Previews

A String Quartet in Denial (Squid, Inc.) and populist conductor Benjamin Simon and his orchestra team up for a highly entertaining family concert.

Storyteller David Gonzalez opens up the world to a child's imagination with his spin on Aesop's moral tales, set to music.

Juditha is the only surviving oratorio of the four Vivaldi wrote, and it is not performed often. Nicholas McGegan, will conduct the Philharmonia Baroque in four performances.

The Rolleo family band is part of the Bay Area Discovery Museum's Spring Kids Concert Series lineup of five performances that involve music for children age six months old and up.

The Rumi Symphony Project – Cycle I: Untold, will be presented by Persian Luminary Hafez Nazeri at the Flint Center on March 23.

This year's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra free family concertfeatures a lively program of music, discussion, and a post-concert "petting zoo," where children can view period and historically accurate instruments up close.

Hewitt, whose ambition and dedication know no bounds, returns with a busy schedule: an all-Beethoven recital in San José, a "concert with conversation" at the S.F. Community Music Center, and The Art of Fugue at SFJAZZ.

The Young Artists Competition finals are at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis this weekend.

Don't miss this yummy production of The Magic Flute, which has three upcoming performances and features free artisan waffles.

Composer Mohammed Fairouz addresses global issues directly through his music, which merges dozens of styles in a borderless world.