Features

The famous psychological horror story reimagined as an oratorio by teenagers at the Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts.

For first-generation electronic musicians like Don Buchla and John Bischoff, creating or remaking electronics as instruments is part of their creativity. This month they’re being celebrated at Other Minds New Music Festival.

Composer Wendy Reid swears by her parrot’s musicality and uses her live, improvised riffs in compositions she’ll be presenting at the Other Minds festival.

The John Adams Young Composer Program at the Crowden Music Center fosters deep creativity even in very young children.

Music is front and center in the Winter Olympics from the opening ceremonies to the figure skating programs that are one of the games’ major draws. Here are some musical highlights from the Sochi Games.

The open rehearsal of the New Century Chamber Orchestra's one-act comic opera Rita was a delightful event, with outstanding, appealing artists, singers, and instrumentalists alike; a presentation that delivered more than just promise.

A peek at this season’s promising movers, shakers, dancers, and makers.

Celebrate the Chinese New Year with this SFCV playlist for the Year of the Horse.

Jodi Levitz, Ives Quartet Violist and Chair of the String Department at SFCM, describes how to hold the bow without tension.

It almost didn’t happen at all, but the lockout–ravaged Minnesota Orchestra holds a concert in Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.