In honor of the huge Bach-fest going on in the Bay Area and its neighbor, Carmel, we’ve put together a mixtape of highlights of pieces you’ll be able to hear in live performance over the next month. Consider this mix an intro to Bach’s immense musical imagination.
Meet Yoko Rosenbaum, enrolled at Music@Menlo’s Chamber Music Institute. As remarkable as her playing is now, her development and progress are astonishing her mentors — again.
Among the better known opportunities for small children to come into the world of music in general, and classical music,in particular, is Music Together, which has more than half a dozen studios in the Bay Area.
America’s midsummer holiday is upon us, and the parades are gearing up. For the thousands who will be retiring to the backyard barbecue after the parade, there’s this playlist, with some of the perennial favorites and a couple of surprises.
Birds are the original musicians, as human musicians can appreciate. This playlist is a mix of songs and classical instrumentals honoring our fine feathered friends.
Stage fright, lack of classical music knowledge, peer group pressure, family difficulties: Ariel Bowser has been through it all and come out on the other side a sterling musician. Here’s a profile in courage.
