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pre-college

SFCM Pre-College Program on Writing the Prelude to Success

February 12, 2024
Daniel Wood, SFCM's Chair of Musicianship and Composition for the Pre-College division , is a case study in saying "yes." After having subbed at the Conservatory, he took over teaching a musicianship class, and in short order expanded that to composition …
SFCM Grammy Nominations
Conducting Piano conducting

SFCM Faculty and Alum Take Home Gold at 'Music's Biggest Night'

February 5, 2024
Congratulations are in order for SFCM faculty member Awadagin Pratt and alum Teddy Abrams, both of whom took home GRAMMY Awards Sunday as part of "music's biggest night." Pratt, who teaches piano, picked up a statue for Best Contemporary Classical …
Lara Downes.
SFCM Orchestra orchestra

SFCM Orchestra Featured on Reimagined 'Rhapsody in Blue' Release

February 1, 2024
The music may be blue, but the orchestra was feeling anything but after recording a reimagined  Rhapsody in Blue  for the piece's 100th anniversary.  In addition to performing the reimagined rhapsody in concert in October (which was a sold-out success), …
The cast of 'Dido & Aenas.'
Voice / Opera Studies Opera and Musical Theatre opera

Undergrads Take the Stage for SFCM's Winter Term Operas

January 29, 2024
With the return of its undergraduate opera class to the school's Winter Term, SFCM is "at the forefront putting undergrads front and center," voice faculty  Rhoslyn Jones explains. While younger students "have a lot of opportunities here, to have a named …
From left: Cory Todd, Jason O'Connell and Emma Markowitz
Technology and Applied Composition recording services

Meet the Team that Records (Almost) Everything Played at SFCM

January 22, 2024
A week of recording at SFCM might see everything from a guest ensemble of traditional Chinese musicians to an array of synthesizers to a full-sized symphony orchestra, but the Conservatory's Recording Services department is more than up to the task. …
SFCM students perform at Castro Theatre.
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SFCM Students Headline at one of Last Historic Castro Theatre Performances

January 19, 2024
The screen may have been silent, but the applause was thunderous for members of the SFCM Orchestra after they performed the original score for the 1932 silent movie Vampyr to a sold-out audience of 1,400 as part of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.  …
From left: Alexander Stalarow, Jeff Anderle, and Matthew Worth.
Woodwinds Voice / Opera Studies Music History and Literature winter term

SFCM's 2024 Winter Term: DND, Wine Tasting, and Social Advocacy

January 17, 2024
One of SFCM's defining projects, Winter Term lets SFCM students step outside of their traditional track at the Conservatory to explore unique projects going far beyond the scope of a "normal" curriculum. This year's crop of classes offers more than 47 …
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Roots, Jazz, and American Music

Notes of Change: A Playlist Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy

January 15, 2024
  Part of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s incredible legacy is the inspiration he provided to the decades of musicians who lived and worked during and after King's lifetime. Honoring that in 2024, SFCM's Executive Director of Roots, Jazz, and American Music, …

Live Audition Day Information

      Welcome, applicants and guests! We are excited to welcome you to SFCM for audition days! Below, you will find important information about navigating our campus, including details on audition day logistics, campus tours, information sessions , and …
Outcast 2 game
Composition Technology and Applied Composition Technology and Applied Composition

2024's Hotly Anticipated Sequel to Video Game 'Outcast' Scored by SFCM Professor, Alumni

January 8, 2024
Twenty-five years later, one of the first 3D open-world video games ever made is getting a sequel, and it has major SFCM musical talent behind it.    SFCM Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) professor Lennie Moore is the lead composer behind Outcast: …
SFCM Strings Chair Simon James.
Strings Violin alumni success

Simon James' Studio Celebrates Symphony Wins Across North America

January 2, 2024
Simon James ' studio reunions may need their own airline soon. Four recent grads who studied with the SFCM Strings Chair celebrated the end of 2023 with new jobs in symphonies across the country. Sydney Hartwick, who graduated with a Professional Studies …
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Viola Cello Voice / Opera Studies Technology and Applied Composition Piano News Story

SFCM Looks Back at 2023: From Yuja Wang to Prog Rock and a Landmark Recording

December 21, 2023
2023 was another exciting year for SFCM, its students, and faculty, bringing a host of exciting events, competition wins, and collaborations to the Conservatory. From visiting artists, new lauded faculty members and a first-time recording project with …