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Janos Gereben - January 28, 2014

Gearing up for an 11-concert European tour, Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in two weeks of concerts, Feb. 27-March 2 and March 6-9.

Janos Gereben - January 28, 2014
Pei-Yao Wang and Sasha Cooke in their Friday double debut Photo by Michael Strickland
Pei-Yao Wang and Sasha Cooke in their Friday double debut
Janos Gereben - January 28, 2014
Pete Seeger Photo by Karl Rabe
Pete Seeger
Janos Gereben - January 28, 2014
Maria Schneider accepts her Grammy Award on Sunday Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP
Maria Schneider accepts her Grammy Award on Sunday
Janos Gereben - January 28, 2014

Feb. 10 is application deadline for Opera Grants for Female Composers, which provides support for the development of new operas by women. OPERA America invites proposals for grants of up to $15,000 from female composers "able to document their ability to create operatic works."

Janos Gereben - January 28, 2014
Mark Winges of Volti
Mark Winges of Volti

San Francisco organizations and composers received six $50,000 commissions from the Wallace Alexander

Janos Gereben - January 21, 2014
Paul Ellison joins international organ recital challenge
Paul Ellison joins international organ recital challenge

Paul Ellison, organist and music d

Janos Gereben - January 21, 2014
The good folk of Dogpatch
The good folk of Dogpatch

In the beginning, L'il Abner was Al Capp's comic strip about the hillbillies of Dogpatch,

Janos Gereben - January 21, 2014

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music has named Robert Fitzpatrick interim provost and dean, as Mary Ellen Poole is stepping down after 10 years of service as dean. Fitzpatrick is former dean and chief academic officer of the Curtis Institute of Music. He will serve in an interim capacity until the search for a new permanent dean for the Conservatory is completed.

Janos Gereben - January 21, 2014
Smetana in a Brno shopping center
Smetana in a Brno shopping center

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