photo: Ric Getter
OUR NEXT CONCERT:
Coffee Cantata and other
lighter Baroque works
"Cafe Bach"
Sunday, June 1, 2pm
Fellowship Hall
Rose City Park Presbyterian Church
NE 44th and Sandy
Coffee and German cakes served
Tickets required -- $20.00 Adults, $15 Students/Seniors
By Phone: 503-224-TIXX (TicketsWest) or:
Click Here to Purchase Tickets On-line
WHO WE ARE:
The Bach Cantata Choir's mission is to sing the entire set of cantatas by Johann
Sebastian Bach over a period of 20 years. We perform approximately four
concerts each year – two or three cantatas per concert. We are a choir of 50
members plus an orchestra of between 8-15 members depending upon the
concert. Concerts are Sunday afternoons at 2pm. All rehearsals and concerts
are at Rose City Park Presbyterian Church, located in the Hollywood district of
Portland, Oregon at NE Sandy and 45th. The street address of the church is
1907 N.E. 45th. Ave. The Bach Cantata Choir is a legally organized non-profit
corporation under Oregon law, and is a registered 501-c-3 corporation with the
IRS. Donations to the choir are fully deductible for income-tax purposes.
Ralph Nelson, Artistic Director:
Composer/conductor Ralph Nelson is in demand as an Artist-in-Residence
throughout the Portland area. A graduate of Amherst College and subsequently
a composition and conducting student of Nadia Boulanger in France, Nelson has
served in many capacities since moving to Portland, Oregon over 25 years ago.
For 22 years, he was a member of the administrative staff of the Oregon
Symphony, and then became Executive Director of the Portland Symphonic
Choir.
In addition to composing and teaching, Nelson is Choir Director at First
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Portland, Director of the Holladay Park Plaza
Singers (25 seniors), and Director of the Bravura Young Men's Ensemble of the
Oregon Repertory Singers. Both Ralph and his wife Susan sing with the
Portland Symphonic Choir. In the summer, Ralph sings with Mastersingers
USA, an all-male group under the direction of former Amherst College
Professor Bruce McInnes.
