photo: Ric Getter



OUR 2009-2010 Season:
(Complete programming will be available by July 1, 2009)

All Concerts are held at Rose City Park Presbyterian
Church, NE 44th and Sandy. Concerts are free (except
Christmas Oratorio).
Sunday, November 1, 2pm

Friday, December 18 7:30pm
(Christmas Oratorio, parts 4-6) Tickets required

Sunday, February 7, 2pm
Sunday, March 14, 2pm
Sunday, April 25, 2pm

WHO WE ARE:

The Bach Cantata Choir's mission is to sing the entire set of cantatas by Johann
Sebastian Bach over a period of 20 years.    We perform approximately four
concerts each year – two or three cantatas per concert.  We are a choir of 50
members plus an orchestra of between 8-15 members depending upon the concert.  
Concerts are Sunday afternoons at 2pm.  All rehearsals and concerts are at Rose
City Park Presbyterian Church, located in the Hollywood district of Portland,
Oregon at NE Sandy and 45th.  The street address of the church is 1907 N.E. 45th.
Ave.  The Bach Cantata Choir is a legally organized non-profit corporation under
Oregon law, and is a registered 501-c-3 corporation with the IRS.   Donations to
the choir are fully deductible for income-tax purposes.  

Ralph Nelson, Artistic Director:

Composer/conductor Ralph Nelson is in demand as an Artist-in-Residence
throughout the Portland area.  A graduate of Amherst College and subsequently a
composition and conducting student of Nadia Boulanger in France, Nelson has
served in many capacities since moving to Portland, Oregon over 25 years ago.  
For 22 years, he was a member of the administrative staff of the Oregon
Symphony, and then became Executive Director of the Portland Symphonic
Choir.  During the summer of 2008, Ralph studied conducting with Helmuth
Rilling, Tom Davies and Tim Sawyer at the Oregon Bach Festival in Eugene.

In addition to composing and teaching, Nelson is Choir Director at First
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Portland and Director of the Holladay Park Plaza
Singers.  Both Ralph and his wife Susan sing with the Portland Symphonic Choir.  
In the summer, Ralph sings with Mastersingers USA, an all-male group under the
direction of former Amherst College Professor Bruce McInnes.
Bach Cantata Choir
Portland, Oregon`