Portrait of Dr. Christopher Michael Besch

Dr. Christopher Michael Besch

  • Assistant Professor at School of Music, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Scholarly and Creative Works

2024

  • Soloist and Ensemble Member, Bach’s BWV 248 Weihnachtsoratorium, Parts 1, 5-6. December 14, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. March 24, 2024 Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, TX.
  • Soloist, Henze's Moralities 1. November 24, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Texas State University Chorale. November 25, 2024 Performing Arts Center, San Marcos, TX.
  • Soloist and Ensemble Member, Bach’s BWV 94 Was frag ich nach der Welt. October 5, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. March 24, 2024 Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, TX.
  • Ensemble Member, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. June 29, 2024 - July 14, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Oregon Bach Festival. July 14, 2024 Silva Concert Hall, Eugene, OR.
  • Ensemble Member, Whitacre's The Sacred Veil. June 29, 2024 - July 14, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Oregon Bach Festival. July 14, 2024 Silva Concert Hall, Eugene, OR.
  • Ensemble Member, Stravinksy's Symphony of Psalms. June 29, 2024 - July 14, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Oregon Bach Festival. July 14, 2024 Silva Concert Hall, Eugene, OR.
  • Ensemble Member, Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor. June 29, 2024 - July 14, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Oregon Bach Festival. July 14, 2024 Silva Concert Hall, Eugene, OR.
  • Ensemble Member, Snider's Mass for the Endangered. June 29, 2024 - July 14, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Oregon Bach Festival. July 14, 2024 Silva Concert Hall, Eugene, OR.
  • Soloist, Peter Maxwell Davies’s Eight Songs for a Mad King. June 18, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Classical Music Institute. June 18, 2024 Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio, TX.
  • Soloist and Ensemble Member, Bach Society Houston Southern Tour - Savannah, Georgia. May 13, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. March 24, 2024 First Lutheran Church of Savannah, Savannah, GA.
  • Soloist and Ensemble Member, Bach Society Houston Southern Tour - Houston, TX. May 10, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. March 24, 2024 Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX.
  • Soloist and Ensemble Member, Monteverdi: A Caecilian Vespers. April 21, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Harmonia Stellarum. April 21, 2024 First Lutheran Church, Houston, TX.
  • Soloist - Samuel, Pirates of Penzance. April 13, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Opera San Antonio. April 11, 2024 Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio, TX.
    • Opera San Antonio. April 13, 2024 Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio, TX.
  • Soloist and Ensemble Member, Bach’s Johannes-Passion. March 24, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. March 24, 2024 Christ the King Lutheran Churcha, Houston, TX.
  • Soloist and Ensemble Member, Bach’s BWV 67 Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum. February 3, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. February 3, 2024 Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, TX.

2023

  • Soloist, Rick Erickson's Passion. 2023.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. April 2, 2023 Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, TX.
    • Bach Society Houston. April 7, 2023 Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, TX.
  • Soloist and Ensemble Member, "Awe & Wonder". December 12, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Ars Lyrica. December 12, 2023 St. Phillip's Presbyterian Church, Houston. TX.
  • Soloist and Ensemble Member, Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium Pts. 3, 4, & 5. December 9, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. December 9, 2023 Brockman Hall for Opera at Rice University, Houston, TX.
  • Soloist and Ensemble Member, Mozart’s Missa Solemnis in C Major. October 15, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Harmonia Stellarum. October 15, 2023 First Lutheran Church, Houston, TX.
  • Soloist, Bach’s BWV 75 Die Elenden sollen essen. October 7, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, TX.
  • Ensemble Member, Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony. July 16, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Oregon Bach Festival. July 16, 2023 Silva Concert Hall, Eugene, OR.
  • Ensemble Member, Brahms's Schicksalslied. July 13, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Oregon Bach Festival. July 13, 2023 Silva Concert Hall, Eugene, OR.
  • Ensemble Member, Penderecki's Credo. July 9, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Oregon Bach Festival. July 9, 2023 Silva Concert Hall, Eugene, OR.
  • Soloist and Ensemble Member, Monteverdi Vespers. June 30, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Harmonia Stellarum. St. Christopher’s by the Sea Episcopal Church, Portland, TX.
  • Programmer and Music Director, Beethoven Folk Songs & Opera San Antonio Season Preview. June 23, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Classical Music Institute. June 23, 2023 Radius Center, San Antonio, TX.
  • Programmer and Music Director, 2023 Youth Summer Program Concert. June 23, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Classical Music Institute. June 23, 2023 Edgewood Fine Arts Academy, San Antonio, TX.
  • Programmer and Music Director, Teaching Artist Fellowship Chamber Music Concert. June 20, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Classical Music Institute. June 20, 2023 Edgewood Fine Arts Academy, San Antonio, TX.
  • Soloist, Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. June 17, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Classical Music Institute. June 17, 2023 Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio, TX.
  • Soloist, Germany Tour - Various Works. June 9, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Leipzig Bach Festival. June 9, 2023 Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Soloist, Germany Tour - Various Works. June 9, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Houston Bach Society. June 9, 2023 Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Soloist, Germany Tour - Various Works. June 8, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. June 8, 2023 Neues Ratthaus Stadt Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Soloist, Germany Tour - Various Works. June 8, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. June 8, 2023 US Consulate, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Soloist, Germany Tour - Various Works. June 7, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. June 7, 2023 Stadtkirche St. Wenzel, Naumberg, Germany.
  • Soloist, Germany Tour - Various Works. June 7, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. June 7, 2023 Johann Sebastien Bach Kirche, Arnstadt, Germany.
  • Soloist, Bach Vespers for Leipzig. June 4, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. June 4, 2023 Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, TX.
  • Soloist, 300th Anniversary Vespers. February 5, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. February 5, 2023 Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, TX.

2022

  • Soloist, A Marian Feast. December 14, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Ars Lyrica. December 14, 2022 St. Phillip's Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX.
  • Soloist, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. December 11, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Houston. December 11, 2022 Brockman Hall for Opera at Rice University, Houston, TX.
  • Soloist, Handel’s Messiah. December 6, 2022.
    Performances:
    • San Antonio Mastersingers and San Antonio Philharmonic. December 6, 2022 University United Methodist Church, San Antonio, TX.
  • Soloist, Handel’s Messiah. December 4, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Symphony of the Hills. December 4, 2022 Cailloux Theater, Kerrville, TX.
  • Soloist, Haydn’s Creation. November 10, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Haydn's Creation. November 10, 2022 Second Presbyterian Church of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
  • Soloist, Howell’s By the Waters of Babylon & Fauré’s Requiem. October 30, 2022.
    Performances:
    • St. Thomas Episcopal Church. October 30, 2022 St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Houston, TX.
  • Soloist, Oktoberfest Vespers. October 2, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Bach Society Housotn. October 2, 2022 Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, TX.
  • Soloist, Purcell’s Hail, Bright Cecilia and Welcome to All the Pleasures. September 23, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Ars Lyrica. September 23, 2022 Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston, TX.
  • Soloist, Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien & Philippe de Monte’s Requiem. September 11, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Harmonia Stellarum Houston. September 11, 2022 First Lutheran Church, Houston, TX.
  • Soloist, Beethoven Folksongs. June 18, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Classical Music Institute. June 18, 2022 Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio.
  • Soloist, Sylvie Bodorova’s Terezin Ghetto Requiem. June 16, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Classical Music Institute. June 16, 2022 Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio.