Bard College Music program (separate from the conservatory)
http://music.bard.edu/faculty/
James Bagwell (chair): choral conducting and history 
Alexander Bonus: music theory & history, early music (cornetto and baroque trumpet)
Christopher H. Gibbs:  music history
Peter Laki:  music history
Maria Sonevytsky - ethnomusicology (Ukraine; gone as of 2018)

Bard College Conservatory of Music
http://www.bard.edu/conservatory/faculty/

Director
Robert Martin (cello; philosophy; since 1994)

Associate Director
Frank Corliss (piano, especially new music)

All the standard instruments

Music Theory and History
Christopher H. Gibbs (Haverford; Bard Festival, 19th c.)
John Halle (composer)
Peter Laki (visiting prof; Bartok)

US-China Music Institute
Jindong Cai
Yu Hongmei (erhu)
Qiang Zhang (pipa) 
Wang Zhou (Shanxi guzheng)
Advisory council:
Chen Yi (violinist; composer; CCM; wife of Zhou Long)
Martha Liao (wife of singer Has Jiang TIAN)
Tan Dun 
Ye Xiaogang (composer; CCM)
Shirley Young (Wellesley; business; piano; donor)
Yu Long (conductor; in China) 
Zhang Xian (conductor; in USA - NJ symphony)
Zhou Long (composer; in USA)

Formerly: Mercedes Dujunco, ethnomusicology

Silk Zither Dreams: A Musical Tour of Old China 
夢迴絲桐：縵遊神州 

1. Song of Auspicious Clouds (卿雲歌; each of the five sections begins with lyrics 
   The lyrics, attributed to Emperor Shun, were used for China's first national anthem

2. Unity of the Great Ming (大明一統; a sort of Ming dynasty national anthem 
   Published by Prince Gong of Hui (or Huifan)

3. Plum Blossoms (梅花) ; short qin song with lyrics by 林逋 Lin Bu 林逋; prelude to: 
   Moon Atop a Plum Tree (梅梢月). (West Lake in Hangzhou)
   
4. Melody of the Fisherman's Song (漁歌調); short song, lyrics by 柳宗元 Liu Zongyuan
   Fisherman's Song (漁歌); one of the great Ming masterpieces 
   
5. Apricot Tree Forum (杏壇; Section 10 is a 琴歌 qin song) 
   Confucius teaches at Qufu, Shandong 
   
6. Riverside Purification Ceremony (臨河修禊)
   Setting for qin of Wang Xizhi's Lanting Preface

7. Li Ling Thinks of Han (李陵思漢) 
   Li Ling in captivity in the Gansu/Mongol regions (North and Central Asia)
   
8. A Male Phoenix Searches for his Mate (鳳求凰; two sections form a qin song; 
   Sima Xiangru seduces Wenjun near Chengdu, Sichuan  

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