Marisa Maupin, soprano, received her graduate degree from the Royal College of Music, and her bachelor’s degree from Westminster Choir College. She’s excited to be kicking off Bach in the Subways LA for a second year with the hilarious Coffee Cantata. When she sings the line, “Without coffee, I’m like a dried up piece of old roast goat,” she thinks Bach must have been writing about her, personally. Marisa enjoys singing Bach because of the instrumental nature of his vocal lines and their constant duets with the ensemble instruments, and because of the unexpected moments of pure jazz sprinkled throughout his music. Marisa teaches singing and piano in her private music studio in Lancaster, CA.

TIME CHANGE. Now at 2:30-4:30. Performances of various Bach organ works. Organists who love Bach and want to join in playing are welcome!

KPFK’s UNCLE RUTHIE, host of Halfway Down the Stairs, will present a highly interactive Bach program for an audience of all ages. She will be performing with her 100 year old pump organ and her collection of musical instruments will be in tow so that her audience can join in the Bach playing fun!

Ruthie “Uncle Ruthie” Buell is a poet, a songwriter, a music teacher and has been a radio broadcaster on KPFK 90.7 FM for over 50 years. She’s the host of the children’s show “Halfway Down the Stairs” on KPFK. From both Chicago and a farm in Wisconsin, Ruthie has been the creator of art and song and artistic experiences for as long as anyone has known her. She often performs at Beyond Baroque and at various venues in Los Angeles, makes delicious meals for friends and neighbors with lots of butter and cream, and can play every instrument hanging on a wall or placed on a tabletop of her home. Her most recent inspired projects have been a book of poems and the creation of The Poet Tree, her front yard Chinese Elm that invites passersby to sit under its shade, write a verse and pin it to the tree.

Click here to read the L.A. Times article about Uncle Ruthie’s Poet Tree

Students ages 10 – 15 will perform music by J. S. Bach that is included in the Suzuki Violin Method.

The viola students of Gothenburg University, Academy of Music and Drama, celebrates the birthday of J S Bach with an afternoon concert with solos and ensembles by the birthday child himself!