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.