Molly Colin

Oakland’s annual musical tribute to Martin Luther King features new compositions by Marcus Shelby and much more.

The Sixth International Body Music Festival moved its sonic rhythm party from Oakland to S.F., as its energetic performers tapped, swished, and Velcroed their way across a SFJAZZ Center stage to an enthusiastic audience.

Welcome to Upside-Downton Abbey, a parody of the Masterpiece Theatre phenomenom Downton Abbey that is this year's gala by the Lamplighters Music Theatre.

Executive Director Wiley Hausam plots his first moves to attract a diverse audience for Stanford Live’s wide-ranging season offerings.

Memories and music pour forth at the annual walk-through concert at Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland.

On June 4 clarinetist Brenden Guy performs Movements for a Clarinet Concerto, a long-awaited reconstruction of a Britten commission.

Small opera companies like Berkeley’s West Edge Opera, Walnut Creek’s Festival Opera, and Palo Alto’s West Bay Opera are finding ways to stay in business and to thrive artistically.

Mixing it up, Lara Downes brings adventurous music lovers up close and personal with performers, in a lively, jazz club setting.

Genre-bending is the all-embracing category for the annual Switchboard Music Festival in San Francisco’s Mission District.

Styles of Baroque dance are being brought back to life by a new dance ensemble, accompanied by veteran early-music instrumentalists.