Ken Bullock

Arlene Sagan, music director emeritus of the 180-plus voice Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra, passed away at age 84.

The choral ensemble Cantare Con Vivo and instrumental quartet Quijeremá unite communities in an entertaining, multicultural concert.

A beloved opera gets manga-nized and reinvented, as a “fantasia on a theme by Mozart.”

An innovative ensemble gives wide latitude to a range of composers in its upcoming recital.

A respected church music director is being celebrated for his six decades of excellence and inspiration.

The radical, sometimes wacky, music of composer/pianist John Cage receives a hearing on the Stanford campus.

Hoping to lure new ticket buyers and expose fans to the range of events it offers, Cal Performances’ free arts festival showcases a wide variety of Bay Area arts groups.

Frank Loesser’s delightful musical The Most Happy Fella, headed for the Lesher Center, mixes genres with its wide variety of memorable songs.

Jazz plus a taste of the Middle East at the Carmel Bach Festival? You betcha, says the protean pianist/composer/conductor Stephen Prutsman.

The stage director/choreographer strives to get his singers to embody their roles, so the audience can sense that their story is alive and present onstage.