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Celebrating Bach​

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Biennial Meeting of the American Bach Society

Riemenschneider Bach Institute at

Baldwin Wallace University (Berea, Ohio)

October 1–4, 2026

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​Overview | Program | Abstracts | Registration & Accommodations ​

Baldwin Wallace University (BW) is home to the first collegiate Bach Festival in the United States, the Riemenschneider Bach Institute, and BACH: The Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute. In recognition of BW’s long history of promoting Bach, the biennial meeting is centered around the idea of “celebrating Bach.” In both papers and panel discussions, presenters will critically investigate the past, present, and future of the many ways in which we celebrate Bach. 

Berea is an historic, residential community just 20 minutes from Cleveland, and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is just three miles from the Baldwin Wallace campus. Please join us — Bach scholars, performers, students and connoisseurs — for a delightful weekend of music, papers on current research, vigorous discussion, and socializing.

Keynote Address by Bettina Varwig, University of Cambridge, author of Music in the Flesh and editor of Rethinking Bach

Concert by Les Délices, the highly regarded period-instrument ensemble founded in 2009 by baroque oboist Debra Nagy

Organ recital and masterclass by Balint Karosi, the Hungarian organist based in New York City known for his interpretation of Bach’s organ music and his Baroque style improvisations

Panel discussions:

• Cantata BWV 174, moderated by Daniel R. Melamed

• Bach Festivals and Commemorations, moderated by Rebekah Franklin

• Organ Performance, moderated by Ruben Valenzuela

Scholarly papers
Exhibit of original cantata parts

Hotel registration deadline: September 17, 2026
 

Questions? Please contact the ABS Vice-President.

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