See what stunning repertoire BARS has performed in past seasons and events.

Part of the BARS LGBTQ Composer & Performing Artist seriesPart of the BARS LGBTQ Composer and Performing Artist series. All BARS Symphony Orchestra events conducted by Daniel Canosa, Artistic Director, unless noted otherwise.

BARS’ 2010 Pride Month Concert: Saturday, June 19, 2010


An Official Event of San Francisco Pride!


San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak St at Van Ness, SF 94102 (Map) | Tickets


Ruth Butterfield-Winter, piano

Ruth Butterfield-Winter, piano

Milhaud – La création du mondeListen to a sample


Gershwin – Rhapsody in BlueListen to a sample

Ruth Butterfield-Winter, piano


Revueltas – JanitzioListen to a sample


Part of the BARS LGBTQ Composer & Performing Artist seriesCopland – RodeoListen to a sample


About Ruth Butterfield-Winter, piano
Ruth Butterfield-Winter, pianist, is a native of California. She studied piano with Adolf Baller and John Delevoryas in the San Francisco Bay Area before attending the Curtis Institute.


Ruth is known throughout the San Francisco Bay Area; she has ongoing musical projects with members of the San Francisco Symphony and was recently the guest artist with the San Francisco Bay Area Winds. Ruth has served as orchestral pianist in the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Monterey Chamber Orchestra and Santa Cruz Symphony. Before returning to California in 1994, Ms. Winter lived in New York City, where she was on the accompanying staff at The Juilliard School of Music and played with the New York Chamber Ensemble.


Ms. Winter is a singing member and accompanist for The Choral Project of San Jose, CA. She has been serving as staff pianist at Advent Lutheran Church, in Morgan Hill, CA since 1999.

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March 26-27, 2010, 8pm

The historic first collaboration between BARS and San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus


Friday, March 26, 2010, 8pm
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin St at Geary, SF 94109 (Map)


Saturday, March 27, 2010, 8pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak St at Van Ness, SF 94102 (Map)


Marla Volovna, mezzo-soprano

Marla Volovna, mezzo-soprano

Part of the BARS LGBTQ Composer & Performing Artist seriesSchubert – Overture to Die Zauberharfe (The Magic Harp) in C, D. 644

(Also known as Rosamunde)Listen to a sample

San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus

Brahms – Alto RhapsodyListen to a sample



Marla Volovna, mezzo-soprano

Part of the BARS LGBTQ Composer & Performing Artist series San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus

Dr. Kathleen McGuire, Artistic Director & Conductor


Sibelius – Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op. 42Listen to a sample

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