2025–26 Concert Proposals

SFEMS 2025–26 Season: Call for Concert Proposals

SFEMS is now requesting main stage concert proposals for our 49th season in 2025–26. We are seeking Bay Area, national, and international artists and ensembles that perform with historical performance considerations in mind, focusing on music from c. 1000–1850 CE.

Ensembles and artists are encouraged to be creative! All submissions, from traditional concert programs to more adventurous proposals will be entertained.

The link to the proposal form can be found below (a Google account is needed to complete the form). Proposals must include:

• ensemble name, contact person (with email and phone), and proposed personnel;

• at least one, and up to three, program titles and descriptions;

• at least one, and up to three, recent audio or video recordings that substantially represent the personnel who are proposed to appear on the series

UPDATE (1/2): Proposals are due January 7, 2025 at 11:59PM Pacific Time. Questions about the proposal process may be sent to info@sfems.org.

For Bay Area ensembles only***: Depending on the nature of the main stage project, the ensemble leader/proposer may be given additional compensation as an “artistic partner” to work with SFEMS to flesh out project parameters and to ensure the successful completion of the project.

Additionally, in order to encourage artistic innovation, SFEMS will award up to five local artists’ grants of up to $2,000 to support local, self-produced projects. Grants will be awarded based on artistic merit, as well as the demonstrated ability of the chosen ensembles and artists to complete the projects. You may indicate consideration for a local artists’ grants in the proposal. 

***To promote the Bay Area early music scene, a Bay Area-based ensemble must have the majority of its performing members currently residing within the nine Bay Area counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, and San Francisco).