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Quenton Xavier Blache.
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SFCM and San Francisco Symphony's Emerging Black Composers Project to Partner with Gautier Capuçon For New Commission

November 7, 2023
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), in partnership with the San Francisco Symphony and cellist Gautier Capuçon, announced today that Quenton Xavier Blache , 22, will receive a commissioning prize under the umbrella of the Emerging Black …
Ava Pakium
Strings Violin pre-college

13-Year-Old Pre-College Student Solos with Olympia Symphony

November 6, 2023
It's a piece of music once allegedly perceived as unplayable, but was just performed on stage by 13-year-old Pre-College student Ava Pakiam. After winning the Olympia Symphony Young Artist Competition last year, the young violinist Pre-College student …
William Wellborn at SFCM
Piano News Story

SFCM Remembers Musician and Professor William Wellborn

November 2, 2023
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music mourns the loss of musician and longtime faculty member William (Bill) Wellborn, who died October 28.  Wellborn began working at the Conservatory in 1989 in the Pre-College and Continuing Education programs as a …
EBCP winners
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice / Opera Studies Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir emerging black composers project

Applications Open for 2024 Emerging Black Composers Project

November 1, 2023
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), in partnership with the San Francisco Symphony , announced today that applications are now open for the fourth annual Emerging Black Composers Project (EBCP), its Michael Morgan Prize and the Cabrillo …
Ian Bostridge works with an SFCM voice student.
Voice / Opera Studies voice

Renowned Tenor Ian Bostridge Visits SFCM for Masterclass

October 31, 2023
British tenor Ian Bostridge has one of the more unusual paths to professional singing success: He only began singing professionally at the age of 27, after having a distinguished career as a historical scholar focusing on a specific period of witchcraft …
Lara Downes with the SFCM Orchestra, conducted by Edwin Outwater.
SFCM Orchestra orchestra

SFCM's Orchestra and Pentatone Help Lara Downes Reimagine a 'Rhapsody'

October 30, 2023
How do you help a piece as iconic as George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue turn 100? That was the question facing Lara Downes—who has a long history with the work—as discussions around the piece's anniversary took shape.  "It all came together so quickly," …
SFCM Alexi Kenney
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice / Opera Studies Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir opus 3 artists

San Francisco Conservatory of Music and New Century Chamber Orchestra Announce Collaboration featuring Opus 3 Artist Alexi Kenney

October 26, 2023
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) and New Century Chamber Orchestra (New Century) are announcing a new partnership bringing together students and professional musicians led by violinist Alexi Kenney, culminating in two performances January 19 …
Emanuel Ax at SFCM.
Piano masterclass

SFCM Hosts Emanuel Ax

October 25, 2023
Critically acclaimed for his “thoughtful, lyrical, lustrous” pianism by The Washington Post Emanuel Ax took those skills and more to SFCM in October for a masterclass and visit with students.  "I think listening is an incredibly great way to learn," Ax …
one piece sfcm
Technology and Applied Composition Technology and Applied Composition

Netflix Hit Show 'One Piece' Features Music By SFCM Professor, Alumni

October 23, 2023
Netflix has another big hit with One Piece , and it has more than just one piece of SFCM talent at the musical helm. Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) instructor and composer Daria Novoliantceva helped orchestrate the music behind One Piece , …
A Steinway opened for repair at SFCM.
Piano piano

How SFCM's Piano Technicians Keep 120 Pianos at the Top of Their Game

October 19, 2023
Ever wonder what goes into making a music school's fleet of pianos sing?  Of the 120 pianos at SFCM, there are 100 at the school's Ann Getty Center and 20 at its Bowes Center . Approximately half the school's grand pianos are Steinways—the most recent …
Stephen Rubin in 2019.
stephen rubin

SFCM Remembers Friend and Publishing Icon Stephen Rubin

October 16, 2023
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music today mourns Stephen Rubin, an arts advocate for the ages, who died Friday at a hospital in Manhattan after “a brief and sudden illness,” according to his nephew, David Rotter. "Steve was brilliant, creative, …
Jory Fankuchen.
Violin String and Piano Chamber Music alumni success

Alum Named Principal Conductor of San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

October 13, 2023
SFCM alum Jory Fankuchen (2000, violin) has been named Principal Conductor of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra for its 2023-2024 season. "It's not only a group of world-class musicians, but they're really amazing supportive colleagues, and so many of …

Collaborations, Master Classes and Guest Lecturers

We frequently host guest artists for master classes, private instruction, guest lectures, and side-by-side performances. In addition, the HP program regularly collaborates with Bay Area-based ensembles American Bach Soloists and Philharmonia Baroque …
Roger Linn with a TAC student.
Technology and Applied Composition Technology and Applied Composition

Roger Linn, Man Behind Prince and Michael Jackson's Drum Sounds, Visits SFCM

October 4, 2023
If there were a Mt. Rushmore of electronic instrument inventors, Roger Linn would be on it. Like Robert Moog, Linn's name has become inseparable from the revolutionary sounds his drum machines, the LM-1 and LinnDrum, helped create. The LM-1, in …