For our February concert, SFEMS embarks on another journey to the remoter borderlands of early music. One of our most beloved and venerable ensembles, Musica Pacifica (Judith Linsenberg, recorders; Ingrid Matthews, violin; William Skeen, cello;...
Announcing the 2020 SFRS Recorder Workshop! Enrollment is now open for the annual San Francisco Recorder Society workshop. The fantastic team of Rotem Gilbert and Hanneke van Proosdij will once again provide a marvelous day of satisfying music and...
Glimpses into a family’s musical archive by Nicholas Jones On Sunday, January 19, SFEMS and the California Jazz Conservatory co-present an afternoon salon based on the music of Jane Austen and her family, featuring a few of the songs and piano...
More on Judith Linsenberg’s February 1 MPRO Workshop by Frederic Palmer Finding something that two composers have in common can lead to some interesting and, at times, surprising comparisons. For example, Telemann and Mozart were...
New membership rates in effect January 1 Effective January 1, SFEMS is raising its membership rates for household, youth, and senior members, though not for individuals. The new rates are $65 for household memberships (up from $55), $45 for...
SFEMS will hold its next board meeting on Monday, January 27, at Musical Offering Café, 2430 Bancroft Way, in Berkeley. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. We welcome members’ attendance at board meetings. Anyone interested in coming to the open...
Communications Manager of the San Francisco Early Music Society About the San Francisco Early Music Society Since 1975, the San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS) has served the Bay Area’s early music community, promoting historically-informed...
Seven Tunes for Seven Tears — Plumbing the Depths of Dowland The SFEMS concert series resumes the weekend of January 10–12 with an appearance by Canada’s premier viol consort, Les Voix Humaines (Mélisande Corriveau, Margaret Little, Felix Deak...
Tish Berlin continues to offer new classes for recorder players as well as other early instrumentalists and singers. She will be offering three new classes in January and February. The classes take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from January 8...
On Saturday, February 1, 2020 the Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra will present a workshop directed by Judith Linsenberg entitled, “Kindred Spirits/Comparing the music of interesting pairs of composers from the Renaissance to the present...