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08/29/2026

Our 2026–27 season is here — four concerts that span centuries and cross mediums, from Renaissance-inflected drama to Mahler's monumental song-symphony. Watch the season unfold, one stripe at a time. 🏳️‍🌈🎻

🔴 Dance, Drama & Desire — Sept 12, 2026 · Season Opener
Barber · Respighi · Korngold Cello Concerto (Hans Brightbill) · Chausson

🟡 In Sweet Music Is Such Art… — Nov 21, 2026 · A Shakespeare Celebration
Mendelssohn · Prokofiev · Porter · Castelnuovo-Tedesco

🟢 Das Lied von der Erde — March 20, 2027
Higdon · Mahler

🔵 Pride Concert — June 19, 2027
Ortiz · Cuong · Beethoven · Nielsen Violin Concerto (Michael Long)

💫 Full season, 10% off: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/bars-sf/2941/event/1479220
🎟 Single tickets (Sept 12 opener): https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/bars-sf/2941/event/1479212

06/13/2026

June 20 — one week away!! Music director Robert Mollicone walks you through our 🏳️‍🌈 Pride concert program. The Wizard of Oz Concert Suite opens the night, followed by the San Francisco premiere of Jake Heggie’s Good Morning, Beauty, a song cycle about q***r love in a long-term relationship, with poetry by Taylor Mac, performed by mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz. Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 closes the evening. Saturday, June 20, 7:30 PM at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Tickets at the link in bio. ***rsanfrancisco ***rclassicalmusic

03/21/2026

Meet Vicki, a longtime percussionist with BARS. When was the last time you hear taxi horns in a concert 👀 well today’s your lucky day! #

03/21/2026

Meet some of our musicians & what they’re excited to play in tonight’s set. Kicking off with Chloe from our Oboe section!

🎟️ Tickets are on sale now — link in bio!“We’ll Always Have Paris” - with Robert Mollicone, conductor, and Chea Kang, so...
02/26/2026

🎟️ Tickets are on sale now — link in bio!

“We’ll Always Have Paris” - with Robert Mollicone, conductor, and Chea Kang, soprano

📅 Saturday, March 21, 2026 — 7:30 PM
📍 San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak Street

Rossini’s William Tell Overture
Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps
🏳️‍🌈 Benjamin Britten’s Les Illuminations (with soprano 🏳️‍🌈 Chea Kang)
Gershwin’s An American in Paris

Join us for a historic tour of Gay Paree 🇫🇷✨

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