Reserve free tickets for our season finale! | April 19th, 2024 | 8pm, Paine Hall

Bach Society Orchestra

Harvard’s largest student-run orchestra. Staffed, managed, and conducted entirely by undergraduates.

For over 60 years, Harvard's premier undergraduate chamber orchestra has been dedicated to performing top-quality baroque, classical, romantic, and modern repertoire for the Greater Cambridge community. Notable BachSoc alumni include Yo-Yo Ma, Alan Gilbert, and John Harbison.

Concerts & Events

The Bach Society Orchestra's 2023-2024 season featured perennial classics, from Haydn to Beethoven, alongside less often-performed works by Rossini, Prokofiev, and several other composers. Our upcoming concert, to be held in Paine Hall on April 19th, will feature Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, and the winning piece from this years’ composition competition, Life Cycle of a Galaxy, by Kieran Chung ‘27.