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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. Medieval & Renaissance Workshop, June 17-23, 2012 "The Art of the Consort", at Sonoma State University Classical Workshop, June 17-23, 2012 NEW! "Let's Make History!" , at St. Albert's Priory, Oakland, CA Baroque Music Workshop, June 24-30, 2012 "Bach: Master Craftsman, Sublime Artist", at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA Recorder Workshops, July 8-14 and July 15-21, 2012 Week 1 - "Visions and Miracles" Week 2 - "On Wings of Song" at St. Albert's Priory, Oakland, CA Music Discovery Workshop for Young People, July 29-August 3, 2012 "A Midsummer Night's Dream", at Crowden Center for Music in the Community, Berkeley, CA John Prescott lectures for adults, July 30-August 3, 2012 "Baroque and Beyond: the Music of Telemann and his Successors", at Crowden Center for Music in the Community 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

• Join SFEMS or renew your membership. You must do this first to get the member discount for concert tickets and workshop enrollment fees.
• Purchase season subscriptions, single tickets, and flex passes for concerts when they are available.
• Enroll in the SFEMS Summer Workshops
• Donate to SFEMS
• Purchase SFEMS gift certificates.

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