Features

Mark MacNamara - June 6, 2013

There’s more music in a Pixar movie than you might think, as Marin Symphony’s principal violist, Jenny Douglass, can attest.

SFCV Staff - June 5, 2013

EMI Records is offering the track "You're Sensational" from The John Wilson Orchestra's album That's Entertainment.

Jeff Kaliss - May 31, 2013

The great bass player Charlie Haden is finally getting the tributes and recognition that his contributions to music deserve, including a tribute at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival.

Michael Zwiebach - May 30, 2013

What's the word on the festival street this weekend? Jazz on the Hill in San Mateo and, yum, Berkeley's Chocolate and Chalk Art Festival.

Michael Zwiebach - May 30, 2013

Edward Elgar was the leading English composer at the beginning of the 20th century. It only seems fitting to honor him, not only in his birthday week, but in a time of so much Pomp and Circumstance.

Mark MacNamara - May 30, 2013

Anton Sanko’s Whale Migration is music from a documentary, but it’s also the latest entry in a popular subgenre for composers.

Michael Zwiebach - May 30, 2013

Igor Stravinsky’s famous score for the ballet The Rite of Spring is 100 years old this month, and everyone is celebrating. For this playlist we turn to Sergei Diaghilev of the Ballets Russes.

Mark MacNamara - May 30, 2013

Music was a balm to Sean Do, and he wanted to bring it into his childrens’ lives. He succeeded, but, as always with children, not in the way he expected.

SFCV Staff - May 29, 2013

Hot Club of San Francisco shares a track with SFCV readers from their album Live at Yoshi’s.

Jeff Kaliss - May 25, 2013

Modest to a fault, the outgoing president of the S.F. Conservatory of Music has much to crow about, having led the Conservatory to a new facility, international prominence, and an inspired focus on music education.