Previews

Molly Colin - June 26, 2014

There's a bevy of Fourth of July celebrations with music around the San Francisco Bay Area this summer. Head for your favorite place to enjoy the festivities: Happy Fourth of July!

Molly Colin - June 26, 2014

Skip Saturday morning cartoons this week and bring the family to hear young fiddlers bow bluegrass and jazz at the 17th annual fiddlekids concert matinee at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley.

Molly Colin - June 18, 2014

San Francisco's Stern Grove kicks off its summer Kids Days shows with three separate programs that highlight diverse styles of dance.

Jason Victor Serinus - June 17, 2014

In a change of pace, Kitka, the women’s vocal group that specializes in Eastern European folk traditions, has commissioned a new composition for Gay Pride Week.

Jeff Kaliss - June 12, 2014

S.F. Symphony musicians Scott Pingel and Jacob Nissly like to swing out whenever jazz gigs beckon. They tell why.

Molly Colin - June 5, 2014

Pirate Jack Sparrow (played by Johnny Depp) will make his way across a big screen as Marin Symphony Music Director Alasdair McNeale leads orchestra members in the score to the rollicking film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Micah Dubreuil - May 28, 2014

JooWan Kim is perfecting his own brand of classical/hip-hop hybrid.

Molly Colin - May 22, 2014

The Crowden Music Center will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a benefit concert featuring the world premiere of a new work from the composer Samuel Carl Adams, an alumnus, UC Berkeley's Hertz Hall.

Janos Gereben - May 19, 2014

San Francisco Opera's premiere of the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II Show Boat on June 1 is an event that goes far beyond "just another opera."

Molly Colin - May 15, 2014

This year's Mountain Play production of South Pacific will make a lasting impression on audiences of all ages, introducing the musical to some, and reacquainting others with songs have become American Songbook standards.