SFEMS is delighted to announce the appointment of two new staff members, Jessica House Steward, who is our new Administrator, and Craig Hanson, our new Patron Services Manager. As SFEMS Administrator, Jessica will be responsible for overseeing all...
She’ll Make a Lion Fool Outta You Love can be tough, especially when you’re a sorceress who turns her men into lions, goats, and other wild beasts! Alcina is an expert in the art of seduction. She attracts men to her enchanted island and holds...
We’re excited to announce a new, Early Music Open Mic Night in the East Bay. This event will be 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...
Do you need to build your choral music library? Juan Pedro Gaffney is cleaning out a storage facility in San Francisco and must dispose of many old scores (multiple copies) left over from various choirs he has directed. The works include: Orlando di...
On the weekend of March 18-20, Warren Stewart will lead Magnificat in a program of music by Dieterich Buxtehude. Since Magnificat first performed Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri in 1996, the cycle of seven cantatas has become the composer’s...
The 2015–2016 collaboration between SFEMS and the California Jazz Conservatory continues this Sunday, March 20, with the Euphora Project (Amy Michele White, voice; Dominic Schaner, lute/guitar/vihuela) return with a reprise of their program...
by Sallynee Amawat (Infusion Baroque) When we reflect on composers of the distant past, our first thought is usually of their music: the glorious strains of a Bach suite, the virtuosity of a Leclair sonata, or the brilliance of Telemann’s concertos...
Infusion Baroque Digs the Dirt Admit it. Everybody loves a good scandal, and one of celebrity’s perks is having your life held up not just for scrutiny, but often for gossip, ridicule, and the schadenfreude of lesser mortals. But why settle for the...
by Jonathan Harris Is it possible this is the 30th anniversary of the Singers’ Retreat? By which I really mean, is it possible I was at the first one? That was the same year I attended my first SFEMS workshops, so it’s more than possible. I recall...
This week, Berkeley Baroque Strings, directed by Kati Kyme, will be giving two performances at St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley, on Tuesday, March 1, and Sunday, March 6. The program features the “Cantata” Concerto in D with William Skeen...