October 2023
Dear Friends of the Peoria Bach Festival,
To all of those who supported us last year, thank you! We were excited to be in our new home at Westminster Presbyterian Church. It is a beautiful church and an elegant venue for Bach’s incomparable music. And the music was grand, aided by our skilled group of musicians. Now we look forward to the 2024 Peoria Bach Festival which will take place June 2-7.
Our 2024 festival will tentatively feature:
If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution for the 2024 festival before the end of this tax year, please visit westminsterpeoria.org (Donation Portal) or send your contribution to Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1420 W. Moss Ave., Peoria IL 61606. If making an online donation, be sure to select “Peoria Bach Festival” as the fund. If contributing by check, be sure to write “Bach Festival” in the memo line.
The Peoria Bach Festival is a collaborative effort featuring musicians from Central Illinois and the surrounding regions. Not only does it showcase Peoria’s own musicians, but it also seeks to encourage and disciple a new generation of musicians while at the same time attracting national and international talent. Your generous contributions help us keep the daytime concerts free and make the price of the main event – the Friday evening Festival Concert – affordable.
We look forward to celebrating another week of the joyful and exuberant music of Bach and thank you in advance for your continued patronage.
Yours truly,
Dr. John Jost, Executive Director
Peoria Bach Festival
“As a newcomer to Westminster, I’ve found it to be a most welcoming fellowship. I look forward to going to services and events and find the warmth of the congregation to be most helpful to a newcomer to the entire area. I find sermons challenging … music beautiful and well prepared … and a dignity in the worship that is all too lacking in most Protestant congregations. Mix this with an open atmosphere where it is OK to question and still be seen as a good Christian, and I know I’ve found one important ‘home’ in Central Illinois.”