Bach Aria Soloists
Hailed for producing “the most surprising and brilliantly innovative collaborations in Kansas City,” Bach Aria Soloists delivers their critically-acclaimed concert series presenting the genius and relevance of Johann Sebastian Bach, his contemporaries, and those he inspired to our community through creative collaborations and BAS’ BachReach education. The ensemble’s repertoire is adventurous and broad, including chamber music from Renaissance to Contemporary, vocal arias, Tango and new living composer commissions. Their signature arrangements can be heard in every concert bringing ancient and modern music to new life.

Bach Aria Soloists is led by Artistic Director-Founder-violinist Elizabeth Suh Lane. The Soloists include Grammy-winning soprano Sarah Tannehill Anderson; multi-talented Elisa Williams Bickers, harpsichord-organ-piano; and acclaimed cellist Hannah Collins. In 2022 and 2016, Bach Aria Soloists was awarded the USArtists International grant from the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the Mellon Foundation. They were selected as a Finalist in the U.S. State Department’s Cultural and Educational 2022 American Music Abroad program and named The Arts Organization of 2020 by the Missouri Arts Council.

Bach Aria Soloists was invited as Artist-in-Residence to the 2022 Thailand International Composition Festival. They performed the world premiere of Narong Prangcharoen’s Reticence for Soprano, Violin, Cello and Harpsichord composed for BAS Founder Elizabeth Suh Lane; led a master class with composition students, and performed two concerts of diverse repertoire from Bach to Prangcharoen.

Collaboration is integral to Bach Aria Soloists’ mission. Artistic partners have included internationally renowned musicians, dancers, scholars, actors, artists: Dr. Christoph Wolff; Trumpeter Rodney Marsalis; Grammy-winners- bandonéonist Héctor Del Curto and pianist Gustavo Casenave; Bobby Watson; the Grammy-winning Kansas City Chorale; Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts; Heart of America Shakespeare Festival; contemporary dance ensembles Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance, Elizabeth Koeppen of Parsons Dance, the Owen/Cox Dance Group, and many more!

BachReach is BAS’ innovative education program that has served many thousands of students presenting exhilarating, interactive music and multi-disciplinary showcases for urban and suburban schools; Artistic Director Elizabeth Suh Lane conducts Orchestral/Chamber music clinics and masterclasses for the top high school programs in the region. BachReach is FREE to our school partners and senior centers, thanks to our benevolent BachReach sponsors.