Grace Church Bach Festival

Created in 1993, the Grace Church Bach Festival has shared the incomparable music of Johann Sebastian Bach through a series of innovative and integrated programs. Festivals have also featured compositions by Bach contemporaries and those he influenced. The Washington Post has commented: “Georgetown’s C & O Canal runs near Grace Church, set quietly back from Wisconsin Avenue and a hairs-breath from the Potomac.  The church offers one of Washington’s supreme concert series, its annual Bach Festival.”  The acoustics of the church are well suited to chamber ensembles; the A. David Moore Organ (1981) is a fine partner for performances of the music of Bach and his contemporaries.  Organist/choirmaster Dr. Francine Maté has directed the Festival since 2000.