From Bard Conservatory: Benjamin Hochman Plays Bach and Beethoven
Jul01

From Bard Conservatory: Benjamin Hochman Plays Bach and Beethoven

By Sean Hendrickson I want to preface this review by saying that I do not have any experience with piano, nor classical music in general. I do, however, study music recording and its production, so I will do my best to build my opinion based on those two facts.Benjamin Hochman was born in Jerusalem in 1980, and began launching his music career by studying piano at the Conservatory of the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem. Since then, he...

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Learning New Ways on Summer Days
Jul01

Learning New Ways on Summer Days

By Tanner Sell  Summer Days is a short film from Director Isue Shin that tackles ideas of emotional maturity for a high school student who is just coming of age. We come across these emotions alongside the student firsthand and view, with no words needed, the personal revelations that occur. Isue Shin pushes us to question the fleeting nature of these moments and poses the consequences of putting a box around them with names. ...

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An Interview with a Fig Tree: the Trees Know Best
Jul01

An Interview with a Fig Tree: the Trees Know Best

By Tanner Sell An Interview with a Fig Tree is a short film directed by Adam Hersko-RonaTas that dives into questions of being rooted while having larger aspirations to positively impact as many people as possible. It poses the question, how can we be content in our immediate vicinity when there is so much going on outside of our control?  Adam Hersko-RonaTas utilizes just under two minutes of film to interview a personified fig...

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The Global Search for Education: Youth Artist Domantas Karalius Wants to Show that Classical Music Is Relevant Nowadays
Jun20

The Global Search for Education: Youth Artist Domantas Karalius Wants to Show that Classical Music Is Relevant Nowadays

This month audiences can listen to Bard artist Domantas Karalius perform Chopin’s Etude in B Minor, No. 10 Op

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The Global Search for Education: Hot Diggity’s Danielle Pedersen on Her Senior Thesis and the Tech Trends that Interest Her Most.
Jun17

The Global Search for Education: Hot Diggity’s Danielle Pedersen on Her Senior Thesis and the Tech Trends that Interest Her Most.

This month audiences can screen Hot Diggity, curated by KIDS FIRST! Film Festival for the Planet Classroom Network. 

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