Author: Bach Around The Clock

Announcing the BATC 2022 Interim Artistic Director

BATC founder and artistic director, Marika Fischer Hoyt, will be on sabbatical for the 2021-22 season.We wish Marika a bon voyage as she travels to Zurich with her husband. She will return to Bach Around The Clock for the 2022-23 season. The Board of Directors is delighted to announce that Melanie de Jesus will serve …

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Position Open for Interim Artistic Director

Bach Around The Clock’s Artistic Director, Marika Fischer Hoyt, will be on sabbatical for the 2021-22 season.The Board of Directors is opening a search process for an Interim Artistic Director to provide leadership and oversee the implementation of the BATC 2022 festival. Position Summary The Artistic Director serves as the artistic head and public face …

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Guest Artist Lawrence Quinnett will return for BATC 2020

Lawrence Quinnett, who was our guest artist-in-residence at BATC 2018, will be returning to in 2020 to perform Bach’s set of six French Suites.  Quinnett is Assistant Professor of Music at Livingston College in North Carolina, where he teaches piano and music theory.  He holds a Doctor of Music degree from Florida State University.  Click …

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BATC on WORT!

Want the inside scoop on this year’s BATC festival? Tune in on Sunday Feb. 24 at 10 am Central to the Musica Antiqua show on WORT, Madison’s community radio station. Host Carol Moseson will interview BATC Artistic Director Marika Fischer Hoyt about the upcoming festival, who’s performing, who’s hosting, and what’s new, alternating with clips from …

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The 12-Hour BATC Festival is Completely Filled!

As of Friday, February 8, the Festival Schedule has filled up, with a wonderful cornucopia of Bach selections for the audience to enjoy.  Our musicians include young Suzuki violinists, professionals from the Madison Symphony, solo vocalists and choirs, adult amateurs, music clubs like the Winds of Southern Wisconsin and the Association of Church Musicians, and …

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