Previews

In a spectacular setting on the Northern California coast, the 25th annual Mendocino Music Festival promises to deliver an irresistible range of music from artists of every stripe.

When a composer has a great dance tune with no place to go, it's time to write a serenade. Serenades are on the populist end of classical music, which is why the San Francisco Symphony is devoting one of their summer pops concerts to them. Eine, kleine Nachtmusik is a case in point: We don't know why Mozart composed it, but since tunes dropped from his brain like water droplets off a wet collie, he didn't really need a reason, did he?

Ever wanted to hear the sounds of Alaskan wildlife presented in the context of live, contemporary music? Of course you have.

The Fourth of July wouldn’t be complete without parades, barbeques, fireworks … and music. And, there's nothing like live music to really help you celebrate. Fortunately for fans of classical music and the Fourth, three local symphonies are supplying the tunes.

The stage director/choreographer strives to get his singers to embody their roles, so the audience can sense that their story is alive and present onstage.

Beethoven's Missa Solemnis ends the regular season at the S.F. Symphony, the late-period score that Beethoven managed to create a kind of oratorio-symphony with, a piece that promises to deepen the orchestra's connection to Beethoven.

To the rest of America, S.F. is the home of gay rights. But the S.F. Bay Area is also a music capital, so it makes sense that the Annual Pride Celebration should make a place for a number of the city's pioneering GLBTQ music ensembles.

The swanky, jazzy Pink Martini both shakes and stirs in its wide-ranging gigs.

Through exceptional teaching and rigorous training, students hone their craft at Opera Academy of California’s summer session.

The peak of Bernal Heights Park provides a broad and beautiful perspective on S.F., the city which will be celebrated in a concert by the Bernal Hill Players at the Community Music Center (CMC) on June 18.