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SFCM fall 2022 Performance Schedule
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts News Story

SFCM Announces Fall 2022 Schedule of Live Performances

As a new school year starts, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) is pleased to announce its fall 2022 concert series, which includes a combination of in-person and live-streamed events. As part of SFCM’s partnership with artist management …
SFCM's Latinx Club's poster for their fall 2022 performance.
Viola Double Bass Opera and Musical Theatre Program diversity, equity, and inclusion

SFCM's Latinx Club Spotlights Lesser-Known Composers in Benefit Concert

By Alex Heigl SFCM's Latinx Club wants you to listen to more than just their music. With their Experience Latinx: Música performance on Oct. 9 in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the students have a dual goal: Showcase music from across the range …
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Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir financial aid

Curious About Financial Aid? Here Are Our Most Asked Questions

College is a substantial investment. SFCM’s Office of Financial Aid is dedicated to helping students and their families understand and manage the cost of a world-class music education. Aid is available from a wide variety of sources, including the …
Mario Rojas '17 Joins Ryan Opera Center
Voice Opera and Musical Theatre Program opera

Mario Rojas '17 Joins Ryan Opera Center

Tenor Mario Rojas (‘17) has been selected to join the highly prestigious and competitive Ryan Opera Center professional artist-development program at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, first established in 1974. During his 12-month residency, Rojas will perform …
Ryan Taylor
Voice Opera and Musical Theatre Program alumni

Alumnus Ryan Taylor Holds Mock Auditions at SFCM

SFCM alumnus Ryan Taylor, President and General Director of Minnesota Opera, came to the Conservatory this month to hold a mock audition for the opera department, followed by a Q&A session, giving students the opportunity to experience firsthand the …
Jon Anderson's 'The Color of Love' at SFCM.
Opera and Musical Theatre Program musical theatre

SFCM Helps Prog-Rock Legend Jon Anderson Realize New Marc Chagall Musical

Legends from two very different mediums were onstage at SFCM in January, when former Yes frontman Jon Anderson's musical about the life of modernist painter Marc Chagall got a workshop courtesy of Opera and Musical Theater Chair Heather Mathews . "I …
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir bowes center

Living on Campus: Seven Students Share their Stories

Home may be where the heart is, but at the Bowes Center , it’s also where the practice room, classroom, dining hall, and performance hall is.  Found just steps from the San Francisco Symphony, SF Opera, SF Ballet and SFJAZZ, the Bowes Center is the newest …
Jake Heggie
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir jake heggie

SFCM Announces Acclaimed Composer Jake Heggie as 2023 Commencement Speaker

Hailed by the Associated Press as "one of the pre-eminent contemporary opera composers," Jake Heggie will speak and headline as part of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s (SFCM) 2023 commencement exercises on May 19 at the Herbst Theater in San …
bill luth, lara downes, david stull, donagh collins, sean hickey
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir kdfc

Can Classical Music End its Love Affair with Crisis?

By Beth Giudicessi This March, a panel of leading voices in classical music came together at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) to ask—and answer—daring questions about the future of the industry. “The classical music world, by its very …
Students meet with SFCM President David Stull in the Bowes Center.
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir David Stull

Pizza with the President

Though students are accustomed to hearing from their president at formal gatherings like convocation and commencement, it’s less often that they gather with one another for a casual catch-up. To meet more students and hear directly from them, SFCM …
a performance of the consul at SFCM
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir Sfcm

A New Conservatory Model

In December 2022, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) announced —along with its existing partners Opus 3 Artists and Pentatone—that it would acquire the London-based artist management company Askonas Holt, thus growing its network in the …
a headshot of lara downes
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir kdfc

Lara Downes' Busy Spring Spans Generations, Continents, and Cultures

Lara Downes is on a mission to get under-recognized artists their love at last. Among the many diverse streams of her work—her weeknight show on Classical KDFC , broadcast from SFCM’s campus, her NPR interview series “Amplify,” and of course her …
SFCM students walk in Hayes Valley holding their instruments
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir student life

A Closer Look at SFCM's Home Base of Hayes Valley

More than just a home for music, SFCM sits in the center of the arts scene in San Francisco, in a neighborhood full of shopping centers, green spaces, and numerous dining options. SFGate described Hayes Valley as “a vibrant, walkable district of small …
Jake Heggie holds a diploma with dean wright and david stull
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir commencement

It’s Your Turn: Jake Heggie Delivers Commencement Address as SFCM Gathers to Celebrate Graduates

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) played host to commencement for the Class of 2023 on Friday, conferring degrees to 184 undergraduate, postgraduate, and graduate students.  The ceremony, which was held at Herbst Theatre in the San Francisco …
sfcm students walk through a park with their instrument cases
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir hire sfcm

Hire SFCM Celebrates Busy Semester for Students with Chris Potter, Kronos Quartet and Pro Wrestling

The Conservatory's "Hire SFCM" program is winding down one of its busiest semesters, after having placed students in performances with high-profile artists like Chris Potter, the Kronos Quartet, and All-Elite Wrestling, the nation's second-largest …
pictures of Nina Jones and Stella Hannock in the performance
Opera and Musical Theatre Program opera and musical theatre

Ravel Production Sends SFCM Opera Grads Off on A High Note

Stella Hannock's final semester at SFCM was an especially busy one, though for a very good reason: She was pulling double-duty at the San Francisco Opera. For her role as the lead in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges , Hannock explained, "It meant a lot …