A well-balanced program, excellent playing, and a sizeable crowd greeted S.F. Symphony Chamber musicians who matched their musical assignments perfectly.
A new ballet born at Ballet San Jose includes a little playlet within the ballet that is sometimes a headscratcher, but nevertheless delivers the magic that audiences flock to the Nutcracker for.
The Del Sol Quartet, local purveyor of contemporary music, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a small festival at Z Space, where tangy precision was much on display.
After a summer season hiatus in which it ostensibly regrouped, Festival Opera resurfaced this week with an interesting experiment in a new opera, About Face.
The fabulous chamber choir Volti's attributes were on display in its "Not-the-Messiah" concert: champion of new and American music, a connoisseur of literature, and extensively international in scope and interest.