Carmel Bach Festival

Join tenor, lecturer, and author David Gordan for a discussion on Carmel Bach Festival founders Dene Denny and Hazel Watrous during the Henry Meade Williams Local History Lecture Series presentation on Wednesday, November 13 at 7pm. Register: bit.ly/4fl5CQ4.

Join the Carmel Bach Festival volunteer family! Check out this season's volunteer opportunities at bit.ly/3yohGiQ.

📣 ATTN: 2023 CBF Audience Members Did you enjoy this year’s Festival? Did you have a favorite event? We want to hear about it! Please take a few minutes to fill out this brief questionnaire to let us know about your experience. 🎵surveymonkey.com/r/23CBFAudience

We hope to see you tonight at 7:30pm for the 2023 Carmel Bach Festival’s closing night celebration Best of the Fest. A beloved closing night tradition, this concert is a mosaic of musician and audience favorites from each Main Concert of the season. 🎫 bit.ly/3rC0Auv.

Don't miss your last chance to see Mozart, Rehnqvist, Mahler: Breaking the Ice led by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Grete Pedersen, tonight, Friday, July 28 at 7:30pm! Use code begin50 to take 50% off your ticket here: bit.ly/3rC0Auv

We had an amazing time on Sunday at the 2023 Young Artists’ Showcase celebrating 15 talented young musicians. Congratulations to all of our young artists on a fantastic showcase, and brava to pianist Sarah Gutshall who won this year’s Distinguished Performance Award!

The Art of Music Raffle exhibition featuring works by 75 artists is on display now through Saturday, July 29 at the Marjorie Evans Gallery! Raffle tickets can be purchased at $10 each, or 5 for $40, and benefit the Carmel Bach Festival. Learn more bit.ly/3XZBuSk 👩‍🎨

Here's a fun timelapse showing the incredible behind-the-scenes work of our hardworking crew as they reset the stage between performances. We have a full lineup of events today and our dedicated crew is making sure we're ready for you. Join us! 🎵 bit.ly/44uy24H

The first week of the 2023 Carmel Bach Festival was an absolute dream. Thanks to Chris Thomas and Randy Tunnell for capturing the magic. We hope you'll join us for the last performance of The Creation tonight at 7:30 feat stunning visuals by Doug Mueller. bachfestival.org

📣 Sale alert! Take 50% off the final performances of these four main concert programs with code begin50. 🎵 Father and Son | Sun., July 23 🎵 Concertos and Coffee | Mon., July 24 🎵 Bach Dialogues | Tues., July 25 🎵 Mozart, Rehnqvist, Mahler: Breaking the Ice | Fri., July 28

Catch Mozart’s enchanting Serenade for Winds and Contrabass K. 631 “Gran Partita” during Harmoniemusik on Saturday, July 22 and Saturday, July 29 at 3:00pm at the Sunset Cultural Center. 🎫 bit.ly/3XMvTPf 🎫 bit.ly/46JN0oJ bit.ly/46JN0oJ

Into the Light: Songs of Beginnings featuring soloist Meg Bragle, takes listeners on a musical journey around the globe with works from the 17th century to today. Friday, July 21 at 3:00pm | bit.ly/3NPyX8G Friday, July 28 at 3:00pm | bit.ly/3Dbg1ft

Andrew Megill discusses our Wednesday Main Concert, In the Beginning. Packed with hymns, psalms, & traditionals, the program feat Soloist Meg Bragle & the full Festival Chorale. 🎫 Wed, July 19 @ 8:30pm | bit.ly/458ApLh 🎫 Wed, July 26 @ 8:30pm | bit.ly/3Q11iM1

The Epic Adventure with Leonard and Rasmus: The Hidden Forest, the Festival’s FREE family concert with lessons about the forest ecosystem, is this coming Sat., July 22 at 11am. Special appearance by Mahi Shah, the 2023 Monterey County Youth Poet Laureate! bit.ly/3NmH6lV

It's music to our ears to hear that the Carmel Bach Festival has been named one of @ClassicalKDFC's Can’t-Miss Summer Music Festivals! 🎶 Read their full list: bit.ly/3XMkLSg #CarmelBachFestival #Music #Musician #ClassicalMusic #CBF2023

Tonight at 7:30pm at the @SunsetCenter, join us for a performance of Haydn’s masterwork, The Creation, that expands upon his 18th century-genius with the addition of modern-day technology for an impactful live experience. 🎫 bit.ly/41p6n3y bit.ly/44zEOWm

Thank you @7x7 for including this year's #CarmelBachFestival in this week's List of Fun Things to Do: bit.ly/46LoOm8 There's still time to purchase your tickets to experience our 2 week celebration of concerts, recitals, master classes, lectures, and open rehearsals. 🎶

Thank you to the @MontereyHerald and Barbara Rose Schuler for this wonderful feature on Carmel Bach Festival's Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Grete Pedersen. 🎶 Check it out to learn more about Grete and her inaugural season. bit.ly/3Odqn4P

Returning to the #CarmelBachFestival this year is our beloved baroque keyboard tuner Carey Beebe. Check out this short film about him, produced by Douglas Mueller: vimeo.com/412258588