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San Francisco Ballet's current revival of John Cranko's Onegin is getting well-deserved raves from critics and audiences, but — as usual — there is not sufficient acknowledgment of the musicians' contribution to what is, after all, "music in mo

Constance Hoffman is a costume designer who, as she says, tells stories. “My medium just happens to be costume.” The medium, however, requires a lot of research, especially for a Biblical epic, which could easily devolve into Cecil B. DeMille territory or stylization, which, in Hoffman’s view, wouldn’t fit this story.

March 23-34, various times in San Francisco, Oakland, an

You probably have heard of today’s birthday boy: Johann Sebastian Bach was born on the first day of spring, 328

Periodically, the Kids Around the Bay column profiles one of the local school music programs, to provide parents with a sense of the resources and philosophy offered, as well as how programs compare. This week we spoke with Colin Williams of The Bay School of San Francisco.

There’s an exciting, huge event on the horizon: April 26-28, the enterprising Volti Chamber Singers

No, not the opera by Carl Maria von Weber (which shoul

Just to remember that there is a tomorrow, here's a note from San Francisco Symphony that has nothing to do with labor relations. That is true, appearances notwithstanding: Robin Sutherland made this decision long before the strike began.