditions, performances, etc.) will only\u00a0 be deemed an excused absence upon Conservatory approval, following submission of the completed Absence Request\u00a0 Form as stated above. We will do our very best to respond to requests as quickly as possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>*Important: <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students should not accept outside professional engagements that occur during the school year\u00a0 without f<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">irst <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">receiving permission from the conservatory.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Rehearsal Dress Code\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">no hats or sunglasses unless you have a doctor\u2019s note or have had Disability Services contact Erica .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Concert Dress Code\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Only black or clear water bottles are allowed on stage, no labels should be shown on the bottle.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Category A\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Black tuxedo <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">with dinner jacket, white shirt and black bow tie, black socks and polished black shoes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Category B<\/b><b><i> (this will also be opera performances dress code)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must be <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ankle length black <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dress (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">no sheath dress<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">with full skirt or black full palazzo pants, tailored leg long black\u00a0 pants, or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">long loose skirt <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(all black long dress or pants must be leg lengthening <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">without <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">any pattern\/ other colors\/ decorations) <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and blouse (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sleeves past elbow, no decolletage, no sheer fabric<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">black hosiery<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, formal black shoes (no open\u00a0 toe).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">OR\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Professional black suit <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">without <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">any pattern\/other colors\/decorations <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(black dress shirt and blazer, black trouser that\u00a0 are leg lengthening and slightly flared silhouette, black hosiery, formal black shoes (no open toe)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">OR\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wide elegant long black pants or long sleeved, wide-leg, black jumpsuit with a black blazer <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(all black long dress or\u00a0 pants must be leg lengthening without any pattern\/other colors\/decorations)\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>No Perfume or strong cologne\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>No sandals or sneakers\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>No skinny jeans, leggings, slit skirt\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orchestra Policies: APS &amp; 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