Symphony News

Saffron's one of my favorite local writers, and I'm thrilled to see her win the prize after being a finalist several times before.

Composer John Luther Adams gestures as he listens to computer generated music in "The Place Where You Go to Listen" at the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks, Alaska July 17, 2006.

Listeners waiting eagerly for the music of Bay Area composer Mason Bates to return to the San Francisco Symphony repertoire in September - along with those who don't understand why the need is so urgent - will both find sustenance in this magnificent new compilation of Bates' music.

136TH ANNUAL CHORAL UNION SERIES: 11 CONCERTS IN HILL AUDITORIUM Within the signature Choral Union Series, UMS presents 11 concerts in the historic Hill Auditorium: Opening the 2014-2015 UMS season, world renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman performs in recital on Sunday, September 14 at 6 p.m. The San Francisco Symphony and music director Michael ... (more)

Game starts at 7 p.m. Tickets available at Smith's Tix. a The Utah Symphony performs works by Mozart, Bernstein and Nielsen, tonight and Saturday at Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City.

A billboard for Rick Wakeman's original Journey to the Centre of the Earth album at Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles in 1974 He was 24 years old, with immaculate curtains of strawberry blonde hair framing a fresh, intelligent face, flamboyant white satin cloak sweeping the ground, and fingers commanding a bank of keyboards and new-fangled electronic ... (more)

Switzerland's acclaimed Basel Symphony Orchestra is set to make its UK debut with a visit to Cambridge Corn Exchange on Sunday, April 27, as part of the Cambridge News-backed Cambridge Classical Concert Series.

Get out your dancing shoes! Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra 's season finale is going to be a toe-tapping Latin spectacular.

On April 3, 2014, JUNO Nominees/2x CFMA winners, Sultans of String, release their high octane, roots-worldbeat-symphonic mash-up, Symphony!, at The Strand @ 38Main! Known for dizzying music jams, poly-rhythms and revved up riffs, the Sultans of String sound can't be pinned down -- it's Sable Island meets the Silk Road, with detours through the ... (more)

Ludovic Morlot, shown here leading the Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall, performed to a sold-out audience in Portland, Sunday, March 30, 2014.