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Jaco Wong with two youth orchestras he conducts.
Conducting

A Conducting Grad’s Journey Balancing Performance and Education

Jaco Wong can be seen on multiple podiums across the Bay Area, but his newest one builds on his career of working with the next generation of the region’s musicians. Earlier this year, Wong—a '22 Conducting grad who studied with SFCM Music Director Edwin …
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Professional Development professional development

Like, Comment, and Subscribe? Social Media for the Modern Musican

For modern musicians, the spotlight doesn’t just shine on the stage, it glows from every screen they appear on.   But how can musicians tune their social media to aid their career—and should they? It’s a question best left answered by the musicians …
Michael Tilson Thomas on CBS News.
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CBS News 'Sunday Morning' Features Michael Tilson Thomas

Michael Tilson Thomas has graced the stages of concert halls with his unique style for decades, dazzling audiences and inspiring young musicians.  Now, at 80, he has stepped away from the spotlight. But recently he sat down with CBS News' Lesley Stahl to …
From left: Jeeihn Kim, Wonhee Bae, Shintaro Taneda, and Nancy Zhou.
Violin String and Piano Chamber Music student success

Violin Department Celebrates Competition and Job Wins

Two violin students from Wonhee Bae’s studio have a lot to celebrate this summer. Shintaro Taneda, who completed his undergraduate degree in 2023 at SFCM and his master’s this year, will be joining the Oregon Symphony this fall as a section violinist, …
Lyric Rivera
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Recent Graduate to Join New World Symphony

It’s a whole new world for one recent SFCM graduate. 2025 flute graduate Lyric Rivera will be joining the New World Symphony as a fellow this fall. “It feels incredibly rewarding and humbling to join the New World Symphony,” Rivera said. “It’s a big step …
SFCM RJAM students and faculty
Roots, Jazz, and American Music performances

SFCM Students Make the Changes at San Francisco Jazz Festival

Class may not be in session, but SFCM students are still center stage. Root’s Jazz and American Music  (RJAM) students performed on stage as part of the San Francisco Jazz Festival.  “If you told me last year when I was still a senior at Burton, an SFUSD …
Summer Practice Tips
faculty

Sound Advice! Practice Tips from SFCM All-Star Faculty

School’s out and summer’s in, but should your practice game take a rest? Or stay tuned? Don’t fret: We asked SFCM’s seasoned faculty to drop their best summer practice tips—and they delivered. From trying fun new things, to polishing fundamentals, to just …
A scene from Mozart’s "Idomeneo".
Voice Music History and Literature News Story

Mozart Decoded: SFCM Faculty Help SF Opera Explain 'Idomeneo'

A father’s love, the fury of the gods, and the fight against fate.    The themes of Mozart’s opera  Idomeneo run deep, all revolving around the aftermath of King Idomeneo promising the god Neptune that he will sacrifice the first person he sees if he and …
Nicole Paiement conducts the Opera Parallèle orchestra. (Credit: Cory Weaver)
Voice new music ensemble

Opera Parallèle Shows SF a New Side of Harvey Milk, with SFCM’s Help

It’s hard to imagine taking on a San Francisco icon like Harvey Milk, and maybe harder still to imagine it being done via opera. But that’s just what San Francisco’s Opera Parallèle did this spring—with help from SFCM.  Milk remains one of the most iconic …
Jake Heggie
Composition faculty

Composer Jake Heggie Joins San Francisco Conservatory of Music Faculty

Called the “world's most popular 21st-century opera and art song composer,” by the  Wall Street Journal ,  Jake Heggie will join SFCM’s composition faculty in Fall, 2025. Heggie is well known for creating ten operas during his long career including  Moby …

Student Billing

  Billing & Payment Portal  All students and authorized payers can view detailed statements, submit payments, and set up payment plans through the SFCM billing and payment portal,   Nelnet . New students will gain access to Nelnet after their credentials …
SFCM's yearlong spatial audio project participants and review panelists.
Technology and Applied Composition Technology and Applied Composition

Space Odyssey: TAC Students’ Year-Long Education in Spatial Audio

SFCM’s flagship Studio G may be two stories underground, but the Conservatory’s students are exploring space there. The Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) Department makes extensive use of the live room Studio G and its mixing room, Studio H to keep …
Samuel Liang (Credit: Junhao Ma)
Guitar guitar

SFCM Alum Returns to Play a Guitar Concerto Premiered in SF in 1954

It’s not often a composer writes a consolation concerto for a virtuoso, but that’s the case with Joaquín Rodrigo’s Fantasia para un gentilhombre . The work was performed at SFCM in May by 2024 Guitar graduate and concerto competition winner Samuel Liang …