Michael Zwiebach is the senior editor/content manager for SFCV. He assigns all articles and content, manages the writing staff, and does editing. A member of SFCV from the beginning, Michael holds a Ph.D. in music history from the University of California, Berkeley.
In memory of the late Pete Seeger, here’s a playlist that explores the back-and-forth between classical, written music and the folk-music it is indebted to.
Here’s a playlist of standards and unusual pieces from Mozart’s last year, 1791, during which the composer accomplished professionally the likes of which is difficult to believe, especially considering he was suffering a terminal illness.
One of the greatest orators in American history, Martin Luther King Jr. made his own music verbally, as many musicians have long understood. Here are King’s words mixed with some of the music that informed his own “symphony of brotherhood.”
One thing that co-founder and lutenist David Tayler wants you to know about the group’s upcoming “Venetian Vespers” concert: It’s going to be fun ... exactly what you want this time of year amidst the cookie-cutter carols concerts.
Smuin Ballet avoids the whole Nutcracker scrum every year by doing a program they call The Christmas Ballet. It’s the opposite of traditional, despite its 20th anniversary this year.
There is a particularly Episcopalian (Anglican) Christmas service sometimes titled “Festival of Lessons and Carols.” In San Francisco, it makes you think of Grace Cathedral, where the Choir of Men and Boys celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
