2026 Sponsorships and tickets available now!

festival tickets are included in every level of sponsorship!

Announcing South Carolina’s second Baroque Music Festival - “Baroque beyond borders”!

SC Bach, South Carolina’s Bach Society, is producing our second annual Baroque Music Festival in the state the weekend of May 15-17, 2026 in Greenville. Featuring musicians from around the state, region, and nation, festival attendees will have a variety of musical performances and lectures to experience, focusing on the lasting impact of Baroque music. Several events are free and open to the public. The larger concert performances are ticketed.

Sponsorships available

We need your help bringing the festival to fruition! Cement your legacy as a sponsor of the South Carolina Baroque Music Festival by donating today. Any amount is welcomed and appreciated, but the sponsorship levels below are needed to successfully continue the SC Baroque Music Festival.

See the benefits of each sponsor level below, and donate any amount using the Donate Now button at the bottom of this section.

    • VIP seating for 10 at all concerts

    • Festival tote bags and t-shirts for 10

    • Rehearsal access for all concerts

    • Meet-and-greet with performers following each concert

    • Special Sunday Brunch with the Artistic Director the weekend of the festival

    • Prominent recognition on all printed materials as well as festival t-shirts and tote bags

    • Prominent recognition in festival program booklet

    • Prominent recognition on all festival signage

    • Prominent recognition during TV/radio spots (as applicable)

    • Prominent recognition on our website and social media channels

    • Verbal acknowledgement and thanks prior to every concert during the festival

    • Invitation to exclusive sponsor event following the festival

    • VIP seating for 5 at the sponsored concert

    • Preferred seating for 5 at all other festival concerts

    • Festival tote bags and t-shirts for 5

    • Rehearsal access for the sponsored concert

    • Meet-and-greet with performers following the sponsored concert

    • Prominent recognition in the concert section of the festival program booklet

    • Prominent recognition on concert signage

    • Prominent recognition on our website and social media channels

    • Verbal acknowledgement and thanks prior to the sponsored concert

    • Invitation to exclusive sponsor event following the festival

    • VIP seating for 2 at the concert featuring the sponsored musical section (e.g., violins, harpsichord, altos, etc.)

    • Preferred seating for 2 at all other festival concerts

    • Festival tote bags and t-shirts for 2

    • Meet-and-greet with sponsored section performers following the concert

    • Prominent recognition in the concert section of the festival program booklet

    • Recognition on our website and social media channels

    • Invitation to exclusive sponsor event following the festival

    • VIP seating for 2 at the concert featuring the sponsored soloist

    • Choice of 2 festival t-shirts or tote bags 

    • Meet and greet with sponsored soloist following the concert

    • Prominent recognition in concert program

    • Recognition on our website and social media channels

    • Invitation to exclusive sponsor event following the festival

    • VIP seating for 2 at the sponsored concert

    • Choice of 2 festival t-shirts or tote bags 

    • Meet and greet with sponsored soloist following the concert

    • Prominent recognition in concert program

    • Recognition on our website and social media channels

    • Invitation to exclusive sponsor event following the festival

    • Preferred seating at all festival events

    • Choice of 1 festival t-shirt or tote bag

    • Recognition on our website

    • Recognition in festival program booklet

    • Invitation to exclusive sponsor event following the festival

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festival schedule

All venues located in or near downtown Greenville

  • Join us for a series of free Lunch and Learns (BYO lunch) leading up to the festival.

    Thursdays: April 23, 30 and May 7, 14

    Noon-1:00 pm

    St. Michael Lutheran Church, focus on Handel’s Messiah, led by members of the SCBach board

  • Evening featured concert (ticketed) - 7:00 pm

    St. Michael Lutheran Church

    “Storm and Splendor”, by the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra

    Music of Italy

    Featuring Carrera Stamile on the Mandolin playing Vivaldi’s Mandolin Concerto, as well as works by Giuseppe Torelli, Tomaso Albinoni, Francesco Geminiani, and Arcangelo Corelli

  • Children’s concert (free) - 10:00 am

    Musica Ficta - Quintet, Harpsichord, Guitar, two vocalists, recorder

    Sigal Music Museum

    Música Ficta is one of the most distinguished and respected Latin-American ensembles specialized in the performance of baroque repertoire from the Americas and Spain. The ensemble has performed in the main churches and cathedrals of Latin America -where the most important music archives of the continent are found- as well as in some thirty countries in four continents. Its concerts and recordings have been broadcast through the most important radio stations in the Americas and Europe.

    Música Ficta’s recordings have been issued by European and American labels. The vitality and scholarship of their performances have received 5 stars and praise from specialized critics. Their historically informed performances, based upon profound musicological research, make of Música Ficta a reference ensemble of Latin-American and Spanish repertoire. The ensemble frequently records music that has never been recorded, pouring light into valuable, forgotten repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries.

    Afternoon concert (free) - 2:00 pm

    David Furniss, organ recital and lecture at 3:00 pm

    Music from Oaxaca, Mexico

    Christ Church Episcopal

    Evening featured concert (ticketed) - 7:00 pm

    Musica Ficta Quintet, two vocalists, pipe and tabor, baroque guitar, and harpsichord

    Program based on Sebastián Durón, exclusively found in Latin American Archives. Sebastián Durón was brought up in a deeply rooted and clearly distinguishable native tradition, within which he was highly respected and could develop his personal style, he witnessed the advent of the Italian influence, and succeeded in adopting and adapting its new forms with originality into his own music.

    St. Michael Lutheran Church

  • Afternoon concert (free) - 2:00 pm

    Greenville County Museum of Art Gallery

    Charles Humphries, Counter-tenor

    William Simms, lute and theorbo

    Music of John Dowland and other English Baroque composers

    Handel’s Messiah (ticketed) - 7:00 pm

    Christ Church Episcopal

    SC Bach Choir and soloists

    Alice Ratterree, soprano

    Charles Humphries, Counter-tenor

    Tyrese Byrd, tenor

    Adrian Smith, baritone

    North Carolina Baroque Orchestra


thank you to our generous sponsors!

festival sponsors

free concert sponsors

Children’s Concert:
David Furniss, organ:
Charles Humphries, countertenor, and William Simms, lute/theorbo:

ticketed concert sponsors

Italy - North Carolina Baroque Orchestra (May 15):
Spain and the New World - Musica Ficta (May 16):
England - Handel’s Messiah (May 17):

orchestral sponsors

Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Foundation

soloist sponsors

Friends of the Festival


volunteers and housing hosts needed

Volunteers will be required to complete a brief volunteer training prior to the festival (date/time TBD). Volunteers will receive a free festival t-shirt and lanyard, as well as access to all events on the day(s) of volunteer service. Please complete the form below to indicate your interest in volunteering.

In addition to behind-the-scenes festival support, we are in need of musician housing in private homes in Upstate SC. Housing hosts will receive free access to all events performed by the musician(s) they host, in addition to getting to know the musician(s) on a personal level! All that is needed is a private bedroom, access to a bathroom, and a light breakfast on the morning following the musician’s night spent at the home. Please complete the form to indicate your interest in housing a musician(s) below.


This project is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.