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Artistic Director: |
Choir director, organist, and composer Richard Webster, who helped launch Bach Week Festival in 1974 and was its music director for the next 50 seasons, will serve in the same capacity with Bach in the City.
Webster’s artistic partner in the new venture is Robert Beatty, St. Vincent de Paul’s director of music and community development, who spearheaded the collaboration between the church and the new organization. He has also joined Bach in the City’s board. |
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History & Mission: |
The former Bach Week Festival in Evanston, Illinois, which concluded its half-century run in May 2024, has spawned Bach in the City, with an inaugural concert scheduled for 7:30 p.m. March 21, 2025, at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, its home venue.
The March debut concert, described as a pilot project to gauge audience and donor interest, will feature works for chorus and brass ensemble by German Baroque composer J.S. Bach and Italian Renaissance composer Giovanni Gabrieli. Performing are the Gaudette Brass quintet and the Bach in the City Chorus, comprising veteran J.S. Bach's 329th birthday. |
