Location (note change in venue):

German American Society*
(NE 57th & Sandy)

5626 NE Alameda St

Portland, OR 97213

(photo and map)

Admission is free. (Donations are always welcome.)

*The German American Society has less capacity than our usual venue at Rose City Park Presbyterian, but it does offer air conditioning, ramps, ample street parking, and a parking lot on the north side of Alameda. 
This was also the venue for the Zimmerman's Coffee House concert last fall.

20 Years of Favorites

This season the Bach Cantata Choir has been celebrating its 20th year of singing together. Many thanks to those who have supported us by your faithful concert attendance and your gifts during these years.

For this special anniversary concert, we invited your suggestions and noted the requests for audience participation. Ideas came from the choir, orchestra, soloists, and audience. The resulting program includes selected movements from many of our favorite works from the past 20 years. The audience is invited to sing three different chorales, and three of our (many) favorite soloists will take part.

Vakarė Petroliūnaitė,
soprano

Jacob William Herbert, bass.

Founding member, BCC

Sheryl Wood, 
soprano

Former choir members are invited to join us for two pieces. Please contact Ralph Nelson if you can participate.

We hope you will recognize many of the selections listed below and will enjoy hearing them again.

A Matching Opportunity

To help celebrate the Bach Cantata Choir’s 20th anniversary season, we’d like you to consider making an extra donation. Our audience, and especially our sponsors, have been incredibly generous over the years. But 20 years is an amazing milestone and deserves some extra attention.

To show our commitment to this 20th anniversary celebration, the Bach Cantata Choir Board has pledged $2,500 as a matching fund, over and above the other donations they've made. We will match any contributions received between now and the day of the concert up to $2,500. Click here to give through PayPal or use the Support the Choir button at the bottom of this page.

Thank you for your ongoing support, your attendance, your contributions, and your voices as you join the choir in singing chorales. We look forward to seeing you at 2:00 pm on June 7 at the German American Society on NE 57th and Sandy.

Next Season: Bach's St. Matthew Passion

Thanks to all who attended the Mass in B-Minor concert in March. It was an honor to present this moving masterpiece.

During the 2026-27 season, we plan to present another major work: Bach's St. Matthew Passion. April 2027 will mark the 300th anniversary of its first performance which was held at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. Because of its length, we will spread the work over three concerts. The passion focuses on Jesus' final days as told in Matthew 26-27. This great masterpiece is scored for soloists, double chorus, and an enlarged orchestra. The work also features some of Bach's most beloved chorales including "Ah, Holy Jesus" and "O Sacred Head Now Wounded."

Concert dates for next season will be announced at a later time.

Save the Dates (remember the venue change for June 7)

Sunday, June 7 at 2:00 pm. German American Society at NE 57th & Sandy 
(5626 NE Alameda St, Portland, OR 97213).


2026-27 season (dates TBD) St. Matthew Passion in three parts at Rose City Park Presbyterian Church.

For more details: https://www.bachcantatachoir.org/schedule#nextevent

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The Bach Cantata Choir's mission is to sing the entire set of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach over a period of 30 years. The Bach Cantata Choir is a legally organized non-profit corporation under Oregon law, and is a registered 501(c)(3) corporation with the IRS. Donations to the choir are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law and regulation.

The BachBeat newsletter is published cyclically by the Bach Cantata Choir. 

Emily Rampton, Writer and Editor