The Bard Graduate Vocal Artist Program

  • December 6 - 7, 2025
  • PS21 Black Box Theater

    2980 New York 66
    Chatham, New York 12037
Ticket Price $15.00-$20.00 Buy Tickets
Description

Saturday & Sunday, December 6—7 at 3:00 pm

PS21 Black Box Theater

The Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program presents two recitals at PS21 exploring the American experience through art song and American music: The Heart of a Woman on Saturday, December 6th, and American Tapestry on Sunday, December 7th.

Guided by Artistic Director Stephanie Blythe, the Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program provides emerging singers with the technical grounding, historical wisdom, and artistic freedom to build careers — and voices — on their own terms. From Bard’s Hudson Valley campus, young artists have the literal and figurative space to push boundaries and explore the limits of the classically trained voice in the 21st century. Graduates of the program, now in its 19th year, go on to appear in recital, opera, and concert as performers and creators on the world’s preeminent stages, receiving awards and accolades for their groundbreaking artistry and creativity onstage and behind the scenes.

The Heart of a Woman centers around the idea of womanhood, specifically through a cultural lens, and follows the thread of feminine wisdom and its conveyance. The artists explore what constitutes being an ‘American woman,’ not just through repertoire, but through each of our incredibly varied experiences.

American Tapestry explores the evolution of American vocal music. From early hymns and folk songs, to 19th-century parlor music and contemporary art song, this recital celebrates the voices, styles, and cultures that have shaped America’s unique musical identity—honoring its past, while imagining its future.

Date & Time

Dec 6 - 7, 2025

Venue Details

PS21 Black Box Theater

2980 New York 66
Chatham, New York 12037 PS21 Black Box Theater
PS/21 Inc

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About PS21

A vibrant center for contemporary performance in the Hudson Valley, PS21 “presents work that challenges and invites” (The New York Times): adventurous productions by leading and emerging American and international artists in music, dance, and theater, and visionaries creating entirely new genres. On our open-air Pavilion Theater stage, across our expansive, unspoiled grounds, and in the diverse surrounding communities, PS21 cultivates and presents productions that transcend aesthetic boundaries and revitalize existing artistic languages and grammars. Throughout the year, we host developmental residencies for dancers, musicians, actors, and creators of original, even unclassifiable new work. Rooted in community collaboration, PS21’s programming engages creatively with critical global and social issues. It is a mecca for innovative and original artistic voices, a destination for performance that can be experienced nowhere else in the region. PS21’s Pavilion Theater is a green-energy marvel surrounded by 100 acres of unspoiled meadows, trails, and woodlands that are a haven to wildlife and visitors across the region.  Integrated into our unspoiled campus, the theater embodies our commitments to the public: open, inviting, and optimized for their enjoyment and encouraging citizen expression and participation.

 

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