Departments and Faculty
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César Ulloa, Chair
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Sylvia Anderson
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Catherine Cook
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Patricia Craig
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Leroy Kromm
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Susanne Mentzer
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Jane Randolph
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Deborah Voigt
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Marcie Stapp, Diction
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Curt Pajer, Musical and Managing Director of Opera
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Michael Mohammed, Director of Musical Theatre Workshop
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Heather Mathews, Associate Program Director
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Brady Lea, Acting
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Darryl Cooper, Assistant Music Director; Coach
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Darryl Cooper, Assistant Music Director; Coach
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Jose Maria Condemi, Director of Opera and Musical Theatre; Chair
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Audition Requirements: Voice
Acceptance into the voice program at SFCM requires pre-screening.
Live auditions at the Conservatory are required of the following applicants:
- Anyone residing in California
- Graduate voice applicants residing in the United States
- Postgraduate voice applicants
Regional auditions are available for the following applicants:
- Applicants residing outside of California
- Undergraduate voice applicants
Final audition recordings are accepted from the following applicants:
- Undergraduate applicants residing outside of California
- Graduate applicants residing outside the United States
- Final recordings must be submitted online through the formal Application, found here, no later than December 1.
Pre-Screening
Applicants must submit a pre-screening recording with the repertoire listed below. We strongly recommend that the recording be audiovisual, but we will also accept audio-only recordings.
Undergraduate
- An Italian aria or song such as those found in the Anthology of Italian Song of the 17th and 18th Centuries
- One song originally written in English (not a translation)
- A piece chosen by the applicant
Graduate
- An opera aria
- A contrasting art song
- A piece chosen by the applicant
Postgraduate
- An opera aria
- Two contrasting art songs
- A piece chosen by the applicant
Final Audition Repertoire
Applicants invited to audition in San Francisco may bring their own accompanists or use one provided by the Conservatory for the $30 fee processed when the application is submitted. (Those not invited will be refunded the accompanist fee.)
Undergraduate
- An Italian aria or song such as those found in the Anthology of Italian Song of the 17th and 18th Centuries
- One song in English (not a translation)
- A piece chosen by the applicant
- A reading of a short poem in English chosen by the applicant. (This reading does not need to be memorized.)
Additionally, at the faculty's discretion, applicants may be asked to sight-read a very short musical passage.
Graduate
- Two opera arias in contrasting styles
- Three art songs in contrasting styles in three different languages, one of which must be English. The arias and songs must include pieces in German, French, and Italian.
- A piece chosen by the applicant
- A reading of a short poem in English chosen by the applicant. (This reading does not need to be memorized.)
Additionally, at the faculty's discretion, applicants may be asked to sight-read a very short musical passage.
Postgraduate
- Three opera arias in contrasting styles
- Three art songs in contrasting styles in three different languages, one of which must be English. The arias and songs must include pieces in German, French, and Italian.
- A piece chosen by the applicant
- A reading of a short poem in English chosen by the applicant. (This reading does not need to be memorized.)
Additionally, at the faculty's discretion, applicants may be asked to sight-read a very short musical passage.
Audition Dates at SFCM
- January 29, 2018
- February 11, 18-19, 2018