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Two weeks after word about a tentative collective bargaining agreement between San Francisco Symphony and Musicians Union, Local 6, AFM, the two sides announced ratification of a 26-month contract.

People of any age in any place can appreciate how the composers represented on this mixtape turned rain and wind into evocative pieces of music, much of it based on mythical and religious stories.

Composer Jonathan Berger is making music out of auditory hallucinations in two fascinating new one-act operas, part of Stanford’s Music and the Brain conference.

When is an agreement not an agreement? The short answer: if it's not ratified. The long story, of course, is more complicated.

An endorsement of the passage of Bill AB 580 and funding for the California Arts Council.

With this list, you’ll find a variety of reasons to smile and laugh, getting some of that best medicine along with some memorable melodies.

After a weekend of lengthy and intensive contract talks, on the 18th day of a strike, musicians and the administration of the San Francisco Symphony reached a tentative agreement.

Here’s a playlist of concerto movements and Handel oratorio choruses in that 18th-century tradition.

As the San Francisco Symphony strike goes into its third week, there are few signs that it is close to a resolution.

Here’s a playlist of some of the biggest hits in classical music (and one Rodgers and Hart classic), all inspired by the vernal equinox and the racing blood of youth in love.