Past Events

Join Central Texas’s newest early music ensemble as we explore the music of the cathedrals, convents, and missions of New France and New Spain, drawing works from the musical archives of New Orleans and Montréal, and the cathedral collections of Mexico City, Puebla, Oaxaca, Durango, and Santiago de Cuba.

The first concert of the season, “SACRED HARMONIES: MUSIC FOR THE SOUL,” features an exquisite hour of tranquil a cappella music with selections by Palestrina, Byrd, Allegri, and Schubert.

Vivaldi mixes with Piazzola. Former San Antonians Fred and Christina Edelen, now of Amsterdam, are featured in the Baroque pieces of this Cactus Pear Music Festival concert.

Le Caffe Cantata by Bernier, The Coffee Cantata by J.S. Bach. Former San Antonians Fred and Christina Edelen, now of Amsterdam, are featured in this Baroque concert of the Cactus Pear Music Festival.

Vivaldi mixes with Piazzola. Former San Antonians Fred and Christina Edelen, now of Amsterdam, are featured in the Baroque pieces of this Cactus Pear Music Festival concert.

Le Caffe Cantata by Bernier, The Coffee Cantata by J.S. Bach. Former San Antonians Fred and Christina Edelen, now of Amsterdam, are featured in this Baroque concert of the Cactus Pear Music Festival.

Le Caffe Cantata by Bernier, The Coffee Cantata by J.S. Bach. Former San Antonians Fred and Christina Edelen, now of Amsterdam, are featured in this Baroque concert of the Cactus Pear Music Festival.

Gerald Self and Ensemble Canzona will present a program of music of the Renaissance and early Baroque featuring five different consorts of Renaissance-style recorders, and reproductions of a Renaissance virginal and 17th-century style harpsichord. Christina Edelen from Amsterdam will be the special guest soloist.

“Alabado!” A concert of historic music played during the 18th century at the old Spanish missions.

A special evening of food and music celebrating the art and history of the Southwest School of Art.

The San Antonio Museum of Art and Musical Offerings continue their musical tour series with a trip through the Antiquities Galleries. The performance features works for soprano, baroque violins, baroque cello and harpsichord.

The vocal works are excerpted from Handel’s opera seria, Julius Caesar in Egypt, Purcell’s incidental music to Oedipus and Monteverdi’s final opera, The Coronation of Poppea. Additionally played will be instrumental music by John Blow and Christoph Gluck.

Recorder virtuoso Piers Adams and his extraordinary U.K. early music group are coming to San Antonio!