Meetings of the Society

​The Society holds a biennial meeting and conference, usually in the fall, that features performances, lectures, papers, masterclasses, and round-table discussions with leading North American and international Bach scholars and performers. Most meetings take place in association with a college or university, though they are occasionally hosted by other institutions, such as the Library of Congress and Smithsonian Institution (2000), the Leipzig Bach Archive (2006), and The Bach Choir of Bethlehem (1972 and 2008). Members and students receive a special registration rate, and travel grants are available. All are welcome.

 

Upcoming:

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Celebrating Bach

 

 

 

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Biennial Meeting of the American Bach Society

At the Riemenschneider Bach Institute (Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio)

1-4 October 2026

Click here for detailed information and to register.

Questions? Contact the ABS Vice-President.

 

Previous Meetings of the American Bach Society:

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• Emory University, September 26–29, 2024 • Abstracts

• Temple University, October 7–9, 2022 • Abstracts

• Stanford University, Joint with the Mozart Society of America, February 13–16, 2020 • Abstracts

• Yale University, April 26–29, 2018 • Abstracts

• University of Notre Dame, April 7–10, 2016

• Kenyon College, May 1–4, 2014 • Abstracts

• Rochester, NY, September 27–30, 2012 • Abstracts

• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, May 7–9, 2010 • Abstracts

• Bethlehem, PA, May 8–11, 2008

• Leipzig, Germany, May 11–13, 2006 • Abstracts

• Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, April 16–18, 2004 • Abstracts

• University of Houston/Rice University, Houston, TX, 2002 • Abstracts

• Smithsonian Institution/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2000

• Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1998

• University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1996

• Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1994

• Columbia University, New York, NY, 1992

• Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH, 1990

• Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1988

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1985

• University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1982

• Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1979

• Bethlehem, PA, 1976