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Friday, December 30, 2022

Friday Photo

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American Avocets in Flight Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary, Alameda, CA December, 2022  

Belated Museum Mondays

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Vessel Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco September, 2022  
Thursday, December 29, 2022

2022

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I haven't looked back in any systematic way at performances I saw in 2022, so this will be a little on the random side. Note that these ...

Young Composers and Performers

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You'll want to read a few other articles before you read what I have to say about this; I'm also taking this opportunity to ride a r...
Friday, December 23, 2022

Friday Photo

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First United Methodist Church of Eureka August, 2022 Eureka, CA  
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

SFO at SFO

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Hand-colored photo of the War Memorial Opera House and Veterans Building Collection of Lisa Hirsch My article on the San Francisco Opera arc...

Stanley Drucker

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The legendary clarinetist Stanley Drucker has died at 93. He was a member of the New York Philharmonic for an astounding 60 years. Daniel J....
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Belated Museum Mondays

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Opera House, Versailles February, 2019  

Pocket Opera 2023 season

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Pocket Opera has a good 2023 season coming up : DIE FLEDERMAUS March 19 – Hillside Club March 26 – Mountain View April 2 – Legion of Honor A...
Monday, December 19, 2022

#MeToo at Juilliard

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The other week, VAN Magazine published an important story by music journalist Sammy Sussman , about allegations of sexual improprieties at J...
Friday, December 16, 2022

WTF, BSO?

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Surprising, well, shocking news from the Boston Symphony Orchestra: President and CEO Gail Samuel, who had only joined the orchestra 18 mont...

Friday Photo

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Mendocino Botanical Gardens Fort Bragg, CA August, 2022  
Monday, December 12, 2022

Museum Mondays

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Flying angels Bavarian National Museum August, 2015  
Friday, December 09, 2022

Friday Photo

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Mendocino Botanical Gardens Heather Garden August, 2022  
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Thursday, December 08, 2022

For Harold Shapero Fans

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Harold Shapero and the Electronic Music Studio's Buchla Photo in the  Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections at Br...
Monday, December 05, 2022

Digging Into the San Francisco Opera Archive

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War Memorial Opera House Photo by Lisa Hirsch In October, I interviewed Barbara Rominski, Director of Archive for San Francisco Opera, about...

Streaming the First Century, Session 4

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War Memorial Opera House and Veterans Building Van Ness Ave., SF Hand-colored photo-postcard from the author's collection The fourth ses...

Museum Mondays

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Door Bavarian National Museum August, 2015 I don't know whether the flooring is modern.  
Sunday, December 04, 2022

The Future is Now

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Close of the Adler Fellows concert Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera December 2, 2022 I made it to the annual Adler Fellow songfest the othe...
Friday, December 02, 2022

Friday Photo

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Two types of wading birds on a muddy shore Tall white birds in front, fussing Shorter white and black birds in back, walking Arcata, CA Augu...
Monday, November 28, 2022

Concerts at SF Opera, December 2 and 4

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Postcard with hand-colored photo of  War Memorial Opera House and Veterans Building, SF Collection of Lisa Hirsch Here are the programs for ...