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'Tis the Season to Go Wild With Holiday Music

Michael Zwiebach - November 10, 2009
It’s holiday crush time. We’ve just passed Halloween, we have about two weeks to think about Thanksgiving (we’ll just get through that one — a turkey and football are all you need, right?), and then we’ll brace ourselves for the month-long winter holiday season ... that orgy of partying and spending and family visiting that ends with a hangover and a New Year’s Day splurge.
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Music News: November 10, 2009

Janos Gereben - November 10, 2009

The Phantom of the Legion

The great Ernest M.

San Francisco Classical Voice Awarded Third Prize in National Contest

SFCV Staff - November 3, 2009

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Real-Life High School Musical

Lisa Petrie - November 3, 2009
The high school selection process has begun for next fall with a flurry of open houses, fairs, school visits, and application forms. When the dust settles, some 5,260 eighth-graders in San Francisco will choose a public school in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) for their high school experience.

Music News: November 3, 2009

Janos Gereben - November 3, 2009

'Our People' Doing Well Everywhere

Excuse yet another rather provincial outburst of pride, but young artists from hereabouts are making strides around the world — not that it's something new, but there is an unusual cluster of such reports:

Jose Maria Condemi

The Merola alumnus, who is likely to direct a San Francisco Bu
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Before and After the Performance: A “Where To?” Guide

Lisa Houston - October 27, 2009

A perfect evening at the Symphony or a dazzling night at the Opera might begin with a new outfit, a trip to the barber, and, once you’re properly outfitted, dinner out. Whether having hors d’oeuvres and cocktails with friends, or a fine meal at a restaurant near the concert hall, you can be sure that many of your fellow diners are headed for the same enjoyable evening that you are. But once you’ve soared on the golden wings of Puccini or Mahler, you might find yourself unceremoniously dropped into the less than majestic scene of San Francisco’s Civic Center after 11 p.m.

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Music News: October 27, 2009

Janos Gereben - October 27, 2009

Mansouri Unveiled

Lotfi Mansouri x2

Some En-Chanting Evening

Lisa Petrie - October 21, 2009
It is with great curiosity and a little trepidation that I approach my first “Chant Camp,” presented by the singers of Anonymous 4 and Stanford University on, Monday, October 19.
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In Memoriam: J. Karla Lemon

Jason Victor Serinus - October 20, 2009
Berkeley-raised conductor J. Karla Lemon, who conducted a host of local and national new music ensembles and orchestras between teaching gigs at Stanford University and other institutions, died peacefully at her Oakland home on October 15.
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Osmo Vänskä Makes the Grade

Georgia Rowe - October 20, 2009
On Nov. 6, 2002, a conductor named Osmo Vänskä made his first appearance with the San Francisco Symphony. At that time, few Bay Area music lovers had heard of the Finnish maestro, who had just been named music director-designate of the Minnesota Orchestra. But his San Francisco debut made a big impression. Conducting Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No.