Bach Week Festival is disappointed in having to join so many of our treasured cultural nonprofits in announcing important changes to our programming because of the health crisis affecting us all.
The 2020 Bach Week Festival, with concerts scheduled for May 1, 5, 8 and 30, will not take place this spring.
However, not wanting to break our 46-year run of bringing Bach’s sublime music to Evanston and beyond, we intend to present at least part of the work we’d planned for the spring, in the fall.
We will update you as soon as we can about re-scheduling 2020 Festival programming as well as the Gallery Gala.
If you have Festival or Gallery Gala tickets, please hold on to them to be used for our re-scheduled programming. Or please consider turning them in as a tax-deductible donation. Bach Week administrator Fiona Queen will be in touch with you directly about your preference.
There is a very large group of people who make Bach Week’s superb artistry possible. Most of them, of course, are our musicians and chorus. We hope you’ll join us in being grateful that, even with our very small budget, Bach Week Festival is able to pay our musicians a portion of the fees they’d counted on for their work in May.
Bach Week Festival has always been committed to keeping ticket prices low - to make our glorious music as accessible as possible to all - and we are very prudent with our small budget. The honoraria we are able to offer our professional musicians is made possible by our generous donors.
May we count you among them? Bach Week Festival, like every performing arts organization, relies on ticket sales for a large part of its annual budget. The loss of that revenue will be difficult, if not impossible, to recoup. Your generosity now will enable us to continue to bring “Sublime Music, Superb Artistry” to our community.
Music is balm, especially in troubled times. In the spirit of communal fortitude, we are pleased to offer selections from past Bach Week Festival concerts on our website. Should you want to say thank you, please