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Michael Zwiebach - May 16, 2013
Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison

May is a popular month to be born in: Lou Harrison shares his May 15 birthday with Claudio Monteverdi and May 17 is Eric Sat

Mark MacNamara - May 16, 2013
Reuben Moss
Reuben Moss

On August 24, 2001, a music review by Tony Hicks in The Contra Costa Times reported on the overnight s

Janos Gereben - May 14, 2013

The ongoing labor crisis in Minneapolis keeps deepening and becoming more of a complete stalemate by the day. Last week, the administration announced further cancelations of concerts, through June 2, which means the entire season is lost. The musicians were locked out by management on Oct.

Janos Gereben - May 14, 2013

Marin Music Chest continues its 80-year tradition of supporting promising young musicians when it presents the annual Young Artists Concert at 5 p.m. on May 19, in the Mill Valley Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church. Admission is free, donations are solicited for the program.

Janos Gereben - May 14, 2013
Jaqueline Piccolino, shown here in a Merola production last year, is the new Stella for <em>Hoffmann</em> Photo by Kristen Loken
Jaqueline Piccolino, sh
Janos Gereben - May 14, 2013
Jean-Francois Sivadier directs Natalie Dessay in <em>Becoming Traviata</em>
Jean-Francois Sivadier directs Natalie Dessay in Becoming Traviata
Michael Zwiebach - May 10, 2013

Here’s your SFCV cheat sheet for the opera – the background, sources, story, controversy, and some interpretive ideas, expertly boiled down to a few minutes by Kaleen Asbo.

Michael Zwiebach - May 9, 2013

This month is youth orchestra month, with spring orchestra concerts around the Bay. Here they are, with the young soloists involved: