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 …

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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. …

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 …