The Berkeley Festival & Exhibition took place June 2-8, 2008 in Berkeley, CA. Festival highlights included the American premiere of Alessandro Striggio's 60-part mass from the 16th century Medici court, the acclaimed French ensemble Le Poeme Harmonique in a candle-lit world premiere of Venezia and much more. Other happenings during the Festival included the following:
- Early Music America Annual Membership Meeting and Award Ceremony & Reception (click to view award winners).
- Berkeley Festival Exhibition & Marketplace presented by Early Music America
- The Fringe
- Historical Harp Society 25th Annual Workshop & Conference
- American Recorder Society Concerts and Discussions
- Western Early Keyboard Association all day early keyboard conference
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
Below are photos from the Exhibition:
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| Maria Coldwell, Executive Director of Early Music America, at EMA's table during the Exhibition |
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| Britt, Barbara and Tom Prescott of Prescott Workshop confer with a customer. |
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| Testing out a new instrument. |
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| Stephen Bacon (l) of Southern Oregon University's Schuman Collection of Historical Instruments with a exhibition visitor |
| Below is a list of Exhibitors from this year's festival: |
American Bach Soloists-performing ensemble American Recorder Society-national organization A-R Editions-publisher of early music books and scores Boston Early Music Festival-international baroque opera, concerts, exhibition Boydell & Brewer/Univ of Rochester-academic and scholarly publishing Cal Performances-festival organizer Campbell Harps-instrument maker Claremont Graduate University-school of arts & humanities Owen Daly Early Keyboard Instruments-makers of harpsichords & clavichords Early Music America-national organization Peter Huetmannsberger-viola da gamba maker Indiana University-Early Music Institute-university Katastrophe Productions-publisher Lazar's Early Music-early music instrument sales Lost in Time Press-music publishing John McCann Cornetts-maker of cornetts Ralf Netsch Recorders-handmade recorder maker Philharmonia Baroque-Bay Area Baroque orchestra John Philips Harpsichords-makers of harpsichords since 1975 Plectra Music-Record label Simon Polak-maker of early flutes Prescott Workshop-maker of recorders PRB Productions-music publisher San Francisco Early Music Society-San Francisco's early music organization Alexandra Saur-viola da gamba maker The Scholar's Choice-academic book marketer Southern Oregon University-Schuman Collection of Historical Instruments Marco Ternovec-viola da gamba maker Unprofitable Instruments-builder of medieval stringed instruments Violadagamba.com-maker of viola da gambas Viola da Gamba Society of America-society of viol players, teachers, amateurs, makers von Huene Workshop, Inc-musical instrument maker |
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