Features

Janice Berman - February 10, 2014

A peek at this season’s promising movers, shakers, dancers, and makers.

Michael Zwiebach - February 6, 2014

Celebrate the Chinese New Year with this SFCV playlist for the Year of the Horse.

Jodi Levitz - February 5, 2014

Jodi Levitz, Ives Quartet Violist and Chair of the String Department at SFCM, describes how to hold the bow without tension.

Mark MacNamara - February 5, 2014

It almost didn’t happen at all, but the lockout–ravaged Minnesota Orchestra holds a concert in Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.

Jason Victor Serinus - February 4, 2014

Live concerts are sometimes only as good as your seat. But Meyer Sound’s Constellation Acoustic System can transform a hall’s acoustics — without your being aware of it.

Janos Gereben - February 3, 2014

The S.F. Opera Education Department is reaching out to the community with a variety of programs — for schools, families, adults — to entertain, educate, build audiences, and dispell the mystique around opera.

Mark MacNamara - January 30, 2014

This weekend, cellist Emil Miland plays the Elgar Cello Concerto with the orchestra he first played it with, 40 years ago.

Scott Cmiel - January 30, 2014

Nothing like a strong right hand for a guitarist. Here's how to begin.

Michael Zwiebach - January 30, 2014

In memory of the late Pete Seeger, here’s a playlist that explores the back-and-forth between classical, written music and the folk-music it is indebted to.

SFCV Staff - January 27, 2014

Just as the national Grammys announced its winner at the awards, SFCV is begininning its search for Bay Area teaching greatness — the Music Educator of 2014.