John Prescott, Ph.D., will present another in his series of early music lecture courses in February—an entirely new series focusing on the varieties of baroque chamber music, from viol consorts to cantatas to suites for solo instruments, trio...
John Prescott, Ph.D., will present another in his early music lecture series in September-an entirely new course focusing on the development of keyboard music from its beginnings in late Renaissance Italy, England, and Spain, through the baroque, to...
by Lee McRae Singers can again look forward to a stimulating weekend of sight singing and lectures (as well as enjoying our infectious mix of good company and good food!) at the Fall 2015 Singers’ Retreat, to be held September 26–27 at the Braun...
San Francisco, March 28, 2015: In their now firmly established “Haydn and His Students” tradition, the New Esterházy Quartet present the alpha and omega of Haydn string quartets, opening with his “Op. 1 No. 0” and ending with Beethoven’s Op. 131...
On Saturday, May 30, the Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra will present a concert at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1106 Alameda de las Pulgas in San Carlos at 2:00 p.m. The program will feature an antiphonal canzona by Giovanni Gabrieli, settings of...
The collaboration between SFEMS and the California Jazz Conservatory continues on Sunday, April 19, with the Albany Consort exploring the spirit of improvisation over 250 years by “Making it Up.” The Albany Consort for this concert will include...
On Saturday, March 28, the South Bay Recorder Society presents its spring workshop, “Macromusic,” directed by Glen Shannon. The workshop runs from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and will be held at First Congregational Church of San Jose, 1980 Hamilton...
The collaboration between SFEMS and the California Jazz Conservatory continues on Sunday, March 8, with a program celebrating the early Venetian baroque as well as International Women’s Day. Passamezzo Moderno (Jonathan Davis, harpsichord and organ;...
There is still room available for additional singers at the upcoming retreat March 14–15, 2015. It is being held once again at Alexander Hall in the Conference Center at the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo. Join us for another...
The collaboration between SFEMS and the California Jazz Conservatory continues on Sunday, February 8, with an unusual and creative program that crosses the boundaries between “old” and “new” music. Entitled “Heresy of the Free Spirit,” the concert...