The Jazz Program at Bard College

The Jazz Program at Bard College The purpose of this page is to connect Bard Jazz Program alumnae/i with current students and faculty.

The Jazz Program has a commitment to teaching Jazz as an integral part of the African musical diaspora and historically, as a place where European, African and Native American musical and cultural practices flowed together. We also regard the music as evolving, while becoming increasingly socially and culturally diverse. It is also a technologically inclusive art form that should not be frozen in time. Consequently, our emphasis is on giving our students a strong foundation of basic musical skills, a thorough understanding of the history behind the music, and an emphasis on the individual developing her/his creative process. To this end we combine, theory, history, and technical skills training with a strong improvisational/compositional regimen. Our goal is to teach students to be the creative artists of the future rather than uncreative repeaters of the past. Our students are notable for the uniqueness of their self-expression and the quality of their original music while at Bard and we have been gratified to see the exciting work that many of our graduates go on to do after Bard. Faculty:
John Esposito - Piano, Theory, Composition
Erica Lindsay - Saxophone & Composition
Angelica Sanchez - Piano, History & Composition

Adjunct Faculty:
David Arner - Piano
Ira Coleman - Bass
Kenny Davis - Bass
Mike DeMicco - Guitar, Sight Reading Workshop
Otto Gardner - Bass
Greg Glassman - Trumpet
Peter O'Brien - Drums
Pamela Pentony - Voice, Jazz Vocal Workshop
Carlos Valdez - Afro Caribbean/Brazilian Percussion, Samba School
Bruce Williams - Sax, Flute & Improv

I great student film about the Jazz Studies program at Bard College.
08/09/2026

I great student film about the Jazz Studies program at Bard College.

Welcome to the Bard Jazz Program. Inside Bards most innovative musi...

If you are free,9/8/2026Marilyn Crispell & Angelica SanchezJazz at Bard proudly presents an Evening with two of the most...
08/07/2026

If you are free,

9/8/2026

Marilyn Crispell & Angelica Sanchez

Jazz at Bard proudly presents an Evening with two of the most distinctive voices in creative music, Marilyn Crispell & Angelica Sanchez

6:30pm
Conservatory Performance Space
László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

Tickets start at $60. All proceeds benefit the Bard Jazz Department.
To register: bardian.bard.edu/register/eveningofjazz26

If you are free,
04/16/2026

If you are free,

03/27/2026
06/15/2025
05/15/2025

Congratulations to the American Popular Song Ensemble at Bard College. You all played beautifully!

05/15/2025

Congratulations to the Contemporary Jazz Composers ensemble at Bard College. You all sounded wonderful!

05/15/2025

Congratulations to the Spontaneous Composition Ensemble at Bard College. You all sounded great!

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Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
12504

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(845) 758-7250

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