San Francisco Mandolin Orchestra

The San Francisco Mandolin Orchestra is an orchestra of 15-25 players of instruments in the mandolin family: mandolin, mandola, octave mandolin, and mandocello, in addition to guitar and double bass. At times, they have also included instruments such as the harp, viola da gamba, or archlute. The orchestra has been in existence for about 15 […]
The Bridge Music Collective

The Bridge Music Collective is a group of musicians comprised of oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, and double bass, an instrumentation that creates an opportunity for a unique sound that traverses both classic and nontraditional repertoire. They started their journey as a collective at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music while playing Prokofiev’s Quintet in G […]
Davide Verotta

DAVIDE VEROTTA was born in Italy ad moved to San Francisco in 1986. A professor at UCSF in biomathematics and statistics for thirty years, he has been actively involved in the SF new music scene for many years and eventually left academia to concentrate exclusively on composing. He studied piano at the Milano and SF […]