Undergraduate Double Degree

Bard Conservatory offers a five-year double-degree program in the Liberal Arts and selected Chinese instruments, including: dizi, erhu, guqin, guzheng, Chinese percussion, pipa, ruan/liuqin, sheng, suona, and yanqin.

Studio instruction in these instruments is provided by world-renowned musicians and educators, in partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) in Beijing.

Master Teachers from the CCOM Traditional Instruments faculty provide lessons using our state-of-the-art HD video teaching studio.

Students also receive weekly on-campus lessons from hand-picked CCOM Graduate Fellows.

Study Abroad at CCOM is offered every summer for in-person instruction with Master Teachers.

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