2025 Festival | June 8–15, 2025
Performance Masterclasses
An assortment of Performance Masterclasses by distinguished Festival musicians will be offered throughout the week. BEMF Masterclasses allow student, amateur, and professional musicians to receive public coaching by some of the top performers in the field today. Auditors are encouraged to attend: admission is included with a 2025 Exhibition Pass ($10).
To apply to perform in a masterclass, please fill out THIS FORM, and submit it, along with a sample of your work, to Elizabeth Hardy at elizabeth@bemf.org. Deadline extended to Monday, May 12!
Masterclasses at the 2025 Festival will be presented by:
ORGAN
Kola Owolabi
■ Wednesday, June 11, 2:30pm to 4:30pm
First Lutheran Church of Boston
BAROQUE HARP
Maxine Eilander
■ Thursday, June 12, 11am to 1pm
PLEASE NOTE: CANCELED
This Performance Masterclass has been cancled. We apologize for any invoncenience.
FLUTE & VIOLIN
Marcello Gatti and Enrico Gatti
■ Friday, June 13, 10am to 12 noon
Emmanuel Church Music Room
RECORDER Solos and Consorts
Members of Boreas Quartett Bremen
■ Saturday, June 14, 1:30pm to 4:30pm
New England Conservatory’s Williams Hall
17th-CENTURY ACCOMPANIED SOLO SONG
Aaron Sheehan, Paul O’Dette, and Stephen Stubbs
■ Saturday, June 14, 1:30pm to 4:30pm
New England Conservatory’s Burnes Hall
PLEASE NOTE: The Boston Early Music Festival has been informed that due to a family emergency, Dame Emma Kirkby will be unable to co-teach the 17th-Century Accompanied Solo Song Performance Masterclass on Saturday, June 14, nor will she perform with the BEMF Chamber Ensemble & Friends, also on Saturday, June 14, 2025. We wish Emma Kirkby and her family all the best at this difficult time and we look forward to welcoming her back to a future Boston Early Music Festival.
In her place for the Performance Masterclass, we are pleased to announce that BEMF Artistic Directors Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs will be joined by their fellow GRAMMY winner, tenor Aaron Sheehan, for their signature "17th-Century Accompanied Solo Song" Performance Masterclass on Saturday, June 14 at 1:30pm.