View survey results here. In late April, SFEMS sent out a survey to our community to solicit input about what events and services we may continue to offer as your portal to early music in the Bay Area and beyond. We received over 320 thoughtful...
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...
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Almost 60 years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote these words from prison, exhorting our nation to overturn its legacy of systemic oppression and racial injustice...
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...
June 1, 2020—Join us next Monday, June 8, for the start of our week-long Virtual Young Performers Festival and Emerging Artists Showcase, as SFEMS and Early Music America (EMA) broadcast made-to-order, pre-recorded concerts during the week the...
May 19, 2020—It is our pleasure to announce the launch of the Virtual Young Performers Festival and Emerging Artists Showcase. From June 8–14—during the week the Berkeley Festival & Exhibition (BFX) was to have taken place—SFEMS and Early Music...
Every year, The San Francisco Early Music Society seeks new members for its Board of Directors. In this time of great uncertainty, we are seeking board members who are willing to contribute their time, talent, and treasure to maintain and build...
SFEMS will hold its next board meeting online on Monday, May 18. 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...
SFEMS will receive a $24,000 Arts Organization Continuity Grant from the City of Berkeley to help the organization weather the cancellation of the Berkeley Festival & Exhibition (BFX) and its in-person summer workshops. “We are grateful to...
As the San Francisco Early Music Society looks ahead to its 2020-2021 season, which would traditionally start in September, we are hoping to adapt our programming to meet the financial and logistical challenges posed by the global health crisis. As...