Sweet Sounds of the Holidays

Celebrating the holiday season with song

With the Bach Society of Dayton Chorus, directed by David Crean and accompanied by R. Alan Kimbrough

Our festive holiday tradition spanning composers, cultures, and centuries

Featuring

Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Intermediate treble choir from one of the most successful choral youth programs in Ohio

Kettering Advent Ringers
Joan Ulloth Dorgan’s elite handbell ensemble

Sweet Sounds of the Holidays

SUNDAY, December 8 at 4:00 PM

Kettering Seventh-Day Adventist Church

PRE-CONCERT BELLS BEGIN AROUND 3:50 PM

Memorials

Remembering the lives of loved ones

With the Bach Society of Dayton Chorus, directed by David Crean and accompanied by R. Alan Kimbrough

MUSIC

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem — In honor of Faure's life in the centenary of his death
John Tavener - Song for Athene — Performed at the funeral of Princess Diana
J.S. Bach - Aus der Tiefen rufe, ich, Herr, zu dir — Tribute to the souls lost in the Mühlhausen fire of 1707
Gwyneth Walker - Let the Life I've Lived Speak for Me — Traditional memorial text with spiritual roots

gUEST SOLOISTS

Erin Fasone, soprano
Henry Benson, tenor
Michael Koon, baritone

CONCERT PREVIEW

At 3:00 pm with Samuel Dorf, Professor of Musicology at the University of Dayton

Memorials

SUNDAY, October 20 at 4:00 PM

Kettering Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Includes an intermission
Concert preview at 3:00 pm

A modern completion of Mozart’s famously incomplete masterpiece

With the Bach Society of Dayton Chorus, directed by David Crean and accompanied by R. Alan Kimbrough

Featuring

Guest Soloists Minnita Daniel-Cox, Andrea Chenoweth Wells, Daniel Weeks, and Kenneth Shaw

Guest Orchestra led by Concertmaster Youjin Na

Formal tea to celebrate Mother’s Day, served in an elegant and seated setting with tea sandwiches and pastries (THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT)

Concert preview at 3:00 pm with Neal Gittleman, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Dayton Philharmonic

Mozart’s Mass in C Minor

SUNDAY, May 12 at 4:00 PM

Kettering Adventist Church

Mother’s Day Tea at 1:00 pm
Concert Preview at 3:00 pm

Choral music from Asia and the Middle East

With the Bach Society of Dayton Chorus, directed by David Crean, accompanied by R. Alan Kimbrough

Featuring

Morgan Moss, winner of our 2023 Young Composers Competition, and the premiere of her new composition set to the poetry of Rumi, 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic

Guest soloist and concert preview host Latif Bolat, singer and scholar of Turkish mystic music

University of Dayton’s World Music Choir and Javanese Gamelan Ensemble

A new choral work commissioned from Armenian Canadian composer Vahram Sarkissian

Music from one of the most influential commerce routes in history

March 3 Kettering Adventist Church 4:00 pm

Concert preview at 3:00 pm

Special Thanks

This concert is generously supported by a Special Projects Grant funded by the Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District and administered by Culture Works.

Bells ringing, children singing, and an invitation to raise your voice with the Bach Society

With the Bach Society Chorus, directed by David Crean and accompanied by R. Alan Kimbrough

Featuring Kettering Children's Choir Chorale, intermediate treble choir from one of the most successful choral youth programs in Ohio

Featuring Kettering Advent Ringers, Joan Ulloth Dorgan’s elite handbell ensemble

a choral and handbell concert with caroling for all

An afternoon of joy and exaltation with J.S. Bach, Amy Beach, Benjamin Britten, and John Rutter

With the Bach Society Chorus, directed by David Crean and accompanied by R. Alan Kimbrough

Featuring Oakwood Brass, Dayton’s acclaimed brass ensemble
Featuring Yun Kim, organist and director of music at Christ Episcopal Church
Featuring soloists Jackie Stevens, Ryu-Kyung Kim, David Sievers, and Mark Spencer
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A choral and brass concert

Lobet den Herrn Te Deum Rejoice in the Lamb Gloria

Concert preview at 3:00 pm with Dr. Cynthia D. Richards, chair of the English Department at Wittenberg University, and Lilith Todd, Ph.D. candidate at Columbia University’s Department of English and Comparative Literature

Beloved compositions of the 20th and 21st centuries

With the Bach Society of Dayton
Featuring Stivers School for the Arts Chamber Choir

Concert preview at 3:00 pm with Paula Powell, Director of Choirs at Stivers School for the Arts

J. S. Bach's divine PORTRAYAL of suffering and hope

With the Bach Society Chorus
directed by David Crean and accompanied by R. Alan Kimbrough

Featuring guest soloists tenor Daniel Weeks, bass Kenneth Shaw, soprano Andrea Chenoweth, mezzo-soprano Ellen Graham, tenor Tony Burdette, and baritone Mike Young

Featuring the Bach Society’s guest orchestra
led by Concertmaster Aurelian Oprea

Concert preview at 3:00 pm with Rev. Dr. Calvin Lane, Associate Rector of St. George's Episcopal Church

Heart-warming festive music spanning four centuries

A holiday concert and sing-along with the Bach Society Chorus, Kettering Children’s Choir Chorale, and the Kettering Advent Ringers

G.F. Handel's magnificent re-telling of the bondage and final release of the Israelites

With the Bach Society Chorus
directed by David Crean and accompanied by R. Alan Kimbrough

Featuring guest soloists soprano Erin Alcorn, soprano Heidi Miller, mezzo-soprano Lauren McAllister, tenor Tony Burdette, baritone Jacob Zhou, and bass Joseph O’Shea

Featuring the Bach Society’s guest orchestra
led by Concertmaster Aurelian Oprea

Concert preview at 6:30 pm with Miriamne Krummel, full professor in the Department of English at University of Dayton