WELCOME  TO  THE CALGARY  BACH CHOIR
               Calgary Bach Choir in Rehearsal November 2021

CALGARY BACH CHOIR is now auditioning choristers for all voice parts.  If you're an alumnus of one of Calgary's many fine choruses and you love to sing the music of Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and other great composers from the Baroque or Classical era, you are encouraged contact us for an audition. 

We would like to thank all those who attended our concerts this season, as well as those who supported us through donations and volunteer work.  We look forward to celebrating our 35th season in 2022-2023 with three wonderful concerts, and we hope to see you there!   

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CALGARY BACH CHOIR

"...a significant voice in the early music landscape in Western Canada."

(Stephan Bonfield, Calgary Herald)

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The Calgary Bach Choir is a DYNAMIC organization offering an exciting, three-concert season to Calgary audiences. 

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Our choristers are adults from all walks of life who are PASSIONATE about the music of classical music’s greatest composer, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.

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We promote an APPRECIATION and ENJOYMENT of classical music to the general public, with a focus on the Baroque period (1600-1750) and the music of J.S. Bach, his musical predecessors, contemporaries and heirs. 

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We strive for musical EXCELLENCE in our performances. We provide experienced, auditioned, amateur choral singers with an INSPIRING and challenging opportunity to immerse themselves in this WONDROUS MUSIC and to experience the thrill of performing it with professional musicians for the public.

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We are a strong, welcoming, affirming and inclusive CHORAL COMMUNITY. 

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We offer a season-long series of choral WORKSHOPS with guest conductors. 

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We also nurture the next generation of artists by providing performance opportunities.

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We are a registered non-profit charitable organisation enriching the Calgary community with

GREAT CLASSICAL MUSIC since 1988.

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If you'd like to join us, click the "Get In Touch" button below to contact our Artistic Director, Terry Edwards.

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Calgary Bach Choir is proudly supported by grants from AFA and Calgary Arts Development, as well as by funds from AGLC and individual donors!

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Calgary Bach Choir, PO Box 30032, 6455 Macleod Trail S, Calgary, Alberta, T2H 2V8

In 1988 Christine Azad and Susan Lyle dreamed of creating a society with choir and orchestra to perform works by J.S. Bach and his contemporaries.​​​​​​​

In thirty-five years of music-making we have created some remarkable musical memories:

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Bach, Baroque and Beyond...

(* denotes Calgary Premier)

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Choral Music of J.S. Bach

B Minor Mass, Four Missa Breves, St. Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio, Easter Oratorio, Six Motets, and numerous canatas.

​Choral Music of G.F. Handel

Handel's Four Coronation Anthems, Dixit Dominus* and Chandos Anthems Nos. 6a* and 10*.

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Choral Music of Purcell

I was glad when they said unto me (Coronation Anthem, 1685)*, Jehova quam multi sunt hostes mei Z. 145*

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G minor Z. 231*, Rejoice in the Lord Alway Z. 49,

Te Deum and Jubilate for St. Cecilia's Day

Italian Late Renaissance and Baroque Choral Music

Gabrieli's Christmas Motets, Vivaldi's Magnificat* and Glorias RV588* and RV589, Durante/Bach Missa in C minor*

Allegri's Misereri, Lotti's Missa Sancti Christophori*, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Domenico Scarlatti's Stabat Mater* for 10-voice choir

French Baroque Choral Music

Rameau's 'Grand Motet' In convertendo* and Charpentier's Te Deum

Choral Music of the Sons of J.S. Bach

CPE Bach's Magnificat* and J.C. Bach's Gloria in excelsis Deo*

Romantic Choral Music

Mendelssohn's Magnificat*.

Twentieth Century Choral Music

Howells's Like as the Hart, Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb and Duruflé's Requiem.

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The Calgary Bach Choir is funded by Calgary Arts Development, AFA, ALGC Casino revenues, membership dues, and private donations.

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The Calgary Bach Society is a registered charitable society #88797-7049RC.  Your donations are appreciated and tax deductible, too!  For information about how you can donate to the Calgary Bach  Choir, click on Support.

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We acknowledge that we live, work, and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Piikani, and Kanai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations (Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations), the Métis Nation (Region 3), and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 Region of Southern Alberta.  We honour this land and all those who share it in a spirit of peace, friendship and respect.

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2022-2023
35th ANNIVERSARY SEASON