2010 Bach Symposium

February 28, 2010

2010 Bach Symposium

The Boulder Bach Festival presents a free symposium on February 28, 1:00-3:30 p.m. at Atonement Lutheran Church, Inca Parkway. The afternoon will be coordinated by Timothy Snyder and will celebrate the theme of the 2010 festival.

Tthe afternoon will be presented in five 25-minute segments; audience members are invited to enter and leave as their schedules allow, or to join us for the entire afternoon.  Refreshments will be served.  Our distinguished panel of presenters will speak on fascinating and varied topics in celebration of J.S. Bach’s genius 325 years after his birth.

When: 1:00-3:30 p.m.

Where: Atonement Lutheran Church, 685 Inca Parkway, Boulder, Colorado

“Johnny Bach in Avatarland: Immersion and Distance in Music and Liturgy” 
Ronald Roschke, pastor, Grace Lutheran Church

“Balancing Performance and Worship in BWV 82”
Kelly Dean Hansen, candidate, doctorate in musicology. CU

“If We Build It, They Will Come:  Developing and Cultivating an Audience for Bach”
Robert Spillman, emeritus College of Music, CU; emeritus music director, BBF

“Layers of Meaning and Spiritual Longing:  The Motets” 
Timothy Krueger, chorus director, BBF; artistic director, St. Martins Chamber Choir

“BWV 140:  A Masterwork Heard Only Thrice”
Joan Conlon, emerita, College of Music, CU

 

Free and Open to the Public!