WISH LIST $100: choral sheet music for 1 concert; $500: a Baroque period organ for 1 concert; $1000: one instrumentalist for a subscription series concert $2,500 the entire cost of the chorus for a Noontime Cantata Series performance

Founded in 1977 by Director J Reilly Lewis and a group of volunteers with an “irrepressible urge to perform Bach,” the Washington Bach Consort has grown - and grown appreciably in the last 5 years - into one of the country’s premier Baroque choral and orchestral groups. Performances in their annual five-concert season (preceded by the free Talking Bach lecture series) has earned rave reviews from the Washington Post, which calls the consort “a knockout.” Over the years, the group has made three critically acclaimed European tours, performed regularly with the National Symphony Orchestra, and collaborated with the Mark Morris Dance Company and the Cathedral Choral Society, among others. But the Washington Bach Consort isn’t just interested in performing Bach, it’s interested in "giving Bach." That’s why it also offers free or low-cost music education to the greater DC community. Reaching over 1,000 underserved students annually with Bach in Time, a music education program that teaches kids to sharpen their listening skills and improve their musical literacy; and offering adults a Noontime Cantata Concert Series of fifty-minute mini-concerts that enlivens the lunch hour in downtown DC, the Consort helps listeners of all ages appreciate the beauty of Baroque music. Won’t you too give Bach?

Robert Massey, Executive Director 1220 19th Street NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 202 730-4175 www.bachconsort.org