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Maria Goodavage - January 18, 2011

The Music Together program fosters love of music in very young children (and their parents), and even helps them develop important musical skills.

Janos Gereben - January 18, 2011

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Vincent Tremblay - January 18, 2011

On Sunday, January 16, San Francisco Classical Voice's video team captured the BAYOF Hope concert and event as it happened. Here is an inside look at the event, which we think captures its raucous energy as well as the amazing self-possession of the very young participants.

Jeff Kaliss - January 18, 2011

Six youth orchestras, 575 players, six charities, one incredible event: the BAYOF Hope festival returns to Davies Symphony Hall.

Vincent Tremblay - January 18, 2011

Watch excerpts from the individual performances by youth orchestras participating in the BAYOF Hope concert on January 16th, 2011 at Davies Symphony Hall.

Lisa Petrie - January 14, 2011

It sounds like the same old story: Budget cuts have forced reductions in the Mount Diablo Unified School District’s music program. But it may not happen that way. Meet the determined parents, students, and teachers who are working to write a different ending to the script.

Matthew Cmiel - January 11, 2011

SFCV asked composer Matthew Cmiel, who came of age in the “aughts,” to write about what the musical revolution caused by music sharing and “handheld computer devices” means to him. Here is his response, along with an annotated playlist.

Janos Gereben - January 11, 2011

Renaissance Voices Celebrate Epiphany

A classical concert followed by "a feast of roast pork pie, king's cake and wassail" (a kind of English sangria or hot mulled cider) is a rare happening.

Jeff Kaliss - January 4, 2011

Like London, Vienna, and Venice in the Old World in times gone by, the San Francisco Bay Area is a treasure trove of creative music talent, as well as a favored destination for artists from elsewhere. Here’s some of what will be worth going outside classical conventions to get to, during the first half of 2011.

Michelle Dulak Thomson - January 4, 2011

By design, chamber music can be performed anywhere. Bay Area musicians like to perform it everywhere. Here, SFCV’s premier chamber music maven takes on the task of winnowing down this gorgeous superfluity to just five (well, and a few more) hot tickets you can’t afford to miss.