Music News

Janos Gereben - May 14, 2013

Marin Music Chest continues its 80-year tradition of supporting promising young musicians when it presents the annual Young Artists Concert at 5 p.m. on May 19, in the Mill Valley Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church. Admission is free, donations are solicited for the program.

Janos Gereben - May 14, 2013
Jaqueline Piccolino, shown here in a Merola production last year, is the new Stella for <em>Hoffmann</em> Photo by Kristen Loken
Jaqueline Piccolino, sh
Janos Gereben - May 14, 2013
Jean-Francois Sivadier directs Natalie Dessay in <em>Becoming Traviata</em>
Jean-Francois Sivadier directs Natalie Dessay in Becoming Traviata
Michael Zwiebach - May 10, 2013

Here’s your SFCV cheat sheet for the opera – the background, sources, story, controversy, and some interpretive ideas, expertly boiled down to a few minutes by Kaleen Asbo.

Michael Zwiebach - May 9, 2013

This month is youth orchestra month, with spring orchestra concerts around the Bay. Here they are, with the young soloists involved:

Michael Zwiebach - May 9, 2013
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms

It’s rare, but two great composers share the same May 7 birthday: Johannes Brahms and Peter Tchaikovsky.

Mark MacNamara - May 8, 2013

We stopped by the Community Music Center in San Francisco’s Mission District to catch a rehearsal by the children’s chorus.