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Young Writers Return to the Field at 2022 Rubin Institute for Music Criticism Music News The SF Conservatory of Music-hosted event brings in students from all over the country to hone their music criticism chops. Be an SFCV Critic for a Day! Music News Tell us about your favorite contemporary opera. We’ll publish select submissions along with contributions from our own staff of writers. Dream of the Red Chamber Returns to the War Memorial Opera House Review Is there enough in this opera to warrant a revival? Dance The Spectacle of the Congolese Sapeur Inspires a Choreographer June 27, 2022 BroadStage Offers Broad Range of Performances in 2022–2023 June 21, 2022 SF Symphony Free-Streams a Bold, Multimedia The Soldier’s Tale May 31, 2022 It’s a Season of Renewal at SF Ballet School May 24, 2022 Jazz Where Have All the Jazz Musicians Gone? Los Angeles. 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Review A Mismatched Mass From LA Master Chorale and Musica Angelica CJ Ru - June 27, 2022 The robust chorus and a venue not designed for a small original-instruments orchestra created persistent balance problems in Bach’s B Minor Mass. Third Coast Percussion Bangs Out a Quartet of Premieres June 27, 2022 SF Symphony Puts Its Spin on a Couple of LA Phil Projects June 27, 2022 The Spectacle of the Congolese Sapeur Inspires a Choreographer June 27, 2022 Young Writers Return to the Field at 2022 Rubin Institute for Music Criticism June 28, 2022 Features The Spectacle of the Congolese Sapeur Inspires a Choreographer Where Have All the Jazz Musicians Gone? Los Angeles. 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A Label for Musical Outsiders Finds Room for Classical Feature Aaron Lington’s performance of Bach chorales might be a little unusual, but then, so is everything that the inclusive Little Village Foundation rec Art and Music Go Hand in Glove at Time Released Sound Feature From a little storefront in Alameda, Colin Herrick ships his limited-edition records packaged in exquisite, handcrafted art to collectors around th Waxsimile Provides Collective Clout for Marginalized Artists Feature Briget Boyle and her cohort celebrate Bay Area queer musicians on Wax Collective Vol. 1. The album drops May 7.
