SFCV’s writers report on topics relevant to the San Francisco area. Review Suite Music: Terence Blanchard Returns to Disney Hall With Scores From Spike Lee Films Richard S. Ginell - March 21, 2023 The great trumpeter and his E-Collective group finally play a concert that was scheduled for three years ago. Review Another Snapshot of New Opera From West Edge Nicholas Jones - March 21, 2023 The annual showcase of excerpts from operatic works-in-progress confirms the future is bright for today’s composers and librettists. Feature Keys Jazz Bistro Emerges as Local Scene’s Community Center Jeff Kaliss - March 21, 2023 Opened just five months ago, the “sacred space” for jazz has plugged a lot of gaps for S.F.-connected musicians. Preview Prospero’s Island Translates Shakespeare Into 21st-Century Opera Lisa Houston - March 18, 2023 This new telling of The Tempest from composer Allen Shearer and librettist Claudia Stevens premieres March 25 at Herbst Theatre. Review Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani Explores 20th-Century Czech Concertos Richard S. Ginell - March 17, 2023 It’s an idiosyncratic but serious recording project, perfect for the iconoclastic player. Music News Cantata Collective With Nic McGegan to Record Bach’s Mass in B Minor Janos Gereben - March 14, 2023 The ensemble joins with Avie Records in an ambitious project. Preview Remembering Pioneering Black Ballerina Raven Wilkinson Victoria Looseleaf - March 14, 2023 A multimedia performance and conversation at the Ebell Club honors the memory of the great dancer, who died in 2018. Feature Defying the Algorithm: William Kentridge’s Sibyl and Intuitive Art Victoria Looseleaf - March 14, 2023 The new chamber opera about prophecy and instability is the climax of the artist’s yearlong residency at UC Berkeley. Music News Music Is More Than Accompaniment at 95th Academy Awards Janos Gereben - March 13, 2023 Musicians both real-life and fictional played starring roles in several of this year’s nominated films. Feature Excavating the Legacy of The Pyramids With Idris Ackamoor Andrew Gilbert - March 13, 2023 The saxophonist/composer, a key figure in the Afrofuturist movement, celebrates 50 years of his band as he moves into new creative territory. Pagination 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … Next › Next page Last » Last page