The Memorial Concert for Lee McRae has been confirmed for Saturday September 23, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Avenue in Berkeley. All are welcome. Admission is free. The afternoon will be a celebration and commemoration of Lee’s pioneering work in many areas of education, music, and social activism. […]
The Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra will hold its first meeting of the 2017–18 season at 7:30 P.M. on Wednesday, September 13, in Angus Hall at Trinity Church, 330 Ravenswood Avenue in Menlo Park. All those who play recorder, early winds or early strings are invited to attend and asked to bring their instruments and a music […]
SFEMS will hold its Annual Members’ Meeting on Wednesday, September 13, from 7:00 to 8:15 p.m., at The Musical Offering, 2430 Bancroft Way in Berkeley. All SFEMS members are cordially invited to attend. This will be an exciting and important year for SFEMS. Our 2017–18 concert season is shaping up to be one of the […]
Some of us were fortunate enough to attend the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale’s production of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Le Temple de la Gloire this past spring, which used the extraordinary original source manuscript score and libretto in the collection of UC Berkeley’s Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library. In September, John Prescott, Ph.D., will present a […]
SFEMS 2017–18 Series: Notes for Changing Times The SFEMS 2017–18 concert series now is posted at our website, and when you check it out we think you will be delighted as we are at the variety and depth of the coming season’s offerings. It is hard to recall a recent SFEMS series broader or better […]
The musicians of the Valley of the Moon Music Festival will return to the Hanna Boys Center in Sonoma next Sunday for the start of their annual summer event. This year the Festival celebrates the world of Robert Schumann over three consecutive weekends, July 16–30, juxtaposing the composer’s own compositions with chamber works by composers […]
Two workshops, one coming up later this month and the other in mid-August, no doubt will be of interest to many readers. On Sunday July 23, Stephanie Neira will present “Siglo de Oro,” her first Spanish dance baroque workshop The workshop will take place from noon to 2:00 p.m. at the Sunset Movement Arts Dance […]
The 2017 SFEMS Medieval & Renaissance Summer Workshop, taking place the week of July 2–8 at St. Albert’s Priory in Oakland, will have a number of evening events that are free and open to the public. On Monday, July 3, Mary Springfels will give a lecture on Italian lauda, carnival songs, Lutheran music, and esoteric […]
This week’s SFEMS Baroque Workshop at Sonoma State University features several events open to the public. The real treat will be the Workshop Faculty Concert, “Water – Music’s Elixir,” taking place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, at Schroeder Hall, Green Music Center, Sonoma State University. Performers include Rita Lilly (soprano), Aaron Sheehan (tenor), […]
Most early music lovers are familiar with Handel’s English pastoral opera, Acis and Galatea. But have you heard the 1708 Italian serenata, Aci, Galatea, e Polifemo? Handel’s Aci, Galatea, e Polifemo features daring, experimental sound colors from early in Handel’s output, and extraordinary vocal writing for bass-baritone, pants-role soprano, and mezzo-soprano. This is your chance […]
