Previews

Don't miss the opportunity to experience the intimacy and immediacy of
that drama in this first-ever fully staged production by West Bay Opera
at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto.

The world’s most famous singer of Afghani music (now a Fremont resident) is set to perform her captivating songs in Richmond.

A prolific composer of choral works beloved by choirs worldwide is profiled in a documentary by a first-time filmmaker.

One of the best concerts of the season will be heard in May.

Old First Concerts has a sharp eye for artists who are on the edge of stardom, which is what makes this low-priced concert series so successful.

An example of how, through great programming, classical
and contemporary music can illuminate each other.

An unknown piano work by the iconoclastic Lou Harrison will rise from the dead, along with an East–West fusion work for large chorus, La Koro Sutro.

If you’re in the South Bay and you haven’t checked Symphony Silicon Valley out already, here are two good opportunities to do so.

If you’re waiting for other orchestras in the area to do a similar program, well, don’t hold your breath.

You have to be ready to
receive it, but if you are, this concert of last masterworks by some of
history’s great composers is a refreshing find, and an all-too-rare opportunity
to take some time for yourself.