Michael Morgan, courtesy Oakland Symphony. Long-time Oakland Symphony conductor and Music Director Michael Morgan died Friday after a years-long illness, the symphony announced. Morgan expounded orchestral conventions alongside experimental music operations, preached inclusivity and education and worked tirelessly to get the people of the Bay Area, and Oakland especially,…

Kev Choice in SF Symphony’s ‘From Scratch,’ Courtesy: Kim Huynh. The San Francisco Symphony, not able to play any concerts since March, has pivoted to alternative programming over the last couple of months, including video and podcast series CURRENTS, illustrating the connection between classical music and the music of…

W. Kamau Bell is a man of many talents, from stand-up comic to Emmy-winning television host, but he never expected the symphony to come calling. Other than listening to the classical music station on AM radio in the car with his mom when he was a kid, classical music…