Previews

Emily Wilson - December 11, 2023

Smith, currently the subject of a major museum exhibition, is best remembered today for compiling the Anthology of American Folk Music.

Lou Fancher - December 5, 2023

Artistic Director Anne K. Hege wants her singers to investigate the breadth of human emotions in their winter concert.

Aimée Ts'ao - December 4, 2023

Bay Area choreographers Sarah Crowell and Keith Hennessy have nurtured conversation and community with their collaboration.

Aimée Ts'ao - November 27, 2023

There’s a mission at the root of the company, now four decades old, that will be on display in its Cal Performances debut.

Tom Jacobs - November 14, 2023

Meet a boutique organization that specializes in the full-throated choral music of opera.

Lou Fancher - November 6, 2023

Into the Dark features a diverse ensemble of blind and sighted performers and will have audiences using their senses in a different way.

Victoria Looseleaf - October 30, 2023

Composer Fahad Siadat stages his oratorio-like version of a 12th-century Sufi epic at L.A.’s First Congregational Church.

Yoshi Kato - October 24, 2023

The unpredictable composer and arranger appears on the West Coast with her curiously mixed ensemble, m_unit.

Lou Fancher - October 21, 2023

Crossing stylistic boundaries, Gordis’s concert for Berkeley’s MusicSources next month will show the versatility of her instrument.

Lev Mamuya - October 17, 2023

The famous academic and activist curates a concert that reflects her personal journey.