Spring Lecture: Erin Freeman and Dana Marsh, Performance Practices of the Bach B Minor Mass

Erin Freeman and Dana Marsh, Performance Practices of the Bach B Minor Mass
April 3
1:30 PM
In-Person at OLLI

Erin Freeman is a conductor and artistic leader serving as Artistic Director of the City Choir of Washington and Wintergreen Music, Director of the Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, and Principal Conductor of the Richmond Ballet. She has appeared with major orchestras and ballet companies across the US and internationally at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Musikverein in Vienna, and has led GRAMMY-nominated recordings. A finalist for Performance Today’s Classical Woman of the Year, Freeman holds degrees from Northwestern University, Boston University, and the Peabody Conservatory.

Dr. Dana T. Marsh has served as artistic director of the Washington Bach Consort since 2018 and is praised by The Washington Post as a “superb choral conductor.” Trained as a chorister at St. Thomas Choir School and Salisbury Cathedral, he holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Oxford. Marsh has collaborated with leading early-music ensembles in the US and UK, appeared as guest conductor at Washington National Cathedral, and has recorded for major international labels. He is a music professor and director of the Historical Performance Institute at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

Reservations are required to attend in-person lectures. In-person lectures will be held in the Spring Valley Building, 4801 Massachusetts Ave. NW, in Room A on the First Floor. Registration for the above lecture will open here at 10:00 AM on the Friday prior to the lecture. The direct registration link will also be included in the Friday newsletter the week prior. You must have an OLLI account to register. If you do not have one, you can create an account when going to register. Each registrant may reserve up to two seats. Your name must be on the list of registrants to enter the lecture and you must be in your seat five minutes before the lecture starts to guarantee your seat.