Features

Classical musicians do a lot more than just show up for their orchestra gigs. Here are true tales of the city from two musicians whose creativity defies categories.

Folk Fun For the Family Tristan Arnold Rises From the Ranks Going For Baroque With PBO

Orchestras have the personnel and ability to do pretty much anything involving music. Shouldn’t they act on that?

This month at the Aurora Theatre, a stellar group of artists is coming together to combine three art forms in a new production, co-directed by Tom Ross and Muriel Maffre; it promises one of the season’s most remarkable collaborations.

Auguste Rodin and Isadora Duncan, both pioneers of natural movement in the arts, were natural allies. Now former ballet dancer Muriel Maffre looks at that revolution through a class connected to the new Rodin Exhibition at the Cantor Museum.

Peninsula Symphony The London Philharmonic Gets in the Game BandWorks: A Rockin Good Time

SFCV’s founder and long-time writer on the S.F. Symphony reviews its new official history and reports for the first time on some of what he witnessed that didn’t quite make it into the book.