Los Angeles

Derrick Wang’s funny, sharply observed one-act pairs well with Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury.

The statewide experiment was a reason to visit three cities and experience the exciting music offered by their orchestras.

The musical world is teeming with concerts and ideas to help shake off the end-of-year darkness.

Ahead of her California performances this week, the soprano chats about how she connects with a song — and an audience.

In a live screening, Wu Tsang’s project benefits from a score by Caroline Shaw, Andrew Yee, and Asma Maroof.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale premieres Billy Childs’s rhapsodic ode to his mother.

Gabriela Lena Frank’s luminous and dreamlike work has its third staging in California.

A wide variety of classical projects — including those from the SF Symphony and the LA Phil — get nods as well.

If architecture helps define a city, then the bold, beautiful Frank Gehry-designed venue is a landmark for an arts-rich metropolis.

Nina C. Young, Koh’s neighbor, composed Traces for her, and it’s the highlight of a concert conducted by Jeffrey Kahane.