Diploma, The Juilliard School; studied with Ivan Galamian and Paul Makanowitsky; concertmaster, Monterey Symphony; music director, Chamber Music Society of Sacramento; former member, New York Philharmonic; performs with San Francisco Contemporary Players …

Born in Tokyo, violinist Kineko Okumura was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in the United States. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where she studied with Oscar Shumsky. Ms. Okumura received the Ysaye Award in Japan, won second place in …

Pianist Ken French has been performing jazz piano professionally for nearly two decades on the San Francisco scene and as far afield as Japan and the Atlantic seaboard. A wide variety of contexts and venues has allowed Ken to develop as soloist, …

Dr. Chia-Lin Yang has toured throughout the United States, Canada, and her native Taiwan as a concert pianist and chamber musician.  Top prizes at the Seattle International Piano Competition and Kingsville Isabel Scionti Solo Piano Competition helped …

D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music; M.M., The Juilliard School; B.M., Indiana University; studied with Abbey Simon, Adolph Baller, and Joseph Gingold. Accepting advanced …

M.M., San Francisco Conservatory of Music; B.A., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; studied with Seymour Bernstein, Marthe Motchane and Paul Hersh; performances with Chamber Music West, Paul Dresher Ensemble and with San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra; …

Director Emeritus, Preparatory and Adult Extension Divisions John McCarthy has performed with the San Francisco Symphony in Davies Symphony Hall and at the Ojai Music Festival with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. He and his wife Annamarie …

Music has been integral to Hang Li’s identity since she was born, and she views it as her calling to share its gifts with the next generation. Raised by a family of pianists in China, Ms. Li grew up surrounded by the sounds of etudes and sonatas. In this …

B.M., San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studied with Paul Hersh; vocal coach and accompanist, San Francisco Arts Education Project; Director of Liturgical Music, Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church. lubak@sfcm.edu Accepting beginning and intermediate …

M.M. and B.M., San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Graduate, Sayat Nova Music School in Yerevan, Armenian SSR; studied with Mack McCray and Paul Hersh; alumna, Conservatory's Pre-College Division; Performed with San Francisco Sinfonietta.  Accepting …

Grammy nominated pianist, Fulbright scholar, Machiko Kobialka, has received international acclaim for her dynamic and elegant performances as a soloist and chamber musician. Performing internationally for over 40 years, she has appeared at major music …

New York debut Carnegie Recital Hall. Master degree, The Juilliard School. Concert diploma Vienna Academy of Arts, PhD New York University. Soloist with Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony, Franz Liszt Budapest Chamber Orchestra, Kazakhstan State …

Graduate of Moscow Conservatory and Central Musical High School for Specially Gifted Children in Erevan, Armenia; former faculty, Erevan Conservatory and Central Musical High School.  Accepting intermediate and advanced …

Lauren Cony received her B.A. in Piano from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, and her M.M. from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  Her principal teachers include Sharon Mann, Paul Hersh, Pola Baytelman, and Laurette Goldberg on …

Amy Chiu received a Master degree in Piano Performance from the Manhattan School of Music in New York, studying under Zenon Fishbein. She later studied piano accompaniment at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (Conservatory) under Tim Bach. After …

Teaching includes "practice strategies" from recent studies with Burton Kaplan of Manhattan School of Music. Also incorporates music theory in understanding repertoire. M.M. SUNY-Binghamton and B.M. San Francisco Conservatory of Music; private studies …

Acclaimed by the  San Francisco Chronicle  for her “fervid but impeccably controlled” performances, pianist Allegra Chapman  is driven by her passion for connecting audiences with historically overlooked and living composers. With a wide-ranging …

Every student has a degree of potential on any instrument. It is up to me -- as their teacher -- to help them discover that potential and take them as far as they want to go along the path of music education.  I believe in teaching students to be complete …

Mauricio Rodriguez earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition by Stanford University, a master’s in Sonology at the Royal Conservatory The Hague in The Netherlands, and a bachelor’s in composition, piano, and ethnomusicology at the University of …

Ericsson Hatfield (b.1995) is a composer, violinist, and educator. His compositions integrate classical and modern techniques to create a fresh musical language. As a composer, he received first prize in the 2018 Tribeca New Music Festival for his violin …