Mark MacNamara

The John Adams Young Composer Program at the Crowden Music Center fosters deep creativity even in very young children.

Stanford's Pan-Asian Music Festival’s 10th anniversary features four great performances by a group from Tibet and another from Mongolia.

It almost didn’t happen at all, but the lockout–ravaged Minnesota Orchestra holds a concert in Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.

This weekend, cellist Emil Miland plays the Elgar Cello Concerto with the orchestra he first played it with, 40 years ago.

How better to celebrate Black History Month than at SFJAZZ; more than a great jazz venue, it features a series of outreach programs with education classes, events, and now a “family matinee.”

What’s the energy level like when 500-plus youth orchestra players get together to share great music? You have to experience it to understand.

Tyler Hayford is about to play a big concert, but he’s asking the usual big questions teenagers have, some that music alone won’t help him answer.

The holidays are about personal and professional traditions, as well as seasonal ones. And so we asked around to find out how some in the SFCV community celebrate this time of year. Here are a few of the responses.

We expose a local secret: Ballet Folklorico Costa de Oro, a fine dance company sporting a dance school in San Lorenzo, as well as many South Bay performances.

The Brooklyn-based Project Trio, coming to the Harker School on Dec. 13., has drawn a huge audience across the Internet with beat-boxing, and has been redefining the borders between classical music and jazz, and other styles.