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The campus has gone from a rented-out church basement to its own building, the student body has grown from 13 kids to 80, but the Crowden School’s innovative curriculum is still young at 30 years old this year.

Few composers can claim outstanding success in all genres of classical music; Antonin Dvořák is one of them. Dvořák, whose 162nd birthday will be commemorated on Sunday, was a star who wrote great symphonies, symphonic poems, concertos, and chamber music.

Lotfi Mansouri, stage director and company executive with a varied and significant role in contemporary opera, died Friday after a long bout with cancer. He was 84.

Listen to these classic tracks that commemorate the long struggle for human rights and dignity, and the trials of the everyday Joe and Jill.

A brand new fine arts building, with a state-of-the-art recording facility, is home to a thriving music program at Redwood High School in Marin.

The well-known boy choir is a great place to grow up in, as well as a place for teaching young singers.

Everybody needs a little sanity when it’s time to hit the books. So here is our first release of music to study by: a musical decompression chamber for the homework burdened who may be alone in the test-prep wilderness.

The upcoming orchestra season offers jewels from many of the Bay Area’s fine ensembles.

Two Bay Area musicians are fearlessly taking early music to a younger audience, and having remarkable success.

Performing in front of others is a psychological challenge, and there are ways to prepare for the inevitable jitters. But the most important thing to remember about making mistakes: It's not the end of the world.