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Warren Deck

Warren Deck brings decades of experience to SFCM in music performance, education, instrument development, and studio work. He will join SFCM in Fall 2025 with a select studio of students.  Deck's long and illustrious career includes 23 years as Principal …
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Piano

The SFCM Piano Department is an inspiring environment, offering exceptional mentoring and numerous performance opportunities within the program and around the Bay area. A world-class faculty creates an atmosphere both intense and collaborative, tailored …
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Department

Violin

  About 50 students study violin at SFCM, learning from our world-class faculty, including members of the San Francisco Symphony. As a violinist at SFCM, you’ll perform with your peers, explore new possibilities for your instrument, and develop your voice …
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Yoshikazu Nagai

Praised by audiences and critics alike for his fresh interpretations and dramatic presentation style, Yoshikazu Nagai has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout Asia, Europe, and America in such venues as Beijing’s National Centre for the …
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Jaco Wong

Hong Kong native, San Francisco-based conductor and composer, Jaco Wong currently serves as the assistant conductor of San Francisco Symphony and Opera Parallèle, and previously at Oakland Symphony. Wong has conducted the Orchestre symphonique de Québec …
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Monika Gruber

"As a teacher I want to help my students to collect the tools and develop the focus they need to advance from where they are at consistently and in control, every day.”   Praised by critics for her "irresistibly melting tone, which she can also imbue with …
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Jason Hainsworth

News Stories Read All News … Roots, Jazz, and American Music … Jason … Hainsworth … Jason Hainsworth …
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Voice / Opera Studies

Grow as an artist and professional in a tight-knit environment surrounded by the world’s best instructors and industry titans. Work closely with our all-star faculty to hone your technique and expand your artistry through private voice lessons, weekly …
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Kevin Rogers

Kevin Rogers is a passionate advocate for new music, a violinist, and improviser who has dedicated his career to the discovery and wonder of art for our time. He founded Friction Quartet, whose mission is to expand the modern chamber music experience. …
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Amy Zanrosso

Amy Zanrosso’s playing has been hailed as expressive, magnetic and masterful but since no one at the New York Times has said this, she’s not allowed to put it in quotes. Thanks to her attentive and industrious Italian immigrant mom, piano lessons started …
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Alisa Rose

Grammy-nominated violinist, composer, and improviser Alisa Rose seamlessly blends classical and American folk traditions, bringing expressive lyricism and improvisatory freedom to her performances. She has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Coachella, and …
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Roots, Jazz, and American Music

A program for undergraduate and postgraduate students that takes a holistic view of jazz from its inception to its current status, RJAM prepares the next generation of great jazz artists by engaging students in an innovative model of apprenticeship with …
Destani Wolf
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Destani Wolf

Destani Wolf is a vocal faculty member at San Francisco Music Conservatory in between improvising as a member of Bobby McFerrin’s MOTION while collaborating and touring with Bandaloop Aerial Dance company and as the on-call singer at Cirque Du Soleil. Her …
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Wenyi Shih

A native of Taiwan, Wenyi Shih began her violin studies at the age of 8, with her great aunt, Sylvia Lee. Wenyi went on to receive her Bachelor of Music degree from the Boston Conservatory on full scholarship, under the tutelage of Lynn Chang, While in …
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Clarinet

  Two clarinetists from the renowned San Francisco Symphony, Principal Clarinet Carey Bell and Solo Bass and Utility Clarinet Jerome Simas bring their vast years of performance and teaching experience to help you transform your playing and reach your full …
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Woodwind Chamber Music

SFCM’s chamber music ensembles are committed to deep exploration of the wide-ranging chamber music literature. As a member of one of the ensemble, you’ll be individually coached by, and work with, players from the graduate chamber music program. …
Haruka Fujii
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Haruka Fujii

Multi-percussionist Haruka Fujii has won international acclaim for her interpretation of contemporary music and commissioned and performed numerous premiere works from luminary living composers. Since 2010 Ms. Fujii has performed as an artist of the …
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Michael Tilson Thomas

Michael Tilson Thomas was appointed Distinguished Professor of Music at SFCM in 2024. In this role he works individually with students, participates in readings with the SFCM Orchestra, and conducts masterclasses at the Conservatory.  MTT’s decades-long …
Department

SFCM Orchestra

  As a member of the SFCM Orchestra, you’ll experience firsthand the advantages of playing in a large ensemble. You’ll also get a complete overview of orchestral repertoire, and that begins with examining both masterworks and lesser-known pieces of every …
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Joo-Mee Lee

Joo-Mee Lee is a passionate and dedicated educator of musicians of all ages. She currently serves as lecturer in violin and chamber music in the Department of Music at Stanford University and as director of the Stanford New Ensemble. Previously, she was …