Seraphic Fire’s Pre-Concert Conversations series is an adult education initiative offered at no additional cost to concertgoers.

Seraphic Fire Associate Conductor James K. Bass and other guest lecturers guide audiences through engaging discussions about the musicological and sociological issues surrounding the pieces being performed by the ensemble.

2021-2022 Season:

November 2021
Immortal Genius: Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater
Lecture by Patrick Dupre Quigley

January 2022
Hildegard von Bingen: Ordo virtutum (CD Release Concert)
Lecture by Enrico Lagasca

February 2022
WEEK 1 – If Music Be the Food of Love: A Valentine’s Day Concert
Lecture by James K. Bass
WEEK 2 – Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Lecture by Nola Richardson 

March 2022
Biebl: Ave Maria – Music for Men’s Chorus
Lecture by Brad Diamond

April 2022
Handel: Messiah
Lecture by James K. Bass

*Subject to Change

Seraphic Fire’s Pre-Concert Conversations are made possible with support from Miami Salon Group.