Virtual Young Performers’ Festival and Emerging Artists Showcase Schedule Announced

Young Performers Festival and Emerging Artists Showcase

June 1, 2020—Join us next Monday, June 8, for the start of our week-long Virtual Young Performers Festival and Emerging Artists Showcase, as SFEMS and Early Music America (EMA) broadcast made-to-order, pre-recorded concerts during the week the Berkeley Festival & Exhibition (BFX) was to have taken place. We will be featuring some of the brightest lights from the next generation of early music performers.

Performances will be streamed on Facebook! Join the Watch Party on SFEMS and EMA‘s Facebook pages at the times listed below. SFEMS Executive Director Derek Tam and EMA Executive Director Karin Brookes, along with performers from each concert, will be watching along, chatting and taking your questions live in the comments. Performances will also be archived on EMA’s YouTube Channel.

Young Performers Festival

All performances at 10AM Pacific Time unless otherwise noted.

Monday, June 8
USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia—Los Angeles, California
Tuesday, June 9
Tonos del Sur (Indiana University)—Bloomington, Indiana
Wednesday, June 10
Early Music Youth Academy—Seattle, Washington
Wednesday, June 10 (11AM PT)
Davis Senior High School Baroque Ensemble—Davis, California
Thursday, June 11
McGill University Baroque Orchestra—Montréal, Quebec
Friday, June 12
Juilliard415—New York, New York

Emerging Artists Showcase

Both performances at 11AM Pacific Time.

Saturday, June 13
L.A. Camerata: Marylin Winkle, director—Los Angeles, California
Lyracle: Ashley Mulcahy, James Perretta—Boston, Massachusetts
Thursday, June 14
Trobár: Allison Monroe, Elena Mullins, Karin Weston—Cleveland, Ohio
Gili Loftus, fortepiano—Montréal, Quebec

Written by Derek Tam