Features

Steven Winn - January 17, 2018

The general director mixes the fresh and the familiar in a season of "emotive storytelling."

Michael Zwiebach - January 16, 2018

Great music is bursting out all over this spring. Here is our guide to some hot tickets.

Lou Fancher - January 9, 2018

Our intrepid reviewer recommends a shelfful of great reads about music and musicians culled from recent publications.

Michael Zwiebach - January 3, 2018

In the best-of-2017 sweepstakes, the San Francisco Symphony’s powerful rendition of Ives’s masterwork was a standout.

Katharine Dimitruk - December 19, 2017

SFCV’s photographer captures a cast rehearsal and a school outreach program during Nutcracker season.

Paul Kotapish - December 17, 2017

Offered without critique, a smorgasbord of recorded music released this year.

Michael Zwiebach - December 12, 2017

J'Nai Bridges, Soloman Howard, Andrea Lett, Kearstin Piper Brown, Kenneth Overton, and Ronny Michael Greenberg perform for inmates and staff at San Quentin State Prison.

Andrew Gilbert - December 11, 2017

Will the leading institution step up to support composers and foster new jazz voices in the Bay Area?

Jim Farber - December 4, 2017

If you’re interested in composing for movies, TV, video games, or anywhere else, it’s no longer enough to fill up a page with notes.

Michael Zwiebach - November 28, 2017

The holiday season brings its bounty of Nutcrackers, carols, and a few surprises as well. Here are a few suggestions to launch you on your merry way.