Recently returned from hiatus, Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas joined with the San Francisco Symphony for a busy two weeks of concerts at Davies Symphony Hall.
Gregory Spears' and Greg Pierce's "Fellow Travelers" was recently released on CD (Fanfare Cincinnati) by its commissioning company, Cincinnati Opera, superbly led by Mark Gibson.
On March 24, 25 and 31 former "X Factor" contestant and local cabaret darling Jason Brock will recall his youth through music. The openly gay singer was raised in a conservative Christian community in Texas.
A new show featuring jazz, rock, and folk arrangements of the iconic performers Janis Ian and Janis Joplin will premiere at Ashkenaz, the Berkeley community music and dance cafe, on Friday, March 23, at 8 p.m.
Two chamber ensembles with brilliant soloists doing double duty as conductors made for some agreeable listening recently in bookend concerts in San Francisco.
We all thrilled to singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens crooning "Mystery of Love" from "Call Me By Your Name," nominated for Best Original Song, at the Academy Awards earlier this month.
Innovative and aptly named West Edge Opera presented a second year of the company's ambitious programming venture "Snapshot" in the East Bay and San Francisco recently.
Last month Elton John announced that he would be retiring from touring. His three-year farewell concert tour is sure to be one of the biggest events in pop-music history.
The worldwide celebration of Leonard Bernstein's birth centennial continued last week as SFJAZZ and innovative Opera Parallele re-teamed to create a double bill that meshed two works into one.
Like a favorite relative who visits only once a year, Herbert Blomstedt, Conductor Laureate of the San Francisco Symphony and SFS Music Director for a decade (1985-95), returned to the podium at Davies Symphony Hall recently to start a two-week stay.
