Shakespeare & Friends

More than 450 years later, Shakespeare’s words still inspire composers. Together with San Francisco actor Kina Kantor, we’ll offer a musical tribute to the genius of Shakespeare and Friends, including Dickinson, Rilke, Hirshfield, Rossetti, cummings, Basho, Anonymous, and others. Also – world premieres by Composer-in-Residence José Daniel Vargas, Composer-Not-in-Residence Caroline Mallonee, and our 2023 New Voices Project winner Leah Tracy! See what’s on the program »

JUNE 2023

Guest Appearance – Healdsburg
Saturday, June 3, 7pm
222 Performing Arts Center
Tickets: www.the222.org

San Francisco
Sunday, June 4, 4pm
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
1111 O'Farrell Street

Palo Alto
Saturday, June 10, 8pm
All Saints' Episcopal Church
555 Waverley Street

Oakland
Sunday, June 11, 4pm
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Avenue

COVID POLICY (subject to change): Patrons are strongly advised to wear a well-fitted mask at performances. N95 masks will be available for those who need a mask or a mask upgrade. If you do not feel well, or feel that you are a transmission risk because of an exposure before a performance, please guard your health and the health of others by staying home. Refunds are gladly given in this circumstance.

June 2023

More than 450 years later, Shakespeare’s words still inspire composers. Together with San Francisco actor Kina Kantor, we’ll offer a musical tribute to the genius of Shakespeare and Friends, including Dickinson, Rilke, Hirshfield, Rossetti, cummings, Basho, Anonymous, and others. Also – world premieres by Composer-in-Residence José Daniel Vargas, Composer-Not-in-Residence Caroline Mallonee, and our 2023 New Voices Project winner Leah Tracy! See what’s on the program »

Shakespeare & Friends

Guest Appearance – Healdsburg
Saturday, June 3, 7pm
222 Performing Arts Center
Tickets: www.the222.org

San Francisco
Sunday, June 4, 4pm
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
1111 O'Farrell Street

Palo Alto
Saturday, June 10, 8pm
All Saints' Episcopal Church
555 Waverley Street

Oakland
Sunday, June 11, 4pm
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Avenue

COVID POLICY (subject to change): Patrons are strongly advised to wear a well-fitted mask at performances. N95 masks will be available for those who need a mask or a mask upgrade. If you do not feel well, or feel that you are a transmission risk because of an exposure before a performance, please guard your health and the health of others by staying home. Refunds are gladly given in this circumstance.

Earlier This Season

MARCH 2023

San Francisco
Sunday, March 19, 4pm
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
1111 O'Farrell Street

Palo Alto
Saturday, March 25, 8pm
(Note the change from our usual venue!)
All Saints' Episcopal Church
555 Waverley Street

Oakland
Sunday, March 26, 4pm
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Avenue

Guest Appearance – Napa
Sunday, April 2, 4pm
Congregation Beth Shalom
Tickets: www.cbsnapa.org

Sound and (Not Much) Silence

Music can transform and delight, move, comfort, and celebrate with the power of both sound and silence. We’ll travel the sound waves of Hebrew psalms, German partsongs, Renaissance motets, Ladino lullabies, thoughtful meditations, and a vigorous Zulu song of encouragement! Featuring Brahms, Byrd, Carter, Fanny Hensel, Vaughan Williams, Conte, Dawson, and more, including two world premieres!

Earlier This Season

Sound and (Not Much) Silence

Join us as we explore the ephemeral power of both sound and silence: music’s ability to transform and delight, to move, comfort, and celebrate. We sing of birds, trees, and outer space, of love, pain, and laughter.

SFCA Sound and Not Much Silence MAR 2023

San Francisco
Sunday, March 19, 4pm
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
1111 O'Farrell Street

Palo Alto
Saturday, March 25, 8pm
(Note the change from our usual venue!)
All Saints' Episcopal Church
555 Waverley Street

Oakland
Sunday, March 26, 4pm
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Avenue

Guest Appearance – Napa
Sunday, April 2, 4pm
Congregation Beth Shalom
Tickets: www.cbsnapa.org

DECEMBER 2022

Christmas Postcards

San Francisco
Sunday, December 11, 4pm
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
1111 O'Farrell Street

Palo Alto
Saturday, December 17, 8pm
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
600 Colorado Avenue

Oakland
Sunday, December 18, 4pm
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Avenue

Music from 6 continents and 500 years! We celebrate the season with music from Peru, Kenya, Latvia, Australia, and Korea among others: sweet and spicy, dreamy and driving, introspective and celebratory. Other highlights include beloved works of Sweelinck and Vaughan Williams, four world premieres (including Composer-in-Residence Samuel C. Nedel , and Composer-Not-in-Residence Caroline Mallonee) and a work by Bay Area favorite Henry Mollicone, in whose memory the program is dedicated.

See what’s on the program »

DECEMBER 2022
Christmas Postcards

Music from 6 continents and 500 years! We celebrate the season with music from Peru, Kenya, Latvia, Australia, and Korea among others: sweet and spicy, dreamy and driving, introspective and celebratory. Other highlights include beloved works of Sweelinck and Vaughan Williams, four world premieres (including Composer-in-Residence Samuel C. Nedel , and Composer-Not-in-Residence Caroline Mallonee) and a work by Bay Area favorite Henry Mollicone, in whose memory the program is dedicated.

See what’s on the program »

SFCA Christmas Postcards DEC 2022

San Francisco
Sunday, December 11, 4pm
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
1111 O'Farrell Street

Palo Alto
Saturday, December 17, 8pm
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
600 Colorado Avenue

Oakland
Sunday, December 18, 4pm
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Avenue

“…effortlessly navigating
five centuries
of Western classical music.”

— San Francisco Classical Voice