Our mission is to bring baroque music to life, creating fresh connections with today’s audiences—often through imaginative collaborations with other art forms.
Music Meets...
MUSIC × HIP-HOP DANCE
“Bach in Motion” – February 2023, photos by Grace Copeland
Melding J.S. Bach’s violin and harpsichord sonatas with high-energy dance by Steven Vilsaint.
MUSIC × THEATRE
“Obsession & Legacy” – October 2023, photos by Grace Copeland
Arcangelo Corelli’s hard-earned fame meant he would influence generations of musicians to come. This original program of music and scenes includes excerpts from hyper-contemporary plays like Gloria by the Tony- and Pulitzer-winning Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, reflecting on the ways ambition can manifest.
MUSIC × PAINTING
“Bach in Color” – March 2023, photos by Grace Copeland
Live oil painting by Kristina Libby offers a meditative counterpoint to the sweet sounds of the baroque.
MUSIC × BALLET
“Dance With Bach” – May 2020, photos by Grace Copeland
Three newly commissioned ballets by Christopher Caines Dance bring Bach’s spectacular music to life—incorporating elements from flamenco, tango, Hindu bharatanatyam, Scottish traditional, and even a bit of baroque dance, all intricately interwoven with Bach’s musical motifs and structures.
MUSIC × PHOTOGRAPHY
“The Four Seasons” – January 2024, photos by David Payne
Curated by Grace Copeland, this program pairs Vivaldi’s beloved Four Seasons with photography by living NYC-based photographers inspired by the seasons. Live projections bring the audience inside these visual works, heightening the sparkling string playing of each soloist.
MUSIC × SPACE
“The Complete J.S. Bach for Solo Violin” – April 2017, photos by Joanne Bouknight
Total immersion: freely wander the largest cathedral in the world following six violinists as they explore overlapping renditions of J.S. Bach’s solo partitas and sonatas.
MUSIC × SONNETS
“Sonnets & Sonatas” – March 2025, photos by Grace Copeland
Broadway’s Gabby Beans joins the Sebastians in curating this sonnets program, which highlights the elegant structures and emotional depth of Bach’s sonatas intertwined with sonnets by Shakespeare as well as 20th-century poets like Countee Cullen and Gwendolyn Brooks.
Cooking up your own idea for an interdisciplinary mash-up? Or, interested in having the Sebastians re-mount one of the above programs for your venue or series? Let’s talk.