Previews

Molly Colin - August 2, 2014

Hershey Felder brings the pianist Frederic Chopin to life in his solo show, Monsieur Chopin, now playing on the Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Thrust Stage through Aug. 10.

Molly Colin - July 31, 2014

From medieval chants to premieres, the third International Russian Choral Music Festival gets underway Aug. 3 in San Francisco and runs through Aug. 10.

Molly Colin - July 28, 2014

San Francisco’s Lamplighters Music Theatre kicks off their 62nd season with a swashbuckling perennial Gilbert & Sullivan favorite, The Pirates of Penzance.

Jeff Kaliss - July 25, 2014

So far as cellist Tanya Tomkins and pianist Eric Zivian know, there’s no other festival doing chamber music on period instruments. But there will be the Valley of the Moon Music Festival.

Molly Colin - July 21, 2014

Canadian-American troubador Rufus Wainwright will make his debut at the Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco on Sunday, July 27.

Molly Colin - July 16, 2014

Woody Guthrie’s American Song, the award-winning musical based on the life and music of the iconic American folk singer, returns to the Freight & Salvage for four performances.

Molly Colin - July 10, 2014

Kids (and their parents) get to shake, rattle and rock at the free outdoor Kidchella summer concerts in Redwood City.

Mark MacNamara - June 26, 2014

The great melodies and daffy humor of Gilbert and Sullivan are on display this week from the students of Summer Music West and Lamplighters Music Theatre.

Molly Colin - June 26, 2014

There's a bevy of Fourth of July celebrations with music around the San Francisco Bay Area this summer. Head for your favorite place to enjoy the festivities: Happy Fourth of July!

Molly Colin - June 26, 2014

Skip Saturday morning cartoons this week and bring the family to hear young fiddlers bow bluegrass and jazz at the 17th annual fiddlekids concert matinee at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley.