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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.

Born in the Bay Area, Classical Revolution is evolving and spreading around the globe.

To sing and understand folk music, you have to go to folk and ask them to teach you. That’s exactly what Kitka Vocal Ensemble spent this summer doing.

We keep rediscovering the inexhaustibly deep musical traditions of Africa as artists from all over the world are refreshed and inspired by them. Her'es our late-summer introduction to a few of Africa's beautiful musical traditions.

The jewel box of the Napa Valley Opera House is about to undergo major surgery in spite of heated opposition.

Our friends over at NPR are running a summer contest to decide on "the great American symphony." Since they brought it up, here’s a list of American symphonies we think you ought to give a try.