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A single concert from the Berkeley Symphony is proof that an orchestra with a smaller budget and acoustically challenged venue can be more interesting than an entire season of more richly endowed orchestras.

Liam Scarlett’s Hummingbird, which had its world premiere at the San Francisco Ballet Tuesday night, is almost shockingly wonderful.

The Hamelin Trio’s recital is happily saved by a pinch-hitting clarinetist who blended superbly with Marc-André Hamelin and Anthony Marwood.

Avery Roth-Hawthorne is a hornist who has gotten to Juilliard the old-fashioned way — practice, and a tendency to go toward difficulty. Oh, and loads of talent.

Percussionist Omar Ledezma, Jr. shows us the most popular bongo rhythm used in Afro-Cuban music.

A bevy of S.F. Bay Area youth orchestras offer a spring bouquet of concerts, and more, this May. From an ice cream sundae social to a 50th Anniversary, here's your SFCV hit list.

A double-bill from Festival Opera of The Emperor of Atlantis and Another Sunrise features striking music and world-class acting and singing.

San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music not only hands out grants to many small music groups in all kinds of different genres, it also offers practical business advice to working musicians.