Organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach
in three locations
performed by a traveling team of four organists!
Celebrating the 341st birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Locations
North Spokane – 1:00 pm – Whitworth Church
South Spokane – 2:30 pm – Saint Augustine Catholic Church
Coeur d’Alene – 4:00 pm – Trinity Lutheran Church
Program
Mobile Version
Print Version
Passacaglia und Fuge, C-moll – BWV 582
Organists
Scarlett Thomsen is almost fourteen and has been playing piano for nine years. Her first experiences on organ were playing for her church, Mount Saint Michael, when she was about ten years old. Since last year’s Organ Academy, she has been studying with Edward Hurd. She is also a member of the American Guild of Organists. When not playing the organ, Scarlett loves to read, hang out with friends, and sing soprano in the parish choir.
More artist information coming soon.
Johann Sebastian Bach
At a Glance
- 1685, March 31 – Johann Sebastian Bach was born to Johann Ambrosius; Bach and Maria Lämmerhirt, in Eisenach.
- 1694 – Death of parents, 10-year-old Bach moves in with eldest brother Johann Christoph Bach, in Ohrdruf.
- 1700 – Begins study at prestigious St. Michael’s School, in Lüneberg.
- 1703, January – Appointed court musician to Duke Johann Ernst III, in Weimar.
- 1703, August – Appointed organist at New Church, in Arnstadt.
- 1705-1706 – Takes a four-week leave to study with Johann Reincken in Lübeck, is gone for four months. Famously walks 280 miles each way from Arnstadt to Lübeck to hear Buxtehude perform and meet Reincken.
- 1707, July – Assumes organist/composer duties at Blasius Church, Mühlhausen.
- 1707, November – Marries Maria Barbara Bach.
- 1708 – Returns to Weimar as organist. First child Catharina Dorothea is born. Six children were born in Weimar, including: Wilhelm Friedemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel, and Johann Gottfried Bernard. Three die before their first birthday including twins born in 1713.
- 1714 – Appointed Konzertmeister at the ducal court, in Weimar.
- 1717 – Hired by Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen as Kapellmeister, in Köthen.
- 1720, July – Wife Maria Barbara Bach suddenly dies.
- 1721, December – Marries Anna Magdalena Wilcke. Together they had 13 children, six of whom survived into adulthood, including: Gottfried Heinrich, Johann Christoph Friedrich, and Johann Christian.
- 1723 – Hired as director of church music by the Leipzig city council. Directed St. Thomas School and provided four churches with music: St. Thomas Church, St. Nicholas Church, New Church, and St. Peter’s Church.
- 1749, January – Health declining, becoming blind.
- 1750, July 28 – Bach dies of infection following eye surgery by the charlatan John Taylor.
Street Team Assets
Chapter members:
- Print/place posters in your choir room or studio
- Place posters wherever lovers of Bach’s music might see them
- Share images on social media
- Repost chapter posts on your social media page
- Include promo images in your Sunday service leaflet or congregation newsletter
Here are links for downloading image assets you can use! Post on your social media pages.
Pro Tip: print poster/flier .jpeg files directly from your image viewer for best resolution.
Print Posters & Fliers
- Poster (8.5×11)
- Poster (11×17)
Social Media – all sized for optimum display, 2025 dimensions
- Facebook Post (1080×1080)
- Pinterest Pin (1000×1000)
- Instagram Feed (1080×1440)
- X (Twitter) In-Feed Image (1080×1080)
- LinkedIn Post (1080×1080)
Press release.
Thank you for your help!
