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You can explore flamenco in its intricate variety all this week in Berkeley and San Francisco.

A couple of days have passed since the actual Mardi Gras celebration, but that won’t stop us from putting out our Mardi Gras/ Carnival playlist.

The new site SFSkids.org is driven by the potential of online gaming in music education and learning. Kids can play, perform, conduct, and compose — make music, and just listen to it. All in the spirit of fun.

The String Arcade, an innovative CD project, earns seed money for a new after-school music program.

Jodi Levitz, Ives Quartet Violist and Chair of the String Department at SFCM, discusses how to balance your bow without tension, for maximum efficiency.

Here’s a playlist of some famous “alla Turca” classics, alongside Turkish music — a mutual influence that continues to this day.

Let us count the ways to catch the ever-busy, delightful San Francisco Girls Chorus this March.

The S.F. Symphony's next season will highlight the 20th anniversary of Michael Tilson Thomas as music director, and celebrate his 70th birthday at special events.

The Orchestra, a Brazilian source of pride, will give two performances featuring youthful sizzle as well as strong musicianship.

Although the Hollywood movie industry relies more than ever on huge budget action movies, the movies nominated for best score of 2013 have a much less adrenaline-pumping, ear-splitting character. Here are nominees.