Wednesday, January 18

Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra
Regular meeting, for players of recorder, early winds or early strings. Bring your instrument(s) and music stand.
7:30–9:30PM
Music Room number 060, J.L. Stanford Middle School
480 E. Meadow, Palo Alto.
650-591-3648 or www.sfems.org/mpro

San Francisco Chapter, ARS
Monthly playing session. New members and guests welcome.
7:30PM–9:30PM
Christ Church Lutheran
1090 Quintara St. (at 20th Ave.), San Francisco.
Non-members $10 fee applied to membership.
http://arssanfrancisco.org/

Thursday, January 19

Voices of Music
“The Art of the Baroque Violin.”
Voices of Music showcases violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock joined by William Skeen, viola da gamba; Hanneke van Proosdij, harpsichord, organ and recorder; and David Tayler, archlute, in a program of music from the 17th and 18th centuries, including violin sonatas and trio sonatas by Castello, Schmelzer, Biber and Leclair; Bach’s partita BWV 1002 for solo violin; plus lute works by Ferrabosco and solo gamba pieces by Marin Marais.
8PM
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
555 Waverly St., Palo Alto.
$35/$25
415-260-4687 www.voicesofmusic.org

Friday, January 20

The Albany Consort
Winds and Strings concert
The Albany Consort welcomes oboist Sand Dalton from Washington.  Works will be performed by Muffatt, Geminani, J.S. Bach, Vivaldi and more!
8pm
First Lutheran Church
600 Homer, Palo Alto
Tickets $10 students, $15 senior, $25 general
concert@albanyconsort.com

Barefoot Chamber Concerts
“Tous les Mai-Tais du Monde”
Hallifax & Jeffrey, viols, serve up a cocktail of French music before Forqueray, including works of Marais, Couperin, Ste. Colombe, et al.
6PM
Parish Hall of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley.
$15/$10
Program lasts approximately 75 minutes with no intermission. Light refreshments will be available.
brownpapertickets.com/event/196704 or www.BarefootChamberConcerts.com.

Voices of Music repeats program of January 19.
8PM
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
3 Bayview Avenue, Belvedere.
$35/$25
415-260-4687 www.voicesofmusic.org

Saturday, January 21

The Albany Consort repeats program of January 20
8pm
University Lutheran Chapel
2425 College Ave, Berkeley
concert@albanyconsort.com

Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra
“International Block Party,” a workshop with Glen Shannon, featuring works by Steve Marshall and Eileen Silcocks from England; J.S. Bach and Dietrich Schnabel from Germany; lesser-known but no less enjoyable composers such as Tim Walsh from Canada and Nicholas Wynne from England. Large recorders, bass viols and low double reeds especially welcome.
9:30AM–4:30PM
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church,
330 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park.
$40 full day, $25 half day.
650-941-3065

Music at Stanford
John Dornenburg, viola da gamba and Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord perform the Suite in c minor by Charles Dollé, Musette, Caprice ou Sonate, and Le Badinage by Marin Marais, and Sonata in e minor for unaccompanied viol by Johann Schenck.
8PM
Memorial Church
Stanford University, Palo Alto.
$10/$5 music.stanford.edu/Events/calendar.html

Voices of Music repeats program of January 19.
8PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell Street at Franklin, San Francisco.
$35/$25
415-260-4687 www.voicesofmusic.org

Sunday, January 22

The Albany Consort repeats program of January 20
4pm
Portola Valley House Concert
Tickets by RSVP only, email for reservation
concert@albanyconsort.com

Healing Muses
“Harp Music and Healing Stories”
An educational and fundraising event with a mini-concert, lecture/demonstration, used and new CDs for sale, raffle and silent auction.
3PM
Parish Hall, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington St., Albany.
$10 suggested donation; refreshments included.
510-843-2425 or suzannesiebert@gmail.com.

Voices of Music repeats program of January 19.
7:30PM
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington Ave., Albany.
$35/$25
415-260-4687 www.voicesofmusic.org

 Doris Williams, soprano, Howard Kadis, lute, & Jonathan Harris, recorder
A concert of Renaissance vocal and instrumental music from Italian, English, German and French sources, including works of Dowland, Sandrin, Cipriano de Rore, Hofhaimer, et al.
4PM
St. Bede’s Episcopal Church
2650 Sandhill Road, Menlo Park.
$20/$17/$12
650-968-1100 or www.doriswilliams.com