Arts & Entertainment A Preview Of The 2017-18 Classical Music Season In The Bay Area The new classical music season kicks off this weekend with Turandot, which was the center of the opening night gala Friday at SF Opera, and continues tonight (Saturday) with Elektra. On Sunday, the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Previews The New Classical Music Season What's coming up this Fall for SF Opera, the SF Symphony, the New Century Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Opera Parallele, SF Performances, and Cal Performances. Opera in the Park, the free
Arts & Entertainment Former New Century Chamber Orchestra Director Reflects On His 18-Year Tenure Parker Monroe started as the executive director of the New Century Chamber Orchestra (NCCO) in 1996, turning a then four-year-old orchestra into one of the most exciting classical ensembles in town. Under Monroe's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Two SF Opera Adler Fellows Starring In 'Rita' Can we laugh about domestic violence? (Hint: the answer is no.) But that's the question posed by the New Century Chamber Orchestra this week with the rarely heard single act opera Rita by
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Composer Michael Daugherty, Who Just Created A Piece About Frank Lloyd Wright's Famous 'Falling Water' House Composer Michael Daugherty writes music as American as bald eagle apple pie. He's penned pieces about Superman, Route 66, Elvis, Jackie O, Mount Rushmore, Las Vegas and many other iconic 'Merica-tinged places, people
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Cal Symphony, New 'Dolores Claiborne' Cast, & More After the big hoopla for the gala nights of the Symphony and Opera, last weekend offered a double bill season openers of smaller, but no less ambitious, ensembles. And the SF Opera welcomed
Arts & Entertainment SFist Previews the 2012-13 Classical Music Season The Fall classical music season, or as we call it, the soundtrack to the election campaign, opened last night with the San Francisco Symphony. It's an odd duck opening, as the Real Thing,
Arts & Entertainment Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and String with the NCCO Benjamin Britten visited North America in April 1939, and found more than he hoped for. He came from Britain to perform and present some of his compositions in Canada and the U.S.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Composer William Bolcom William Bolcom composed two third of the pieces in the program presented by the New Century Chamber Orchestra, in a run which opens tomorrow in Berkeley (and repeats Friday in Palo Alto, Saturday
