Schedule of Events:

Sunday, June 9, 2024

1:30 PM: TALKING MUSIC

Pre-concert "Talking Music" discussion panel with David Berry (SVBF Artistic Director) and SVBF artists.

Talks are free with Festival Concert ticket purchase!

Location: Lehman Auditorium, EMU Campus

3:00 PM: FESTIVAL CONCERT I

Penelope Shumate, Soprano
Ryan Romine, Bassoon

Unity will be explored in this concert through the music of the first ever published black composer, a Bach cantata that commemorates marriage, and an exciting sextet that brings together an unusual combination of instruments into one chamber masterwork!

Location: Lehman Auditorium, EMU Campus

Cost: $10-$40

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Monday, June 10, 2024

12:00 PM: MONDAY NOON CONCERT

The Noon Concert Series features chamber music and solo performances by Bach Festival Orchestra musicians, guest artists, and "Rising Star" young artists from the region. Programs will be posted closer to the festival date.

Location: Asbury United Methodist Church, Downtown Harrisonburg

Cost: Free

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

12:00 PM: TUESDAY NOON CONCERT

The Noon Concert Series features chamber music and solo performances by Bach Festival Orchestra musicians, guest artists, and "Rising Star" young artists from the region. Programs will be posted closer to the festival date.

Location: Asbury United Methodist Church, Downtown Harrisonburg

Cost: Free

6:30 PM: SVBF OPEN MIC NIGHT!

Haven’t heard enough music, yet?! Come hear our musicians share new sounds you might not experience during Bach Festival week from their own compositions to jazz. This is a fun chance to get to know our musicians in a casual setting over great drinks and food!

Location: Pale Fire Brewing Co., Downtown Harrisonburg

Cost: Free

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

12:00 PM: WEDNESDAY NOON CONCERT

The Noon Concert Series features chamber music and solo performances by Bach Festival Orchestra musicians, guest artists, and "Rising Star" young artists from the region. Programs will be posted closer to the festival date.

Location: Asbury United Methodist Church, Downtown Harrisonburg

Cost: Free

Thursday, June 13, 2024

12:00 PM: THURSDAY NOON CONCERT

The Noon Concert Series features chamber music and solo performances by Bach Festival Orchestra musicians, guest artists, and "Rising Star" young artists from the region. Programs will be posted closer to the festival date.

Location: Asbury United Methodist Church, Downtown Harrisonburg

Cost: Free

7:30 PM: BAROQUE ACADEMY FACULTY CONCERT

Special performance by the Virginia Baroque Academy faculty!

Location: Asbury United Methodist Church, Downtown Harrisonburg

Cost: $10-$40

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Friday, June 14, 2024

12:00 PM: FRIDAY NOON CONCERT

The Noon Concert Series features chamber music and solo performances by Bach Festival Orchestra musicians, guest artists, and "Rising Star" young artists from the region. Programs will be posted closer to the festival date.

Location: Asbury United Methodist Church, Downtown Harrisonburg

Cost: Free

6:00 PM: TALKING MUSIC

Pre-concert "Talking Music" discussion panel with David Berry (SVBF Artistic Director) and SVBF artists.

Talks are free with Festival Concert ticket purchase!

Location: Lehman Auditorium, EMU Campus

7:30 PM: FESTIVAL CONCERT II

Kalena Bovell, conductor
Alejandra Switala, violin

Unity will be explored in this concert through a lively work highlighting resiliency after 9/11 by Nkeiru Okoye, a beautiful concerto by the great romantic British-Sierra Leonean composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Dvorak's famous symphony "from the New World" which weaves the sounds of America into a symphonic masterwork.

Location: Lehman Auditorium, EMU Campus

Cost: $10-$40

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Saturday, June 15, 2024

11:00 AM: BAROQUE ACADEMY WORKSHOP CONCERT

Join the students of the Virginia Baroque Academy for their final performance of a very special project to be announced soon!

Location: Martin Chapel, EMU Campus

Cost: Free

1:00 PM: BOOK NOTES! KIDS CONCERT

NoNieqa Ramos, author and storyteller
SVBF Musicians

Families, gather around for live music and storytelling featuring local children’s book author NoNieqa Ramos and Bach Festival orchestra musicians! We’ll read stories, play music, and have a fun instrument show and tell. Kids can dance and sing and move around, whatever feels good to you!

Location: Central Library, Downtown Harrisonburg

Cost: Free

6:00 PM: TALKING MUSIC

Pre-concert "Talking Music" discussion panel with David Berry (SVBF Artistic Director) and SVBF artists.

Talks are free with Festival Concert ticket purchase!

Location: Lehman Auditorium, EMU Campus

7:30 PM: FESTIVAL CONCERT III

Kalena Bovell, conductor
Sara Duchovnay, soprano

Unity will be explored in this concert through a wonderful and vibrant overture entitled Umoja (which means unity in Swahili) by Valerie Coleman, Strauss's transcendent Last four Songs, and Tippett's great World War II choral masterwork A Child of Our Time, that focuses on the tragic struggle that division brings.

Location: Lehman Auditorium, EMU Campus

Cost: $10-$40

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Sunday, June 16, 2024

10:00 AM: LEIPZIG SERVICE

Benjamin Bergey, conductor
Daniel Ott, homilist
Marvin Mills, organist
Festival Orchestra & Choir

Location: Lehman Auditorium, EMU Campus

Cost: Free

Date: June 9-16, 2024

Location: 

Lehman Auditorium, EMU Campus - 1191 Park Road Harrisonburg, VA 22802
Asbury United Methodist Church - 205 South Main Street Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Pale Fire Brewing Co. - 217 S Liberty St #105, Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Martin Chapel, EMU Campus - 1200 Park Rd, Harrisonburg, VA 22802

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