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.

2019-2020 Season:

November 2019
Hildegard of Bingen: Ordo Virtutum (Play of Virtues)
Lecture by Amanda Crider

January 2020
Icons: Russian Choral Masterworks
Lecture by Sarah Moyer

February 2020
Haydn: Arianna a Naxos (Chamber)
Lecture by Patrick Dupré Quigley & Clara Osowski
Bach: Coffee and Wedding Cantatas
Lecture by Patrick Dupré Quigley & Steven Eddy 
Bach: Cello Suites (Chamber)
Lecture by James K. Bass
Handel: Acis and Galatea
Lecture by Brad Diamond

March 2020
Northern Lights: Music of Scandinavia
Lecture by James K. Bass

April 2020
Handel: Messiah
Lecture by Brad Diamond

May 2020
Biebl: Ave Maria – Music for Men’s Chorus
Lecture by James K. Bass

*Subject to Change

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