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from48 hills
11 hours ago

At the Warfield, Baroque pop avatar Oklou emerged a star - 48 hills

Oklou blends Baroque pop with modern elements, creating a unique sound that resonates with a niche audience in the hyperpop scene.
NYC music
fromPortland Mercury
6 days ago

Mercury Music Picks: Hip-Hop Royalty the Pharcyde and Emo Heartthrobs AFI Are in Town - Portland Mercury

Oklou and The Pharcyde are notable artists with significant contributions to experimental pop and hip-hop, respectively.
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fromFuncheap
1 day ago

SF's Free Concerts & Food Trucks: "Civic Center Soundtrack" (Every Tue/Thu)

San Francisco's Civic Center Soundtrack concert series returns April 14, 2026, featuring free live music and food trucks twice a week.
SF music
fromFuncheap
1 day ago

SF's Free Concerts & Food Trucks: "Civic Center Soundtrack" (Every Tue/Thu)

San Francisco's Civic Center Soundtrack concert series returns April 14, 2026, featuring free live music and food trucks twice a week.
SF music
fromFuncheap
1 day ago

SF's Free Concerts & Food Trucks: "Civic Center Soundtrack" (Every Tue/Thu)

San Francisco's Civic Center Soundtrack concert series returns April 14, 2026, featuring free live music and food trucks twice a week.
Portland
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
23 hours ago

Lush verdant exuberance: PSU Opera's fantastical woodland "Cosi fan tutte" * Oregon ArtsWatch

Portland State University's production of Così fan tutte features imaginative staging and elaborate sets, showcasing student talent in a semi-professional opera setting.
fromFuncheap
3 days ago

Free Strings Concert: Sollima, Martinu + Respighi (SF)

Giovanni Sollima's 'Heimat-Terra' is inspired by a text concerning the ozone hole and civilizations, cultures, languages, and sounds, following a more abstract path.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 days ago

Tom Prochaska: Through the Open Door * Oregon ArtsWatch

Tom Prochaska distinguished himself in many mediums: He was a masterful printmaker, an intuitive painter, a builder of papier-mâché figures, a creator of fused glass panels, and graphite-on-paper drawings.
Arts
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fromFuncheap
3 days ago

Live Symphony Premiere + Rachmaninoff Masterpiece (Cupertino)

Nova Vista Symphony premieres its first commissioned symphony, Symphony No. 2, alongside Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead and Conus Violin Concerto.
fromwww.nytimes.com
4 days ago

A Timeline of Classical Music's Evolution

The medieval era was very much about church music, partially because that's where a lot of the creativity was happening, and partially because the church was the primary institution, along with universities, dedicated to writing things down.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
4 days ago

Nico Muhly, Stephen Hough and Alondra de la Parra on the Most Difficult Pieces of Classical Music They Composed, Conducted or Performed

Composers face challenges in creating works that blend historical and contemporary themes, requiring innovative approaches to composition.
SF music
fromFuncheap
4 days ago

Sensory Friendly Family Concert

Sensory Friendly concerts are designed for the neurodivergent community, encouraging all types of engagement with music in a comfortable environment.
NYC music
fromFuncheap
6 days ago

"West Side Story" Film Concert with Live Orchestra (July 9-10)

Experience West Side Story live with the San Francisco Symphony performing Bernstein's score to the 1961 film this summer.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 weeks ago

MusicWatch Monthly: Any actual existence * Oregon ArtsWatch

Chris Thomas, a notable composer, has created music that resonates with the styles of John Williams and Danny Elfman, particularly in his theme park compositions.
Music production
Berlin music
fromFuncheap
6 days ago

SF Symphony: Mendelssohn 5 & Bruch Violin Concerto (SF)

Chloé Van Soeterstede conducts a Romantic program featuring works by Andrée, Bruch, and Mendelssohn at Davies Symphony Hall.
Portland
fromPortland Mercury
1 day ago

The Mercury's Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for April 20-26 - Portland Mercury

Earth Day celebrations include a costume parade, Pizza Week with $4 slices, and the Oregon Book Awards ceremony.
SF music
fromFuncheap
6 days ago

A.R. Rahman Live with the San Francisco Symphony (SF)

A.R. Rahman will perform with the San Francisco Symphony on July 2, 2026, showcasing his diverse musical compositions.
fromwww.nytimes.com
4 days ago

3 Essential Operas to Watch

Handel's music, like Mozart's, has truly healing properties. It quiets the mind in a hypnotic way, penetrating the psyche of the characters deeply.
Berlin music
fromFuncheap
6 days ago

St. Vincent Live with the San Francisco Symphony (SF)

St. Vincent has been regarded as one of the most innovative and fascinating presences in modern music for nearly 20 years, constantly reinventing her audio and visual personae over the course of a kaleidoscopic catalog and winning six Grammy Awards along the way.
NYC music
fromFuncheap
6 days ago

Tony-Winning Voices: "Sutton Foster & Kelli O'Hara" Live in Concert (SF)

Sutton Foster and Kelli O'Hara perform with the San Francisco Symphony on July 18, 2026, featuring songs and stories from their Tony Award-winning shows.
#elim-chan
#live-music
Portland
fromPortland Mercury
4 days ago

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Apr 17-19, 2026 - Portland Mercury

Weekends offer various fun events including live music, art shows, and community activities in Portland.
SF music
fromFuncheap
3 weeks ago

No Kings Concert & Fundraiser with Golden Gate Symphony Soloists

No Kings Day concert supports Professional Singers Fund with performances by Golden Gate Symphony Chorus on March 28, 2026, in San Francisco.
Portland
fromPortland Mercury
4 days ago

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Apr 17-19, 2026 - Portland Mercury

Weekends offer various fun events including live music, art shows, and community activities in Portland.
SF music
fromFuncheap
3 weeks ago

No Kings Concert & Fundraiser with Golden Gate Symphony Soloists

No Kings Day concert supports Professional Singers Fund with performances by Golden Gate Symphony Chorus on March 28, 2026, in San Francisco.
#beethoven
Berlin music
fromFuncheap
1 week ago

Kinks and Quirks: Beethoven's First Symphony (Palo Alto)

Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 begins a transformative musical journey, showcasing works by C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, and Mendelssohn performed on period instruments.
Berlin music
fromFuncheap
1 week ago

Kinks and Quirks: Beethoven's First Symphony (Berkeley)

Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 initiates a transformative musical journey, showcasing works by C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, and Mendelssohn performed on period instruments.
Berlin music
fromFuncheap
1 week ago

Kinks and Quirks: Beethoven's First Symphony (SF)

Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 signifies the beginning of a transformative musical journey, performed on period instruments for authentic sound.
Berlin music
fromFuncheap
1 week ago

Kinks and Quirks: Beethoven's First Symphony (Palo Alto)

Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 begins a transformative musical journey, showcasing works by C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, and Mendelssohn performed on period instruments.
Berlin music
fromFuncheap
1 week ago

Kinks and Quirks: Beethoven's First Symphony (Berkeley)

Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 initiates a transformative musical journey, showcasing works by C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, and Mendelssohn performed on period instruments.
Berlin music
fromFuncheap
1 week ago

Kinks and Quirks: Beethoven's First Symphony (SF)

Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 signifies the beginning of a transformative musical journey, performed on period instruments for authentic sound.
Berlin music
fromFuncheap
1 week ago

California Symphony's 40th Anniversary Gala (Berkeley)

California Symphony's 40th Anniversary Gala will celebrate four decades of music with dining, performances, and honors on April 18, 2026.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
5 days ago

Introducing ArtsLink, a hub for posting and finding essential information * Oregon ArtsWatch

ArtsLink is envisioned as an essential community resource that aims to increase visibility, spur audience engagement, and strengthen the local arts and culture ecosystem.
Portland
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

The effusion of difficult emotion: Newport Symphony performs Higdon, Mendelssohn, and Tchaikovsky * Oregon ArtsWatch

Newport Symphony Orchestra's final season concert features Shakespeare-inspired music performed March 21-22 with poet Frank Oden and works by Nicolai, Korngold, Verdi, Kellogg, and Bernstein.
Portland
fromPortland Mercury
4 days ago

Good Morning News! Lloyd Center To Close, Trail Blazers in the Playoffs, Pulp Fiction Prayers, Your $4K For War, New Tom Waits Anyone? - Portland Mercury

The Lloyd Center is closing permanently, prompting debates over redevelopment and community impact in Portland.
#symphony-san-jose
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fromThesanjoseblog
1 week ago

Beethoven's Pastorale Brings Spring to Life at Symphony San Jose

Symphony San Jose presents Beethoven's Pastorale on May 9 and 10, 2026, featuring Dvořák, Bates, and Beethoven's works.
SF music
fromThesanjoseblog
1 month ago

Symphony San Jose Prepares Landmark 25th Anniversary Season Filled with Historic Celebrations

Symphony San Jose's 2026/2027 season celebrates multiple anniversaries with 43 performances featuring classical works, new compositions, and family-oriented programs.
Berlin music
fromThesanjoseblog
1 week ago

Beethoven's Pastorale Brings Spring to Life at Symphony San Jose

Symphony San Jose presents Beethoven's Pastorale on May 9 and 10, 2026, featuring Dvořák, Bates, and Beethoven's works.
SF music
fromThesanjoseblog
1 month ago

Symphony San Jose Prepares Landmark 25th Anniversary Season Filled with Historic Celebrations

Symphony San Jose's 2026/2027 season celebrates multiple anniversaries with 43 performances featuring classical works, new compositions, and family-oriented programs.
#san-francisco-symphony
SF music
fromKqed
3 weeks ago

The San Francisco Symphony's 2026-27 Season Is Here | KQED

Esa-Pekka Salonen will guest conduct the San Francisco Symphony during the 2026-27 season, featuring premieres and collaborations.
SF music
fromKqed
3 weeks ago

The San Francisco Symphony's 2026-27 Season Is Here | KQED

Esa-Pekka Salonen will guest conduct the San Francisco Symphony during the 2026-27 season, featuring premieres and collaborations.
Portland
fromPortland Mercury
5 days ago

Ticket Alert: Sombr, The Strokes, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week - Portland Mercury

Artists from Coachella's lineup are touring soon, including Sombr, The Strokes, and Cavetown.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 week ago

Sink your teeth into it: An interview with Kenji Bunch and Greg Ewer * Oregon ArtsWatch

Greg has been perhaps my biggest supporter of this project since it started. Greg commissioned the first batch of duos. A while back, he asked me how close I was to getting the first half of them done because I'd always talked about doing two volumes, a book one and book two of the forty-four duos, the way Bartók has them in two volumes.
Berlin music
Berlin music
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

Inheritance in sound: Young Concert Artists and the future of music

Music is an inheritance that preserves human feeling, and institutions like Young Concert Artists are essential for fostering talent and ensuring its future.
LGBT
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Now the opera is news: "Fellow Travelers" from Seattle Opera to Portland Opera * Oregon ArtsWatch

Fellow Travelers opera, based on Thomas Mallon's 2007 novel, tours nationally to commemorate the Lavender Scare, depicting a clandestine gay love story during 1950s government persecution of LGBTQ+ people.
fromPortland Mercury
1 week ago

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Cory Wong, ps goner, Drew and Ellie Holcomb, and MORE! - Portland Mercury

Win two tickets to OMSI's newest exhibition, TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition, opening March 21! Explore more than 100 real artifacts recovered from the ocean floor, and learn about life aboard the Titanic and the deeply human stories behind one of history's most enduring legends.
Portland
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

The stone of winter rolled away: March choral previews, part one * Oregon ArtsWatch

Alexander Lingas concludes 35 years as Music Director of Cappella Romana, transitioning to Music Director Emeritus to focus on scholarship and theological education while the choir searches for his successor.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

MusicWatch Monthly: Marching forth * Oregon ArtsWatch

March 8 itself has been International Women's Day for just over a century, and although there are several versions of "why March 8?" the answers all lead back to early 20th-century socialists and communists. Soviet Russia in particular made a big thing of commemorating March 8 as the beginning of the first of the two revolutions that created their empire.
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

Glimmers of light: Oregon Symphony concertmaster Sarah Kwak and guest conductor Markus Stenz tackle Alban Berg's difficult "Violin Concerto" * Oregon ArtsWatch

Markus Stenz led the Oregon Symphony in an outstanding concert featuring Sarah Kwak's superb performance of Berg's Violin Concerto and renditions of Boulanger and Beethoven.
#music
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

Glimmers of light: Oregon Symphony concertmaster Sarah Kwak and guest conductor Markus Stenz tackle Alban Berg's difficult "Violin Concerto" * Oregon ArtsWatch

Markus Stenz led the Oregon Symphony in an outstanding concert featuring Sarah Kwak's superb performance of Berg's Violin Concerto and expressive Boulanger and Beethoven interpretations.
Arts
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 months ago

DramaWatch: Busy theaters will have audiences racing to catch all the shows on offer in the next few weeks * Oregon ArtsWatch

Multiple Portland-area theaters open diverse new productions and a community-focused play festival in late January, creating concentrated, short-lived creative experiences across many venues.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 weeks ago

Celebrating its 10th season, the Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival expands and grows its outreach to high school music students * Oregon ArtsWatch

"Every time we've gone, when we come back home, they are glowing for a while. They are more bought into what we are doing. They are more inspired to work harder. They are super excited to play."
Portland
SF music
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Golden Gate Park Band's Free Symphony in the Park: Polish Celebration

The Golden Gate Park Band presents its 144th season of free weekly Sunday concerts at 1 pm in Golden Gate Park, featuring 70-90 minute performances with culturally themed programs and guest performers.
Music
fromwww.orartswatch.org
2 months ago

Happy Giancarlo: A conversation with Maestro Castro D'Addona Oregon ArtsWatch

Giancarlo Castro D'Addona is a Venezuelan-born, El Sistema-trained composer and former trumpeter who composes works for major youth and professional ensembles in Oregon.
Berlin music
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

The silent common thread: Clarinetist Graeme Steele Johnson discusses his discovery of the lost Loeffler "Octet" * Oregon ArtsWatch

Graeme Steele Johnson discovered a lost 19th-century octet by Charles Martin Loeffler in the Library of Congress archives and spent years editing the manuscript to make it performable for modern audiences.
Portland
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

DramaWatch: On a lighter note, musicals and comedies blossom on Oregon stages * Oregon ArtsWatch

Spring theater season offers diverse productions including comedies, musicals, and new works across multiple venues and festivals in the Pacific Northwest.
Music
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

The story of the song: Jimmie Herrod with the Oregon Symphony * Oregon ArtsWatch

Jimmie Herrod delivered a stunning, versatile jazz performance with a four-octave range, emotional storytelling, and charismatic stage presence backed by the Oregon Symphony.
Music
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

Blurring the lines: FearNoMusic's "Looking Inward, Spacing Out" * Oregon ArtsWatch

FearNoMusic presents Looking Inward, Spacing Out: a spatialized concert in Reed College's PAB atrium featuring works by Brant, Ives, Tiensuu, Oliveros, Nystedt and Reed choirs.
Music
fromThesanjoseblog
1 month ago

Symphony San Jose Presents The Enigmatic Voice in Downtown San Jose

Symphony San Jose presents The Enigmatic Voice featuring Handel's Zadok the Priest, Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem, and Elgar's Enigma Variations at California Theatre.
Berlin music
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

California Symphony: Northern Lights

California Symphony's March concerts feature contemplative music by Northern and Eastern European composers, including works by Silvestrov, Pärt, and Sibelius, with a casual concert experience including pre-concert talks and refreshments.
Music
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Unintentional synchronicity: Third Angle New Music, Steve Reich, "Hopscotch Counterpoints" * Oregon ArtsWatch

Third Angle New Music performed Steve Reich's four Counterpoints at Hopscotch to celebrate the composer's ninetieth birthday, featuring works composed over twenty-one years for different solo instruments with pre-recorded accompaniment.
Berlin music
fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

Portland's Third Angle on the First Complete Recording Of Philip Glass' 1000 Airplanes on the Roof

Third Angle New Music creates site-specific performances featuring contemporary and classical compositions, recently recording Philip Glass's 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, a science fiction music drama exploring themes of depersonalization and identity.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

Telling our stories: Oregon choirs singing in the New Year * Oregon ArtsWatch

In three January weekends you all showed up for a one-composer concert presented by A Notion, A Scream; a preview of In Medio's ACDA performance ahead in March; Resonance Ensemble on stage with Sweet Honey in the Rock®; Oregon Chorale's journey to The Planets with the Beaverton Symphony; and Evenstar Ensemble taking us all back to the days of Duchies.
Music
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Lend your voice to something meaningful: March choral previews, part two * Oregon ArtsWatch

PLC announces the retirement of its Artistic Director, Mary McCarty, following 11 years of inspired leadership and artistic excellence.
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