Professor Mark Russell Smith Works with Dawn Upshaw at Bard and More

Mark Russell Smith (orchestral conducting) led the Bard Conservatory Orchestra in a concert featuring soprano Dawn Upshaw in mid-March 2019. The program included music of Mussorgsky and Samuel Barber, and a tribute to composer Oliver Knussen, who passed away in July of 2018. Smith and Upshaw collaborated with Bard students in performing Knussen’ s Requiem — Songs for Sue. The performance was also dedicated to the memory of Bard faculty member Sanford Sylvan. While at Bard, Smith led conducting master classes for Bard’s orchestral conducting students.