Bach’s Lunch Organ Series

Bach’s Lunch is a lecture-recital series featuring organ music of history’s greatest composers. These free lectures begin at noon in the Wartburg Chapel Commons with recitals following in the Wartburg Chapel sanctuary. Participants are invited to bring their lunch or preorder a box lunch to eat at the lecture.

Wartburg College is named after the Wartburg Castle, which sits atop the hillsides of Eisenach, Germany, birthplace of J.S. Bach.

2025-26 Series Dates

Sept. 12, 2025: Mariko Marita, University of Northern Iowa
Oct. 10: 2025: Karen Black, Wartburg College
Nov. 7, 2025: Kevin Bylsma, Bowling Green State University
Feb. 6, 2026: Matthew Penning, Iowa City
March 13, 2026: Mark Sedio, Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 10, 2026: Wartburg College Organ Students

To Order a Box Lunch

Please contact carrie.church@wartburg.edu or 319-352-8300 by the Wednesday prior to the recital.