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Mass in B Minor

Friday, July 1st, 2011

On Sunday, July 24 at 7:30pm, BACH Music Director Chet Alwes will be directing Johann Sebastian Bach’s incredible Mass in B Minor at St. John’s Catholic Chapel.  This event will feature the return of many former BACH musicians, and will provide a powerful opportunity to revel in this miraculous music performed to celebrate BACH’s 15 years of music-making in the Champaign-Urbana community

Purchase tickets here or at the door! $25 regular/$15 students

 

Could you be a BACH Sponsor?

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

2011 marks BACH’s 15th anniversary of bringing great music to the Champaign-Urbana community. As part of the anniversary celebrations we are presenting a special performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor on July 24, 2011, uniting current BACH chorus and instrumentalists with former members, which will provide a powerful opportunity to revel in this incredible music. This concert is a major undertaking, and is being presented outside of our regular subscription series. We are looking for sponsors to make a financial contribution towards the estimated cost of $15,000 for this special performance. Could you be one of our sponsors?

Sponsorship levels:
$5,000 – receive 4 tickets to the B-minor Mass and 2 to each concert next season, free 1/2 page ad in next season’s programs, listing on individual concert flyers, acknowledgement in concert press release, BACH B-minor cd (2004 performance) and Christmas cd (2008), cocktail reception for major donors, invitation to attend dress rehearsals

$2,000 – receive 4 tickets to the B-minor Mass, 2 tickets to the concert of your choice next season, 1/4 page ad in next season’s programs, BACH B-minor cd (2004 performance), cocktail reception for major donors, invitation to dress rehearsals

$1000 – receive 4 tickets to the B-minor Mass, 1/8 page ad in next season’s programs, BACH B-minor cd (2004 performance), cocktail reception for major donors, invitation to attend dress rehearsals

$500 – 2 tickets to the B-minor Mass, BACH B-minor (2004 performance), cocktail reception for major donors, invitation to attend dress rehearsals

We will be glad to make special acknowledgement of all contributions, large and small, in the season’s program booklets. Please contact us for more information or to become a sponsor!