Dear Friends of Blue Hill Bach,

It’s a momentous time for Blue Hill Bach, as we approach our 15th summer of presenting concerts of baroque music in coastal Maine.

The big news is that the Blue Hill Bach board of directors has announced the hiring of a new executive director. Rosie van Reesema, who was hired as our operations manager last summer, will begin in the position on June 1. We’re working closely to ensure a smooth hand-off and at the same time, continuing to present the concerts and events you’ve come to expect from us.

The next performance, our annual celebration of Bach’s birthday, will feature the early music ensemble St Mary Schola, led by James Kennerley. The concert, which will be on Saturday, March 29, at St Francis-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, will include Heinrich Schütz’s stunningly beautiful and moving Musikalische Exequien, Bach’s choral masterpiece, the motet Jesu, meine Freude, and the Passacaglia BWV 582.

This year’s summer festival will be a retrospective of some of your favorite pieces: the solo cantata, Gott soll allein, BWV 169–from the very first concert–Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, the Magnificat in E-flat, and more.

We couldn’t do all this without the support we receive from our many volunteers and donors. Each summer, more than 60 community members stepped up to help with the festival, hosting and feeding our visiting musicians, greeting the audience at events, moving instruments and equipment, getting publicity out, and singing in the chorus.

Even with sold-out concerts, ticket revenue covers less than half of our expenses. Your support makes it possible for us to keep the music alive!  Please consider making a gift to our annual campaign to support our efforts to bring this wonderful music to the Blue Hill Peninsula and beyond.

With new staff positions, our budget has grown, and we’ve launched a fundraising campaign, Bach to the Future!, to ensure our ability to meet our needs for the next 3 to 5 years, while maintaining the same level of performances and educational events we’re known for. Thanks to the commitment of a small group of donors, we’re more than two-thirds of the way to our campaign goal of $300,000. If you haven’t made a gift to the campaign, please consider how you can help at this most important time for Blue Hill Bach.

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Marcia Gronewold Sly
Executive Director

Please click this link to contribute to our Annual Campaign:
ANNUAL CAMPAIGN

Please click here to make a gift to our Bach to the Future! campaign:
BACH TO THE FUTURE!

You may also make a gift by calling (207) 613-5454. For more information or to volunteer, e-mail us at info@bluehillbach.org.

Blue Hill Bach is a nonprofit public charity operating under Section 501(c)(3) and in compliance with Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. IRS Identification Number 45-4334021.