As prom season begins, we bring you a playlist of old school ballroom dances from all over. Dance animates the majority of music, and it’s no different in the classical corner. As you make the last adjustments to your prom formal wear, it’s the perfect moment to dive into these formal dances.
The creative bond behind a new oratorio commissioned by the San Francisco Girls Chorus explains the genesis of the work and their interest in women of the Bible.
Celebrating the April 21 Brazilian holiday, Tiradentes’ Day, our Brazil Mixtape blurs the boundaries between classical and popular music, reflecting the blurred boundaries between the races in Brazil, a great place to listen to and to visit.
Two weeks after word about a tentative collective bargaining agreement between San Francisco Symphony and Musicians Union, Local 6, AFM, the two sides announced ratification of a 26-month contract.
People of any age in any place can appreciate how the composers represented on this mixtape turned rain and wind into evocative pieces of music, much of it based on mythical and religious stories.
Composer Jonathan Berger is making music out of auditory hallucinations in two fascinating new one-act operas, part of Stanford’s Music and the Brain conference.
After a weekend of lengthy and intensive contract talks, on the 18th day of a strike, musicians and the administration of the San Francisco Symphony reached a tentative agreement.
