New Directions for CBS
California Bach Society is excited to announce new artistic leadership for CBS. We want to express our appreciation and gratitude to Dr. Paul Flight for the significant musical contributions he made during his 17-year tenure with the choir and for the many memorable concerts we presented under his direction. We wish Paul well in his future endeavors.
Beginning this fall, acclaimed and beloved Bay Area choral conductor Magen Solomon will join us as interim artistic director for the 2024-2025 season. Because Magen will not be available for our December concert set, we are thrilled to welcome Derek Tam as a guest conductor for that set.
We are looking forward to taking CBS in some new and exciting directions—but we also want to assure our audiences and supporters that we will continue to present the exquisite repertoire and innovative programming you love! We thank you for your support, and we hope you’ll join us for what promises to be another outstanding CBS season.
You can read more about Magen Solomon and Derek Tam on our Direction page.
Our 2024–2025 Season
TESORI DORATI
Diverse Voices from the Italian Baroque
October 25–27, 2024
FROM TALLIS TO TAVENER
Five Centuries of British Choral Music
February 28–March 2, 2025
GAUDETE
A Christmas Dialogue Across Centuries
December 13–15, 2024 (date change)
BRILLIANT BACH
Borrowings and Transformations
May 2–4, 2025
A cornerstone of the Bay Area early music scene for more than 50 years, California Bach Society is a 30-voice chamber choir known for finely wrought interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque music, often accompanied by leading period instrumentalists. Each season, the choir performs four concert sets in San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Berkeley.
“CBS’s repertory is particularly engaging and rewarding, giving us a chance to explore many fine works of music we would otherwise be unaware of or have little chance of hearing.”
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California Bach Society in concert in Berkeley, Fall 2019. Photo by John Gale.