Lou Fancher

The Rainin Fellowship recipient talks about her spiritual approach to creating new work and how it has evolved during the pandemic.

The composer finds musical inspiration in children’s games, puzzles, found sound, and above all else, other creative spirits.

A year of pandemic has forced even video-shy artists to confront new norms for reaching an audience. Front-line musicians tell SFCV about the experience.

The Puerto Rican composer and multi-instrumentalist talks to SFCV about her latest works and finding new ways to make music in 2021.

Choreographer Robert Moses and Denise Saunders Thompson, of the International Association of Blacks in Dance, discuss increasing Black influence and the added challenges of the pandemic.

This year’s cohorts are featured in upcoming concerts with the LA Chamber Orchestra and with young musicians from Kaufman Music Center.

The collaborative song cycle melding prison choirs, professional musicians, and cinematographers in a mashup of Fidelio, Black composers, and more streams this month.

2021’s Best of the Festival celebrates dance-film premieres from all corners of the world.

The bicoastal dance company premieres a new work Jan. 29–30.

The charismatic young trumpeter and vocalist performs for Cal Performances at Home with her quintet.