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SUMMARY:August Bach at Noon
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URL:https://bach.org/event/august-bach-at-noon-3/
LOCATION:St. John’s Lutheran Church\, 37 S. 5th Street\, Allentown\, PA\, 18101\, United States
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SUMMARY:July Bach at Noon
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URL:https://bach.org/event/july-bach-at-noon-3/
LOCATION:St. John’s Lutheran Church\, 37 S. 5th Street\, Allentown\, PA\, 18101\, United States
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SUMMARY:June Bach at Noon
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URL:https://bach.org/event/june-bach-at-noon-3/
LOCATION:St. John’s Lutheran Church\, 37 S. 5th Street\, Allentown\, PA\, 18101\, United States
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SUMMARY:119th Bethlehem Bach Festival
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URL:https://bach.org/event/119th-bethlehem-bach-festival/
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SUMMARY:April Bach at Noon
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://bach.org/event/april-bach-at-noon-2/
LOCATION:Central Moravian Church\, 73 West Church St.\, Bethlehem\, PA\, 18018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bel Canto Spring Concert: A Garden Path
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URL:https://bach.org/event/bel-canto-spring-concert-a-garden-path/
LOCATION:Cathedral Church of the Nativity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270321T160000
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SUMMARY:Spring Concert: A Path of Miracles
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URL:https://bach.org/event/spring-concert-a-path-of-miracles/
LOCATION:Grace Church
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270309T120000
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SUMMARY:March Bach at Noon
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URL:https://bach.org/event/march-bach-at-noon-2/
LOCATION:Central Moravian Church\, 73 West Church St.\, Bethlehem\, PA\, 18018\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270220T173000
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SUMMARY:Greg Funfgeld Family Concert: Harmony of the Spheres
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URL:https://bach.org/event/greg-funfgeld-family-concert-harmony-of-the-spheres/
LOCATION:Da Vinci Science Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270209T120000
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SUMMARY:February Bach at Noon
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URL:https://bach.org/event/february-bach-at-noon-2/
LOCATION:Central Moravian Church\, 73 West Church St.\, Bethlehem\, PA\, 18018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bel Canto Scholarship Recital
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URL:https://bach.org/event/bel-canto-scholarship-recital-2/
LOCATION:Cathedral Church of the Nativity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261213T160000
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SUMMARY:A Christmas Carol
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URL:https://bach.org/event/a-christmas-carol-2/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church\, Bethlehem\, 2344 Center St.\, Bethlehem\, PA\, 18017\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Christmas Carol
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URL:https://bach.org/event/a-christmas-carol/
LOCATION:Egner Memorial Chapel\, Muhlenberg College
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SUMMARY:Bel Canto Winter Concert: For This Joy
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URL:https://bach.org/event/bel-canto-winter-concert-for-this-joy/
LOCATION:Wesley United Methodist Church\, 2540 Center Street\, Bethlehem\, PA\, 18018\, United States
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SUMMARY:November Bach at Noon
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URL:https://bach.org/event/november-bach-at-noon-2/
LOCATION:Central Moravian Church\, 73 West Church St.\, Bethlehem\, PA\, 18018\, United States
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SUMMARY:13th Biennial Bach Vocal Competition for American Singers
DESCRIPTION:Hear some of the nation’s most promising young vocalists at the 13th Biennial Bach Vocal Competition for American Singers on Saturday\, October 24\, at Peter Hall at Moravian University. \nFinalists will perform the music of Bach before a live audience and a panel of distinguished judges\, competing for a $3\,000 career-development grant and the opportunity to appear as a soloist with the Bach Choir in a future season. \nTickets are free! \nGet Tickets
URL:https://bach.org/event/13th-biennial-bach-vocal-competition-for-american-singers/
LOCATION:Peter Hall\, Moravian University\, 348 Main Street\, Bethlehem\, PA\, 18018\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T120000
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SUMMARY:October Bach at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Our Bethlehem Bach at Noon season continues on October 13th at Central Moravian Church. Gather with us for this free concert series\, a musical gift to our community. Hear members of the Bach Choir and Bach Festival Orchestra along with exciting guest artists. Gather with us for this free\, inspiring concert series\, a musical gift to our community. The October Bach at Noon is supported in part by a generous endowment gift from Mrs. Cornelius Ayer Wood Jr. in memory of The Rev. Cornelius Ayer Wood Jr.\, a member of the Choir’s Board of Managers from 1960 to 1977. \nOctober’s Bach at Noon welcomes Dan McCarthy on historical instruments from the viola family and soprano Clara Rottsolk\, a familiar voice to Bach Choir audiences and featured soloist on our recording of Mendelssohn’s version of Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion. McCarthy will perform Bach’s Sonata for Viola da Gamba in G Major\, BWV 1027\, on tenor viola\, and the program also includes Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn\, BWV 152\, one of Bach’s few cantatas featuring the viola d’amore and part of the Choir’s spotlight concert at the 2027 Bachfest Leipzig. \nSOLOISTS\nGerman-born recorder player Rainer Beckmann performs with a large variety of early music ensembles in the Philadelphia Tri-State area. He is a founding member of La Bernardinia Baroque Ensemble and New World Recorders. As featured soloist and guest musician\, he regularly appears with groups including Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra Tempesta di Mare\, Philadelphia Bach Collective\, Brandywine Baroque\, Camerata Ama Deus\, Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra\, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem\, Piffaro: The Renaissance Band\, and Vox Renaissance Consort. With recorder consorts Il Flauto Giocoso\, Landini Consort\, Ad Libitum\, and others\, he has extensively performed in Germany\, the Netherlands\, France\, Belgium\, Italy\, Israel and Brazil. Rainer teaches at Amherst Early Music workshops\, coaches the recorder players of Temple University’s Early Music Ensemble\, and serves as the music director of the Philadelphia Recorder Society. He is a graduate of the Utrecht Conservatory in the Netherlands where he studied recorder and historical performance practice with Heiko ter Schegget\, Baldrick Deerenberg and Marion Verbruggen. \n  \n Praised for his “handsome\, light tone” (New York Times) and “heroic” performances full of “emotional intensity” (Gramophone)\, bass-baritone Brian Mextorf is in demand as a recitalist\, concert singer\, and ensemble performer. Recent seasons have included performances as soloist in Brahms’ Ein Deutches Requiem at Trinity Church in New York and with New Orchestra of Washington\, Mozart’s Requiem at Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall\, Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli and Schubert’s Mass in G at Carnegie Hall\, Messiah with The Choir of Trinity Wall Street\, and Raphael in Haydn’s Creation. A frequent collaborator with Brooklyn Art Song Society\, recent recitals have included Barber’s Despite and Still\, Wolf’s Michelangelo-Lieder\, selections from Eisler’s Hollywooder Liederbuch\, Ravel’s Don Quichotte à Dulcinée\, Hannah Kendall’s Rosalind\, and Jolivet’s Trois complaintes du soldat. Ensemble performances include a tour of South Korea with the American Soloist Ensemble\, as well as appearances with the New York Philharmonic\, New York City Ballet\, Detroit Symphony Orchestra\, Grand Rapids Symphony\, Santa Fe Desert Chorale\, Musica Sacra\, and The Clarion Choir. Other recent solo debuts have included Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater (La traviata) and National Sawdust (AIDS Quilt Songbook recital). A district and regional winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions\, Brian has performed as soloist with Opera Theater of St. Louis\, Virginia Opera\, Opera Saratoga\, The Philadelphia Orchestra\, Richmond Symphony\, and Virginia Symphony Orchestra.  \nDan McDougall is a familiar face in the Bach Choir family\, having been a proud member of Bach Festival Orchestra since 1995. He is the principal bassist of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra\, PostClassical Ensemble\, Washington Concert Opera\, and assistant principal of the Philadelphia Ballet Orchestra. He’s played three seasons with the Santa Fe Opera\, and performs regularly with Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia\, Philly Pops\, Opera Philadelphia\, and others. Eclectic freelancing has placed him on stage with Julie Andrews\, Luciano Pavarotti\, Peter Gabriel\, and The Who\, to name a few. Following his performance of the Koussevitzky concerto with the Delaware Symphony\, Gail Obenreder of the News Journal wrote: “He played the technically and physically demanding work with impressive – and expressive – technique and great delight\, treating the audience to the unexpectedly lyrical qualities of this orchestral foundation instrument.” After graduating from Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music\, he remained on staff and career studies faculty\, most recently as Associate Dean of Student and Academic Affairs. He left in 2018 to focus more on performing and travel – beginning with a 14\,000-mile road trip to Alaska with his Airstream trailer that summer. \n “With a silken voice capable of extraordinary power” (San Diego Union-Tribune)\, soprano Clara Rottsolk’s solo appearances have taken her across the United States\, the Middle East\, Japan\, and South America. She has appeared as a soloist with prominent modern orchestras and period instrument ensembles under the direction of conductors including Grete Pedersen\, Nicholas McGeegan\, Jos van Veldhoven\, Sir John Rutter\, Stephen Stubbs\, Andrew Megill\, and Ruben Valenzuela.  Also dedicated to chamber and recital repertoire\, she performs with ensembles including Bach Collegium San Diego\, TENET\, Piffaro the Renaissance Wind Band\, Colorado Bach Ensemble\, Acronym\, The Sebastians\, Washington Bach Consort\, and the Seattle Bach Festival. Frequently in demand as a festival soloist\, her credits include Carmel Bach\, Berkeley Early Music\, Montréal Baroque\, Spoleto USA\, Winter Park Bach\, St. Louis Bach\, Indianapolis Early Music\, Whidbey Island Music\, and Boston Early Music.  Her solo recordings can be found on Chandos\, Analekta\, MSR Classics\, and independent labels. Committed to supporting future generations of musicians\, she serves as Assistant Professor of the Practice of Music in Voice at Duke University.  \n\n\n \n\nClick the above logo to livestream this month’s Bach at Noon on YouTube. \nBach at Noon concerts are also broadcast live on WWFM\, a long-time media sponsor. This year’s broadcasts are made possible by the generous support of John L. and the late Carol H. Daniel and Arthur Mead Martin. Listen in live at WWFM.org or tune in to a station in your area. \nBach at Noon concerts are also broadcast twice per month on WDIY\, the Bach Choir’s community partner in the Lehigh Valley. Concerts air on an episode of WDIY Classics\, weekdays at 10 AM\, and Hearing Voices\, Sundays at 7 PM. Check WDIY’s website and social media pages for air dates. Listen on 88.1 FM\, wdiy.org\, or the WDIY app. \nSupport the Bach at Noon Concert Series!\nSupport the Bach at Noon concert series with a freewill donation at the concert using the provided envelopes\, donate online\, or text BNOON to 44-321. Contributions can also be mailed to The Bach Choir of Bethlehem at 440 Heckewelder Place\, Bethlehem\, PA 18018.
URL:https://bach.org/event/october-bach-at-noon-2026/
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SUMMARY:September Bach at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Our Bethlehem Bach at Noon season kicks off on September 8th at Central Moravian Church. Gather with us for this free concert series\, a musical gift to our community. Hear members of the Bach Choir and Bach Festival Orchestra along with exciting guest artists. Gather with us for this free\, inspiring concert series\, a musical gift to our community. \nThe September Bach at Noon is supported in part by a generous endowment gift from Katherine S. Merle-Smith Thomas and is named in her honor. \nThis month\, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem is proud to host our 150th Bethlehem Bach at Noon.  For this milestone concert\, the Choir will be featuring Danqi Zeng\, Grand Prize winner of the 2025 Lillian & Maurice Barbash International J.S. Bach Competition. Established in 2019 to honor Long Island arts advocates Lillian and Maurice “Murray” Barbash\, the annual competition welcomes string players ages 16 to 30 from around the world to perform Bach’s unaccompanied sonatas\, partitas\, and suites on modern or Baroque instruments. The Grand Prize winner receives $10\,000 and paid engagements with several distinguished musical organizations\, including the Bach Choir of Bethlehem. The competition gives exceptional young musicians both international recognition and valuable opportunities to share their artistry with new audiences. \n \nCLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DIGITAL PROGRAM \nThis Month’s Featured Soloists\nViolinist and baroque violin specialist Danqi Zeng is the Grand Prize winner of the 2025 Lillian & Maurice Barbash International J.S. Bach Competition. Featured as a soloist across North America and Asia\, her recent accolades include winning Indiana University’s Stravinsky\, Saint-Georges\, and Historical Performance Institute Vivaldi Concerto Competitions\, as well as top prizes in the MASTA and MTNA Young Artist Competitions. \nHer 2026–2027 engagements include appearances with the Washington Bach Consort\, Island Symphony Bach Festival\, Gotham Early Music Scene\, Amor Artis\, and the Bach Choir of Bethlehem. Active in chamber music\, Zeng performs with the Z-G Duo alongside her husband\, keyboardist Benjamin Gittens\, and performs regularly on modern violin\, baroque violin\, and viola da gamba. \nDedicated to education\, Zeng has taught students globally for over a decade and serves as an Associate Instructor in Music Theory at Indiana University. She holds dual master’s degrees from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Zeng is currently completing dual Doctor of Music degrees in Modern Violin and Historical Performance at Indiana University under Mauricio Fuks\, Ingrid Matthews\, and Joanna Blendulf. \n\n\nANIKA KILDEGAARD\, soprano  Praised for her “captivating and sensual” singing (Riptide Magazine)\, soprano Anika Kildegaard is recognized as an interpreter of music spanning centuries\, from Baroque to contemporary styles. Her 2026-27 season includes appearances with The Crossing\, Seraphic Fire\, Alarm Will Sound\, Filament\, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem\, No Exit New Music Ensemble\, and The University of Iowa’s Center for New Music. She is also engaged in residencies at Brown\, University of Pittsburgh\, Western Michigan University\, Haverford\, and Davidson College. Recent highlights include her “highly ambitious\, intellectually rigorous\, superbly delivered recital” (Parterre Box) in December  2025\, presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\, and a Midwest tour of contemporary works with her soprano/double bass duo LIGAMENT\, drawing praise from Cleveland Classical for being “careful shapers of sound. . . and utterly absorbing.” \nSTEVEN EDDY\, baritone\, is an accomplished concert artist and Baroque music specialist who has garnered praise as a soloist and professional choral singer with such ensembles as the New York Philharmonic\, Oratorio Society of New York\, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra\, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem\, Seraphic Fire\, True Concord Voices and Orchestra\, Spire Chamber Ensemble\, The Thirteen\, Variant Six\, Clarion Music Society\, American Classical Orchestra\, and Choral Arts Philadelphia. Mr. Eddy appears on several notable and well-received recordings\, including the live concert recordings of Paul Moravec’s A Nation of Others on Lexicon Classics and David Lang’s prisoner of the state with Decca\, Daron Hagen’s The Art of Song with Naxos\, Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg’s Any of Those Decembers with Navona\, and The Garden: Songs and Vocal Chamber Music of Tom Cippulo with Albany Records. Upcoming performance highlights in the 2026-2027 season include concerts with The Bach Choir of Bethlehem\, Dominick Argento’s The Andrée Expedition with Philadelphia’s LyricFest\, and a staged performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion with The Thirteen at the Washington National Cathedral. For more information\, please visit Mr. Eddy’s website at steveneddybaritone.com. \nELIZABETH FIELD\, violin\, distinguished for her passionate and stylistic playing on both period and modern instruments\, is the founder of The Vivaldi Project whose highly acclaimed recordings of unknown 18th-century string trios titled Discovering the Classical String Trio  are currently available on MSR Classics records. Field has been concertmaster of Bach Festival Orchestra for over 20 years and has performed as guest concertmaster with a wide variety of ensembles throughout the U.S.\, from Washington\, D.C.’s acclaimed Washington Bach Consort to Opera Lafayette. She also performed and recorded extensively with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Field holds a Doctorate in Historical Performance Practice from Cornell University and has held professorships at Sacramento State University and the University of California at Davis. She is currently on faculty at George Washington University. Her DVD with fortepianist Malcolm Bilson\, Performing the Score\, has been hailed by Emanuel Ax as both “truly inspiring” and “authoritative.” Seen and Heard International proclaimed that Field “played so thrillingly that if Mendelssohn had heard Field play he would have written her a concerto too.” For more information\, please visit thevivaldiproject.org\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nClick the above logo to livestream this month’s Bach at Noon on YouTube. \nBach at Noon concerts are also broadcast live on WWFM\, a long-time media sponsor. This year’s broadcasts are made possible by the generous support of John L. and the late Carol H. Daniel and Arthur Mead Martin. Listen in live at WWFM.org or tune in to a station in your area. \nBach at Noon concerts are also broadcast twice per month on WDIY\, the Bach Choir’s community partner in the Lehigh Valley. Concerts air on an episode of WDIY Classics\, weekdays at 10 AM\, and Hearing Voices\, Sundays at 7 PM. Check WDIY’s website and social media pages for air dates. Listen on 88.1 FM\, wdiy.org\, or the WDIY app. \nSupport the Bach at Noon Concert Series!\nSupport the Bach at Noon concert series with a freewill donation at the concert using the provided envelopes\, donate online\, or text BNOON to 44-321. Contributions can also be mailed to The Bach Choir of Bethlehem at 440 Heckewelder Place\, Bethlehem\, PA 18018.
URL:https://bach.org/event/september-bach-at-noon-2026/
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SUMMARY:August Bach at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Our Allentown Bach at Noon concludes at St. John’s Lutheran Church on Tuesday\, August 11th. Gather with us for this free\, inspiring concert series\, a musical gift to our community. \nThe Bach Choir of Bethlehem is proud to announce that its August Bach at Noon concert will feature beloved vocal works by Bach and Schütz in a landmark collaboration with the Triad Emerging Artist Residency\, bringing together ten of the region’s most promising young professional singers alongside the Bach Choir’s distinguished ensemble. \nTriad is a four-day fully funded partnership among Music in the Somerset Hills\, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem\, and Tenet Vocal Artists\, with support from Trinity Church\, NYC. Designed to invest in the next generation of professional singers\, Triad gathers a carefully selected cohort of post-collegiate artists in August for an intensive immersion in Baroque works and new music. This year’s residency begins with two days of rehearsal and coaching at Trinity Church in New York City before moving to Bethlehem for the culminating performance as part of the Bach Choir’s celebrated Bach at Noon series. Participants receive daily coaching\, masterclasses in performance practice and vocal health\, and professional development experience alongside distinguished faculty — all at no cost. \nThe two ensembles will join together for Heinrich Schütz’s luminous Selig sind die Toten (SWV 381) and selections from the Musikalische Exequien (SWV 279–281)\, a work by Johann Michael Bach\, and Larry Lipkis’s Prayer of Saint Francis— written to celebrate the wedding anniversary of past Bach Choir Board President Jack Jordan and his wife\, Betsy. The program also features the Triad singers in Johann Sebastian Bach’s Jesu\, meine Freude (BWV 227)\, one of the composer’s most beloved and demanding motets. Faculty for the residency include Bach Choir Artistic Director and Conductor Christopher Jackson\, Stephen Sands (tenor and Artistic Director of Music in the Somerset Hills)\, and Jolle Greenleaf (soprano and Artistic Director of Tenet Vocal Artists) — all of them distinguished ensemble leaders and practicing singers. \nFor the Triad singers — artists on the cusp of full-time professional careers — the encounter offers something no conservatory curriculum fully teaches: a model of music as community practice\, sustained and alive across generations. For the Bach Choir\, it is an opportunity to do what this ensemble has always done: perform extraordinary repertoire and model what music looks like when it belongs to a community. \nThe August Bach at Noon is supported in part by a generous endowment gift from Ronald R. Miller in memory and celebration of the life and work of Maestro James A. Simms. \n \nCLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DIGITAL PROGRAM \n\nBach at Noon concerts are also broadcast live on WWFM\, a long-time media sponsor. This year’s broadcasts are made possible by the generous support of John L. and the late Carol H. Daniel and Arthur Mead Martin. Listen in live at WWFM.org or tune in to a station in your area. \nBach at Noon concerts are also broadcast twice per month on WDIY\, the Bach Choir’s community partner in the Lehigh Valley. Concerts air on an episode of WDIY Classics\, weekdays at 10 AM\, and Hearing Voices\, Sundays at 7 PM. Check WDIY’s website and social media pages for air dates. Listen on 88.1 FM\, wdiy.org\, or the WDIY app. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nClick the above logo to livestream this month’s Bach at Noon \nSOLOISTS\nTriad: Emerging Artist Residency is a collaboration between Music in the Somerset Hills\, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem\, and Tenet Vocal Artists\, united by a shared belief that investing in emerging singers is essential to the future of vocal music. A carefully selected cohort of post-collegiate artists gathered this week for four days of intensive rehearsal\, coaching\, and professional development\, beginning at Trinity Church in New York City and culminating in today’s performance. We are proud to introduce these extraordinary young voices to you and grateful to the Bach Choir of Bethlehem for welcoming them to this historic stage. \nGABRIELLE BESSE\, soprano   Based in New York City\, Gabrielle is a singer\, actor\, and dancer trained in both classical music and musical theatre. Active in both repertoires\, she is currently part of the Trinity Church Scholar program. Since 2011\, Besse has trained in classical music in France at the Maîtrise of Notre-Dame de Paris and at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional\, performing in renowned venues including the Philharmonie de Paris\, the Philharmony of Moscow\, the Theatre du Châtelet and the Seine Musicale. In 2022\, following her passion for theatre and performance\, she moved to New York to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA)\, graduating with a focus in Musical Theatre. Her work blends classical technique with theatrical instinct\, always rooted in a love of live storytelling. \nABBY BRODNICK\, soprano   Praised by Musical America for her “iridescent soprano” and engaging stage presence\, Abby Brodnick is a versatile coloratura soprano whose repertoire spans Baroque\, opera\, and contemporary works. During the 2025–26 season\, she served as a Choral Scholar at Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City. She recently performed the role of Dagmar in Giants in the Earth with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra\, a performance featured on the opera’s commercially released recording. Other operatic roles include Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld (Opera North)\, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance(Savannah Voice Festival)\, and Souer Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites (MSU Cali Opera Program). Brodnick is the First Prize recipient of the 2023 Camille Coloratura Awards Student Division and holds degrees from the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University (M.M.\, Vocal Performance) and DePauw University (B.M.\, Vocal Performance\, minor in Musical Theatre). \nMARISA CURCIO is a New York-based soprano whose work spans from the late medieval through new compositions. She was recently featured in Saints at a Disco (Prelude) with The New Consort and Gerard and Kelly through The Met Live Arts\, singing both Hildegard and reimagined disco classics. Other solo work this season has included quite a bit of Bach\, which Curcio heartily welcomes: Cantata 51 with Amor Artis\, Mass in B Minor with Music in the Somerset Hills\, and Christmas Oratorio with Princeton Pro Musica. Recent small ensemble work includes a concert celebrating Palestrina@500 with Res Facta through the Gotham Early Music Scene and works by Bach and Gibbons with Music in the Somerset Hills. She is on the core roster of Res Facta and Amor Artis and is a founding member of the Philadelphia-based choral collective Convoco\, which is in its fifth season. She sings with the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir\, the choir in residence for The Philadelphia Orchestra. Curcio is a member of the professional choir at St. James’ Madison Avenue and the Lux Choir at The Episcopal Church at Princeton University. She holds degrees from Westminster Choir College\, where she studied with Tom Faracco. She resides in northern New Jersey with her wife and their cat\, Regina Caeli. \nJASMINE GALANTE is a mult-ihyphenate soprano\, composer\, and producer based in Atlanta and New York. As a choral artist\, Galante has had the pleasure of singing at Trinity Church Wall Street as a Choral Scholar and with Cantori New York\, a group dedicated to performing new and neglected choral works. Choral highlights include performing in Pakui Hardware’s Spores (U.S. premiere) as part of the Performa Biennial\, singing in the ensemble for Yorgos Lanthimos’ short film Bleat at the New York Film Festival\, as well as performing as a step-out soloist on Silent Spring by Laura Schwendinger (world premiere) and Memento Nostri by Calliope Tsoupaki (U.S. premiere). She values the community and connection vocal performance can bring and is excited to continue to hone this passion through Triad Emerging Artists Program. As a composer\, her creative practice centers storytelling and draws from a voice-centered musical language. She recently premiered an opera with Experiment in Opera’s Writers Room (and Hypercube) at HERE Arts Center. Upcoming projects include a piece for counter codex’s Plague Mass. Outside of her artistic work\, Galante is passionate about supporting bold new works and artist-led processes and serves as the new works and community engagement manager at The Atlanta Opera. \nSCARLETTE HORVATH\, alto\, is a multi-genre vocalist from Parsippany\, New Jersey\, and is a graduate of William Paterson University\, having earned her Bachelor of Music in Classical Voice Performance in 2024. She was a four-year member of the university’s auditioned Chamber Choir and had the honor of touring and conducting in Belgium\, France\, and Italy. Horvath has a deeply rooted love for pop music and has also performed musical theatre and jazz. She has performed at Don’t Tell Mama NYC and the Afternoon Music concert series in Summit\, New Jersey\, working with Broadway music director John O’Neill in 2025. Her admiration for Bach is credited to her late professor and beloved mentor\, Dr. Lauren Fowler-Calisto\, who introduced her to Jesu\, meine Freude when she was 19 years old. She recently wrapped up a season as a choral scholar at Trinity Church Wall Street and sings in churches across Northern New Jersey. Horvath is passionate about building a musical presence in the pop and classical worlds and is excited to do so among her talented colleagues. She currently works full time as Assistant Director of Bach to Rock Music School in Wyckoff\, New Jersey. When not on the stage\, she loves travelling and spending time with her partner\, recording engineer Christian Leitner. \nLEAH ROSENMAN\, mezzo-soprano\, based in New York City\, is an avid performer of vocal repertoire spanning from Hildegard to Howells. Praised for her musical sensitivity and passion for collaboration\, Rosenman strives to uplift underrepresented voices in classical music through performance\, administration\, and education. During the 2025–2026 season\, she performed with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem\, the Northern Berkshire Chorale\, and as a teaching artist with the Quintessence Summer Choral Festival. She recently completed her second fellowship with the Spoleto Festival USA Chorus\, performing in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas\, Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor\, and the festival’s choral concert series. As a 2025–2026 VOCES8 US Scholar\, Rosenman performed\, recorded\, and workshopped across the country with VOCES8. Born in Ohio and raised in Massachusetts\, she holds a BA in music from Williams College\, where she studied voice with Kerry Ryer-Parke and Paul La Rosa\, and an MA in music leadership from the Eastman School of Music\, where she studied voice with Katherine Ciesinski. Apart from singing\, Rosenman enjoys working as the Operations Manager for Tenet Vocal Artists\, listening to the music of Buxtehude\, reading poetry\, and spending time with her tuxedo cat\, Jojo. \nKEV SCHNEIDER is a New Jersey-based tenor specializing in early music and small ensemble singing. Most recently\, they have sung throughout the United States as a VOCES8 Scholar\, premiered Gerard & Kelly’s immersive performance Saints at a Disco (Prelude) as a member of The New Consort\, performed as a soloist in Bach’s Mass in B Minor at the Spoleto Festival USA\, and appeared on screen and in the choir in Netflix’s biopic\, Maestro. They are a member of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir under the direction of Dr. Joe Miller\, through which they regularly sing with The Philadelphia Orchestra. They are also a member of Cincinnati’s Vocal Arts Ensemble (VAE) and a founding member the choral collective Convoco. An experienced church musician\, Schneider is in the professional choir at St. James’ Madison Avenue\, at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church\, and many other sacred spaces in the New York metro area. \nART WILLIAMS is a tenor\, pianist\, and interdisciplinary artist currently based in Manhattan. He most recently completed coursework toward an MA in Religion at Union Theological Seminary\, where he studies ritual and performance alongside Latin American history. Williams’ most recent performance credit includes serving as a choral scholar at Trinity Church NYC. Previously\, he worked as a freelance singer in Colorado\, where he performed at Snowmass Chapel\, most recently appearing as a soloist in Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Livingwith the Aspen Choral Society. Alongside his work in classical music\, Williams has devoted his creative energy to training in the Tamalpa Institute’s Professional Training Program in Movement/Dance\, Voice\, and Narrative. Away from his creative\, academic\, and therapeutic pursuits\, he enjoys walks in Riverside Park\, copious hours of sand volleyball\, and reading nonfiction. \nROZIME LINDSEY\, bass\, is a versatile and expressive vocalist specializing in sacred and operatic repertoire. A choral scholar with the Choir at Trinity Church Wall Street during the 2025–26 season and a vocal fellow with The Thirteen in Washington\, D.C.\, Lindsey is a first-year graduate student in Early Music Voice at Yale University. In summer 2025\, Lindsey was selected as a vocal fellow at the Charlotte Bach Festival. Lindsey has appeared as a soloist with ensembles across New England and beyond\, including Boston Baroque\, Arcadia Players\, Newton Baroque\, ARTEK Ensemble\, the Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street\, the Saint Thomas Fifth Avenue Choir of Men and Boys\, and the Charlotte Bach Festival. Recent solo engagements include Handel’s Messiah and Chandos Anthems\, Mozart’s Requiem and Missa solemnis\, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion\, and Schütz’s Seven Last Words of Christ. \nBLAKE WAYMENT is a New York City-based lyric baritone who specializes in ensemble singing\, early music\, oratorio\, and art song\, with a particular passion for the music of J.S. Bach. Recent solo highlights include the baritone arias in Bach’s St. John Passion with the Fifth Avenue Chamber Choir\, as well as performances as a soloist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Mass in B Minor\, Handel’s Messiah\, and the Duruflé Requiem.Wayment will return for a second season as a Choral Scholar at Trinity Church Wall Street in 2026–27\, where he sings regularly with the Trinity Choir. He is also thrilled to be a member of the VOCES8 US Scholars Programme for the 2026–27 season and a roster singer with Seraphic Fire. He additionally sings with Voices of Ascension and the Fifth Avenue Chamber Choir. Wayment holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Brigham Young University\, where he sang for four years with BYU Singers under R. Andrew Crane. Outside of music\, Blake is an avid basketball fan and loves spending time with his wife\, pianist Savannah Rae. He is excited to be joining the Bach Choir of Bethlehem for this performance of Bach at Noon. \nArtistic Director of Music in the Somerset Hills\nSTEPHEN SANDS\, is a 2025 GRAMMY-nominated conductor and tenor for his work as chorus master and tenor soloist in the album Akathist\, by Benedict Sheehan\, recorded in 2023 at Trinity Church in New York City. Sands conducts Downtown Voices at Trinity Church\, which has been hailed for its “incisive\, agile strength” (New York Times). He is the Executive Director of the Antioch Chamber Ensemble\, overseeing international tours and recordings and managing director of Ensemble Veritas\, Harvard University’s professional chorus. Stephen is the music director of Re:Soundings\, a choral music project in New York City that utilizes the vast array of acoustical treasures to bring new ways of hearing vocal music to life. Sands is founder of Music in the Somerset Hills\, where he directs The Somerset Hills Chorus and curates a full concert series and educational programs in Central New Jersey. \nArtistic Director of Tenet Vocal Artists\nJOLLE GREENLEAF\, soprano\, is one of today’s foremost figures in early music. Hailed by the New York Times as a “golden soprano” and “a major force in the New York early music-scene\,” Greenleaf was named Artistic Director of Tenet Vocal Artists in 2009. She sings and directs the ensemble in repertoire spanning the Middle Ages to the present. Her flair for imaginative programming has been lauded as “adventurous and expressive” and “smart\, varied and not entirely early” (New York Times).  She is a celebrated interpreter of the music of Bach\, Buxtehude\, Handel\, Purcell\, and\, most notably\, Claudio Monteverdi. Greenleaf has performed as a soloist in venues throughout the U.S.\, Scandinavia\, Europe\, and Central America for presenters including the Cambridge and Vancouver Early Music Festivals\, Denmark’s Vendsyssel Festival\, Costa Rica International Music Festival\, Puerto Rico’s Festival Casals\, the Utrecht Festival\, Panama’s National Theater\, and in Havana\, Cuba. \nLORETTA O’SULLIVAN\, cello\, praised by the New York Times as “an agile\, eloquent player\,” has played with many of this country’s leading ensembles and orchestras. On period instruments\, these include the Four Nations Ensemble\, Opera Lafayette\, Aston Magna\, Artek\, the New York Collegium\, the Haydn Baryton Trio\, the Classical Quartet\, the American Classical Orchestra\, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. In concerts and recordings\, she has given memorable performances of Bach\, Biber\, and Britten for solo cello\, concertos of Vivaldi and Porpora and Fiorenza\, obbligato cello arias of Caldara and Handel\, and a wide range of chamber music. She recorded the complete Op. 5 sonatas of Francesco Geminiani with the Four Nations Ensemble for Orchid Classics. As principal cellist of Opera Lafayette\, she has performed at Versailles\, the Kennedy Center\, and the Rose Theater and has recorded for Naxos. As principal cellist with the Bach Festival Orchestra and featured artist in 2023\, O’Sullivan performed the CPE Bach cello concerto in A minor\, the Vivaldi concerto for two cellos\, and Sarah Quartel’s Snow Angel for solo cello and children’s choir. In collaboration with Francine Ringold\, former Poet Laureate of Oklahoma\, she set several poems for solo cello entitled “Bird Songs.” \nMORGANN DAVIS\, flute\, is Professor of Flute at Millersville University and Lebanon Valley College. She is an active teacher\, performer\, and writer and a certified yoga and mindfulness meditation instructor. Davis made her Carnegie Hall debut in March 2026 as a First Prize and Judges Distinction Award winner in the American Protegé Competition. She was also a 2024 and 2025 Finalist in the Instrumental Soloist Professional Division of The American Prize. Davis performs regularly with ensembles including the Reading Symphony\, Harrisburg Symphony\, Brandywine Valley Symphony\, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra\, and Lancaster Symphony. She is passionate about helping musicians explore the mind-body connection to improve their well-being and performance and has presented workshops and intensives for flute societies\, universities\, and summer music programs. She teaches Creative Resilience in addition to curating The B-List blog and newsletter. Davis holds degrees in music performance from The Ohio State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison and did post-graduate study on scholarship in Paris and Southern France. morgannelycedavis.com \nKERRY HEIMANN\, keyboards\, has been president of the American Boychoir School and accompanied the choir’s almost 100 annual concerts\, coordinating an extensive international touring and recording schedule. With degrees in organ performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, Heimann earned his doctoral degree in harpsichord and early music from Illinois\, with a minor in choral conducting. His principal teachers have included Charlotte Mattax\, Michael Farris\, and Chet Alwes\, and he received several awards\, including the prestigious Theodore Presser Award and the Pi Kappa Lambda National Honor Society in Music. A widely sought-after accompanist\, conductor\, and collaborator\, Heimann has played at Lincoln Center\, Carnegie Hall\, and Kennedy Center and performed at festivals throughout Europe and North America\, such as the Spoleto Festival and the Festival de Lanaudière. He helped found the Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana and served as producer for Charlotte Mattax’s six CDs of harpsichord works. He has performed at national and regional conferences for the American Choral Directors Association\, the Society for Seventeenth Century Music\, and the Organization of American Kodaly Educators. In addition\, Heimann serves as Operations Manager for Princeton University Concerts\, Director of Music for Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Trenton\, and Rehearsal Accompanist/Assistant Conductor of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem. \nSupport the Bach at Noon Concert Series!\nSupport the Bach at Noon concert series with a freewill donation at the concert using the provided envelopes\, donate online\, or text BNOON to 44-321. Contributions can also be mailed to The Bach Choir of Bethlehem at 440 Heckewelder Place\, Bethlehem\, PA 18018.
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SUMMARY:July Bach at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Our Allentown Bach at Noon series continues at St. John’s Lutheran Church on Tuesday\, July 14th. Gather with us for this free\, inspiring concert series\, a musical gift to our community. \nJuly’s Bach at Noon features music important to both American and our local Moravian histories. Members of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem\, in honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States\, will join with the local Moravian ensemble Unitas to perform J.F. Peter’s jubilant Freudenpsalm\, composed in 1783 to celebrate the end of the Revolutionary War. Peter lived\, worked\, and made music right here in the Lehigh Valley in 1776\, so you will hear a snapshot of the music heard during the year of our nation’s birth! \nThe July Bach at Noon is named in honor and loving memory of Alice Anne Miller. The concert is made possible in part by a generous legacy gift from the Century Fund and from Alice’s sister\, Joan Miller Moran. \n \nCLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DIGITAL PROGRAM \n\nBach at Noon concerts are also broadcast live on WWFM\, a long-time media sponsor. This year’s broadcasts are made possible by the generous support of John L. and the late Carol H. Daniel and Arthur Mead Martin. Listen in live at WWFM.org or tune in to a station in your area. \nBach at Noon concerts are also broadcast twice per month on WDIY\, the Bach Choir’s community partner in the Lehigh Valley. Concerts air on an episode of WDIY Classics\, weekdays at 10 AM\, and Hearing Voices\, Sundays at 7 PM. Check WDIY’s website and social media pages for air dates. Listen on 88.1 FM\, wdiy.org\, or the WDIY app. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nClick the above logo to livestream this month’s Bach at Noon \nSOLOISTS\nSOPHIA SANTIAGO\, soprano\, has performed as a soloist across the New York metropolitan area. She studied with Faith Esham at Westminster Choir College; performing Mozart opera roles Pamina from die Zauberflöte and Susanna from Le nozze di Figaro. Her Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance was completed at Manhattan School of Music with Shirley Close where she specialized in early and contemporary music. Santiago won first place at the Spazio e Musica competition in 2022 and performed a concert series across Italy with early music ensemble I Musicalli Affetti. She was a New York District winner in the Laffont competition of 2022 and studied at the 2023 American Bach Soloist Academy. In 2024\, she sang in the Hugo Wolf Akademie Liedduo Competition in Stuttgart\, Germany. Santiago was the soprano soloist in Caldara’s Missa dolorosa with the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia with which she also performed as Belinda in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in 2025. Recent engagements in 2026 include her solo debut with Opera Philadelphia as a Godmother in the world premiere of Sleeper’s Awake by Gregory Spears. Other endeavors this year include a solo appearance with VAE in Cincinnati\, Ohio\, in Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu nostri and performing Bach’s Jauchzet in allen landenwith the West Jersey Chamber Ensemble. \nOLIVIA PRENDERGAST\, soprano \, with her remarkable range and emotional depth\, has been praised for her “poised and silvery-voiced tone” (Opera Today). In 2025–2026\, Prendergast debuted with Opera Philadelphia singing Delia in Il Viaggio a Reims\, and covered the lead\, Thorn Rose\, in the premiere of Gregory Spears’ Sleepers Awake. Prendergast was a Gerdine Young Artist with Opera Theatre of St. Louis\, where she covered Cleopatra in Julius Caesar and appeared on the main stage as Marie de’Medici in Galileo Galilei. She then joined the Glimmerglass Festival later that summer to cover the title role in La Calisto. During two seasons with the Merola Opera Program\, she was hailed as “the ideal naïf” (San Francisco Classical Voice) – Lucia – in The Rape of Lucretia\, and as First Spirit in Die Zauberflöte. Other lead and featured operatic roles include Margarita Xirgu in Ainadamar\, Romilda in Xerxes\, and Lisa in Dog Days\, among others. Equally expressive in concert work\, she has appeared as soprano soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in Handel’s Messiah and with regional symphonies as soloist in Carmina Burana\, Mozart’s Requiem\, and Telemann’s Die Dönner-Ode\, among others. She also sings with The Crossing\, where she has appeared as a soloist on several albums and premieres. Prendergast has received substantial recognition on the competition circuit\, most notably including second prize in the Midwest Region of the Laffont Competition (2023). \nROBIN BIER\, alto   Praised for her “inimitable\, resonant contralto” (Phindie)\, “particularly moving singing” (Cleveland Classical)\, and “mysterious\, dark hue and sauntering presence” (San Francisco Classical Voice)\, Robin Bier enjoys a varied career of solo and ensemble singing.  She has appeared as a soloist with the Washington Bach Consort\, American Bach Soloists\, Cantata Collective\, Staunton Music Festival\, Choral Arts Baroque Soloists\, and recently created the role of Godmother in the new opera Sleepers Awake by Gregory Spears with Opera Philadelphia. As a professional chorister\, Bier has worked with many of the top ensembles in the U.S. and U.K. and is co-founder of solo-voice early music ensemble Les Canards Chantants\, with whom she has garnered praise for ‘elegant vocalism’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)\, ‘finely tuned vocals\, robust singing\, emotional flexibility\, and sense of adventure’ (Broad Street Review)\, and ‘brilliant and moving programming’ (Early Music America). Originally from Alaska\, Bier holds degrees from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music\, and the University of York in England. She is now based in Philadelphia\, where she teaches studio voice and leads the medieval and renaissance vocal ensemble Critical Mass at Swarthmore College\, coaches the trebles at Bryn Athyn Cathedral\, and grapples with the joyful daily challenge of keeping up with husband Graham and sons Roland and Juniper. \nSAM DENLER\, tenor\, is based in New Haven\, Connecticut\, who performs as a soloist and choral singer around the world. He sings in the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir under Yannick Nézet-Séguin\, is the tenor soloist for Amor Artis\, performs annually with early music ensemble Res Facta\, and filmed a scene with Bradley Cooper for Netflix’s Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro. Denler has been featured in numerous music festivals\, most recently with the Bachakademie in Stuttgart\, Germany\, and in his sixth fellowship with the Spoleto Festival in Charleston\, South Carolina. He is also a skilled professional audio/video engineer for many ensembles across the U.S. Denler has just graduated with his Master’s in Voice: Early Music\, Oratorio + Chamber Ensemble in the prestigious Voxtet ensemble from Yale University in May. Denler’s performances this year included the title role in Handel’s Jephtha\, for which Parterre Box said “His bright tenor dealt handily with the difficult coloratura\, spinning out a lovely\, comforting ‘Waft her angels.’” He also completed a tour of Italy this summer with Haydn’s Creation\, directed by Grete Pedersen. The tour culminated in Rome with a concert of madrigals with Simon Carrington. He earned his Bachelor’s in Music Education at Westminster Choir College in 2019. \nGRAHAM BIER\, bass-baritone\, is based in the Philadelphia area\, where he stays busy as Director of Music at Bryn Athyn Cathedral\, Music Director of the Reading Choral Society\, lecturer at Bryn Athyn College\, Co-Director of the solo-voice ensemble Les Canards Chantants\, and Director of the Bryn Mawr Renaissance Choir. He is an avid ensemble singer\, including appearances with I Fagiolini\, Stile Antico\, and The Crossing\, and also performs as a soloist\, most recently in the Coffee Cantata with the Philadelphia Bach Collective\, odes by Purcell and Mare\, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Berks Sinfonietta. Bier can be heard (and briefly glimpsed) with the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir in the Netflix film Maestro; other recordings include Stile Antico’s The Phoenix Rising (Harmonia Mundi) and Stef Conner’s Riddle Songs (Delphian). Since the pandemic he has served as a chorusmaster with the award-winning WorldChoir. Bier holds a BA in music from Oberlin College\, and an MA in Vocal Studies and PhD in Musicology both from the University of York (UK). \nUNITAS CHORALE serves as the Northern Province performing arm of the Moravian Music Foundation. This choral ensemble was formed in 1996 with the support of the Foundation to provide an opportunity both for the performance of selections from the archival collections and newly written Moravian music in the Lehigh Valley area and beyond. The chorale is a non-auditioned community ensemble that reflects the Moravian musical culture of high-quality musicianship and talents provided by every member of the community. \nKYLE JOHNSTON\, Unitas Chorale Interim Director\, serves as the Associate Director of the Moravian Music Foundation’s Bethlehem Office and is currently serving in the role of Interim Director for the Unitas Chorale. Johnston is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who graduated with a BA in Music Education from Campbell University and finished graduate work on a MLIS in Archival & Local Studies from Pennsylvania Western University in May. With the Moravian Music Foundation\, Johnston leads community classes\, lectures\, and events\, as well as manages the MMF’s archival collection held at the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem. He has interests in history\, folklore\, and ethnomusicology\, and these topics can often be found reflected in his professional and personal projects. \nSupport the Bach at Noon Concert Series!\nSupport the Bach at Noon concert series with a freewill donation at the concert using the provided envelopes\, donate online\, or text BNOON to 44-321. Contributions can also be mailed to The Bach Choir of Bethlehem at 440 Heckewelder Place\, Bethlehem\, PA 18018.
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LOCATION:St. John’s Lutheran Church\, 37 S. 5th Street\, Allentown\, PA\, 18101\, United States
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SUMMARY:Easton Heritage Day Performance
DESCRIPTION:Step into history with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem at Easton Heritage Day as we celebrate LV250 with a special musical event in one of the nation’s most historic cities. \nThe celebration begins with a drum and fife procession leading audiences from Easton Centre Square to Trinity Church for a program featuring music important to both American and our local Moravian histories. Members of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem\, in honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States\, will join with the local Moravian ensemble Unitas to perform J.F. Peter’s jubilant Freudenpsalm\, composed in 1783 to celebrate the end of the Revolutionary War. Peter lived\, worked\, and made music right here in the Lehigh Valley in 1776\, so you will hear a snapshot of the music heard during the year of our nation’s birth!
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LOCATION:Trinity Church\, 234 Spring Garden Street\, Easton\, United States
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SUMMARY:June Bach at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Our Allentown Bach at Noon series kicks off this summer with our first concert at St. John’s Lutheran Church on Tuesday\, June 9th. Gather with us for this free\, inspiring concert series\, a musical gift to our community. \nOne of the world’s most celebrated classical guitarists comes to Bach at Noon this June as Eliot Fisk joins an outstanding quartet of soloists for a rare and unforgettable musical experience. Described by The New York Times as a “Fiery Missionary to the Unconverted\,” Fisk has spent nearly five decades captivating audiences around the globe with a deep commitment to expanding the guitar’s artistic possibilities. The last direct pupil of legendary guitarist Andrés Segovia\, Fisk has built an international reputation through his performances\, recordings\, and acclaimed transcriptions of works by composers ranging from Bach and Scarlatti to Mozart and Mendelssohn. \nThe program opens with several of Fisk’s own transcriptions for guitar\, including Bach’s beloved Suite in G Major\, BWV 1007\, before turning toward the vibrant musical landscapes of Iberian masters through works by Ernesto Halffter and Isaac Albéniz. The centerpiece of the concert is Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s rarely performed masterpiece Romancero Gitano (Romani Ballads)\, a powerful cycle for four vocal soloists and classical guitar based on the poetry of Federico García Lorca. Written in 1951 for Segovia\, the work evokes the sights\, sounds\, and spiritual traditions of southern Spain\, from bustling town processions and religious celebrations winding through narrow streets to intimate reflections on love\, loss\, faith\, and memory. \nThis unique program offers a rare opportunity to hear one of the guitar world’s most influential artists in an intimate setting while exploring music that bridges Bach’s legacy with the rich traditions of the Iberian Peninsula. Fisk’s appearance also offers audiences a preview of next season\, as he will return as the featured Artist-in-Residence for the 119th Bethlehem Bach Festival in May 2027. \nThe June Bach at Noon is named in honor of Dorothy Hess Baker and her mother\, Elizabeth Leith Hess\, both former members of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem. The concert and the participation of featured soprano and alto soloists are made possible in part by a generous legacy gift from the Dexter F. And Dorothy H. Baker Foundation. \n\n \nCLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DIGITAL PROGRAM \n\n\n\n\n \n\nClick the above logo to livestream this month’s Bach at Noon \nSupport the Bach at Noon Concert Series!\nSupport the Bach at Noon concert series with a freewill donation at the concert using the provided envelopes\, donate online\, or text BNOON to 44-321. Contributions can also be mailed to The Bach Choir of Bethlehem at 440 Heckewelder Place\, Bethlehem\, PA 18018.
URL:https://bach.org/event/june-bach-at-noon-2/
LOCATION:St. John’s Lutheran Church\, 37 S. 5th Street\, Allentown\, PA\, 18101\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T203000
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SUMMARY:Let Freedom Sing
DESCRIPTION:The Lehigh Valley IronPigs and the Bach Choir of Bethlehem are teaming up for ‘Let Freedom Sing’ a first-of-its-kind musical extravaganza celebrating America’s 250thbirthday\, coming to Coca-Cola Park on May 27th\, 2026 at 7 p.m. \nThe IronPigs and Bach Choir of Bethlehem have collaborated to bring a choral experience to the community\, uniting over 5\,000 voices from across the region in celebration of America’s 250th birthday. This event brings together adult\, community\, and school choirs from the Lehigh Valley and surrounding counties for an unforgettable evening of patriotic music honoring our nation’s history. \nIn the spirit of America 250\, this celebration emphasizes connection\, pride\, and shared heritage. Each song will be presented prior to its performance providing for the song’s history and introduction. The show will be headlined by the Bach Choir of Bethlehem\, led by conductor Christopher Jackson. The grand finale will bring all participants together in a powerful community sing-along culminating with a fireworks display. Festivities will also include the IronPigs’ signature on-field entertainment. Let Freedom Sing promises to be an example of what’s possible when communities unite in celebration. \nParking for this historic event will be free with gates opening at 5:30 p.m. \nGet tickets here!
URL:https://bach.org/event/let-freedom-sing/
LOCATION:Lehigh Valley IronPigs\, 1050 IronPigs Way\, Allentown\, PA\, 18109\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260511
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SUMMARY:118th Bethlehem Bach Festival
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URL:https://bach.org/event/118th-bethlehem-bach-festival/2026-05-10/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260510
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SUMMARY:118th Bethlehem Bach Festival
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URL:https://bach.org/event/118th-bethlehem-bach-festival/2026-05-09/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260509
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SUMMARY:118th Bethlehem Bach Festival
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URL:https://bach.org/event/118th-bethlehem-bach-festival/2026-05-08/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260507
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260508
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SUMMARY:118th Bethlehem Bach Festival
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URL:https://bach.org/event/118th-bethlehem-bach-festival/2026-05-07/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T170000
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SUMMARY:Bel Canto Spring Concert
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URL:https://bach.org/event/bel-canto-spring-concert-3/
LOCATION:Cathedral Church of the Nativity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T120000
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SUMMARY:April Bach at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Our year continues with our final Bach at Noon concert series in Bethlehem this season. Gather with us for this free concert series\, a musical gift to our community. Hear members of the Bach Choir and Bach Festival Orchestra along with exciting guest artists. Gather with us for this free\, inspiring concert series\, a musical gift to our community. \nHear members of the Bach Choir and Bach Festival Orchestra along with exciting guest artists. Enjoy insightful and enlightening remarks by Christopher Jackson\, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Bach Choir. The April Bach at Noon concert was named in honor of the singers of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem during the 100th Bethlehem Bach Festival Season in 2006-2007\, and all Bach Choir alumni. The concert is supported in part by generous endowment gifts from these choir members and choir alumni who have given of their treasure as well as their time and talent so that future generations of musicians and listeners can enjoy Bach at Noon. \nWe hope you’ll join us our final Bethlehem Bach at Noon of our season as we give a sneak peak of what’s to come at this year’s 118th Bethlehem Bach Festival! Come hear music by JCF Bach (Bach’s fifth son – the “Büchenberg Bach”) that was found in the Moravian Archives. For the centerpiece of April’s Bach at Noon\, soprano Jessica Beebe will perform Mozart’s jubilant motet Exsultate Jubilate in anticipation of our Friday evening\, May 8\, performance of Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor. We will close with O Jesu Christ\, meins Lebens Licht\, BWV 118\, a gorgeous\, single movement motet that you can hear again (but with period trombones!) at the Festival’s Bach at 4 concert. \n\n\n \nCLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DIGITAL PROGRAM \n  \n \n\nClick the above logo to livestream this month’s Bach at Noon on YouTube. \nBach at Noon concerts are also broadcast live on WWFM\, a long-time media sponsor. This year’s broadcasts are made possible by the generous support of John L. and the late Carol H. Daniel and Arthur Mead Martin. Listen in live at WWFM.org or tune in to a station in your area. \nBach at Noon concerts are also broadcast twice per month on WDIY\, the Bach Choir’s community partner in the Lehigh Valley. Concerts air on an episode of WDIY Classics\, weekdays at 10 AM\, and Hearing Voices\, Sundays at 7 PM. Check WDIY’s website and social media pages for air dates. Listen on 88.1 FM\, wdiy.org\, or the WDIY app. \nSupport the Bach at Noon Concert Series!\nSupport the Bach at Noon concert series with a freewill donation at the concert using the provided envelopes\, donate online\, or text BNOON to 44-321. Contributions can also be mailed to The Bach Choir of Bethlehem at 440 Heckewelder Place\, Bethlehem\, PA 18018.
URL:https://bach.org/event/april-bach-at-noon/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T180000
DTSTAMP:20261005T161107
CREATED:20250815T190556Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Concert - Saint John Passion
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://bach.org/event/spring-concert-saint-john-passion/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church\, Bethlehem\, 2344 Center St.\, Bethlehem\, PA\, 18017\, United States
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