Costanoan Trio Recreates the Intimate Soundworld of Four Classical Greats The SFEMS 2019–2020 concert season begins in less than a month. We start early this year in terms of calendar but late in terms of repertory—or to give it Biblical...
The Renaissance Singers’ Retreat will convene on October 5–6, 2019. This is our 33rd year! All good sight singers are welcome. Our conductor, Professor William P. Mahrt of Stanford, has announced that we will be singing the works of Jacob Handl...
This Fall, after a hiatus of a dozen years, City College of San Francisco will once again be offering a course in Medieval and Renaissance Music. This course is the initial component of a chronological sequence titled History of Music in Western...
SFEMS will hold its Annual Members’ Meeting on Sunday, September 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at The Musical Offering, 2430 Bancroft Way in Berkeley. All SFEMS members are cordially invited to attend. The annual meeting is an opportunity for us to...
Early Music Open Mic Night continues in the East Bay. This event is held on the fourth Wednesday of each month from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. at the Hillside Community Church, 1422 Navellier Street, El Cerrito. This is your opportunity to perform early...
Welcome to the beginning of the Junior Bach Festival’s 2019–2020 season! We thank you if you have prepared students to audition for the Junior Bach Festival in the past, and we hope you will encourage your advanced students, up to 18 years of age...
The Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra will hold its first meeting of the 2019–20 season at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 11, in Angus Hall at Trinity Church, 330 Ravenswood Avenue in Menlo Park. All those who play recorder, early winds or early...
The California Arts Council (CAC) has awarded the San Francisco Early Music Society its largest-ever grant. SFEMS will receive $17,600 for the coming year, more than a third above last year’s grant. President Joyce Johnson Hamilton conveyed...
Marin Baroque will offer a workshop for both instrumentalists and singers on Friday and Saturday, August 23 and 24. The workshop will focus on Joseph Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis, also known as the Lord Nelson Mass. The workshop will be led by Marin...
by Margaret Wootton The California Bach Society is delighted to host its 14th annual Summer Choral Workshop, “J.S. Bach: St. John Passion” on Saturday, August 17, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., in Palo Alto. Come sing with us again! Paul Flight...