Mark MacNamara

Hope for the vanishing music critic: the Getty Foundation, Rubin Institute, and S.F. Conservatory underwrite a music critic at The Boston Globe.

Jane Hill builds success through relentless honesty, creative outreach, and faith in her team — and community.

Learning from top critics from around the U.S. Rubin Institute fellows sampled San Francisco’s musical life and one of them walked away with a $10,000 prize.

Some of the Bay Area’s finest musicians join forces to raise money for a beloved Berkeley institution ravaged by fire.

The prolific composer muses on her spiritual roots, the creative process, and evoking the dark side through music.

The beloved church building will be out of commission for a while, and performers are scrambling to find replacement venues. UPDATED Oct. 11

Elizabeth Roe and her piano duo partner Greg Anderson are breaking a lot of "rules" and bringing four-hand piano music into the 21st century.

A new 399-seat recital hall is at the center of the new building.

The dance group, which integrates dancers with and without disabilities, and also does advocacy, scores a big grant to further its work.

The arts philanthropist whose gifts led to the Mondavi Center at UC Davis and much more, died last Friday.