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Volti's odyssey through new and contemporary choral pieces continues this Sunday with the premiere of Matthew Barnson's Genesis. Barnson won this year's Choral Arts Laboratory residency prize. There's more than one premiere on the program, so if you like a bit of mystery and surprise along with really fine singing, you should have this concert on your schedule.

Antonio Lotti’s astonishingly good Mass emerges from history’s shadows, thanks to the American Bach Soloists’ efforts.

This Friday, Street Scene, the Kurt Weill-Langston Hughes opera comes to the Paramount Theatre stage, played by the Oakland East Bay Symphony Orchestra under Music Director Michael Morgan. It is every bit as marvelous as Morgan says, and you probably won't soon get another chance to hear it in the Bay Area.

Four players, or three: Every work came up a winner in this Music@Menlo recital, capping off its season.

Playing in the Youth Orchestra is life-altering for many of its young players, who often transition into professional careers.

As the San Francisco Opera gears up for its massive Wagner marathon this summer, ancillary events around the Bay Area will explore the composer’s life and ethos.

When Verna Parino talks about the main man in her life, she grasps her coffee mug tightly and sits up tall in her living room chair, her cheeks aglow, her crystal blue eyes twinkling in morning sunlight. “He may be eccentric, but he inspires passion on so many levels.”

As the San Francisco Symphony preps for its European tour, its Mahler is heating up wonderfully.

Joined by the Alexander String Quartet, the San Francisco Choral Artists brings off four new works, with marvelous results.