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Arts organizations serving their broad constituencies need to fight for — and celebrate — victories in government funding.

Cellist as Social Connector New Adventure Rolls in From Seattle Kid Choristers Around the World in Song

Hugs and High-Fives for Local Grammy Guy Heart-Opening JAMband Salsa Staying Power

Listening to Mozart won’t make you smarter. Music training, though, appears to enhance language skills, according to recently reported studies.

Composer Jake Heggie and Librettist Terrence McNally team up to create Great Scott, an opera referencing bel canto works of yore, which The Dallas Opera will premiere three seasons hence.

The San Francisco Opera is in a better position financially than previously reported, and the lineup for the upcoming season is impressive.

Local Teen Earns National Recognition Technology Brings World Music Home Singing on the Other Side of the World

2011 wasn’t a great year for Congress or the San Francisco Giants, but a tremendous year for opera, as these recordings testify. There wasn’t room to include all the contenders.