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Sahba Aminikia. (Credit: Ryan Lash)
Composition SFCM Alumni

SFCM Grad Named TED Fellow in Recognition for Work with Refugees

Sahba Aminikia ’s voice just got a little louder. The 2013 alumnus was named a TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Fellow in the influential organization’s 2024 class for his work with the Flying Carpet Festival, which also led him to give one of the …
Emerging Black Composers Project 2025
News Story

Applications Open for 2025 Emerging Black Composers Project

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), in partnership with the  San Francisco Symphony , announced today that applications are now open for the fifth annual  Emerging Black Composers Project (EBCP) Michael Morgan Prize,   and the Cabrillo …
SFCM graduate Hope Nelson.
Voice News Story

From Cap and Gown to Curtain Call: Recent Opera Grad Scores Big

As the final notes of her student years faded, Hope Nelson has already stepped into a new role, this one on a European opera stage.   The 2024 graduate is now at  Theater Basel in Switzerland as one of its OperAvenir studio artists. "My first assignment …
Bassist/composer Jordyn Davis.
Roots, Jazz, and American Music roots jazz and american music

SFCM Emerging Black Composers Project Grows to Include Jazz Prize

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) announced today Jordyn Davis , 29, as the winner of the first jazz-specific prize of the Emerging Black Composers Project (EBCP). As the winner of the Emerging Black Composers Project's Jazz Prize, Davis will …
SFCM students
Technology and Applied Composition Technology and Applied Composition

SFCM Joins SFFILM in Innovative Student Film Score Program

Picture a world where a students' musical dreams reach the magic of the silver screen faster than ever before. That’s becoming a reality as the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) and  SFFILM  join forces for a groundbreaking collaboration. For …
Harpist Katherine Siochi.
Harp faculty

A New Tune: Acclaimed Harpist Katherine Siochi Joins SFCM

Harpist Katherine Siochi, whose playing has been described as “elegantly rendered” and “otherworldly” by the  San Francisco Chronicle , will be adding her internationally-awarded artistry to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) in 2025 when she …
SFCM Orchestra practicing
alumni success

World Premiere of Alum Stars SFCM Orchestra

It’s an ancient word with a modern message.  “It’s a Spanish word, but Arabic in its origins,  Acequia  literally refers to an irrigation canal, and the system we use to manage it,” Nicolás Lell Benavides  said of his new music, recorded earlier this …

Collegiate Leadership

  Ryan Brown,  Dean Dean Ryan Brown is an accomplished higher education administrator, award-winning composer, and SFCM alumnus. He has been instrumental in establishing professional development opportunities at SFCM, including founding the Professional …
The Conservatory Chorus
performances

Field Trip! Conservatory Chorus Performs with California Symphony

For 18-year-old Mukil Narayanan, stepping onto the stage for the first time with a renowned orchestra and chorus wasn't just a debut, but a dream come true.  "I have always wanted to be part of a group that would perform alongside a major orchestra," …
Edwin Outwater rehearses the SFCM Orchestra.
Conducting Roots, Jazz, and American Music Voice SFCM Orchestra SFCM orchestra

SFCM's Opening Orchestra Concert Unites Departments—and Grads

You couldn't have asked for a bigger bang to ring in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's fall season than an Orchestra concert bringing together several of the school's departments and a returning graduate. The evening opened with two pieces by …
Musicans from the Central Conservatory of Music.
performances

The Universal Language: Ensemble from China Performs at SFCM

Music knows no borders. That was the message when SFCM hosted The Charm of Chinese Strings for a September 25 performance in the Barbro Osher Recital Hall of the Bowes Center. The performance, which had a full audience of concert goers, featured four …
Warren Deck at his SFCM masterclass.
brass

Warren Deck Talks Tubas, Teaching, and Focal Dystonia

It's a measure of Warren Deck's low-key nature that there are more pictures of his students than there are of him on the internet. But his journey through music—which included over two decades as principal tubist with the New York Philharmonic—is truly …