Snacks but No Sermon The Leipzig Cantata Project aims to build new audiences for Bach cantata performances by presenting full Bach cantatas with full period instrument orchestra with wine, snacks, and an engaging guest speaker who can give...
Nation’s First Festival Devoted to Classical and Romantic Music on Period Instruments SONOMA, CA, April 14, 2016 — Celebrated vocalists Nikki Einfeld and Kyle Stegall headline this summer’s Valley of the Moon Music Festival in concerts of Schubert...
Helping Others Discover Early Music The death of Lee McRae on June 1, a few weeks before her 93rd birthday, adds a bittersweet touch to the San Francisco Early Music Society’s 40th anniversary and to this year’s Berkeley Festival, just two of...
by Anthony Martin The New Esterházy Quartet is one of SFEMS’ most distinguished Affiliate groups. Recently voted “Best Chamber Music Performers” by San Francisco Classical Voice, the quartet is increasingly recognized as one of the world’s top...
A Conversation with Ars Minerva’s Céline Ricci The Bay Area’s fecundity as a center for early music is attested by the number, variety, and scope of the innovative projects our community members undertake. One of the most exciting and...
The Marin Headlands Workshop is coming up soon. This year’s session runs from Friday through Sunday, May 13–15. In many ways the Bay Area’s premier workshop, this much anticipated event was founded many years ago by the Marin Recorder...
On Saturday, May 7, 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 the canzona La Spiritata by Giovanni Gabrieli, a movement...
The 2015–2016 collaboration between SFEMS and the California Jazz Conservatory concludes this Sunday, April 17, with a performance by the Laudami Ensemble (Laura Rubinstein-Salzedo, violin; Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, cello; Ben Kazez, baritone; Michael...
Early Days of Early Music by the Bay In a perceptive, two-part article in San Francisco Classical Voice (April 2, April 23, 2002) Michelle Dulak discussed what she called the Bay Area’s early music “ecology,” noting that our region had achieved a...
by Patricia Jennerjohn Artistic Director Paul Flight and the California Bach Society present “Singet dem Herrn: Bach motets and chorales” on April 22–24 in San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Berkeley. This stunning all-Bach program includes the virtuosic...