San Francisco-based pianist Franz Zhao received his early musical training from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College Division, the San Francisco Boys Chorus, The Crowden School, and the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts. He holds degrees from …

Hailed as a "brilliant pianist" (Financial Times) and "powerful player" (Santa Cruz Sentinel), Kate Campbell performs frequently as a soloist and chamber musician specializing in contemporary music and interdisciplinary projects. As the pianist for the …

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English-born composer and international concert guitarist Ross Thompson spent his childhood in Puerto Rico before moving with his family to the United States. He has been invited by a number of international festivals and schools to perform including the …

A leading Bay Area guitarist and sixteen-year veteran of the groundbreaking San Francisco Guitar Quartet, Mark Simons’ natural musicality and impressive technique have long been critically acclaimed. Mark has released a critically acclaimed solo release, …

Nathan Crowe is a composer, educator and musician living in the Bay Area. He studied composition at St. Olaf College, continuing at SFCM after attending the European American Musical Alliance in Paris. His piece "The Bounding Line" received runner up in …

With a multifaceted career as a classical and Jazz French Hornist, multi-instrumentalist and sought-after sound engineer, Heidi Trefethen shuttles back and forth across continents frequently, in roles both onstage and off. As a hornist, she has performed …

Critically acclaimed as "One of the foremost figures in the field" Composer Steven Horowitz is the executive director of Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) program at SFCM, a position he took over in January, 2024. Horowitz comes to SFCM after 23 …

As an Alexander Technique teacher Danielle works with all kinds of musicians and instrumentalists to adjust their posture for peak performance. In AT lessons, students learn to organize themselves effectively to avoid injury and to identify and correct …

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Korean-American pianist Samantha Cho is currently Professor of Piano Pedagogy at San Francisco Conservatory. She has performed on San Francisco Symphony's SoundBox series, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, Noontime Concert and Classical KING. Passionate …

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Alison has been a featured soloist with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony and the Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra. She is the top prizewinner of Coeur d’Alene Symphony’s National Young Artists Competition, Thursday Musical’s Scholarship Competition, the …

Kris Grant is a classically trained musician & multi-media artist with particular expertise in sound design, synthesis techniques, and electronic composition for digital media. He has been producing and mixing electronic music under the name ‘Idea …

Kensey Chellis is a professional musician and teaching artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. An in-demand trombonist, Kensey performs regularly in orchestral, chamber, opera, and pit orchestra settings. In the orchestral arena, they have had the …

Kayla Wilfong is an internationally award-winning voice teacher and soprano. Kayla has appeared as a soloist in professional recordings, operas, symphonies, plays, and on stages throughout the Bay Area and abroad including the War Memorial Opera House and …

Dawn Harms' diverse career ranges from being a chamber musician, violin soloist, and concertmaster, to being a music director and conductor. She is a first violinist in the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Associate Concertmaster for the New Century Chamber …

California native Dr. Elizabeth Marshall is second flutist of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and a regular substitute with the Oakland Symphony. She spent 18 years as second flutist of the Madison Symphony Orchestra, and is a former member of the Ann …