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Summer Workshop Faculty Concerts and Other Events

Baroque, June 14 - 20 | Medieval/Renaissance, June 30 - July 4 | Recorder, July 19 - 25
Lecture series on English music, June 22 - 26

Every summer the San Francisco Early Music Society's summer workshops include faculty concerts and other events that are open to the public. The extraordinarily accomplished workshop faculty members, drawn from the Bay Area and across the nation, perform together in combinations that can rarely be heard anywhere else. In addition, the public is welcome to attend workshop lecture-demonstrations, student performances and theatre productions, and other special events. The Baroque and Medieval/Renaissance workshops are held at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park. The Recorder Workshop is located at St. Albert Priory in Oakland.

Tickets for all concerts and events are only available at the door.

BAROQUE WORKSHOP: Music in Italian Cities in the 17th and 18th Centuries

European music of the baroque era owes virtually everything to the poets, patrons, intellectuals and artists of Florence, Rome Venice, and even smaller centers like Mantua and Ferrara. The Italian approach to the expressive setting of text and the cultivation of vocal and instrumental virtuosity were universally influential. We would have no "classical" Western music without Monteverdi, Corelli, or the many important composers that worked under their influence.

All Baroque Workshop events take place at:

Sonoma State University
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928

Faculty Concerts

SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2009
3:00 p.m.
Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall
Sonoma State University
Tickets: $15 general / $10 students, seniors, SFEMS members

Faculty concert: Works by Corelli, Vivaldi, Frescobaldi, Stradella, Locatelli

PERFORMERS: Christine Brandes, soprano; Frances Blaker and Clea Galhano, recorders; Kathleen Kraft, flute; Michael Sand, violin; Tanya Tomkins, cello; Mary Sprinfels, viola da gamba; Peter Sykes and Phebe Craig, harpsichord

TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2009
8:00 p.m.
Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall
Sonoma State University
Tickets: $15 general / $10 students, seniors, SFEMS members

Faculty concert: Works by Scarlatti, Handel, Vivaldi, Bassani

PERFORMERS: Christine Brandes, soprano; Tanya Tomkins, cello; Mary Springfels, viola da gamba; Kathleen Kraft, flute; Frances Blaker and Clea Galhano, recorders; Sand Dalton, oboe; Michael Sand, violin; Peter Sykes and Phebe Craig, harpsichord.

Other events

MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall
Sonoma State University

An Evening of Baroque Dance
Lecture-demonstration and dancing for all.
Tickets: $10

PERFORMERS: Tangkao Tan, Phebe Craig

FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2009
8:00 p.m.
Room 119, Ives Hall
Sonoma State University

Student Concert: Handel in Rome
Free

Featuring cantatas, arias and ensemble music from Handel's Roman period, as well as instrumental music by Handel's contemporaries, including Corelli and Domenico Scarlatti.

MEDIEVAL/RENAISSANCE WORKSHOP: Stories and Legends

This year’s workshop focuses on the connections between music and popular literature in medieval and Renaissance Europe.

All Med/Ren Workshop events take place at:

Sonoma State University
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928

Faculty Concerts

TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009
8:00 p.m.
Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall
Sonoma State University
Tickets: $15 general / $10 students, seniors, SFEMS members

Flame of Love: The Legend of Tristan and Isolde
PERFORMERS: Master storyteller Patrick Ball and Theater of Legend (Shira Kammen and Tim Rayborn, medieval strings, percussion)

THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2009
8:00 p.m.
Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall
Sonoma State University
Tickets: $15 general / $10 students, seniors, SFEMS members

Faculty Concert
PERFORMERS: Patrick Ball, master storyteller, Celtic harp; Frances Blaker, recorder; Annette Bauer, recorder; Karen Clark, voice; Shira Kammen, medieval strings; Drew Minter, voice; Tim Rayborn, medieval strings, percussion; Mary Springfels, viola da gamba; Daniel Stillman, Renaissance reeds and recorder; Tom Zajac, recorder, sackbut.

Other events

SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2009
9:00 p.m.
Room 119, Ives Hall
Sonoma State University
The Love Show: Secular songs of love spanning the ages from medieval Europe to traditional Celtic
Free
PERFORMERS: Michelle Levy and Abby Green, medieval and modern strings and vocals.

MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009
8:00 p.m.
Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall
Sonoma State University

Lecture by Professor Lawrence Rosenwald on Oswald von Wolkenstein
Free

FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2009
8:00 p.m.
Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall
Sonoma State University

Wolkenstein!
Theater Project directed by Lawrence Rosenwald and Drew Minter
Free

Based on the life, poetry and music of the colorful character Oswald von Wolkenstein, whose life spanned the 14th and 15th centuries. This project was conceived by the workshop’s resident wordsmith Larry Rosenwald and by vocalist and opera director Drew Minter.

SATURDAY, JULY 4, 2009
9:30 a.m.
Room 119, Ives Hall
Sonoma State University

Student concert and Renaissance Chorus and Band performance
Free

RECORDER WORKSHOP: La Dolce Vita di Flauto

Faculty Concerts

All Recorder Workshop faculty concerts take place at:
St. Albert Chapel
6172 Chabot Rd (one block east of College Avenue)
Oakland, CA 94618

TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2009
7:30 p.m.
St. Albert Chapel, 6172 Chabot Rd, Oakland 94618
Tickets: $15 general / $10 students, seniors, SFEMS members

La Dolce Vita di Flauto: a program of Renaissance, Baroque and contemporary solo and chamber works for recorders and continuo.
PERFORMERS: Louise Carslake, Frances Feldon, Rotem Gilbert, Patrick O’Malley, Hanneke van Proosdij, recorders; Norbert Kunst, bassoon; Amy Brodo, Baroque violoncello; Katherine Heater, harpsichord.

FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009
7:30 p.m.
St. Albert Chapel, 6172 Chabot Rd, Oakland 94618
Tickets: $15 general / $10 students, seniors, SFEMS members

Carnival of Recorders: a program of Renaissance consort music and Baroque and contemporary works for recorder orchestra depicting the idea of the Requiem and its artistic influences through the ages.

PERFORMERS:
Faculty and the orchestra of the Recorder Workshop, conducted by Norbert Kunst.

Faculty consort artists: Louise Carslake, Frances Feldon, Rotem Gilbert, Patrick O’Malley, Hanneke van Proosdij, Norbert Kunst, recorders; Katherine Heater, harpsichord.

Other events

All other Recorder Workshop events take place at:
St. Albert Priory
5890 Birch Ct. (one block east of College Avenue)
Oakland, CA 94618

MONDAY, JULY 20, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Aula Room
St. Albert Priory, 5890 Birch Ct., Oakland, 94618

Lecture/Demonstration: The Healing Power of Music
Tickets: $15 general / $10 students, seniors, SFEMS members

Eileen Hadidian (recorder & flute) and Natalie Cox (Celtic harp). Join two experienced and well-known musicians in the area of music and healing for this special event. For centuries people have written of music’s power to aid in healing the mind, body and soul. More recently studies have established impressive data showing the positive effects of music in medical situations from chronic pain to anxiety and fear associated with treatment.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2009
2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
2nd Floor Conference Room, Room 258
St. Albert Priory, 5890 Birch Ct., Oakland, 94618

Mini-Workshop: Hand Drumming
Fee: $25

Peter Maund, the frame drum virtuoso, member of Ensemble Alcatraz, and faculty at the SFEMS Medieval/Renaissance Workshop, teaches the basics of hand drumming to recorder players. All are welcome. Please bring a frame drum if you have one.

See venues for more information about each venue.

Last updated 06/08/2009.