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Current news and events

The Berkeley Festival is coming! June 3-10, 2012.

Get more information on this biennial banquet of early music delights, including how to list your event for the Fringe. Check back often for the expanding list of performers and events.

Enrollment is now open for the summer 2012 Workshop sessions

We have planned another summer of stimulating workshops, including a new session for classical music. Enroll now!
Note: the deadline for early enrollment is May 2. Beginning May 3, the fee for all adult workshops will be $50 more ($30 for the Music Discovery Workshop).

Note also that availability of the Room and Board option for the Recorder Week I workshop is limited. Please contact the SFEMS office for details.

Ticket Turtle

We are now using TicketTurtle.com to handle all of our payment processing for concert tickets, memberships and donations, and workshop enrollment. If you haven't logged into TicketTurtle yet, we suggest you read these Ticket Turtle hints first.

Announcing the 2012-2013 Concert Season (pdf)

We are not set up to sell season or single tickets yet, but the performers and dates have been set. If you want to reserve your seats early, fill out the information on the season brochure (pdf) and mail it in to the SFEMS Box Office. Season subscribers get

  • a savings of 32% on single ticket prices
  • priority/reserved seating
  • advance copies of program notes via email

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Who are we?

Since 1975 the San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS) has presented high quality concerts, up-to-date publications, and some of the best education programs available anywhere. All this has contributed to the Bay Area’s reputation as one of America’s leading centers for the performance of early music. Find out more about SFEMS, and how you can become a member.

What does SFEMS do?

  • Concerts
    SFEMS produces at least seven major chamber concerts annually and maintains a special commitment to locally-based performers and ensembles. You can download the 2012-2013 season flyer (pdf) and order advance series subscriptions by mail; online ticket ordering is not available yet. The 2011-2012 series is now over.

  • Workshops
    SFEMS offers one of the most comprehensive summer early music programs in the United States, led by a faculty of international artists in residence. Read about our exciting 2012 summer workshops and review last year's workshops for a glimpse of typical schedules and classes and the flavor of what we offer.

    Our adult workshops (Medieval and Renaissance, Baroque, Recorder, and the new Classical) offer instrumental and vocal master classes, lectures, coached ensembles, and recitals and provide opportunities for musicians and dancers at a variety of levels to improve their ensemble skills, performance techniques, and teaching abilities.

    The Music Discovery Workshop is a day camp for children ages 7-15. The John Prescott lectures offer new insights to adults while the Music Discovery workshop is in session.

  • Directory
    SFEMS maintains a directory of early music in the Bay Area, including concert series and festivals, instrument makers, music societies, performing groups, performers and teachers, publishers, stores and services, and schools and workshops.

  • Affiliates
    Since 1980 SFEMS has assisted groups that share the Society's commitments to music for educational purposes, artistic excellence, a historically informed approach, and operation on a not-for-profit basis.

  • Newsletters
    SFEMS publishes a monthly newsletter with articles about local events and groups, and a complete calendar of early music concerts. Past newsletters are available for downloading in PDF format.

  • Other early music links

  • Locations of SFEMS events

Online ordering from SFEMS via Ticket Turtle

If this is the first time you have used Ticket Turtle for SFEMS tickets, memberships, donations, or workshop enrollment, you will see that it operates quite differently from our old system. We suggest you read this first to help demystify the process.

For further information, contact the San Francisco Early Music Society:

Telephone: 510-528-1725
Mail: P.O. Box 27495, San Francisco, CA 94127-0495
E-mail: sfems@sfems.org

Last updated 04/25/12.
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