On Sunday, September 13, the San Francisco Early Music Society held its annual membership meeting—our first such gathering online—with over 40 in attendance. Highlights included a performance by Calextone, our newest affiliate, and a celebration...
For many years, Susan Hedges served as the face and voice of SFEMS, greeting concert patrons and answering phone calls with a warmth and enthusiasm that drew many into our early music community. On Thursday, August 27, following complications from a...
by Stacey Helley The Bay Area is brimming with community choirs large and small, with everything from chamber groups to ensembles with several hundred voices. With choirs unable to meet in person, many have kept their members engaged and vocally fit...
Letting the Music Do its Work by Jonathan Harris Susan Sheppard Hedges, longtime administrator for the San Francisco Early Music Society, passed away on Thursday, August 27, following complications from a stroke she suffered this past March...
From Reed Schmidt, chair of the SFEMS Governance Committee. The SFEMS Bylaws state: “At each Annual Meeting of the members, the members of the Society shall elect new members of the Board of Directors from a slate of recommended candidates presented...
Because of our patrons’ generosity, we have been able to provide over $20,000 in honoraria to our artists for our cancelled regular season and Berkeley Festival main stage concerts, as well as for some of our workshops. In the case of the...
SFEMS will hold its annual members’ meeting on Sunday, September 13, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. online on Zoom. All SFEMS members are cordially invited to attend. The annual meeting is an opportunity for us to celebrate and reflect on the past season...
SFEMS will hold its next board meeting online on Monday, August 17. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. We welcome current members’ attendance at board meetings. Anyone interested in coming to the open portion of this meeting should contact President...
Bill in his element, sitting in front of the cafe. We mourn the death of Bill McClung, a founder and general partner of University Press Books (UPB) and The Musical Offering Cafe. Bill’s passing comes shortly after the closure of UPB’s...
Voices of Music will offer a FREE webinar, July 23 at 11AM PT to performing artists and performing arts organizations in the Bay Area. This webinar will introduce how to make video and how to go online with broadcast quality at a low or reasonable...