Michael Good

Tickets are available online at wbopera.org/tickets-page-2…. Best availability is for the Friday and Saturday evening performances, May 22 and 30.

Tosca at @WestBayOpera is coming up! Our wonderful cast is headed by Julia Behbudov, Bob Balonek, and Xavier Prado. José Maria Condemi directs and José Luis Moscovich conducts. Come see us May 22, 24, 30 & 31 at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto.

David Huron's work on Humdrum was the other main influence, and my B.S. thesis advisor Barry Vercoe was the one who sent me their way. Now we've lost all but Walter, but their influence lives on and on.

I was so sad today to learn that Eleanor Selfridge-Field died 2 months ago. Eleanor's and Walter Hewlett's work at the Center for Computer-Assisted Research in the Humanities was the foundation on which MusicXML was built, and Beyond MIDI was the handbook. everloved.com/life-of/eleano…

RIP Michael Tilson Thomas. I was lucky beyond words to sing for MTT during four seasons in the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, and to be in the audience during his 25 amazing years as music director.

@baseballmarty Me too, but with a different team!

@VinnysCorner1 Charlie Dressen

Who was the manager of your favorite MLB team when you first became a fan?

To mark the expiration of my noncompete agreement, here's a new blog post summarizing the three years since my last blog post! michaelgood.info/2026/01/the-la…

RIP Tom Stoppard. Arcadia is one of my favorite plays ever. I made sure to see Leopoldstadt on Broadway. But there are so many plays of his I haven't seen yet. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Bravi to everyone in Chess on Broadway @chessbway! What outstanding performances of this magnificent score. I thought the book also solved the main problem of the show by making the three leads more likable, softening the two men a little and making Florence more active.

@poegirl 9 days for me! Can't wait to see what they've done with the book in this version.

Gonna see this in exactly two weeks! #countdown

Tickets are available online at the @WestBayOpera website: wbopera.org/tickets-page-2…

Another fine review for Samson et Dalila, this time including the chorus: "Bruce Olstad’s chorus handles the material adeptly, and it’s a real treat for those who enjoy choral music." Just two more performances this weekend in Palo Alto: don't miss out. almanacnews.com/ae/2025/10/16/…

We're two weeks away from opening our @WestBayOpera production of Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila in Palo Alto. We have a fabulous cast, wonderful dancers, and a juicy chorus part. This great opera isn't done often - don't miss it! Tickets are available at wbopera.org/tickets-page-2…

RIP Jamshied Sharifi. He joined the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble right after I left at graduation, and helped take the group to some of its greatest heights. I was so happy when he became FJE director when Herb Pomeroy retired. His gifts of music will keep giving us joy.

Sunday's closing concert at @CabrilloFest features @GabrielleBeteag singing Good Morning, Beauty by @jakeheggiemusic and Taylor Mac, and @McAllisterSax playing Adolphus Hailstork's Saxophone Concerto. See you in Santa Cruz at 7 pm! cabrillomusic.org/2025-season/ri…

Weekend 2 of @CabrilloFest starts Saturday at 7 pm in Santa Cruz, with @CristiMacelaru conducting. This concert features music by @DarianDThomas, Lou Harrison, and Anna Thorvaldsdottir, with concertmaster Justin Bruns as violin soloist. See you there! cabrillomusic.org/2025-season/be…

Saturday's Cabrillo Festival concert in Santa Cruz features female composers: Rene Orth, Stacy Garrop, Aleksandra Vrebalov, and Julia Wolfe. Daniela Candillari conducts. Michelle Areyzaga and Sidney Outlaw sing in Garrop's "Fredrick and Susan B." cabrillomusic.org/2025-season/ch…

Opening night concert at @CabrilloFest is Friday at 8 pm in Santa Cruz! It features works by John Corigliano, @missymazzoli and Nina Shekhar, with @JenniferKoh1 as violin soloist. Daniela Candillari is the guest conductor. Tickets and more details here: cabrillomusic.org/2025-season/LU…

@LeonardSlatkin Screamers! Fennell conducted In Storm and Sunshine with us one summer at Interlochen. What a fun album.

Interesting covers from Mercury's Living Presence series, No. 13:

@jeremydenk I laughed and laughed at this when we moved to California from Boston. Six months later we were exactly the same.

Californians complaining about the cold is one of the most hilarious things