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Celebrating our 92st Season🎶
Ft. the Bach Festival Choir & Orchestra - at Rollins College since 1935

The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park has the distinction of being the third-oldest continuously operating Bach Festival in the United States, as well as being Central Florida’s oldest operating performing arts organization. The Bach Festival Society is well known internationally and has enjoyed a long tradition of bringing world-class talent to Central Florida. Since its inception, the Society has expanded its offerings beyond the annual Bach Festival to include Choral Masterworks and Visiting Artists performances, as well as a variety of educational and community outreach programs to encourage participation in music at all levels.

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The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park is supported in part by numerous individual donors; the Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation; Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program; United Arts of Central Florida, host of OrlandoAtPlay.com and UAArtsEd.com; and by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and our partner Rollins College.

10/28/2026

Tomorrow, the unicorn, gorgon and manticore take the stage!

Join the Bach Vocal Artists for an imaginative evening where mythical creatures, humor and music come together to tell stories about creativity and human nature.

Thursday, October 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Tiedtke Concert Hall

Get your tickets: https://www.bachfestivalflorida.org/event/bach-vocal-artists-fables-feathers-fins-2026

10/27/2026

Your first classical concert should feel exciting... not intimidating. 🎶

What should you wear? When should you arrive? Where can you park? Our Know Before You Go guide answers the practical questions so you can relax and enjoy the music.

No expertise required. Come as you are, find your seat and let the performance do the rest.

Plan your visit: https://www.bachfestivalflorida.org/kbyg

10/26/2026

That’s a wrap on Berlioz Requiem. 🎼✨

Nearly 300 musicians filled Steinmetz Hall—and surrounded our audience—with an experience we will not soon forget. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make this extraordinary performance possible.

We are deeply grateful to the Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation for supporting this performance and to the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts for welcoming us into such a magnificent venue.

We also thank Matt Palm and the Orlando Sentinel, Dom Major and Pulp City Magazine, Winter Park Magazine, and Orlando magazine for helping us share the story of this remarkable production with our community.

Swipe through to revisit a few unforgettable moments from the performance. 📸

10/24/2026

First, hear the story behind the music. Then, experience it live. 🎧🎶

In Insights & Sounds, Dr. John V. Sinclair joins Jeffrey Moore and Kirk Gay to reveal what it takes to bring Berlioz’s monumental Requiem—and its extraordinary acoustic design—to the stage.

Listen: https://www.insightsandsounds.com/stream

Then join us tomorrow at Steinmetz Hall: https://www.bachfestivalflorida.org/event/berlioz-requiem-steinmetz-hall-2026

10/23/2026

Turn up the sound for a preview of what’s coming to Steinmetz Hall. 🥁

At rehearsal for Berlioz Requiem, the timpani are already making their presence felt—and this is only one part of the immense musical forces audiences will experience live.

Over 200 voices.
90 orchestral musicians.
Four brass ensembles.

A work of this scale is rarely performed. This Sunday, experience its full power from inside the music.

Sunday, October 25 | 3 p.m.
Steinmetz Hall

Purchase tickets: https://www.bachfestivalflorida.org/event/berlioz-requiem-steinmetz-hall-2026

10/21/2026

A special invitation from Bach Festival Society board member Alex Tiedtke. 🎶

This Sunday, nearly 300 musicians will come together at Steinmetz Hall for Berlioz’s monumental Requiem. Ten timpani and four brass ensembles positioned throughout the venue will create an extraordinary, 360-degree experience of sound.

A masterpiece of this scale is rarely performed. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience it live.

Sunday, October 25 | 3 p.m.
Steinmetz Hall

Purchase tickets: https://www.bachfestivalflorida.org/event/berlioz-requiem-steinmetz-hall-2026

10/20/2026

Our new season has just begun... but how did opening night feel decades ago?

For 92 seasons, musicians and audiences have come together to begin another year of extraordinary music. The programs and photographs have changed over the decades, but the anticipation of that first performance remains.

Do you remember your first Bach Festival Society concert? Tell us about it in the comments.

10/18/2026

The calendar says October, but we have dreams of A Classic Christmas dancing in our heads. 🎶 ❄️

As we look forward to this year’s show, we’re revisiting a rehearsal from last season with a glimpse of the care, collaboration, and preparation behind one of our community’s most beloved holiday traditions. Each season features a unique repertoire, including special arrangements of well-known Christmas songs created expressly for the Bach Festival Society.

Soon, our singers will once again come together to fill Knowles Memorial Chapel with the music of the season. ✨

Get your tickets early here: https://www.bachfestivalflorida.org/event/a-classic-christmas-2026

10/16/2026

Just over one week remains until a once-in-a-lifetime musical force of nearly 300 performers fills Steinmetz Hall.

Massive choral forces. Dramatic brass. Music designed to move through the hall and surround the audience.

A masterpiece of this scale is rarely staged. This is your chance to experience it live.

Sunday, October 25 at 3 p.m.
Steinmetz Hall

Get your tickets: https://www.bachfestivalflorida.org/event/berlioz-requiem-steinmetz-hall-2026

10/13/2026

The deadline is approaching!

Applications for the Third Annual National Oratorio Competition close on November 1. The competition is open to unmanaged American singers in the early stages of their careers—and there is no application fee or age limit.

Eight finalists will receive hotel accommodations, a $400 travel stipend, and the opportunity to perform with a full orchestra before a live audience. Prizes total $10,000.

Learn more and apply: https://www.bachfestivalflorida.org/oratorio-competition

Address

203 E Lyman Avenue
Winter Park, FL
32789

Telephone

+14076462182

Website

https://linktr.ee/BachFestivalWP

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