Inverne Price Music Consultancy: A New Kind of Training Orchestra for Postgraduate Musicians - Longy School of Music of Bard College

October 29, 2014 Longy School of Music of Bard College forms an orchestra that will face 21st century challenges and opportunities head on  Longy School of Music of Bard College today announced the formation of a unique training orchestra that provides a Master of Music degree, newly approved by the State of New York and is designed to prepare them for the mounting challenges facing today’s orchestra players. The training orchestra, recruited from the finest   postgraduate musicians, will offer advanced orchestral and leadership training and grant a Master of Music degree in Curatorial, Critical and Performance Studies. All applicants accepted into the three-year degree program will receive a fellowship, which includes the full expense of tuition as well as an annual stipend.  Applications are now being accepted. The orchestra will begin performing during the 2015-16 academic year. The orchestra, yet to be named, will be based in New  York City and will have a roster of conductors that includes James Conlon, Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera; JoAnn Falletta, Music Director of  the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Adam Fischer, Music Director of the Austro-Hungarian Haydn  Orchestra and the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; and James Bagwell, Principal Guest Conductor of The American Symphony Orchestra. Bard College President Leon Botstein, Music Director of The American Symphony Orchestra, will assume artistic leadership. The faculty will consist of professors and teachers from Bard College and Longy  School of Music as well as eminent guest instructors. Application Inquiries617.876.0956 x1796 admissions@longy.edu