Symposium Presenters & Moderators
2023 Bach Symposium at UMass Amherst
Please click on any name for Presenter/Moderator/Panelist biography.
Presenters:

Christine Blanken
Bach-Archiv Leipzig
Cantatas with changes in instrumentation: The reception of Cantata (early) versions with obbligato organ

Daniel Boomhower
Dumbarton Oaks
The Social Significance of Changing Choral Timbres: Evidence from the Performance History of Bach’s B-minor Mass
(Abstract)

Rachel Gain
Yale University
Hearing Emotion, Feeling Key: Timbre, Technique, and Tonality in J.S. Bach’s Flute Obbligati
(Abstract)

Erinn Knyt
UMass Amherst
Acoustic Resonances: New Timbres, Sounds, and Colors in the Bach-Busoni Transcriptions, Arrangements, Editions, and Interpretations (Abstract)

Joel Lester
CUNY Graduate Center, Mannes College of Music
Timbre and the Music of J.S. Bach-Thoughts from Centuries Later (Abstract) (Handout)

Jeana Melilli
University of Florida
Gamba, Flute, and J.S. Bach’s Right Hand: Examples of Timbral Flexibility of the 18th Century Trio and Accompanied Sonatas in BWV 1027/1039 (Abstract)

Markus Rathey
Yale University
Timbre, Space, and Texture in Bach’s Cantatas for Open-Air Performances
(Abstract)

Mary Barres Riggs
Dancer; Dance History Scholar
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion: Ballet by John Neumeier
(Abstract)

Robert Riggs
University of Mississippi
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion: Ballet by John Neumeier
(Abstract)
Session Moderators:
Emily Dolan
Brown University

Evan MacCarthy
University of Massachusetts Amherst (Five College Professor)

Ernest May
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Friday panel, Bach & Timber: A View from the Organ Loft
(Abstract) (Handout)