Features

Jason Victor Serinus - February 4, 2014

Live concerts are sometimes only as good as your seat. But Meyer Sound’s Constellation Acoustic System can transform a hall’s acoustics — without your being aware of it.

Janos Gereben - February 3, 2014

The S.F. Opera Education Department is reaching out to the community with a variety of programs — for schools, families, adults — to entertain, educate, build audiences, and dispell the mystique around opera.

Mark MacNamara - January 30, 2014

This weekend, cellist Emil Miland plays the Elgar Cello Concerto with the orchestra he first played it with, 40 years ago.

Scott Cmiel - January 30, 2014

Nothing like a strong right hand for a guitarist. Here's how to begin.

Michael Zwiebach - January 30, 2014

In memory of the late Pete Seeger, here’s a playlist that explores the back-and-forth between classical, written music and the folk-music it is indebted to.

SFCV Staff - January 27, 2014

Just as the national Grammys announced its winner at the awards, SFCV is begininning its search for Bay Area teaching greatness — the Music Educator of 2014.

Michael Zwiebach - January 23, 2014

Here’s a playlist of standards and unusual pieces from Mozart’s last year, 1791, during which the composer accomplished professionally the likes of which is difficult to believe, especially considering he was suffering a terminal illness.

Brett Campbell - January 21, 2014

USC’s Thornton School of Music is betting that two hip, young composers can expand their students’ horizons beyond academia and foster more connections with musicians in the City of Angels.

Janos Gereben - January 20, 2014

The remarkable Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, who led some of the world's most revered musical institutions, died at his home in Bolgna, Italy on Jan. 20.

Michael Zwiebach - January 16, 2014

One of the greatest orators in American history, Martin Luther King Jr. made his own music verbally, as many musicians have long understood. Here are King’s words mixed with some of the music that informed his own “symphony of brotherhood.”