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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Welcome to our 2020-21 Board of Directors
Betty Cohen, President Ken Stancer, Vice President Janet Murphy, Secretary Genevieve Murtaugh, Treasurer Melanie de Jesus Martha Florey Rich Samuels Jaret Schroeder also in photo: Marika Fischer Hoyt, Artistic Director
2020 Performance Schedule
The Bach Around the Clock 2020 Performance Schedule is available now! What a fabulous schedule of performers are lined up for the BATC 2020 festival! As of January 29th, the schedule is full, but sometimes cancellations or schedule changes occur, so if you are interested in performing, contact us to be added to the waiting …
BATC 2020 schedule is filling up!
Cantatas, sonatas, concertos, suite, fugues, inventions, chorales! Harpsichords, pianos, strings, woodwinds, guitars, and saxophones! The schedule is filling up, but performance times are still available. Contact BATC soon if you or your group would like to perform.
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 …
BATC Photos 1
BATC 2019 was a fabulous event. We’ll be posting a series of photos taken by various festival participants. The first few photos come from violinist/violist Shannon Farley, who participated multiple times during the day: she played duets with her father Tim on guitar in the morning, and with guitarist Chris Allen in the afternoon, her …
The A/V Crew: Audio for the Arts
Audio for the Arts is in its Tech Week, preparing for next Saturday’s 12-hour marathon. BATC is so grateful to all the recording and video specialists, for coming on site to make the Festival run as smoothly as possible.
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 …
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 …
BATC in the News: The Well-Tempered Ear
Happy New Year from BATC! We hope 2019 is getting off to a great start for the BATC community. Plans are well underway for BATC 2019, and The Well-Tempered Ear is here to tell you all about it. Click here for the latest update, and then visit our Sign-Up page here to sign up for a time to …