Janos Gereben

Not that I knew that before coming across this item, but pandiatonicism is the technique of using the diatonic (as opposed to the chromatic) scale, without the limitations of functional tonality. Perhaps not especially useful information, except to appreciate this amazing pandiatonic random orchestra website.

Bass-baritone David L.

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There he was last week in the lobby of Davies Symphony Hall, at the intermission o

Bay Area's Sonos Handbell Ensembl

HK$ 2.7 billion in local currency, the budget for Hong Kong's Xiqu Chinese Opera Centre is $348 million, and that w

Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony have received yet another Grammy nomination in the Best Orchestral Performance category, this time for the in-house recording of John Adams' Harmonielehre and Short Ride in a Fast Machine.

Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, featured at Cal Performances a week and a half ago, have just reached New York City for performances of the same programs in Carnegie Hall Dec. 10 and 11, and Dudamel appeared on the Charlie Rose Show for a 30-minute interview well worth watching.