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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Christopher Bassett has served as the bass trombonist of the San Francisco Symphony since 2024. Prior to his appointment by Esa-Pekka Salonen, he served as bass trombonist with the St. Louis Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, and Santa Fe Opera. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Kat Night aka 009 Night is a composer, music producer, sound designer, and dj whose audio artistry embodies a dangerous arsenal of creative and technical experience. Known for her captivating vocal aesthetics, which blend rich tones and emotive …

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Jason Wang has performed widely across the United States, Europe, and Asia, appearing as both a soloist and chamber musician.  A prizewinner at many competitions, including the Heida Hermanns International String Competition, he has performed at music …

The opera world is small, and the number of singers who actually make it in the business probably numbers less than a few thousand, yet a significant number of that small number of singers can say that it was César Ulloa that gave them the skills a singer …

Clint Cancio resides and teaches in the San Francisco Bay Area, where his students have gone off to such illustrious universities as Princeton, Brown and NYU. Clint authored and published “The Music Fairies and the Tiny Little Door,” which is a children’s …

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Roco Córdova is a vocalist, composer, producer, improviser and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. They possess a B.Mus. in Composition from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and a M.M.A. in Composition from …

Violinist, conductor, arranger and San Francisco Bay Area native, Zakarias Grafilo, has been the first violinist of the Alexander String Quartet since 2002. With the ASQ, Mr. Grafilo has performed all over the world and has recorded extensively, releasing …

Heather Mathews is a 25-year veteran educator, stage director, and performer. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, she holds B.M. and M.M degrees from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  Under her leadership more than 100 productions have been …