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Farewell to Montserrat Figueras, a great singer whom Bay Area audiences will long remember.

The Boston Symphony’s all-too-short collaboration with famed maestro James Levine set up the orchestra for a bright artistic future. The orchestra is not rushing down the path to name a new music director.

It's time to re-think how we listen to music, together, now that the experience of sharing music has drastically shifted.

Leaping Into Nutcracker Season San Francisco Opera's Carmen for Families Remembering William Robert Lutt (1929-2011)

Over more than three decades, Berkeley High School’s innovative jazz program has churned out talented amateur players as well as many professionals.

The problems in the traditional orchestra world haven’t fazed the creator/managers of a new breed of orchestra fashioned with freelance players, street smarts, and a can-do mentality. The 25-year rise of these smaller-budget ensembles is an increasingly important story in the landscape of American orchestras.

The Big Four of the music industry (Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, EMI Group Ltd., and Sony Music Entertainment) are now down to the Big Three after a $4.1 million buyout of EMI.