Experience J.S. Bach’s Magnificat, one of his most joyous and colorful works. Originally composed to capture the magic and wonder of Christmas Day, this performance promises to be full of energy and an unmistakable sense of celebration.

Under the direction of Music Director and Conductor A. Dennis Sparger, The Bach Society Chorus and Orchestra will be joined by soloists Nola Richardson, Kim Leeds, Steven Soph and Tyler Duncan. The concert also features C.P.E. Bach’s Magnificat, offering a bold and expressive complement to his father’s masterwork. 

The final concert of our 25/26 season AURUM could not be more golden than a new commissioned work by Sherryl Sewepagaham and A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms. Rather than a traditional prayer for the dead, Brahms’s Requiem is a personal and compassionate reflection on mortality, offering a deeply moving message of consolation and hope for the living.

Founded in the fifteenth century, The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge is undoubtedly one of the world’s best-known choral groups. While the Choir exists primarily to sing the daily services in King’s College Chapel, its worldwide fame and reputation, enhanced by its many recordings, has led to invitations to perform around the globe, and to an extensive international tour schedule. They’ll be travelling 7600 kilometres from Cambridge to Victoria to perform Mozart’s Requiem with our VS musicians.

Bach’s Mass in B minor stands as one of the greatest achievements in Western music: the summation of a life’s work. Written near the end of Bach’s life, it gathers the breadth of his musical genius into a single, breathtaking composition. From the joyful dance of the “Gloria” to the profound cry for peace in the “Agnus Dei,” the Mass is a journey through awe, devotion, and profound expression, uniting soloists, choir, and orchestra in music of timeless and universal power.

Celebrate the Easter season with a powerful performance of Handel’s Messiah, presented by the Zion Mission Choir. This monumental work  invites audiences on a deeply moving journey through mystery, reflection, and renewal — expressing the full range of human emotion from sorrow to radiant hope and triumphant joy. Conducted by Dr. Stephanie Chung, the concert features the Zion Mission Choir alongside the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Chamber Choir, and acclaimed soloists for a profound musical experience that will leave you in wonderment.

Now a cherished Washington, DC tradition, our annual performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio is as joyous as the ringing-in of the holiday spirit itself, no matter how you celebrate! The Washington Post was inspired to say that this “joyous” telling of the Christmas story shows that the Consort “could go head-to-head with period ensembles anywhere.”

One of the most revered choral works in history, Handel's Messiah takes audiences on a journey of hope and redemption. From the exuberant "Hallelujah" Chorus to moving arias such as "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth," this timeless holiday annual tradition remains a must-see for everyone. 

One of the most revered choral works in history, Handel's Messiah takes audiences on a journey of hope and redemption. From the exuberant "Hallelujah" Chorus to moving arias such as "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth," this timeless holiday annual tradition remains a must-see for everyone. 

One of the most revered choral works in history, Handel's Messiah takes audiences on a journey of hope and redemption. From the exuberant "Hallelujah" Chorus to moving arias such as "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth," this timeless holiday annual tradition remains a must-see for everyone. 

Bach’s cantatas are an endless source of inspiration, comfort and joy. We live in challenging times, and listening to Bach makes everything better. Our program features America’s leading baroque oboist, Debra Nagy, and two renowned Bach singers, Tyler Duncan and Hannah De Priest, supported by the Seattle Bach Festival orchestra. In these cantatas we’ll invite you to sing along in the chorales. Tekla Cunningham and Debra Nagy round out the program with Bach’s beloved concerto for oboe and violin.

Bach’s cantatas are an endless source of inspiration, comfort and joy. We live in challenging times, and listening to Bach makes everything better. Our program features America’s leading baroque oboist, Debra Nagy, and two renowned Bach singers, Tyler Duncan and Hannah De Priest, supported by the Seattle Bach Festival orchestra. In these cantatas we’ll invite you to sing along in the chorales. Tekla Cunningham and Debra Nagy round out the program with Bach’s beloved concerto for oboe and violin.

Celebrating Bard Conservatory’s 20th anniversary and Leon Botstein’s 50th year as Bard College President, the evening features Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with its timeless call for unity, paired with the North American premiere of Tan Dun’s Choral Concerto: Nine, a bold reimagining of Beethoven’s vision through a global lens.

Bard Conservatory of Music marks its twentieth anniversary season with three concerts in October, presented in both Upstate New York and New York City. The first two performances, held at the orchestra’s home in the Fisher Center’s Sosnoff Theater, inaugurate the series with a preview of rare dimension, offering Bard Family and Alumni/ae Weekend audiences an early opportunity to experience this fully formed program in a setting shaped by the Conservatory and Bard’s own community and creative context. The series concludes with a special gala performance concert at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall the following week.

Together, these October programs honor two historic milestones: the founding of the Conservatory in 2005 and Leon Botstein’s fiftieth year as President of Bard College.

Conducted by Leon Botstein and Tan Dun, the program features Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with its enduring call for unity, and Tan Dun’s Choral Concerto: Nine, which receives its North American premiere at Alice Tully Hall. This new work offers a bold reimagining of Beethoven’s vision through a contemporary global lens.

Bard Conservatory of Music marks its twentieth anniversary season with three concerts in October, presented in both Upstate New York and New York City. The first two performances, held at the orchestra’s home in the Fisher Center’s Sosnoff Theater, inaugurate the series with a preview of rare dimension, offering Bard Family and Alumni/ae Weekend audiences an early opportunity to experience this fully formed program in a setting shaped by the Conservatory and Bard’s own community and creative context. The series concludes with a special gala performance concert at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall the following week.

Together, these October programs honor two historic milestones: the founding of the Conservatory in 2005 and Leon Botstein’s fiftieth year as President of Bard College.

Conducted by Leon Botstein and Tan Dun, the program features Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with its enduring call for unity, and Tan Dun’s Choral Concerto: Nine, which receives its North American premiere at Alice Tully Hall. This new work offers a bold reimagining of Beethoven’s vision through a contemporary global lens.

Bach’s cantatas are an endless source of inspiration, comfort and joy. We live in challenging times, and listening to Bach makes everything better. Our program features America’s leading baroque oboist, Debra Nagy, and two renowned Bach singers, Tyler Duncan and Hannah De Priest, supported by the Seattle Bach Festival orchestra. In these cantatas we’ll invite you to sing along in the chorales. Tekla Cunningham and Debra Nagy round out the program with Bach’s beloved concerto for oboe and violin.

The Marriage of Figaro is a witty and fast-paced opera by Mozart that follows the clever servant Figaro as he schemes to outsmart his philandering master, Count Almaviva, on the day of his wedding. Filled with mistaken identities, romantic twists, and sharp social commentary, the opera celebrates love, loyalty, and justice.

Join Us For Ballad Tunes, Jigs, And Reels That Crossed The Atlantic And Traveled Up Through The Cuyahoga Valley To Lake Erie In The Late-Eighteenth And Early-Nineteenth Centuries.

Join Us For Ballad Tunes, Jigs, And Reels That Crossed The Atlantic And Traveled Up Through The Cuyahoga Valley To Lake Erie In The Late-Eighteenth And Early-Nineteenth Centuries.

Join Us For Ballad Tunes, Jigs, And Reels That Crossed The Atlantic And Traveled Up Through The Cuyahoga Valley To Lake Erie In The Late-Eighteenth And Early-Nineteenth Centuries.

The Festival’s second all-Martinů event opens with one of the composer’s greatest choral works. A Czech-language cantata written to honor the Czech volunteers who fought in the French army, Martinů’s Field Mass had him blacklisted by the Nazis. Set to texts by Jiří Mucha, passages from Bohemian folk poetry, and lines from psalms and the liturgy, this powerful anti-war protest anticipates such later works as Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem and Leonard Bernstein’s MASS. Folk poetry is also the basis for Martinů’s Brigand Songs, which use Moravian tales of feudal tyranny to address the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The program concludes with the world premiere of the original French version of Martinů’s one-act opera Mariken de Nimègue (“Mary of Nijmegen”). Based on a medieval Dutch miracle play, and better-known in the later Czech version for which he won the Czechoslovak State Prize for Composition, Martinů’s original is set to French text by Henri Ghéon and features different orchestration as well as extensive original musical material that has never previously been published or performed.

Two of Bach’s most beloved cantatas, BWV 140 “Wachet auf” and 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”, are paired with Telemann’s exuberant concerto for 3 oboes and 3 violins.

Two of Bach’s most beloved cantatas, BWV 140 “Wachet auf” and 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”, are paired with Telemann’s exuberant concerto for 3 oboes and 3 violins.

Two of Bach’s most beloved cantatas, BWV 140 “Wachet auf” and 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”, are paired with Telemann’s exuberant concerto for 3 oboes and 3 violins.

The Johnstown Symphony’s season finale celebrates the strength of this community in overcoming adversity, and the way that beauty and faith guide us forward. Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony is his last symphonic statement, a work that is stunningly beautiful and expressive. Fauré’s Requiem is one of the most beloved choral works ever written – songful, soulful, and bringing us to a place of peace. The central movement, the Pie Jesu, will feature Piper Parlock, a young singer from the region.

“In the beginning…” Drawing on biblical texts from Genesis and the Psalms, as well as John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost, Haydn moulded his gloriously tuneful and optimistic oratorio The Creation. Out of the chaos of darkness emerges light, heaven and earth, plants, animals, and humankind. Sung in English by a stellar cast of soloists and choristers, this milestone musical work from the Age of Enlightenment continues to enthral audiences, as joyful and life-affirming as a walk in a garden.