SF Bay Area

Yoshi Kato - August 18, 2026

Acrobatics, burlesque, and a three-course dinner share a tent with a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer.

David E. Schneider - August 18, 2026

Behind the marquee concerts, 33 young musicians learn what a life in chamber music actually asks of them.

Steven Winn - August 11, 2026

“Take care of our baby,” Wu Han tells the audience as she and David Finckel close 24 years at Music@Menlo.

Lily O'Brien - August 11, 2026

Eric Tuan's new commission and a semi-staged Carmina Burana share one summer night at Davies Symphony Hall.

Jens Ibsen - August 11, 2026

Clarice Assad's Kontrol brilliantly parodies a tech demo gone haywire.

Jens Ibsen - August 4, 2026

In their final Menlo season, David Finckel and Wu Han program music that mattered — and musicians who make it matter again.

Victoria Looseleaf - August 4, 2026

Angie Zhang says these pianos have souls. At SummerFest, she gives three of them the chance to speak.

Jens Ibsen - July 28, 2026

A Berkeley program ties Mozart's Parisian era to Enlightenment ideals, always sounds fresh, and never overstays its welcome.

Ensemble Continuo, classical chamber choir (Palo Alto)

nsemble Continuo is a classical chamber choir based in Palo Alto, performing a wide-ranging repertoire with music both ancient and contemporary, secular and sacred.

We're inviting experienced classical ensemble singers across all voice parts to audition for the 2026-2027 season. Our fall cycle will feature secular songs by French composers Debussy, Poulenc, and Ravel. In April 2027 we will be performing Bach's St John Passion.

Auditions for the fall cycle are in early September.

Tom Jacobs - July 20, 2026

Not even a Pulitzer keeps the composer from rewriting Silent Night before it returns to the Met.