Victoria Looseleaf

Empowered by a recent $1 million grant, the Los Angeles-based troupe is performing three new works at The Wallis.

The group’s annual “Wintersongs” program is set to showcase music the singers picked up earlier this year on a tour to the Republic of Georgia.

The orchestra’s associate concertmaster understands that, in life as in music, “you can’t sit back and be passive and follow.”

Shelley is only the third leader on the podium in the orchestra’s five-decade history, succeeding the long-serving Carl St. Clair.

The choreographer’s company will be responding to both space and sound in an “exploratory opera” by experimental musician Julia Edith Rigby.

Costanzo is set to make his Bay Area recital debut in a wide-ranging program presented by San Francisco Performances.

Students in the ensemble’s new after-school program are set to give their first public performance in December.

Following his sensational performance at the 2024 Games in Paris, the French tenor debuts in a recital at The Wallis.

Allison Lovejoy has composed an oratorio for the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus based on the life of one of her ancestors.

Dancing plays a prominent role in this production, whose revival marks McNamee’s directorial debut with the company.