The Bach Society of Dayton’s normal performing venue is the Seventh-day Adventist Church at 3939 Stonebridge Road in Kettering, OH. The church has excellent acoustics with a magnificent organ, and is an ideal venue for both smaller scale and major works with full orchestra. (For directions click here)

All Bach Society of Dayton concerts are recorded for playback on the air at WDPR (88.1 FM) and WDPG (89.9 FM). (For radio broadcast information click here)

2007 - 2008 Season Schedule

Sunday, October 21, 2007, 4:00 p.m. "Bach to Vivaldi"
The Bach Society of Dayton opens its 2007-2008 Season with an all-Baroque program featuring works by Bach and Vivaldi, two of the most significant composers of the period, whose greatest popularity came long after their deaths. You will experience, perhaps for the first time, what is considered to be Bach’s earliest cantata as well as the familiar “Autumn” from Vivaldi’s most famous composition, “The Seasons.”

Cantata 150 (“Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich”) - Bach

Cantata 34 (“O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe!”) - Bach

Autumn from “The Seasons” - Vivaldi

Chamber Mass - Vivaldi

Soloists:
Elizabeth Wiley Taylor, Soprano has been careful to structure her career with diversity. While oratorio and opera remain a constant, she has included new music in both recital and symphony concerts wherever possible. Works include Grand Mass in C minor; Missa in Tempore Belli; Harmoniemesse; Mass in C Major; Messiah; Voices of Light, Einhorn; Mass in B Minor; Hänsel und Gretel; Gianni Schicchi; The Newport Rivals, Mechem; Apollo 14, Meckler; Faith, Ching; Die Fledermaus, Les Contes d’Hoffmann; Le Nozze di Figaro. She has performed with New York City Opera, Richmond Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, Breckenridge Music Festival, Opera North, and apprenticed at the Opera Colorado Young Artist Center. She is a graduate of the Mannes College of Music and lives in Oxford, Ohio.

Christina Gill, Mezzo Soprano, is a native of Rochester, NY, has recently received her Master’s Degree from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Most recently, she was seen as Rasha the Black Dove in the world premier of The Blackamoor Angel, a jazz opera written by Carl Hancock Rux. Other roles include Charlotte (Werther), Carmen (Carmen), Thérèse (Thérèse), Babette (Babette’s Feast), Zaida (The Turk in Italy), Hippolyta (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), and Tisbe (La Cenerentola). Ms. Gill has performed Carmen’s arias in concert with the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marvin Hamlisch. In 2005 she sang the role of Margaret in Cincinnati Opera’s workshop of Margaret Garner, a new American opera by Richard Danielpour and Toni Morrison. She has recently performed in recitals with composer Jake Heggie as well as with Warren Jones. Ms. Gill was a two-time winner in the Corbett Opera Competition and received the Samuel Adams Award for outstanding operatic performance. Her concert credits include Stravinsky’s Les Noces, the Duruflé Requiem, Mozart Requiem, Brahms Alto Rhapsody, Vivaldi Gloria, and the Lord Nelsson Mass.

Mark Spencer, Baritone, is an associate professor of vocal studies at Cedarville University and has sung many roles with the Dayton Bach Society, Dayton Opera, Dayton Philharmonic, Ohio Lyric Theatre, Opera Funatics, numerous chorales in Southern California, the Inland Opera Association of Southern California, Musica Viva! and the Singapore Symphony. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, where he studied with Jack Coldiron. Dr. Spencer previously taught at California Baptist University in Riverside, Tarrant County Junior College in Fort Worth, and Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. He has been a guest clinician in California, Illinois, New York, and Singapore.

Sunday, December 2, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
"Sweet Sounds of the Holidays"
Once again, in our traditional Holiday concert, the singers of the Bach Society of Dayton, along with the Kettering Children’s choir directed by Natalie DeHorn and the Kettering Advent Ringers directed by Joan Dorgan, present a heart-warming selection of seasonal music, both old and new.

Sunday, March 16, 2008, 4:00 p.m. Motets and More
The centerpiece of this concert features two of Bach’s six motets: BWV 228, possibly the first that he wrote, and BWV 225, felt by many to be his most significant motet. As part of our continuing focus on community outreach and in keeping with our goal to help encourage the next generation of choral singers, selected Xenia High School students under their director, Brent Manley, will be integrated into the Bach Society of Dayton Chorus for the motet performances, in an event we call “Project Sing.”

“Salve Regina” - Joseph Haydn
“Venite Populi” K 260 - Mozart
Motet: “Fürchte dich nicht” BWV 228- Bach

Concerto in D, Minor BWV 1052 - Bach
Yun Kyong Kim, Harpsichord
Motet: “Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied” BWV 225

* This concert is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council.

Sunday, May 11, 2008, 7:30 p.m. "A Celebration of Spring"
In a refreshing change of pace, the Bach Society presents a “mostly 20th Century” program of music, from the serious to the joyous. The Vaughan Williams “Mass in G Minor” is a fitting capstone to our 6th season, and the Dello Joio “A Jubilant Song” will send you out the door wanting to come back for more.
Mass in G Minor - Vaughan Williams

Frostiana - Randall Thompson

Music to Hear - A Choral Suite - music by George Shearing; words by Shakespeare

A Jubilant Song - Norman Dello Joio

Soloists:
Andrea Chenoweth, Soprano
Liza Forrester, Mezzo Soprano
Randall Black, Tenor
Jeremy Kelly, Baritone

Directions: How to get to the Seventh-day Adventist Church:

From Interstate 75 Southbound

Exit I-75 at Springboro Road. Turn left and follow Springboro Road to Dorothy Land. Turn left and follow Dorothy Lane to Southern Blvd. Turn right on Southern Blvd. The Seventh-day Adventist Church parking lot is on your left opposite the Kettering College of Medical Arts.

From Interstate 75 Northbound

Exit I-75 at Dixie Drive. Follow Dixie Drive to Stroop Road. Turn right and follow Stroop Road to Southern Blvd. Turn left on Southern Blvd. The Seventh-day Adventist Church parking lot is on the right.

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Save these dates for 2008-2009:

Sunday, October 19, 2008, 4:00 p.m.

Motet: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden - Bach
Mass in E-Flat Minor (Cantus Missae) Op. 109 - Rheinberger
Motet: Laudate Dominum – Rheinberger
Psalm 150 – Franck
Mass in A – Franck

Sunday, December 7, 2008, 7:30 p.m.

“Sweet Sounds of the Holidays” with the
Kettering Children’s Choir and the Kettering Advent Ringers

Special Event! January 31, 2009
Bach’s Magnificat in D with the Bach Society Chorus, Gem City Ballet,
and instrumentalists at the Victoria Theatre made possible by the
Miriam Rosenthal Memorial Trust Fund

Sunday, March 29, 2009, 4:00 p.m. with orchestra and soloists
Cantata 10 (Meine Seel! erhebt den Herren) – Bach
Magnificat in D – Bach
Sing We to this Merry Company – Rutter
There is a Flower – Rutter
Magnificat – Rutter

Sunday, May 17, 2009, 4:00 p.m. with orchestra and soloists
Israel in Egypt - Handel