Features

Like problem solving? Try these music-related brain teasers from Marin’s famous test-taking strategist.

Read all about the program and upgrade at Berkeley’s Jazzschool, a place you really should know about.

A report from the San Francisco-Shanghai Chamber Music Festival — the joint participation of talented students and faculties — offering gestalt in its programming, creativity, and true international cooperation throughout.

The Junior Bach Festival has seen many illustrious musicians come through its programs. It celebrated its 50th anniversary last year and is readying its 51st festival, nine concerts crammed with 116 performances.

Neoclassical heavy metal? Shredded Mendelssohn? We have all the great bombastic classics, and a few new suggestions as well.

Jodi Levitz, Ives Quartet Violist and Chair of the String Department at SFCM, talks about the importance of body position when playing the viola.

Here’s the musical version of a charity idea you usually associate with walking, running, and biking.

You can explore flamenco in its intricate variety all this week in Berkeley and San Francisco.

A couple of days have passed since the actual Mardi Gras celebration, but that won’t stop us from putting out our Mardi Gras/ Carnival playlist.

The new site SFSkids.org is driven by the potential of online gaming in music education and learning. Kids can play, perform, conduct, and compose — make music, and just listen to it. All in the spirit of fun.