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SFCM's Catherine Cook shares the stage with Monét X Change.

Voice opera

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

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 …

Collage of artists performing during SFCM's Spring 2025 season.

season announcement

SFCM Announces Spring 2025 Schedule of Live Performances

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 …

Opera and Musical Theatre Program winter term

Winter Term Undergrad Opera Wins National Opera Association Award

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 …

Guitar guitar

SFCM Guitar Faculty Meng Su Wins International Award

Guitar faculty Meng Su has been awarded a notably high honor! Su has been recognized as one of this year's Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow by Tatler Media . The annual Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow recognizes the most promising young leaders shaping Asia's future. …

Sitarist Holds Pre-College Workshop on Indian Music

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 …

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SFCM Grad Lands Job in ‘President’s Own’ Marine Band

The few and the proud are adding an SFCM grad to their number. 2021 graduate Belinda Rosen has won the position as English horn/oboe of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. Initially a pianist, Rosen picked up the clarinet in the 4th grade …

Opera and Musical Theatre Program opera and musical theatre

SFCM Gets Groovy with ‘Così fan tutte’

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 …

Technology and Applied Composition Technology and Applied Composition

SFCM Plays Part at San Francisco Dance Film Festival

One student composer at SFCM set the beat for the San Francisco Dance Film Festival this year. Technology and Applied Composition student (TAC) Caroline Feitosa created the sound logo in use at this year's SFDFF, saying of the experience, “I love going …

Paul Lewis and Parker Van Ostrand (foreground).

Trills, Beethoven, and The Secret of Chopin: Paul Lewis Gives Masterclass at SFCM

Pianist Paul Lewis, hailed as “one of the world’s foremost interpreters of the central European classical repertoire,” visited SFCM in November for a masterclass with students. Made up of less than 50 students, the SFCM Piano Department prides itself on …

Chanticleer rehearses with the SFCM Chorus.

SFCM Chorus chorus

GRAMMY Winners Chanticleer Celebrate First Official Artistic Collaboration with SFCM

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music welcomed some of The City's best voices to help celebrate its own in November: GRAMMY-winning longtime SF-based choir Chanticleer. Chanticleer was founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis …

emerging black composers project

Emerging Black Composers Project Soars with New Birdsong Partnership

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 …

pre-college

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

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 …

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Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Inspiring Coaching Session at SFCM

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 …

Conducting SFCM Orchestra conducting

SFCM Orchestra Guest Conductor Kalena Bovell Talks Conducting, Injury, and Identity

The podium in the Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall at 50 Oak Street will see a new face for the final SFCM Orchestra performance of 2024: Kalena Bovell. Bovell has had a meteoric rise in recent years, becoming the first Black woman to conduct an opera in …

Piano student success

SFCM Student Wins Series of Prestigious International Piano Competitions

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 …

News Story

Emanuel Ax Shares Expertise with SFCM Pre-College

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 …

Technology and Applied Composition News Story

SFCM Faculty, Alliance Partners Celebrate GRAMMY Nominations

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 …

Composition String and Piano Chamber Music chamber music

A Hoefer Prize-Winning Composition and Acclaimed Tenor Nicholas Phan Anchor Chamber Music Tuesday

November’s Chamber Music Tuesday at SFCM will bridge the gap between the old and new, featuring acclaimed tenor Nicholas Phan performing works by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, and Rebecca Clarke alongside the world premiere of alumnus Shahab Paranj’s …

Composition New Music Ensemble composition

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

Kat "009" Night performs at the TAC Department's Halloween Showcase.

A Stunning, Spooky Display for SFCM’s New Projection Technology

SFCM isn’t haunted, but one could be forgiven for thinking that after the Conservatory’s Halloween concert. The Technology and Applied Composition Department (TAC) took over SFCM’s Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall—its largest performing space—for a concert …