Coffee Talks are free, engaging, informal lectures on music topics by MM ensemble members, staff, and friends.

For hundreds of years, composers have been taking the works of J.S. Bach and inspiring new creations for piano, orchestra, and countless other configurations of acoustic and electric instruments. In this Midsummer’s Coffee Talk, Composer-in-Residence Will Healy will perform and discuss some of the most stunning transcriptions of Bach’s work, from Rachmaninoff’s version of the “Preludio for Violin” to Franz Liszt’s setting of the A Minor Organ Prelude and Fugue. He will also give a sneak preview of his “Fantasy on Wachet Auf”, which will be performed at the “Bach to the Future” concerts on July 18th, 19th, and 21st.

Seating is limited. Please reserve your free tickets.