OUR MISSION
Renaissance Singers Retreat is an Affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society. The
Renaissance Singers Retreat brings together Bay Area singers for two weekends each year.
Directed by Stanford Professor William Mahrt, the retreats are held on the Stanford University campus. The next workshop will be September 16-17, 2017.
The music has not yet been chosen for this year’s retreat but will be Byrd, Gradualia: processional, devotional, and office motets, under the direction of Professor Bill Mahrt, our music director since 1986! This year’s retreat will have a slightly different twist, however. Renaissance Singers’ Retreat has been asked to participate in a concert to honor our founder and longtime singer Lee McRae which is being organized by Eva Legene. The concert is to beheld the following Saturday, September 23, 2017, in Berkeley at Saint John’s Presbyterian Church 2727 College Ave. Berkeley, CA, 94705, at 2pm. Bill’s idea is that, those who can , will reassemble in Berkeley the following Saturday and sing a selection of our retreat repertoire in the concert. So be sure to let friends and family know about both our concert in Palo Alto on September 17 and the concert in Berkeley on September 23.
Past workshops have explored sacred polyphony and chant by Renaissance composers from Josquin to Monteverdi. We have been singing for 30 years! (Check our partial Repertory List.)
Scholarships are available for younger singers; Contact Us for information.
Intense singing sessions are balanced with short lectures on the music and its historical context. A public performance on Sunday at 4 p.m. concludes the workshop. Singers' Retreats are open to all singers with good sight-singing skills. Fees are nominal to cover tuition and materials.
Renaissance Singers Retreat brings together Bay Area singers for two weekends each year.
Directed by Stanford Professor William Mahrt, the retreats are held on the Stanford University campus. The next workshop will be September 16-17, 2017.
The music has not yet been chosen for this year’s retreat but will be Byrd, Gradualia: processional, devotional, and office motets, under the direction of Professor Bill Mahrt, our music director since 1986! This year’s retreat will have a slightly different twist, however. Renaissance Singers’ Retreat has been asked to participate in a concert to honor our founder and longtime singer Lee McRae which is being organized by Eva Legene. The concert is to beheld the following Saturday, September 23, 2017, in Berkeley at Saint John’s Presbyterian Church 2727 College Ave. Berkeley, CA, 94705, at 2pm. Bill’s idea is that, those who can , will reassemble in Berkeley the following Saturday and sing a selection of our retreat repertoire in the concert. So be sure to let friends and family know about both our concert in Palo Alto on September 17 and the concert in Berkeley on September 23.
Past workshops have explored sacred polyphony and chant by Renaissance composers from Josquin to Monteverdi. We have been singing for 30 years! (Check our partial Repertory List.)
Scholarships are available for younger singers; Contact Us for information.
Intense singing sessions are balanced with short lectures on the music and its historical context. A public performance on Sunday at 4 p.m. concludes the workshop. Singers' Retreats are open to all singers with good sight-singing skills. Fees are nominal to cover tuition and materials.
