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​2019 Texas Bach Festival a Great Success!

Texas Bach Festival

This one-of-a-kind choral event, led by TBF Artistic Director Barry Scott Williamson, provides registrants with an unforgettable musical, educational and social experience of Handel’s most famous and beloved oratorio.  Singers of all experience levels welcome - come and enjoy this wonderful experience together!

Thank you to our Sponsors!

Dr. Barry Scott Williamson, Founder/Artistic Director

The mission of the Texas Bach Festival (TBF) is to champion and advance the great and timeless music of Johann Sebastian Bach and subsequent composers inspired by him in the Georgetown and greater Central Texas areas; and, by means of large- and small-scale performance, music education and outreach/collaborative events, to prolifically engage, inform and enrich citizens of all ages and the surrounding Arts community.

Bach’s sacred and secular compositions have been exponentially beloved worldwide by audiences and musicians for more than 300 years; it will be the ongoing privilege of TBF to passionately enrich the Georgetown / Austin / Central Texas cultural landscape with innovative programs and projects dedicated to "Bringing Bach to Life."

The Inaugural Messiah Community Choral Symposium

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​​​Symposium Schedule:

​Locations:

ACL = Ascension Lutheran Church, 6420 Hart Ln, Austin. TX 78731

SMEC = St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 8134 Mesa Dr., Austin, TX 78759

Chorus rehearsals: ACL
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 7-10 pm
Thursday, Jan 16, 7-10 pm
Tuesday, Jan 21, 7-10 pm
Thursday, Jan 23, 7-10 pm
Tuesday, Jan 28, 7-10 pm
Thursday, Jan 30, 7-10 pm

Seminars: ACL
Thursday, Jan 16, 6:00-6:45 pm
Tuesday, Jan 21, 6:00-6:45 pm
Thursday, Jan 23, 6:00-6:45 pm
Tuesday, Jan 28, 6:00-6:45 pm

Chorus/orchestra rehearsals: SMEC
Friday, Jan 31, 7-10 pm
Saturday, Feb 1, 10 am-1:00 pm

Performance: SMEC
Saturday, Feb 1, 8:00 pm (7:00 call)

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Acknowledgements

​​The Texas Bach Festival gratefully acknowledges the support of the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Cultural Division of the City of Austin

"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul."

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Johann Sebastian Bach

TBF is thrilled to continue providing performance opportunities to students enrolled in the Boys & Girls Club of Georgetown.