Bluffton University Bach Festival March 16-18
Bluffton University's annual Bach Festival will include Bach's Lunch on Friday, March 16, and the Bach Festival Concert on Sunday, March 18. Both events are free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken during the concert's intermission to help defray expenses.
The concert will open at 2:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall with the third annual Mosiman Young Artist Competition.
All seniors, the three finalists chosen to perform are soprano Kristin Beckman from Ottawa, Ohio; Beth McCullough from Sherwood, Ohio, on flute; and Kitanya Murray from Findlay, Ohio, on alto saxophone. The winner, to be announced following intermission, will receive a $100 cash prize.
Conducted by Dr. Jon Peterson, an assistant professor of music at Bluffton, the concert will feature a performance of Haydn's "Mass in time of war" by the Bluffton Choral Society, a choir comprising community members and Bluffton students, faculty and staff; university choral groups Accent! and Bel Canto; a chamber orchestra; and soloists Dr. Crystal Sellers, soprano; Julia Szabo, alto; Ryan Connelly, tenor; and Timothy Bruno, bass.
Sellers, who holds a doctorate in vocal performance from The Ohio State University, is an assistant professor of music at Bluffton. Szabo, formerly a professional singer in New York City for 25 years, is the university's director of alumni relations and annual giving. Both Connelly and Bruno are performers who earned master's degrees from the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music.
The traditional Bach's Lunch will begin at noon Friday in the Gilliom Room of Mosiman Hall, where Bluffton students will perform in an informal setting. Individuals may bring their own lunch.
Stories Posted This Week
Sunday, August 3, 2025
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Friday, August 1, 2025
Thursday, July 31, 2025
- Bluffton University names Dr. J. Alexander Sider as next President
- GLP-1s and weight loss: Impact on muscles
- Check out August 2025 at Bluffton Public Library
- Discovery Days prize drawing results, check your tickets
- Wesley “Wes” Allen Leightner worked for Phillips
- How floundering Cards should deal at deadline
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
- Letter: BOHS work night at the Depot, July 30
- County park district considers name change, invites feedback
- Teen vaccine clinic at Bluffton Middle School, August 18
- State of Ohio expands commercial truck parking at US 30 rest areas
- National Night Out celebration is August 5
- Bluffton council hears neighbor concerns about proposed school practice field
- GROB Systems to host 5-AXIS LIVE! with 21 industry partners on Aug. 5