Dear Friends of Blue Hill Bach,
As we head into a new season, we’re savoring memories of a triumphant year: three sold-out summer festival concerts, a festive performance of Handel’s Messiah, presented in December in collaboration with Baroque Orchestra of Maine under the direction of George Emlen to a capacity audience, and our celebration of Bach’s birthday with Kevin Birch in Organ and Clavichord, Companions for Centuries.
The 2024 summer festival was a riot of festive music by Purcell at the Baroque Café, an intriguing and intimate program of Baroque music written by women composers, and Bach’s monumental St Matthew Passion, along with related lectures and a Baroque strings masterclass for area students.
We couldn’t do all this without the support we receive from our many volunteers and donors. This past 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.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Marcia Gronewold Sly
Executive Director
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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.