Features

The Bay Area's musical community is mourning the passing of San Francisco Opera's beloved veteran Italian language coach Elena Servi Burgess, known as Elena to all.

SFCM Professor William Wellborn suggests the proper approach to playing octaves with SFCM Preparatory Division student Hanson Tam, in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

With great pleasure, San Francisco Classical Voice announces the winner of its second Music Educator Award: Randy Porter, music director of Westlake Middle School in Oakland.

There is important news from the San Francisco Conservatory and the promise of more to come. At a recent gala President David H. Stull spoke both of impressive specifics and big ambitions.

The artistic director of San Francisco Ballet is as vital and creative, at 71, as ever. He distills lessons from his career as he talks about his new ballet.

Paris has seen a lot of Aprils come and go: Here are songs that have accompanied some of those hopeful springs.

Jodi Levitz, Ives Quartet Violist and Chair of the String Department at SFCM shows you how to isolate and train the proper hand muscles to create a sharp collé bowing.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic does another deep dive into contemporary American music with its “Minimalist Jukebox” festival.

General Director David Gockley addressed the annual S.F. Opera meeting by saying that the company's centennial in 2022 should celebrate the past and build greatness in its second century.

This month marks the 300th anniversary of a composer you’ll love, if you don’t already know his music.