Bay Area Music Groups
The Bay Area is home to literally hundreds of classical music organizations, from community choruses to world-renowned orchestras, opera companies and chamber ensembles. This listing provides all the vital statistics for Bay Area music groups, as well as a summary of what they do best. Search by type of organization or alphabetically. Note to classical music groups: If your organization is not listed here or there is an error in your listing, please email Eric@sfcv.org.
Ragazzi Boys Chorus
Based on the Peninsula, this chorus offers music education and performance for boys and young men ages 7-18, performing a full range of traditional and contemporary works for treble and changed voices.
Founded: 1987
Artistic Director: Joyce Keil
Where to hear them: Venues throughout Bay Area
Redwood Arts Council
The Redwood Arts Council was founded in 1980 by a group of music lovers whose goal was to bring quality entertainment to the Occidental community. The Redwood Arts Council books concerts that rival the quality of chamber music performances in large metropolitan areas.
Founded: 1980
Artistic Director: Candace Rossman
Where to hear them: Occidental Community Church
Redwood Empire Sing-Along Messiah
Founded: 1980
Artistic Director: Dan Earl
Where to hear them: Santa Rosa High School Auditorium
Redwood Symphony
An all-volunteer community orchestra designed to serve the local community with a focus on 20th Century repertoire.
Founded: 1985
Artistic Director: Dr Eric Kujawsky
Where to hear them: Cañada College Main Theatre, Redwood City
Role Players Ensemble Theatre
Founded: 1983
Artistic Director: Eric Fraisher Hayes
Where to hear them: The Village Theatre, 233 Front Street, Danville
Rose/Lee/Graber Trio
Founded: 2009
Artistic Director: Tom Rose
Where to hear them: Old St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco
Russian School of Music
Founded: 2006
Artistic Director: Viktor Polonsky
Where to hear them: Grace Church of Evergreen 2650 Aborn Road San Jose 95121
Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
The Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts (SOTA) is a public, tuition-free, visual and performing arts high school dedicated to providing students with an alternative educational program that fosters artistic development and creativity. Since the founding of the school in 1982, SOTA has admitted students selected by audition from all over San Francisco and the Bay Area. With a population of approximately 600 students, SOTA’s pre-professional programs engage students in a curriculum that combines academics with art instruction. The instructors at SOTA, who are gifted arts teachers, dedicated academic teachers, and artists-in-residence, work together to maintain a top-notch educational program and share common goals: 1. Provide San Francisco Bay Area students with a specialized visual and performing arts high school of the highest quality. 2. Seek and recruit talented and gifted students representative of our diverse San Francisco population. 3. Provide instruction to the SOTA students by highly qualified educators and artists in the school and in community settings. 4. Provide a program of instruction in which content from the arts is integrated into traditional non-arts subject areas and includes attention to multi-cultural arts. 5. Provide a balance between process and product and between discipline and creativity.
Founded: 1982
Where to hear them: 555 Portola Drive, San Francisco
