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All concurrent events are free and open to the public except where noted. Fringe events are programmed and priced independently.
THE FRINGE
For more information on the many additional self-produced early music concerts and events happening in conjunction with the 2008 Berkeley Festival & Exhibition, please visit www.sfems.org/fringe2008.htm.
BERKELEY FESTIVAL EXHIBITION & MUSIC MARKETPLACE
JUNE 5, 12:00 NOON-6 PM
JUNE 6, 10AM-6PM
JUNE 7, 10AM-5PM
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Meet publishers, instrument builders, service organizations, and other early music practitioners. Free and open to the public.
Presented by Early Music America
LE POÈME HARMONIQUE'S STAGING OF VENEZIA DELLE STRADE AI PALAZZI
THU, JUN 5, 1 PM, WHEELER AUDITORIUM, UC BERKELEY CAMPUS (Sather Gate Entrance)
UC Berkeley Professor or Music Anthony Newcomb will interview Vincent
Dumestre, leader of Le Poeme Harmonique, about the new work making its
world debut at the 2008 Berkeley Festival & Exhibition.
HISTORICAL HARP SOCIETY 25TH ANNUAL WORKSHOP & CONFERENCE
JUNE 4-7
June 4-5: Workshop classes
June 6-7: Conference with scholarly papers and panel discussions
June 6-7th Concerts: 7 pm, Loper Chapel, First Congregational Church
Faculty and performers will include William Taylor (Scotland, wire strung and bray harp); Therese Honey (Renaissance harp); Egberto Bermudez and Ron Cook (medieval harp and story telling); Cheryl Ann Fulton (Welsh triple harp); and Christa Patton and Paula Fagerberger (arpa doppia).
Contact Cheryl Ann Fulton, harpnhorse@sonic.net
AMERICAN RECORDER SOCIETY
SAT, JUNE 7, ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH PARISH HALL, 2300 BANCROFT WAY
1:30-2:30 Concert: "Crystal Ball" Get a taste of the recorder's future at a concert of the next generation of players
2:45-3:45 Roundtable discussion: "Early Music is Hot! How Do We Make the Recorder Sizzle?"
4-5 pm Coached Playing Session. All players with recorders and a music stand welcome.
Contact Letitia Berlin, ars.recorder@americanrecorder.org, 510-559-4670
DAVITT MORONEY LECTURE: THE POPE, THE EMPEROR, AND THE GRAND DUKE: THE REDISCOVERY OF A MASTERPIECE FROM RENAISSANCE FLORENCE
SAT, JUN 7, 3 PM, WHEELER AUDITORIUM, UC BERKELEY CAMPUS (Sather Gate Entrance)
UC Berkeley Professor of Music Davitt Moroney will discuss his rediscovery of Alessandro Striggio's long-lost Mass in 40 and 60 parts.
WESTERN EARLY KEYBOARD ASSOCIATION
SUN, JUN 8, MUSIC SOURCES, 1000 THE ALAMEDA, BERKELEY
All day early keyboard conference. Events and schedule to be announced.
Contact Elaine Thornberg 510.528.1685
PARTICIPATING EARLY MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS
For information on meetings and other events occurring in conjunction with the Berkeley Festival, contact the following organizations directly.
Early Music America
206.720.6270 or 888.SACKBUT
info@earlymusic.org
www.earlymusic.org
San Francisco Early Music Society
510.528.1725
sfems@sfems.org
www.sfems.org
American Recorder Society
Letitia Berlin 510.559.4670
ars.recorder@americanrecorder.org
www.americanrecorder.org
Western Early Keyboard Association
Elaine Thornberg 510.528.1685
www.wekaweb.org
Viola da Gamba Society
Ken Perlow 708.989.1729
post@vdgsa.org
www.vdgsa.org
Produced by Cal Performances in association with the Department of Music, University of California, Berkeley, the San Francisco Early Music Society, and Early Music America