WOMEN VIBRANTLY AT THE FOREFRONT
BERKELEY—With her niche securely in place, Berkeley Symphony Music Director Joana Carneiro is diversifying the repertoire, presenting work of the two most prominent (active) European women composers this fall. There’s an audacity and imagination at play there, avoiding tired programs and rep duplications with other orchestras. Also her orchestra is sounding better than ever as she continues to hone the creativity, six years after her appointment here. The audacity was palpable when she led off with a dozen players scattered…