Repertoire Show-and-Share + Programming Public Domain How-To
4 PD Hours – $20 Registration
Monday, July 14, 2025 • 10am – 2pm
First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem • 2344 Center Street, Bethlehem, PA 18017
Dr. Christopher Jackson, Artistic Director & Conductor, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem with David Macbeth, Director of Music, First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem & Artistic Director, Concord Chamber Singers
Participants will learn about resources and repertoire in the public domain that can be used in concert programming. In addition, participants are encouraged to bring their favorite repertoire for a show-and-share of scores, with participants breaking into grade-level focus groups (Elementary, Middle, and High School). Participants are also welcome to peruse the Bel Canto Youth Chorus choral library as part of the session.
New Teachers Forum
4 PD Hours – $20 Registration
Monday, July 21, 2025
Elementary – 9am – 1pm
Secondary – 12pm – 4pm
Bach Choir Office • 440 Heckewelder Place, Bethlehem, PA 18018
Facilitated by Bel Canto Youth Chorus Conductors
With a focus on teachers in the first 5 years of their career, this group will cover challenges faced by teachers new (and new-ish) to the classroom, including planning and preparation, concert production, fundraising, repertoire selection, assessment, and more. Limited to 10 participants per grade level group.
Tune Up Your Choral Conduction: No-Stress Edition
4 PD Hours – $20 Registration
Wednesday, July 23 2025 • 10am – 2pm
Bach Choir Office • 440 Heckewelder Place, Bethlehem, PA 18018
Dr. Christopher Jackson, Artistic Director & Conductor, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem
This collaborative, hands-on conducting workshop gives participants the opportunity to brush up on conducting essentials, discuss the correlation between conducting and vocal technique, and observe or participate in one-on-one instruction – all in a friendly and no-stress environment. All levels welcome! Limited to 15 participants.
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem is a PDE approved Act 48 Independent Provider.
Bach Chaconne Project
Conceived and directed by Dr. Larry Lipkis, the Bach Chaconne Project debuted at The Bach Choir of Bethlehem’s 2013 Family Concert. The Project was held again in 2015, with its final performance taking place at the 108th Bethlehem Bach Festival. Watch the short film on this page to walk through the process with the ten talented high school participants, including excerpts from their final performance in 2015.
Our 113th Bethlehem Bach Festival will feature a new group of Chaconne Project students, as they present their compositions at the Ifor Jones Chamber Music Concert on Saturday, May 22, 2021. Our Festival Artist-in-Residence that weekend, guitarist Eliot Fisk, has joined the project this season and will perform with the students during the concert.
Interested in learning more about the Bach Chaconne Project, or conducting a similar project at your school or organization?
Click the button below to download the Bach Chaconne Starter Kit.
Bach 101
Enjoy a deeper understanding of the works performed by The Bach Choir of Bethlehem. The Bach Choir is delighted to feature here the work and insights of Carol Traupman-Carr, Ph.D., former Associate Professor of Music and current Associate Provost at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA.
Cantatas
Cantata BWV 1, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Cantata BWV 4, Christ lag in Todes Banden
Cantata BWV 9, Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
Cantata BWV 11, Ascension Oratorio: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen
Cantata BWV 21, Ich hatte viel Bekümmerniss
Cantata BWV 29, Wir danken dir, Gott
Cantata BWV 31, Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubilieret
Cantata BWV 34, O ewiges Feuer
Cantata BWV 40, Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes
Cantata BWV 43, Gott fahret auf mit Jauchzen
Cantata BWV 51, Jauchzet Gott
Cantata BWV 56, Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen
Cantata BWV 59, Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten
Cantata BWV 63, Christen ätzet diesen Tag
Cantata BWV 69, Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele
Cantata BWV 71, Gott ist mein König
Cantata BWV 73, Herr wie du willt
Cantata BWV 74, Wer mich liebet
Cantata BWV 76, Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes
Cantata BWV 80, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
Cantata BWV 82, Ich habe genug
Cantata BWV 102, Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben!
Cantata BWV 103, Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, aber die Welt wird sich freuen
Cantata BWV 105, Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht
Cantata BWV 106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
Cantata BWV 110, Unser Mund sei voll Lachens
Cantata BWV 130, Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir
Cantata BWV 131, Aus der Tiefen
Cantata BWV 137, Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren
Cantata BWV 140, Wachet Auf
Cantata BWV 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
Cantata BWV 149, Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg
Cantata BWV 151, Süsser Trost, mein Jesus kömmt
Cantata BWV 156, Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe
Cantata BWV 169, Gott soll allein mein Herze haben
Cantata BWV 174, Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte?
Cantata BWV 182, Himmelskönig, sei willkommen
Cantata BWV 198, Trauer Ode
Cantata BWV 211, Coffee Cantata
Masses and Mass Parts
The Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Mass in G Minor, BWV 235
Mass in G Major, BWV 236 (Missa brevis in G major)
Motets
Motet BWV 159a, Ich lasse dich nicht
Motet BWV 225, Singet dem Herrn
Motet BWV 226, Der Geist hilft
Motet BWV 228, Fürchte dich nicht
Motet BWV 229, Komm, Jesu, komm
Motet BWV 230, Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
Passions
Other Choral Works
The Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium), BWV 249
Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
BWV 812-817: Six French Suites
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069
Partita in D Major for Harpsichord, BWV 828
Suite in E minor for Lautenwerk, BWV 996
Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1054
The Well Tempered Clavier, BWV 846-869
Johannes Brahms: Op. 29, No. 2 “Schaffe in mir Gott”
Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna
Felix Mendelssohn: Richte mich gott, Op. 78
W.A. Mozart: Mass in C minor, K. 472 (“Grand Mass”)
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