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Sam Smith
External Affairs Manager
Ph: 415.503.6265
ssmith@sfcm.edu
Fax: 415.503.6288


Media Releases

San Francisco Conservatory Presents Chamber Music Festival with Shanghai Conservatory
January 2012

Roberto Diaz Visits Conservatory for Chamber Music Masters Series
January 2012

Alumni Pianist Choong Mo Kang Brings it all Bach Home
November 2011

Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel Brightens the Holiday Season at the Conservatory
November 2011

BluePrint introduces Bay Area Audiences to the Music of Philippe Hersant
November 2011

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Names New Trustees
October 2011

Jussi Björling Centennial Tribute Concert
October 2011

Celebrating Frederica von Stade
October 2011

Cellist Norman Fischer Visits for Chamber Music Masters Series
October 2011

BluePrint's Season Opens on a Jazz Groove
October 2011

Joseph Swensen Launches the 2011-2012 Chamber Music Masters Series
September 2011

BluePrint's 2011-2012 Season Reaches Beyond the Senses
September 2011

Delphi Trio Launches 2011-2012 Alumni Recital Series
August 2011

2012 Conservatory Gala Salutes President Colin Murdoch
July 2011

Conservatory Welcomes Joan Gordon, New Director of Preparatory and Adult Extension Divisions
July 2011

Conservatory Announces 2011-2012 Season
July 2011

Conservatory Welcomes New Trustees and Officers
April 2011

Conservatory Demonstrates Long-Distance "Virtual" Coaching
April 2011

Orchestra Celebrates BritWeek and The Ring
April 2011

Peter Oundjian's Orchestral Workshop
April 2011

Chamber Music Marathon
April 2011

Violinist Robert Mann Returns
March 2011

The Conservatory Celebrates a New Music Icon
March 2011

New Alumni Recital Series
March 2011

Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites
March 2011

New International Chamber Music Festival in Shanghai
March 2011

Handel's Fantastical Alcina in Concert
February 2011

World Premiere of 2010 Hoefer Prize Winner
February 2011

Legendary Pianist Menahem Pressler In Class and in Concert
February 2011

2011 Gala Honors Pepe Romero
January 2011

BluePrint New Music Ensemble Celebrates Paul Bowles
January 2011

Chinese Brush Paintings Welcome Shanghai Visitors
December 2010

"Hansel & Gretel"
November 2010

"Every Good Boy Deserves Favour"
November 2010

BluePrint Concerts
November 2010

Hoefer Composition Award
November 2010

BluePrint Inaugural Concert
October 2010

Luisotti opera workshop
October 2010

Bonnie Hampton returns
October 2010

Naxos CD release
October 2010

Sydney Conservatorium
October 2010

Fall 2010 UpBeat
October 2010

BluePrint's 2010-2011 Season Spans the Globe
September 2010

Chamber Music curriculum celebrates its 25th anniversary
August 2010

Baroque Concerto Competition
July 2010

Commemoration concerts, special guests, and a marathon performance highlight this season’s 25th anniversary chamber music celebration
June 2010

SFCM students, alumni, faculty invited to perform in Shanghai
June 2010

SFCM student to join Yo-Yo Ma on Silk Road
June 2010

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Hosts Spring Gala Honoring the Memory of Betty Hume
May 2010

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Announces 2010-11 Performance Season
May 2010

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Students Win in Prestigious Oslo Competition
May 2010

SFCM Opera Theater presents The Rake's Progress
March 2010

New Music Ensemble honors Conrad Susa
March 2010

February Concert to honor past and future relationship between San Francisco, Shanghai Conservatories of Music
January 2010

Recent Articles about the Conservatory

"Review of alumna Emma McNairy in West Edge Opera"
San Francisco Chronicle, November 7, 2011

"Review of BluePrint North and South program"
San Francisco Classical Voice, October 2011

"Ragnar Bohlin and preparatory violinist Alina Ming Kobialka"
San Francisco Classical Voice, October 2011

"Review of Student Composer Aaron Pike's Recital"
Classics Today, February 2011

"Faculty Brass CD gets 10/10 Review"
Classics Today, February 2011

"Mario Guarneri: Fiddling with Assumptions"
San Francisco Classical Voice, February 23, 2011

"Kreutzer Concertos CD reviewed in Fanfare"
Fanfare Magazine, March-April 2011

"And They Shall Be Called 'Nameless': Bootstrap Chamber Music"
San Francisco Classical Voice, December 28, 2010

"Axel Strauss Plays a Killer Kreutzer"
San Francisco Classical Voice, December 28, 2010

"A Very Good Year in Review"
Examiner.com San Francisco, December 25, 2010

"Kreutzer Concertos (composed by Kreutzer ... really!"
Examiner.com San Francisco, December 23, 2010

"New Guitar Music from the San Francisco Conservatory on Naxos"
Examiner.com San Francisco, December 22, 2010

"Violinist Axel Strauss Offers his Enescu Program"
Examiner.com San Francisco, December 15, 2010

"The Late James H. Schwabacher, Jr. named a lifetime trustee"
San Francisco Chronicle, December 13, 2010

"'Family Opera' Day at the San Francisco Conservatory"
Examiner.com San Francisco, December 11, 2010

"Jodi Levitz' All-Brahms Recital"
Examiner.com San Francisco, December 8, 2010

"X-treme Piano" (Awadagin Pratt master class)
Examiner.com San Francisco, November 29, 2010

"Lives of Music and Physics, Lovingly Bound" (featuring Sergio Assad)
New York Times, November 25, 2010

"Kronos Quartet Premieres Iranian Composer's 'Threnody'"
Voice of America, November 24, 2010

"Reverse Chronology" (Paul Hersh recital)
Examiner.com San Francisco, November 23, 2010

"SF Symphony Review: Van den Heever Debut"
San Francisco Chronicle, November 19, 2010

"Every Good Boy Deserves Favour"
San Francisco Classical Voice, November 16, 2010

"Curt, vile, and polished" (Conservatory Opera Theatre)
Examiner.com San Francisco, November 13, 2010

"Further into Shostakovich's Darkness" (Conservatory student quartet)
Examiner.com San Francisco, November 10, 2010

"For Guitarists, the Bay Area is Heavenly"
San Francisco Classical Voice, November 9, 2010

"The SF Conservatory Baroque Ensemble Plays Bach"
http://sfciviccenter.blogspot.com, November 7, 2010

"A Chamber Music 'Sandwich'" (Bonnie Hampton concert)
Examiner.com San Francisco, November 5, 2010

"The Mind of a Miniaturist" (Bonnie Hampton master class)
Examiner.com San Francisco, November 3, 2010

"Bonnie Hampton: A Master of Degree"
San Francisco Classical Voice, November 2, 2010

"Kronos Quartet Makes a Statement" (featuring Conservatory student composer Sahba Aminikia)
San Francisco Classical Voice, October 29, 2010

"Opera Set in L.A. to Receive L.A. Premiere" (David Conte)
Los Angeles Times, October 22, 2010

"The Music in the Text" (BluePrint)
Examiner.com San Francisco, October 10, 2010

"Awakenings: New American Chamber Music for Guitar"
http://gapplegateguitar.blogspot.com, October 5, 2010

"Diverse Chamber Music Mastery" (Gilbert Kalish master class)
Examiner.com San Francisco, October 1, 2010

"Accomplished Trio to Perform at UM Music Recital Hall"
The Missoulian, September 16, 2010

"Supporting the Singer" (Darryl Cooper recital)
Examiner.com San Francisco, September 7, 2010

"Orchestra's historic return to Shanghai with local hero Ni Haiye" (Conservatory alumnus)
CNN Go, May 10, 2010

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