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Feb 25, 2021 PHOTO PROVIDED Calidore String Quartet will provide a virtual performance to the Center for Performing Arts. The concert will be available from March 10 to 17. UNIVERSITY PARK — Calidore String Quartet, praised by a Los Angeles Times reviewer for its musicians’ intuitive balance of “intellect and expression,” performs in the next episode of “Front Row: National.” The program features Quartet in F minor for Strings, Op. 80, by Felix Mendelssohn; and Quintet in G Major fo...

Program includes works by Mendelssohn and Dvorák Calidore String Quartet features violinists Jeffrey Myers and Ryan Meehan, violist Jeremy Berry and cellist Estelle Choi. Image: Marco Borggreve Calidore String Quartet performs in presentation streaming March 10–17 February 23, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK — Calidore String Quartet, praised by a Los Angeles Times reviewer for its musicians’ intuitive balance of “intellect and expression,” performs in the next episode of “Front Row: National...

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12 pm ET: Mark Morris Dance Group presents Dido and Aeneas. A screening of the 1995 film directed by Barbara Willis Sweete who recreated the Dido and Aeneas set on a sound stage in Toronto and filmed it without the constraints of a proscenium stage and with Morris in his critically acclaimed role. The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with Morris and Sweete and launches a week of activities including talks with dancers and artistic collaborators. Dance with MMDG classes for all levels ...

South Bay Clean Creeks and Trash Punx Cleanup at Coyote Creek Help to reclaim, restore and revitalize a local watershed by spending the day before Valentine’s Day giving some love to a section of Coyote Creek. Please bring water and gloves and wear a mask. 8:45 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13. Free. 1505 Schallenberger Road, San Jose. sbcleancreeks.com Valentine’s cookie decorating for kids Napa Valley residents are invited to gather their little ones for a sweet Valentine’s Day treat making activ...

Jan. 20–27 program to feature discussion with musicians The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State will continue to host the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s free online concert series “Front Row: National” through the spring 2021 season. The first program, “Bach: The Complete Brandenburg Concertos,” will be available to stream starting Wednesday, Jan. 20. Image: Tristan Cook Center continues free Front Row: National streams with Brandenburg Concertos January 14, 202...

Tom Huizenga Tom Huizenga is a producer for NPR Music. He contributes a wide range of stories about classical music to NPRs news programs and is the classical music reviewer for All Things Considered. He appears regularly on NPR Music podcasts and founded NPRs classical music blog Joining NPR in 1999, Huizenga produced, wrote and edited NPRs Peabody Award-winning daily classical music show Performance Today and the programs SymphonyCastand World of Opera. Hes produced live radio broadcasts...