Workshops and Classes
Here at SFEMS, we’re excited about being able to provide both virtual and in-person opportunities to learn more about early music!
SFEMS offers a range of educational programs for adults, children, and youth, including lectures, collegia, and four weeks of summer workshops, taught by an internationally-renowned faculty, covering the full range of historical music. We are also proud to offer year-round opportunities for virtual instruction!
2024 Summer Workshops
Registration for our four summer workshops is now open!
Scroll down to learn more about each workshop!
Baroque Workshop: June 24–30
Medieval/Renaissance Workshop: July 14–20
Recorder Workshop: July 21–27
Classical Workshop: July 28–August 3
Baroque Workshop
“Pardon My French!” : Music of Versailles in vérité and imitation
First Presbyterian Church and First Congregational Church (First Church Berkeley UCC), Berkeley, CA
June 24–30, 2024
Lindsey Strand-Polyak, Director
Medieval/Renaissance Workshop
Chansonnier: Songs, Dances, Motets, and Masses from the great song books of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
First Presbyterian Church and First Congregational Church (First Church Berkeley UCC), Berkeley, CA
July 14–20, 2024
Adam Knight Gilbert, director
Recorder Workshop
Musical Voyages
First Presbyterian Church and First Congregational Church (First Church Berkeley UCC), Berkeley, CA
July 21–27, 2024
Annette Bauer, Director
Classical Workshop
200 Years Ago: The Great Works of Beethoven,
Mendelssohn and their Contemporaries
Pacific Boychoir Academy, Oakland
July 28–August 3, 2024
Kati Kyme and William Skeen, co-directors
Become a Workshop Angel!
Over four decades, SFEMS’ summer workshops have meant so much to so many. Consider supporting the future of early music by becoming a workshop angel donor!
Tuition covers a substantial portion—but not the entirety—of our rising costs. With the workshop experience already an expensive endeavor for many folks, we are acutely aware of the impact of increasing tuition and room & board fees. Our workshop angels are crucial in helping us meet this challenge.
As a workshop angel, you can ensure that we recruit and retain our top-flight instructors, all experts in historically informed performance. You can also “pay-it-forward” through sponsoring a scholarship for a young musician. Your gift will help our early music community flourish and expand!
Becoming an angel:
A $1,500 gift underwrites one scholarship;
A $3,000 gift underwrites one faculty member.;
A $6,000 gift underwrites one workshop director, or provides for general support for the workshop.
That said, a gift of any size is greatly appreciated!
Let us shout our appreciation from the rooftops, or you may choose to remain anonymous! Please contact our workshop administrator, Stacey Helley, at slhelley@sfems.org to discuss becoming an angel donor!