WASHINGTON BACH CONSORT OPENS 47TH SEASON WITH ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF BARBASH COMPETITION WINNER, FEATURING EMMANUEL COPPEY
Kicking off the 2024–2025 performance season, the Washington Bach Consort, under the leadership of Artistic Director Dana Marsh, will present Emmanuel Coppey, Violin: Winner of the Lillian and Maurice Barbash International J.S. Bach Competition. Read more »
April 22, 2024
THE WASHINGTON BACH CONSORT HIGHLIGHTS RISING ARTISTS, WORLD-CLASS VOCALISTS, IN 47TH SEASON
The Bach Consort’s 2024-25 Director’s Series opens September 21 with Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, considered by many to be the composer’s greatest surviving work in its entirety. Read more »
February 19, 2024
WASHINGTON BACH CONSORT PRESENTS SACRED GRAND MOTETS OF FRENCH COMPOSERS LULLY & CHARPENTIER
Continuing the 2024 Director’s Series, the Washington Bach Consort, under the leadership of Artistic Director Dana Marsh, will present Te Deum! Sacred Grand Motets of Lully and Carpenter… Read more »
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
ACIS RELEASES WASHINGTON BACH CONSORT’S FIRST ALBUM IN OVER A DECADE
Myths Contested: J.S. Bach’s The Contest between Phoebus and Pan (BWV 201), and Trevor Weston’s A New Song – out October 3, 2023 Read more »
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
WASHINGTON BACH CONSORT OPENS 46 TH SEASON WITH BACH’S ST. JOHN PASSION
In their first concert of the 23-24 season, the Washington Bach Consort, under the leadership of Artistic Director Dana Marsh, presents Bach’s St. John Passion.Read more »
MAY 24, 2023
Washington Bach Consort to Receive $25,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Art
The Washington Bach Consort has been approved for a $25,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support Giving Bach to the Community. Read more »
MAY 3, 2023
Washington Bach Consort Announces 46th Season
The Washington Bach Consort led by Artistic Director, Dana Marsh today announced its 46th season. The 2023-24 Director’s Series will include concerts featuring the Consort’s world-class vocal/instrumental ensemble and soloists. Read more »
Washington Bach Consort concludes milestone 45th season with Mass in Minor, Bach’s final choral masterpiece
In the final performance of their milestone 45th season, Washington Bach Consort, under the leadership of Artistic Director Dana Marsh, perform their signature work, Bach’s renowned Mass in B Minor.Read more »
August 29, 2022
Washington Bach Consort opens season With World Premiere of A New Song by Composer Trevor Weston
The Bach Consort’s 2022–23 Director’s Series opens September 18 at National Presbyterian Church with A New Song | Mythologies Past and Present, featuring a world premiere from composer Trevor Weston and J.S. Bach’s Geschwinde, Ihr wirbelnden Winde. Read more »
August 11, 2020
Washington Bach Consort presents Bach Interactions
This fall Washington Bach Consort presents a new digital series—Bach Interactions. Nine virtual programs offer some of the finest works in the cantata and oratorio repertory. Read more »
February 5, 2020
Washington Bach Consort expands popular Director’s Series to Capitol Hill
Due to popular demand, the Washington Bach Consort has added an additional performance of J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion—the ultimate tour de force! at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill (301 A Street SE, Washington, DC 20003) on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 7 p.m. Read more »
August 23, 2019
Washington Bach Consort expands popular Chamber Series to historic Alexandria, Virginia
The Washington Bach Consort will launch their newly expanded Chamber Series in Immanuel Chapel at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA (3737 Seminary Rd, Alexandria, VA 22304) nestled in historic Alexandria, beginning on Saturday, November 9, 2019 and running through Saturday, April 4, 2020.
April 14, 2017
Washington Bach Consort Announces Conductor Audition Series
Under the direction of our founder and Artistic Director Dr. J. Reilly Lewis, the Washington Bach Consort became an internationally acclaimed and widely recognized period ensemble, appearing at numerous festivals both in the United States and in Europe since its founding in 1977.
June 23, 2016
Choralis Foundation Renames Award to Honor J. Reilly Lewis
FALLS CHURCH, VA – The Choralis Foundation has announced that the premiere award given out at its annual Greater Washington DC Area Choral Excellence Awards – the award for Outstanding Contributions to Choral Music – will be renamed The J. Reilly Lewis Award for Choral Excellence, in honor and memory of the late Dr. J. Reilly Lewis, whose untimely death occurred on June 9.
June 10, 2016
Washington Bach Consort and Cathedral Choral Society announce the passing of Music Director, J. Reilly Lewis
J. Reilly Lewis, the founding Music Director of Washington Bach Consort and the Music Director of the Cathedral Choral Society, died unexpectedly on Thursday, June 9, in Arlington, VA at his home. He was 71. Reilly was beloved in the Washington, DC music community. He was a vibrant, talented musician, passionate about his work, known for his generosity of spirit and joyful soul by his many friends, family, and everyone with whom he came into contact. He deeply loved music and people, and was thrilled to be able to dedicate his life to both.
June 3, 2014
Dr. J. Reilly Lewis receives honorary doctorate
Washington Bach Consort’s Music Director/Founder Dr. J. Reilly Lewis received an honorary doctorate from the Virginia Theological Seminary at a commencement ceremony on May 22, 2014 in Calloway Chapel at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia.
February 18, 2013
J. Reilly Lewis, Washington Bach Consort bring to life Bach’s 18 Chorale Preludes
Performances of Johann Sebastian Bach’s transcendent 18 Chorale Preludes don’t come along every day. Audiences rarely hear this music, especially in its massive entirety. And only sporadically do listeners crowd into churches for organ recitals, as many musicians lament. But organist J. Reilly Lewis, director of the Washington Bach Consort and of the Cathedral Choral Society, drew a capacity audience Sunday at the National Presbyterian Church in Northwest Washington.
November 1, 2012
Press Release: Celebrate the Holiday Season with Great Glad Tidings
Washington, D.C. —The Washington Bach Consort’s Music Director/Founder J. Reilly Lewis directsthe Consort’s acclaimed professional chorus and orchestra performing on period instruments in a brilliant selection of music by J.S. Bach in Great Glad Tidings on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 5 p.m. at the National Presbyterian Church.
