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Bobby McFerrin works with SFCM students
Voice / Opera Studies News Story

Bobby McFerrin Visits SFCM Voice Class

March 18, 2025
Students weren’t worried, but they sure were happy—when Bobby McFerrin walked into their class last week. SFCM faculty member and singer  Destani Wolf is a member of McFerrin’s group Motion and invited  McFerrin and his collaborators Bryan Dyer and Dave …
Christopher Bassett
Brass News Story

Brass Brilliance at SFCM Grows with Christopher Bassett

March 14, 2025
SFCM’s brass program is getting some bold new talent with  Christopher Bassett . The trombonist will join the faculty with a select studio of students this fall. “It is an absolute honor to be joining the faculty at the renowned San Francisco Conservatory …
Tax forms next to sheet music.
Professional Development professional development and engagement center

Toccatas and Taxes: How SFCM Teaches Musicians to Handle Their Money

March 17, 2025
Musicians live by the notes on the page, but what about when that page is a tax form—or six? As April’s tax deadline approaches, musicians may be sweating harder than the average taxpayer: A year in an active musician’s life can include hundreds of gigs, …
triumph of love
Opera and Musical Theatre student success

A ‘Triumph’ in More Ways Than One for Musical Theatre

March 10, 2025
A French comedy,  Triumph of Love takes its plot from an 18th-century  commedia dell’arte play, infusing it with a lush score, delicious deception, and all the complexities of  l'amour . The singers and musicians of the show put on two performances in …
SFCM students get free massages during Wellness Week.
News Story

A Major Boost: Wellness Week at SFCM

March 7, 2025
In a world of crescendos and fortissimos, Wellness Week at SFCM taught students the power of the pause.  Presented by SFCM’s Students Affairs t eam and Professional Development and Engagement Center (PDEC), the last week of February was met with more than …
Scott Cmiel conducts the SFCM Pre-College Guitar Ensemble.
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Scott Cmiel is Educating the Next Generation of Guitar Heroes

March 12, 2025
Like a lot of kids in his generation, Scott Cmiel’s interest in the guitar started with the Beatles. After seeing A Hard Day’s Night , he got a job delivering newspapers so he could earn the money needed to buy his first guitar. He has been making music …
Fiona Cunninghame-Murray
Strings Violin News Story

SFCM Student Takes Stage with Multimillion Dollar Stradivarius Violin

February 25, 2025
When student Fiona Cunninghame-Murray takes her first steps on the Davies Symphony Hall stage on February 26, she’ll do so with a piece of history in her hands.  Using an iconic 1728 Stradivarius violin, Cunninghame-Murray, a violin student of faculty …
Danielle Thomas works with a student in her Alexander Technique class.
Humanities and Sciences

How Danielle Thomas and the Alexander Technique Help SFCM’s Musicians

February 26, 2025
“How am I using myself?” is a question that Danielle Thomas urges her students to think about when being introduced to the Alexander Technique. Developed by Frederick Matthias Alexander in the 1890s, it’s a technique of postural and movement awareness …
Meow Meow in rehearsal with the SFCM Orchestra.
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A Night of 'Pin-Drop Moments' with Meow Meow and the SFCM Orchestra

February 24, 2025
Students in SFCM’s Orchestra (and the audience) could have been forgiven for forgetting it was 2025 at their Feb.15 concert. After all, they were playing a 1993 work by Kurt Weill with world-class cabaret singer Meow Meow and Adam Larson’s images of the …
"Rigoletto" at New York's Metropolitan Opera.
Voice / Opera Studies alumni success

‘Surreal:’ Recent SFCM Grad Reflects on Met Debut

February 20, 2025
While she may describe it as “surreal,” it was a real life dream come true for SFCM Voice graduate Lindsay Martin when she made her debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera. “The energy on the Met stage is something so special, I felt so supported by …
Violinist Kaiyuan Wu
Strings Violin alumni success

Recent Violin Grad Joins Jacksonville Symphony

February 17, 2025
Bow in hand, and a dream in tune, Kaiyuan Wu is about to take the next step in his musical career. Wu will join the Jacksonville Symphony as a section violinist for the upcoming 2025-2026 season. “I am so excited to take on this position, as this is my …
Warren Deck
Brass News Story

Warren Deck Joins Faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music

February 13, 2025
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) is pleased to announce the appointment of  Warren Deck to its brass faculty. Deck brings decades of experience to SFCM in music performance, education, instrument development, and studio work. He will join …