Hailed for delivering “the most surprising and brilliantly innovative collaborations in Kansas City,” Bach Aria Soloists dedicates their critically-acclaimed concert series to presenting the genius and relevance of Johann Sebastian Bach, his contemporaries, and those he inspired to our community through innovative collaborations and BAS’ BachReach education. The ensemble with adventurous and broad repertoire, 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.

Artistic Director-Founder-violinist Elizabeth Suh Lane leads Bach Aria Soloists. The Soloists include Grammy-winning soprano Sarah Tannehill Anderson; multi-talented Elisa Williams Bickers, harpsichord-organ-piano; and acclaimed cellist Hannah Collins. In 2022, 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 American Music Abroad program.

Bach Aria Soloists has been invited as Artist-in-Residence to the 2022 Thailand International Composition Festival. They presented the world premiere of Narong Prangcharoen’s newest composition Reticence for Soprano, Violin, Cello and Harpsichord written for BAS; participated in master classes with composition students from across Asia, and performed two concerts of repertoire from Bach to Prangcharoen.

Collaboration is integral to Bach Aria Soloists’ mission. Artistic partners have included internationally renowned musicians, dancers, scholars, actors, and artists: Dr. Christoph Wolff; Cellist Matt Haimovitz; Trumpeter Rodney Marsalis; Grammy-winners- bandonéonist Héctor Del Curto and pianist Gustavo Casenave; Bobby Watson; 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!