2026 Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival

Experience two unforgettable festival concerts led by Daniel Myssyk and performed by Shenandoah Valley Back Festival musicians. The first showcases the orchestra alongside piano in a dynamic evening of masterful works, while the second expands the stage with orchestra, choir, and acclaimed soloists, culminating in a powerful and moving performance. The theme for this year’s festival is Creative Inventions.  This theme is in part inspired by Bach’s genre of keyboard pieces entitled “Inventions,” but is also inspired by his overall imagination. The colorful idiom “creative inventions of the mind” certainly applies to Bach and his ability to reimagine music in exciting new ways. This appears in his music in ways such as reinventing movements from his sacred choral works into virtuoso instrumental concertos to writing pieces such as concertos for four harpsichords. Bach’s imagination was beautiful indeed!

See the full event schedule which includes many chances to experience great music!