MINORITIES AT WORK, HALOES AROUND THE MOON
Lost in the hurrahs of the San Francisco Symphony concerts this week was emergence of an even more significant course change this season: The unprecedented emphasis on creativity by women and minorities, front and center. Conductors like Xian Zhang, Elim Chan, C.M. Prieto, Masaaki Suzuki, Daniel Bartholomew-Peyser and Jose Hernandez; soloists like Leif-Aruhn-Solen, Conrad Tao, and Sterling Elliott; and composers like Gabriela Lena Frank, Gabriella Smith, Florence Price, Jose Gonzalez-Granero and Elizabeth Ogonek. It’s as if this one season were…