Features

How composer John Cage helped the author choose a career, enter the world of music beyond conservatory walls, and even identify mushrooms.

Great artist-lineups are set to open the SFJAZZ Center, the country’s first major dedicated jazz facility, in a January gala.

The Omni Foundation is once again bringing the classiest acts in guitar playing to the Bay Area, with the assistance of San Francisco Performances.

Cal Performances has once again crammed a whole world of diverse art into one season. Director Matias Tarnopolsky guides you to the featured performances.

SFCV leaps into the rich Bay Area dance scene this season. Here’s a guide to events we’ll have our eyes on.

The Mondavi Center has its usual wide-angle season planned, while the Symphony Silicon Valley is focusing on classics with high-profile soloists. Here are the most exciting concert prospects from San Jose to Sacramento.

San Francisco Opera sports a huge season of stars and new productions for the fall, while other Bay Area presenters, large and small, add to a season of unprecedented variety.

Weill Hall in Sonoma County is built. Here’s how impresario Robert Cole plans to fill it, and how the building came to be.

IN THIS ISSUE:

More Vivaldi for the BaySan Francisco Opera's 90th Season Opens This WeekJudith Nelson Memorial ConcertEnsemble Galilei Presents First Person: Seeing AmericaNagano-Dudamel Two-Step in SwedenFrom Bach to Beatles' on the Johnson OrganSeason 30 for Music at Kohl MansionS.F. Opera — Ah, the Good Old Days!A Wealth of Opera on TV and Radio

Classics and new music sit side by side on the most exciting symphony concerts of the new season.