Stefan Cwik
Departments
Courses Taught
Orchestration
Piano Pedagogy
Composing for Guitar
Tonal Counterpoint
Undergraduate Musicianship
Undergraduate Music Theory
Graduate Music Theory Review
Education
MM, The Juilliard School
BM, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Awards and Distinctions
BMI Student Composer Awards, 2013
Juilliard Orchestral Composition, 2012, 2013
Bassoon Chamber Music Composition Competition, 2010
Q&A
What is your hometown?
Chicago, IL
What is your favorite recording?
Leonidas Kavakos and Peter Nagy performing Igor Stravinsky's Duo Concertante for violin and piano.
What are you passionate about outside of music?
Snowboarding and surfing.
Who were your major teachers?
John Corigliano, David Conte, and Dusan Bogdanovic.
What is a favorite quote that you repeatedly tell students?
"Music is architecture unfolding in the dimension of time."
What was a turning point in your career?
Moving to San Francisco.
If you weren't a musician or teacher, what do you think you would be doing now?
Most likely an engineer or physicist.
If you could play only three composers for the rest of your life, who would they be?
Igor Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten, and Maurice Ravel.
From a music history perspective, what year and city are most important to you?
Paris, France in 1913.
What are your most important collaborations?
Writing an English horn concerto for Russ deLuna of the San Francisco Symphony to be performed with Symphony Parnassus; Writing a piece for four-hand piano duet for the ZOFO Duet; Writing a piece for Jeffrey Milarsky and the Juilliard Orchestra.
What recordings can we hear you on?
Bassoon and Friends: Chamber Music for Bassoon, MSR Classics
What is your unrealized project?
A ballet.
Events
News
commencement
'Keep That Flame Alive:' SFCM Gathers to Celebrate Graduates with Germaine Franco
May 17, 2024
string and piano chamber music
SFCM Returns to Hawaii for Chamber Music Festival, Now With an Opus 3 Connection
May 15, 2024
opera
Opera Department Showcases First Graduating Class of Artist Diploma Program
May 13, 2024