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Bard Conservatory and Music Faculty and Alumni/ae Nominated for 2026 GRAMMY Awards

The 2026 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 68th GRAMMY Awards, will take place on Sunday, February 1.

Bard Conservatory and Music Faculty and Alumni/ae Nominated for 2026 GRAMMY Awards

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Clockwise from top left: Lights on a Satellite, featuring Gwen Laster; In This Short Life  featuring Devony Smith VAP ’14; Schubert/Beatles featuring Julia Bullock VAP ’11; La Mer: French Piano Trios featuring Eri Nakamura CPF ’15. 
A Bard College Music Program faculty member and three Conservatory of Music alumni/ae have been nominated for the 2026 GRAMMY Awards. Gwen Laster, visiting artist in residence, is nominated in the category of Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for Lights on a Satellite recorded with Sun Ra Arkestra. Devony Smith VAP ’14, is nominated in the category of Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for her album In This Short Life with pianist Danny Zelibor. Julia Bullock VAP ’11, is also a featured artist on the album Schubert/Beatles, nominated in the same category. Eri Nakamura CPF ’15, a member of the Neave Trio, is nominated in the category of Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for their album, La Mer: French Piano Trios. The 2026 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 68th GRAMMY Awards, will take place on Sunday, February 1 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. 

The Bard College campus is awash in music—by all accounts, one of the school’s most distinctive features. The Music Program, one of the largest programs on campus, provides a wide range of musical concentrations, and the Bard Conservatory aims to provide the best possible preparation for a person dedicated to a life immersed in the creation and performance of music.
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Post Date: 11-25-2025
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New York Times Reports on Bard College’s Efforts to Free Ali Faqirzada ’28

“If you stand for the truth and for learning and all the virtues of a serious education and an examined life and you believe in the idea of justice, you have to act,” said President Leon Botstein.

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Kenneth S. Stern ’75, seated, speaking into a microphone, wearing a black suit and maroon tie.

Kenneth Stern ’75, Director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, Spoke About Anti-Semitism, Free Speech, and American Universities on College Matters

“We want to make you critical thinkers. We want to encourage you to try on ideas,” Stern said.

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  • Jessica Mah SR ’06, Simon’s Rock Alumna, Profiled in the San Francisco Examiner
  • Rashanna James-Frison BHSEC ’25 Is Raising Money to Give 1,000 Copies of Her Poetry Book to 8th Graders in Newark
  • Arthur Tress ’62 Talked Cruising, Poetic Documentary, and His New Book of Photography, The Ramble, with Interview
  • “Maps” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, with Bard Alum Nick Zinner ’96, Makes Rolling Stone List of Greatest Songs of the Century 
  • Bard College Alumni/ae Catherine Lamb MFA ’12 and Ben Richter ’08 Collaborate on New Work With Faculty Member Matt Sargent
  • The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry ’99 Wins Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction
  • Former Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer ’95 Spoke at Bard College in First Public Remarks Since Dismissal
  • Bard College Presents Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities Featuring Singer and Scholar Ian Bostridge
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