Fisher Center at Bard

SummerScape 2021

Chair Jeanne Donovan Fisher

President Leon Botstein

Executive Director Liza Parker

Artistic Director Gideon Lester


Black Roots Summer

Curated by Michael Mwenso and Jono Gasparro

Presented in association with Electric Root


Mwenso & the Shakes

Love Will Be the Only Weapon

July 23, 24 at 6:30 pm

Genius Mother Mary

A Sonic Retrospective of Mary Lou Williams

July 31 at 2 pm

The Sound of (Black) Music

July 30 at 6:30 pm

July 31 at 7:30 pm


The Stage at Montgomery Place

Bard College: The Montgomery Place Campus


Running time for each concert is approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.


The 2021 SummerScape season is made possible in part through the generous support of Jeanne Donovan Fisher, the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation, the Advisory Boards of the Fisher Center at Bard and Bard Music Festival, and Fisher Center and Bard Music Festival members, as well as grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Commissioning and development support for The Stage at Montgomery Place is provided by the Fisher Center’s Artistic Innovation Fund, with lead support from Rebecca Gold and S. Asher Gelman ‘06 through the March Forth Foundation.

The Sound of (Black) Music is presented through a special arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein, a Concord Company, www.concord.com. All Rights Reserved.