The third year that the faculty members of the music dept. at the College of St. Elizabeth will be performing the music of J.S. Bach. Performances on piano, cello, flute, organ, clarinet and guitar.

Join us for a community-wide marathon FREE celebration of the music and majesty of Johann Sebastian Bach, celebrating Bach in the Shenandoah Valley.

On the Saturday, March 23, 2019, we’ll be celebrating Bach’s birthday from 9 am to 9 pm in the magnificent acoustics of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Staunton, VA,

From sunup to sundown, you’ll hear superb string soloists, renowned organists, guitarists, pianists, choirs, and brilliant ensembles, consisting of both passionate amateurs and polished professionals, performing the inspiring and moving works of Bach, whose “perfectly proportioned structures stir primal feelings that transcend time, place, and creed, to express the inexpressible.” Or, as one philosopher says, “music sets in order what life cannot.”

Check back for more details about our dawn-to-dusk celebration!

Craig Hamblin of Seattle & Joy Novak of Portland will interpret Bach’s “Sonata No. 3 in G minor” — originally for viola da gamba and harpsichord — on double bass and piano. Other pieces include Bach/Gounod’s “Ave Maria.”