Mark MacNamara

How far could, or should, orchestras go in devolving power away from their music directors?

The original conductorless orchestra is a model organization in many ways. So why is it so hard to implement the "Orpheus Process"?

They keep their artistic engines running while overseeing thousands of small details from multiple projects around the world. Here’s part two of a look inside their empire.

The dynamic duo of chamber music have extraordinary vision and extraordinary influence. Here’s a portrait of these charismatic arts leaders.

Hunger for collaboration fuels C4NM, making it a hub for artists and fascinating new music projects in the Bay Area.

American Bach Soloists is training dozens of young artists in the discipline of early music performance just as the early music movement itself opens up.

The orchestra will survive to play another day, but they’ve been lucky and they know it.

On the eve of the S.F. Electronic Music Festival, intermedia artist Pamela Z talks about her career and the new music community, in which she is now both adventurer and patron saint.

The new director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music wants composers to follow their passion and forge a connection with the audience.

Composer Lisa Bielawa is used to big ideas and challenges, and her T.V. serial opera is again pushing back limits.