Music critic and journalist
     Cheryl North :: Articles

July 30, 2010
Berkeley Opera Production of The Legend of the Ring, by Richard Wagner, condensed by David Seaman
Classical Music Column Bay Area News Preview Section, under headline,
Classical Music: Berkeley Opera is bringing back the 'Ring'

January 26, 2010
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Ensemble Parallele Production of Wozzeck at Yerba Buena Center
Classical Music Column Bay Area News Preview Section, under headline,
Berg's Wozzeck is still powerful after 85 years

August 15, 2008
Fremont Opera and Composer Nolan Gasser: Bay Area Musical Gems
Classical Music Column Bay Area News Media Preview Section, under headline,
Which comes first, the words or the notes?

August 3, 2007
World Premiere of Thomas Pasatieri's Opera, Hotel Casablanca
Classical Music Column for the for the ANG Newspapers Preview Section, under headline,
Merola Opera will premiere Hotel Casablanca

October 27, 2006
An Update on Composer Jake Heggie
Classical Music Column for the ANG Newspapers Preview Section, under headline,
Composer Heggie keeps seeking higher ground

September 22, 2006
Experiencing Gergiev's Leadership: Beethoven's 9th Symphony at the Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam
Classical Music Column for the ANG Newspapers Preview Section, under headline, When Gergiev leads, musicians take serious note

February 25, 2005
High-Tech Hand-Held Concert Companion "CoCo"
Classical Music Column for the ANG Newspapers Preview Section, under headline, Oakland East Bay Symphony tries latest in PDAs for concerts

February 11, 2005
National Symphony Orchestra Plays Music from the 1940s
Classical Music Column for the ANG Newspapers Preview Section, under headline, Different sort of '40s tunes from National Symphony

July 2, 2004
Thoughts on Our National Anthem
Classical Music Column for the ANG Newspapers Preview Section

2000
Article on the Opera, Dead Man Walking, by Jake Heggie, prior to its world premiere by the San Francisco Opera
Feature Article in the British Publication, OPERA NOW

June 14 & 15, 1999
Article on Music Trains the Brain
Article in ANG Newspapers