Glee, the T.V. show, may have given the wrong impression of what Glee Clubs actually do. They're really choruses, and often have high musical standards. For an excellent example see the Cornell Glee Club's upcoming concerts.
Celebrate the New Year with the S.F. Chamber Orchestra, and you’ll also have a chance to see local and internationally acclaimed cellist Nathan Chan before he leaves for Columbia University.
For those who are brassed off, the annual Bay Brass Christmas celebration is here to answer your need for the smooth, polished, yet incisive sounds of the brass ensemble.
When The Magic Flute gets done family-style, it can lose some of the other impediments to enjoyment and understanding. This weekend the Rafael Film Center is showing the San Francisco Opera's 2007 one-hour version for kids.
Like just about everybody born in December, Beethoven doesn't get to celebrate his birthday in style. But thankfully Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra hasn't forgotten about B's Day.
The S.F. Girls Chorus puts on a great concert, and they will have 300 voices at their disposal for the Dec. 21 concert in Davies Hall. When the late Heuwell Tircuit wrote that they can sing anything that isn't written for basses, he meant it.
The S.F. Choral Artists are doing their best to capture both extremes of the Christmas season. If you're one of those people who wants it all, there are two more performances left of this holiday concert, as always with this adventurous group.
Cellist Matt Haimovitz is a real pioneer in all the senses that matter. What he has to say to the students at the San Francisco Conservatory is certain to be enlightening in more than the usual ways.
