This week, Audra McDonald premiered Duke Ellington’s “Black, Brown & Beige” as part of the opening celebration of the new Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando.
It's not every day that Audra McDonald stands twenty feet in front of you and says, 'Tonight, we are all a part of history.' Then again, it's not every day that music history gets made in Orlando - real-deal, textbook-worthy history - so when it does happen, I reckon Audra McDonald is as eager to be a part of it as anyone else...
When Jennifer Hudson sang 'I Will Always Love You' at Dr. Phillips Center on Saturday night, harkening back to her legendary performance of the same at the 54th Grammys, she braced for the 'And I' but, overwhelmed, went with a 'SIR! The way you played that HORN!' instead...
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), in partnership with the San Francisco Symphony and the SFCM President's Advisory Council on Equity and Inclusion, announced today that applications are now open for the second annual Emerging Black Composers Project (EBCP).
Violinist Geneva Lewis, accompanied by pianist Marisa Gupta, comes to Pepperdine University’s Raitt Recital Hall at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 5, 2021 as the first performer of the Recital Series for the 2021–2022 season.
Today, Nicholas Pavkovic, Executive Director of the Ross McKee Foundation, announced the upcoming season of McKee Signatures, including Piano Break and Piano Talks. The weekly series kicks-off on Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 7 p.m. with the special engagement of Devilish Inspirations: Summoning Witches, Demons, and Black Magic at the Piano.
Today, Nicholas Pavkovic, Executive Director of the Ross McKee Foundation, announced the upcoming season of McKee Signatures, including Piano Break and Piano Talks.
Edwin Outwater, Music Director at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and legendary drag queen/horror icon Peaches Christ will host the online benefit which takes audiences on a chilling tour of the piano repertoire's darkest and most haunting moments.
In November, the Conservatory will play host to its annual gala to support scholarships at the new Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center for Performing Arts designed by Mark Cavagnero Associates (MCA) as a “vertical campus” where students can create, learn, and share music.
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music, in partnership with the San Francisco Symphony, and the SFCM President's Advisory Council on Equity and Inclusion, announced today that Trevor Weston will receive the first commission of the annual Emerging Black Composers Project.
The San Diego Symphony announced its inaugural season of concerts at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, the new year-round outdoor venue with 360-degree views of downtown, the marina & the bay. Opening August 6-8, the season will offer more than 40 concerts between August and November 2021, including eight concerts led by Music Director Rafael Payare.
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, led by Tania Miller, performs the world premiere of JUNO-winning composer Vivian Fung's Flute Concerto “Storm Within,” featuring VSO principal flutist Christie Reside as soloist, on Friday, June 4, 2021 at 7:30pm PT.
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, led by Tania Miller, will perform the world premiere of JUNO-winning composer Vivian Fung's Flute Concerto 'Storm Within,' featuring VSO principal flutist Christie Reside as soloist, on Friday, June 4, 2021 at 7:30pm PT.
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), in partnership with the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) and SFCM President’s Advisory Council on Equity and Inclusion, has extended the deadline for application to its newly created Emerging Black Composers Project to February 1, 2021.
In September 2019, Metallica reunited for two incredible nights with the nearly 80-member San Francisco Symphony.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music announces its Fall 2020 concert series, launching September 28 and featuring an expansive line-up of free live-streamed performances. While SFCM's concert halls and campus are closed to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic, this digital concert series will bring performances from SFCM's talented students, renowned faculty, and accomplished alumni directly to audiences around the globe.
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 is at long last available in stores and across digital platforms worldwide.
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music and San Francisco Symphony are partnering for a major new initiative, The Emerging Black Composers Project, which will commission ten new works over the next ten years. Developed in partnership with the SFCM President's Advisory Council on Equity and Inclusion, the project will spotlight new music from early-career Black American composers.
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony's September 6 & 8, 2019 S&M2 concerts were historic on multiple levels:
In the past two decades, savvy classical music presenters have focused on evolving the art form - through cross-genre collaborations, new audience engagement, and demonstrating relevance to modern-day life.
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