For 81 years, the Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival has inspired the imagination, passion and intellect of scholars and music lovers the world over. The first collegiate Bach festival in America was founded in 1932 by music educator Albert Riemenschneider and his wife Selma. The couple had a noble mission: to enrich the lives of Northeast Ohio residents by bringing the world's greatest Bach soloists to the stage of Baldwin Wallace University, while offering the school's Conservatory students an unparalleled opportunity to experience the highest performance standards of their day.  Albert and Selma succeeded. To this day, the annual Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival has come to symbolize artistic and academic excellence.