SFEMS is overjoyed to announce that Annette Bauer (left) and Lindsey Strand-Polyak (right) have joined our illustrious roster of workshop directors, stepping into the positions previously held by Rotem Gilbert/Hanneke van Proosdij and Linda Pearse...
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If you have questions regarding your donations, you’re having technical troubles accessing a virtual workshop, online concert, or just have a general question for us, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are here for you! There are a few ways to...
Join us online at 5PM PT on Sunday, June 28 for a FREE concert featuring performances from our Baroque, Medieval/Renaissance, and Recorder Workshop faculty members. Admission is free, but donations are welcome to support SFEMS and our...
Medieval/Renaissance Workshop Director Adam Knight Gilbert and Recorder Workshop Co-Director Rotem Gilbert perform with faculty member Jason Yoshida. As musical activities ground to a halt earlier this year throughout the country, the San Francisco...
Thank you for your patience as we continue to navigate the global health crisis. This year, we are adapting our summer workshops to protect the health of our participants, faculty and staff. We received over 150 responses to our workshop survey last...
This year marks the 25th anniversary of SFEMS’ special, week-long Workshop entirely for children and youth from grades 1–12. The Music Discovery Workshop & Youth Collegium (MDW-YC) was founded in 1994 by Lee McRae, whose vision and...
John Prescott, Ph.D., will present another in his series of early music lecture courses in March—an entirely new series focusing on music in the North American colonies, especially during the 18th century. The course runs Monday, March 4, through...
Musical and Gustatory Opulence and Splendor in San Francisco, February 24th The SFEMS Baroque Workshop, now entering its 5th decade, is the oldest workshop of its kind in the world. The enterprise began in 1978, when the City of Berkeley asked...
The madrigal was to Monteverdi what the symphony was to Haydn and the string quartet was to Beethoven: a form of endless inventiveness and a crucible of experimentation. Inexorably bound to the vital tradition of Petrarchan lyric poetry, the...