Commitment to contemporary chamber music includes works by 8 Pulitzer Prize– and two Grawemeyer-winning composers By Stephanie Powell The Verdehr Trio—violinist Walter Verdehr, clarinetist Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr and pianist Silvia Roederer—has announced its retirement at the end of the 2014–15 season…
Text by Adam Perlmutter Photos by Roman Cho As a member of Nickel Creek, the preeminent alternative bluegrass ensemble, Sara Watkins is no stranger to large venues. But once a month, Sara and her older brother, guitarist Sean Watkins, who…
As symphonies struggle to attract—and retain—millennial audiences, orchestral nightlife programs shy away from playing it safe By Stephanie Powell It’s a Thursday night in April in San Francisco, and SoundBox’s second-to-last show of the season is titled “Their Own Devices.”…