VIDEO: Leslie Ann Jones accepts the award for Best Engineered Classical Album (w/John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Justin Merrill and Patricia Sullivan) (Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, CA) The 58th GRAMMY Awards Ceremony on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 proved to be quite an…
As 2015 comes to an end—and the new year quickly approaches—we have so many things for which to be excited and grateful! Here is our year-end countdown of some of our top stories and news for December 2015. #5 — Welcoming Our Newest Orchestra…
The nominees for the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards have just been announced and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s Ask Your Mama has been recognized in three categories! BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM Ask Your Mama George Manahan, conductor; Judith Sherman, producer Label: Avie Records…
The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra would like to extend a warm welcome to Rebecca Jackson who has just accepted an appointment as assistant principal second violin for the 2015-16 season. A native of California, from a Korean-American family background, Ms. Jackson’s playing…
We are pleased to announce that Wenyi Shih will be joining the SF Ballet Orchestra as Associate Concertmaster for the 2015-16 season. This one-year appointment follows the departure of our former Associate Concertmaster, Janice McIntosh, who retired at the end of…
Each year, the San Francisco Ballet Association holds its Chairman’s Council Dinner to acknowledge the major donors to the SF Ballet’s annual fund. This year’s event was held at the Four Season’s Hotel Ballroom in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, November 19, 2015. The evening kicked off with a warm…
September 7, 2015 marked the 5th anniversary for the American Federation of Musicians Union Local 6 to host its annual Labor Day picnic. Held on scenic Lake Elizabeth at Central Park in Fremont, CA, this picnic is always anticipated as a time to reconnect with…
Update 02/15/2016 — 58th GRAMMY Awards Best Classical Compendium — GRAMMY Nominee Best Engineered Album, Classical — GRAMMY WINNER Producer of the Year, Classical — GRAMMY WINNER We are thrilled and honored to have been a part of this latest recording that was just released…
Following a rigorous, two-year search process, the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra is pleased to announce that Cordula Merks, German violinist from the Seattle Symphony, has won the auditions for Concertmaster. More About Cordula Merks Cordula joined the first violin section of the Seattle Symphony in…
In this video, Martin West, discusses Sergei Prokofiev’s dramatic score for Romeo & Juliet, the orchestra, and his role as conductor.
This video was published by the San Francisco Ballet on May 28, 2015.
Martin West is Music Director & Principal Conductor for the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra.
The choreography is by Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson and the dancers featured in the video are members of the SF Ballet.
