Features

Two young teachers are giving a lift to the venerable school music program at SI.

A new music education broadcast on public television, conceived by conductor Gerard Schwarz, has been winning audiences and is being scheduled in the Bay Area.

For 16 years, Los Angeles sweated over the creation of glorious, glamourous Walt Disney Concert Hall. Then it opened and the city celebrated. Ten years later, the celebrations continue.

A documentary unexpectedly spurs a charity relief effort to rebuild a music school in Haiti.

Hispanic Heritage Month kicked off on Sept. 15 and Jesse Hamlin’s article on Opera Cultura this week in SFCV got us thinking about music south of the border. Here’s a playlist of some great music from Mexico.

Sequoia High School in Redwood City has deep roots in music education, and despite the arts crisis in public schools, it’s not about to give that up.

San Jose’s Opera Cultura is drawing on a wide variety of music to present Latino/ Hispanic culture to a wider audience.

The Napa Valley Symphony was not long gone before plans were laid for reconstituting the orchestra. But in the meantime, a new one with different musicians was created. And therein lies a tale.

Haydn’s “Farewell” Symphony is only the beginning of a list of lyrical goodbyes.

Make plans to see these performances to satisfy your desire to hear great vocalists at the peak of their artistry.