Monday, June 23 Prescott Lectures John Prescott, Ph.D., presents a series of talks on “Versailles, Paris and Beyond: the Glories of French Baroque Music.” Day 1: “Le Chambre du Roi: Intimacy and Intensity in French Baroque Chamber Music” 9:30 AM to...
Monday, June 16 SFEMS Classical Workshop Informal performances of works by both famous and lesser known composers from the Classical era. The public is encouraged to attend. Concerts take place in the beautiful and acoustically perfect Chapel at the...
St. Mary Magdalen and the School of the Madeleine, Berkeley, CA (June 22–27) by Letitia Berlin, Music Discovery Workshop Director We’re looking forward to another wonderful week at the Music Discovery Workshop this June! We’ll be back at the School...
John Prescott, Ph.D., who gives pre-concert music lectures, workshops, discussions, and seminars on classical music, will present a five-day lecture course (9:30 a.m. to noon, Monday June 23 through Friday June 27) on the glories of French baroque...
The New Esterházy Quartet aim to show that Vienna had an important and rich music culture well before the famous era of Mozart and Beethoven. This coming weekend the quartet (Lisa Weiss and Kati Kyme, violins; Anthony Martin, viola; and William...
SFEMS Baroque Workshop – 2014 Features Venetian Influences! The San Francisco Early Music Society’s Summer Baroque Workshop has been providing amateur and pre-professional musicians with expert guidance, motivation, skills, and the means to achieve...
Early Music America has just announced the recipients of its annual awards for 2014. Winners of this year’s Thomas Binkley Award for outstanding achievements in scholarship and performance are Rotem and Adam Gilbert. The Gilberts have enriched the...
Sounds and Symbols The Marriage of Image, Text, and Music Saturday May 17, 2014 9:30 to 4:00 PM ☼ St. Mary Magdalen Church 2005 Berryman Street, Berkeley Please join us in welcoming Adam Knight Gilbert, the new director of the SFEMS Medieval &...
A Message from Tish Berlin We’re looking forward to another wonderful week at the Music Discovery Workshop (MDW) this June! We’ll be back at the School of the Madeleine in North Berkeley, with our gifted and wonderfully supportive faculty. Come...
A Millennium of Music in Six Weeks Since its founding in 1975, the San Francisco Early Music Society has recognized music education—of both amateurs and professionals—as a central part of our mission to support and build public appreciation for...