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Carlisle Floyd
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SFCM Remembers 'Susannah' Composer Carlisle Floyd with Recital Helmed by Three of His Collaborators
October 14, 2026

Faculty members from SFCM's Voice and Composition Departments—all of whom worked with the man behind Susannah and many other beloved works—are uniting to celebrate composer
Jason Hainsworth and Edwin Outwater.
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SFCM/UCSF Collaboration Explores How Variations Appear in Nature and Music
October 9, 2026

SFCM's ongoing collaboration with UCSF's UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center continues in October at the Conservatory with an event exploring the different ways in which variations in genes&nbsp
SFCM students at Craig Terry's 'Beyond the Aria' in 2026.
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International Pop Mingles with Mozart and Broadway at Craig Terry's 'Beyond the Aria'
October 7, 2026

SFCM singers weren't just Beyond the Aria at SFCM—they were past borders.
Lily Bogas' band Seldon performs at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2026.
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Voice Student's Band Plays SF's Famed Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
October 5, 2026
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass attracts up to 750,000 visitors over its three-day run each year.
Grace Wahlen.
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Conducting Student Grace Wahlen on Jennifer Higdon's 'blue cathedral'
September 25, 2026

Conducting student Grace Wahlen debuts with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra on September 26 with Jennifer Higdon's blue cath
Alissa Goretsky (Credit: Claire McAdams)
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2024 Voice Graduate Alissa Goretsky Signs to Askonas Holt
September 23, 2026

Alissa Goretsky stepped from SFCM's graduation stage to the world's opera halls.
James Nickell.
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Percussion Alum Says Aloha to Hawai'i Symphony
September 17, 2026

James Nickell is trading in San Francisco's fog for something a little sunnier.
Stephen Prutsman.
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Pianist Stephen Prutsman Joins SFCM Faculty
September 15, 2026

Stephen Prutsman is hard to pin down.

His impressive list of achievements on paper—fourth place in the 1990 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition; second in the 1991 Queen Elisabeth Competition; recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant—only nod at his wide-ranging career.
From left: Zeke Sokoloff, Wonhee Bae, Jennifer Culp, and Dimitri Murrath.
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'The Authentic Is Going to Matter:' SFCM Welcomes Students with 2026 Convocation
September 11, 2026

SFCM has officially welcomed its class of 2031.

The Conservatory rang in the Fall 2026 semester with its September Convocation by honoring some of its own and—of course—playing music.
César Ulloa with an SFCM student.
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SFCM Bids a Fond Farewell to Beloved Opera Teacher César Ulloa
September 8, 2026

Among opera pedagogues, César Ulloa's voice stands out.

 

 

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