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SFCM Announces 2024 Summer Music Programs in Six Areas of Study

December 5, 2023
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music invites applications from aspiring young artists to live, learn, and create music in the heart of San Francisco’s cultural district.  This year's unique summer programs include Voice, Technology and Applied …
SFCM graduate Aleksandra Vrebalov.
Composition alumni success

SFCM Grad Wins International Composition Award and $100,000

December 4, 2023
An SFCM graduate has won a major composition award.  Aleksandra Vrebalov has won the 2024 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition for Missa Supratext, a nontraditional choral work for string quartet and girls’ chorus. The work’s …

Arts Leadership Summer Institute

  A weeklong, seminar-style immersive experience for Arts Leaders of today and tomorrow, hosted at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and guided by thought leaders and taste makers across a wide range of disciplines within our field. When: Tuesday, …
From left: Carolyn Bacon, Anna Nordmoe, and Evan Kahn.
Violin Composition Voice / Opera Studies alumni

SFCM Alumni on Forging Their Own Paths in Music

December 1, 2023
For these alumni, their time at SFCM took them in three unique different directions: the SF Opera Orchestra, the world of New York cabaret, and quite literally up in the air.  Cellist Evan Kahn ('18), won the Principal Cello position with San Francisco …
SFCM's fall 2023 production of 'Gianni Schicchi.'
Voice / Opera Studies voice

How SFCM Brings Its Operas to Life

November 29, 2023
For SFCM's Musical and Managing Director of Opera, Curt Pajer , the fall 2023 opera performance meant keeping students on their toes. "The tempo in these pieces changes in almost every bar," he says, "so the singers can't ever really go on autopilot—not …
Lester Lynch
Voice / Opera Studies faculty

'Charismatic and Bold' Baritone Lester Lynch Joins SFCM Faculty

November 27, 2023
Recognized globally for his "rich, powerful voice that commands the stage," baritone Lester Lynch has established a place in the classical music world as one of the most in-demand artists of the 21st century. He'll bring those unique skills to SFCM in …
Students perform at SFCM's Maui benefit concert.
Strings String and Piano Chamber Music

Students Join Forces for Benefit Concert to Support Maui Wildfire Recovery

November 17, 2023
“Hawai'i loves San Francisco and San Francisco loves Hawai'i," Christopher Yick, the founder of the Hawaiian Chamber Music Festival, said earlier this year , and nowhere was that love more evident than in early November, when students organized a benefit …
Augustin Hadelich's violin masterclass.
Strings Violin masterclass

Students Reflect on GRAMMY Winner Augustin Hadelich's Violin Masterclass

November 16, 2023
When your campus is across the street from the city's symphony, it might start to seem normal for a world-renowned musician to drop in for a masterclass, but students were still enthralled by violinist Augustin Hadelich's November visit to SFCM.  …

Our Impact | 2022-23 Report

Thank you from SFCM President David H. Stull     … SFCM Students 219 Undergraduate 175 Graduate 292 Pre-College 188 Continuing Education Collegiate Students Who studies at SFCM? In 2022-23, SFCM had an enrollment of 443 Collegiate students, 185 of whom …
SFCM Grammy Nominations
Piano piano

SFCM Faculty, Alumni Recognized with GRAMMY nominations

November 14, 2023
SFCM will be keeping fingers crossed for faculty and alumni at the 2024 GRAMMY Awards, where nominations include musical works by new piano faculty member Awadagin Pratt, as well as SFCM alumni Teddy Abrams and Joseph Christianson. Pratt, who joined …
Inon Barnatan.
Piano masterclass

Inon Barnatan Inspires SFCM Students with Masterclass and Performance

November 13, 2023
Known as “one of the most admired pianists of his generation” by The New York Times, Inon Barnatan visited SFCM in October as an artist-in-residence and performed with students for SFCM's annual Chamber Music Tuesday concert series.  "At SFCM I was able …
Julie Adams.
Voice / Opera Studies voice

Alum Julie Adams Talks with SFCM Students Amid Starring SF Opera Run

November 10, 2023
"I consider San Francisco my second home," Julie Adams says. After having lived here for 12 years and recently relocating to Michigan, she had a triumphant homecoming this year, starring as Elsa in Lohengrin at SF Opera.  "I've been an emotional …
Conrad Susa
Composition News Story

Art Song Award Showcase Concert Also Honors Late SFCM Professor

November 8, 2023
Expect a concert like no other, with an award winner, all four composition faculty members, and a tribute to a musician and professor at SFCM. The Kristin Pankonin American Art Song Award Showcase at SFCM on November 13 will feature the 2023 winner of the …
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 …