Black Experience

The late Brazilian acoustic guitarist had an outsized impact on the Bay Area music scene. A new three-CD set features great live performances captured in the ’60s.  

Opera Parallèle’s family-friendly production is uplifting, and Marcus Shelby’s lively score is done justice by a superior cast.

Following the whirlwind of revelations, allegations, and promises of reform, we ask opera insiders about the state of the art since #MeToo.

Harry Pace’s recording company publicized important artists but faced impossible hurdles.

Committees can work (sometimes): the San Francisco Conservatory of Music/SF Symphony partnership seems to have struck gold.

Soprano Candace Johnson’s series begins with Adolphus Hailstork and features interviews as well as song.

In April, we celebrate the birthday of one of America’s most accomplished and generous composers.

Choreographer Robert Moses and Denise Saunders Thompson, of the International Association of Blacks in Dance, discuss increasing Black influence and the added challenges of the pandemic.

Two months before the composer’s 80th birthday, a premiere sets the stage.

In concert, the layers and cumulative, syncretic power of Joachim’s music become clear.