student success

One Last Note: 2025 Graduates Share Parting Thoughts, Hopes, and Humor

Percussion percussion

SFCM’s Haruka Fujii on Percussion, Playing with Yo-Yo Ma, and Seeing Drums Everywhere

commencement

'A Life in Music Is an Extraordinary Privilege:' SFCM Celebrates 2025 Commencement with Sir Clive Gillinson

SFCM Orchestra

‘The Adrenaline Kicked in:’ Students Perform with San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

Strings Cello masterclass

Cellist Johannes Moser on Masterclasses, Music, and Social Media

student life

Play Loud, Dress Proud: SFCM Online Shop

Percussion SFCM Orchestra percussion

'The Holy Grail of Percussion:' SFCM Percussionists Discuss the Famous Mahler ‘Hammer Smashes’

Violin alumni success

SFCM Grad Performs at Historic Golden State Valkyries Game

Roots, Jazz, and American Music roots jazz and american music

Jazz Bass Icon Rufus Reid Returns for Weeklong Residency and Big Band Performance

Composition alumni success

Composition Alum Celebrates Prestigious MacDowell Fellowship

Roots, Jazz, and American Music performances

SFCM Jazz Cats Light Up the Airwaves

performances

Harmony Meets History: Students Perform in San Francisco Landmark

Technology and Applied Composition student life

A New Class of SFCM’s Film Club Celebrates Its First Production

Opera and Musical Theatre Program

‘The Most Challenging Thing I’ve Ever Done:’ SFCM’s Spring Chamber Operas

Technology and Applied Composition News Story

'A Playground for Composers:' Technology and Music Composition Program Celebrates Ten Years

conservatory in the schools

A Class Act: SFCM’s Conservatory in Schools Program

pre-college

Pre-College Student’s First-Ever Big Band Composition to Be Recorded at the Lincoln Center

News Story

Folklore to Film Scoring: SFCM Students Share Their Music Journey

Piano chamber music

How Awadagin Pratt Led Beethoven from the Piano with SFCM's Chamber Orchestra

Technology and Applied Composition video games

Press Start: New Creative Collaboration Has Students Scoring Games from Scratch

Conducting

SFCM Celebrates First Conducting Fellowship with California Symphony

commencement

SFCM Announces Carnegie Hall’s Sir Clive Gillinson as 2025 Commencement Speaker

pre-college

Pre-College Phenoms Collect More Competition Wins