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From left: Michael Tilson Thomas, Lara Downes, Joshua Bell, and Joyce DiDonato
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Celebrating the Biggest Musical Moments at SFCM in 2024

December 20, 2024
Should auld performances be forgot… that’s what the internet is for. As SFCM turns the calendar to another year, the Newsroom is looking back on a busy year for the Conservatory and its students, who celebrated everything from new immersive concert hall …
SFCM's Catherine Cook shares the stage with Monét X Change.
Voice / Opera Studies opera

Drag, Drama, Comedy, Combine in Historic Opera with SFCM’s Catherine Cook

December 18, 2024
Technically, the world of opera isn’t a stranger to gender-bending roles with sopranos and mezzos in so-called “trouser” or “pants” roles—but nothing quite like this.  SFCM’s Chair of  Voice and Opera Studies   Catherine Cook performed with drag queen and …
'Meow and Forever.'
Opera and Musical Theatre winter term

Winter Term Undergrad Opera Wins National Opera Association Award

December 13, 2024
  SFCM voice faculty Rhoslyn Jones ’ staging of Jodi Goble’s Meow and Forever has been recognized as part of the 2023/24 National Opera Association Opera Production Competition. Twenty-one judges spent over 300 hours viewing the total submissions—and …
Collage of artists performing during SFCM's Spring 2025 season.
season announcement

SFCM Announces Spring 2025 Schedule of Live Performances

December 16, 2024
Sign up for Event Updates As we start a new season, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) is pleased to announce its spring concert series, featuring several exciting collaborations and concerts designed to dazzle audiences. SFCM puts on more …
Arjun Verma.

Sitarist Holds Pre-College Workshop on Indian Music

December 9, 2024
  Students in SFCM’s Pre-College were treated to an October workshop by Bay Area sitarist Arjun K. Verma , whose teaching lineage can be traced to Ali Akbar Khan, arguably the most famous Indian musician in the States other than Ravi Shankar. Verma has …
SFCM Opera and Musical Theatre 2024
Opera and Musical Theatre opera and musical theatre

SFCM Gets Groovy with ‘Così fan tutte’

December 4, 2024
It’s an effervescent and humorous tale of putting young love to the test, now taken to a far-out era of peace and love. SFCM Opera and Musical Theatre department delivered two (sold-out) performances of  Così fan tutte  in November—with the new twist of …
EBCP 2025
emerging black composers project

Emerging Black Composers Project Soars with New Birdsong Partnership

November 21, 2024
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) and  Birdsong Music Publishing have entered into an exciting new partnership that will further the goal of advancing the careers of young Black composers and their music. Starting in 2024 all competition …
Smart Start Early Childhood
pre-college

Smart Start: A Closer Look at SFCM's Youngest Maestros

November 20, 2024
To a young child, music can strum the strings of a developing brain, tuning it for a lifetime of discovery.  It's something Yulia Iskandar takes to heart when she brings her two sons, six-year-old Savva and eight-year-old Tioma, to SFCM every Saturday for …
Michael Tilson Thomas at SFCM.
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Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Inspiring Coaching Session at SFCM

November 18, 2024
For students under the baton of Professor Michael Tilson Thomas, every note becomes a masterclass in brilliance.   “I was in shock for the entire reading, unable to fully comprehend the legend standing in front of me!" Zoe Yost, an SFCM viola student …
SFCM piano student Hyojin Shin.
Piano student success

SFCM Student Wins Series of Prestigious International Piano Competitions

November 14, 2024
One competition at a time, SFCM student Hyojin Shin keeps hitting all the high notes.  Shin won 1st prize and the audience prize this year at the International Piano Competition of Lyon in France. “Despite the pressure, I had a wonderful time performing …
Emanuel Ax at SFCM
News Story

Emanuel Ax Shares Expertise with SFCM Pre-College

November 13, 2024
Some of the youngest musicians at SFCM got a cutting-edge music lesson as Emanuel Ax visited for a special masterclass in October. “I was nervous to play for such a well-known and respected musician, but he was very kind and incredibly patient,” said …
GRAMMY awards at SFCM
Technology and Applied Composition News Story

SFCM Faculty, Alliance Partners Celebrate GRAMMY Nominations

November 12, 2024
Those tuning into the 2025 GRAMMYs will see SFCM and its  alliance partners up for some exciting awards! SFCM professor and Director of Recording Services Jason O’Connell is up for a nomination for his producing work on  Saariaho: Adriana Mater in the …
Elinor Armer works with a student.
Composition New Music Ensemble composition

Talking with Elinor Armer About Her 56-Year Legacy at SFCM

November 7, 2024
Elinor Armer’s legacy in the Bay Area is as deeply rooted as Oakland’s famous trees, and to honor her 56 years at the Conservatory, the New Music Ensemble will be playing selections of her work at its concert on Nov. 9. Born in Oakland, Armer actually …