Tactus SF

07/28/2026

This weekend in Salt Lake City, UT!

CLAROSCURO

Songs of Light and Dark / Canciones de luz y sombra

A small ensemble of travels to Salt Lake City this summer for CLAROSCURO, a program exploring the interplay of light and shadow through the musical world of Renaissance Spain.

Inspired by the artistic idea of claroscuro — the interplay of light and shadow — the program brings together music that was composed, performed, and cherished in Renaissance Spain, from the songs of Juan del Encina and the Basque composer Juan de Anchieta to the masterful works of Francisco Guerrero. Alongside these are masterpieces by Josquin, Andrea Gabrieli, and William Byrd, whose music was likewise heard on the Iberian Peninsula. The Salt Lake City concerts mark the debut of a program that will later find a fitting home in the landscapes that inspired it.

Fri July 31, 2:30 pm
L.S. Skaggs Applied Sciences Building Atrium Level B1
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Sat Aug 1, 4:00 pm

Church and State Marketplace
370 S 300 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

07/11/2026

Did you attend our latest concert, Orpheus With His Lute? You have another chance to see us! Virtual tickets are available until July 12! Head to this link and get your ticket to an on-demand video that you can watch whenever you're missing your favorite local Renaissance polyphony chamber choir.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/orpheus-with-his-lute-virtual-ticket-tickets-1989028167793

06/06/2026

Check out this beautiful bouquet from our favorite florist Emilia's Flowers to coordinate with Susan Juan St. Martin 's painting and Melike Yersiz 's vase!

Come and enjoy the painting and the flowers at our final concert of Orpheus With His Lute, an Evening of Madrigals, on Sunday at 7 pm in San Francisco. For more information, visit our website, tactus-sf.org

06/05/2026

Tomorrow and Sunday! Location details and tickets at https://www.tactus-sf.org We can't wait to share this beautiful program with you.

03/08/2026

Today in San Francisco!

Tactus is proud and excited to announce our 10th Anniversary Celebration! Join us for our next concerts on March 7 in Berkeley and March 8 in San Francisco. Hear a selection of Renaissance and Baroque favorites from our first ten years, including works by Victoria, Guerrero, Lassus, Isaac, Tallis, Byrd, Lechner, and Lotti. A festive reception follows each concert. Visit www.tactus-sf.org for details and to purchase tickets. Livestream and virtual/on-demand tickets are available too!

03/07/2026

We at Tactus SF love to create experiences of beauty for our audiences to enjoy. This weekend at our 10th Anniversary Celebration, please come and hear a selection of favorites from our first ten years, with works by Victoria, Guerrero, Lassus, Isaac, Tallis, Byrd, and more. See our original program art by our own Melike Yersiz and a coordinating bouquet by .

Sven Edward Olbash, director.

Tactus is proud and excited to announce our 10th Anniversary Celebration, featuring a selection of Renaissance and Baroque favorites from our first ten years, with works by Victoria, Guerrero, Lassus, Isaac, Tallis, Byrd, Lechner, and Lotti.

A special celebratory reception will follow each concert.

Tickets are available through our website tactus-sf.org for in-person concerts on Saturday in Berkeley and Sunday in San Francisco. Livestream/on-demand tickets are available for our Saturday concert.

Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 4 pm
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94704

Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 4 pm
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
3281-16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

03/07/2026

Today in Berkeley!

Tactus is proud and excited to announce our 10th Anniversary Celebration! Join us for our next concerts on March 7 in Berkeley and March 8 in San Francisco. Hear a selection of Renaissance and Baroque favorites from our first ten years, including works by Victoria, Guerrero, Lassus, Isaac, Tallis, Byrd, Lechner, and Lotti. A festive reception follows each concert. Visit www.tactus-sf.org for details and to purchase tickets. Livestream and virtual/on-demand tickets are available too!

03/05/2026

Lots of great music coming up. My choir, Tactus, is singing Saturday in Berkeley and Sunday in SF... and online! Thanks, SFEMS, for keeping us informed about all this "early music"..

This week in Bay Area early music…

SATURDAY MARCH 7
🎵California Bach Society: BACHANALIA 2026
3 PM, St. John’s Presbyterian, Berkeley

🎵Berkeley Baroque Strings Presents In the Italian Style
4 PM, Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, Kensington

🎵Tactus SF: 10th Anniversary Celebration Concert
4 PM, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Berkeley

SUNDAY MARCH 8
🎵Cal Performances: The English Concert — Handel’s Hercules
3 PM, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley

🎵Tactus SF: 10th Anniversary Celebration Concert
4 PM, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, San Francisco

MONDAY MARCH 9
🎵Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra meeting
7 PM, Veterans Memorial Senior Center, Redwood City

FRIDAY MARCH 13
🎵Philharmonia Baroque: Pearls of Sorrow
7:30 PM, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco

SATURDAY MARCH 14
🎵Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra (BCRO) to Perform 15th Annual Concert “Moodscapes”
2 PM, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (BFUU), Berkeley

🎵Western Early Keyboard Association presents Echoes of Frescobaldi with Wesley Leffingwell, Harpsichord
2 PM, Online Event, YouTube Premiere

🎵Philharmonia Baroque: Pearls of Sorrow
2:30 PM, First Church Berkeley UCC (First Congregational), Berkeley

🎵SFEMS: Concerto Köln — with Shunske Sato and Max Volbers
2:30 PM, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco

SUNDAY MARCH 15
🎵Philharmonia Baroque: Pearls of Sorrow
2:30 PM, Bing Concert Hall, Stanford

🎵SFEMS: Concerto Köln — with Shunske Sato and Max Volbers
2:30 PM, First Church Berkeley UCC (First Congregational), Berkeley

For more information on these featured events, please visit: www.sfems.org/calendar-of-early-music

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