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Chanticleer with the SFCM Chorus.
SFCM Chorus chorus

SFCM Chorus Gets Special Guests: Grammy Winners Chanticleer

November 20, 2023
There were a few extra voices at an SFCM Chorus rehearsal in November—and they came with a pretty impressive pedigree. Long-running San Francisco male choir Chanticleer stopped in to attend and give a short performance to the Conservatory Chorus, a …
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 …
Quenton Xavier Blache.
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice / Opera Studies Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir press release

SFCM and San Francisco Symphony's Emerging Black Composers Project to Partner with Gautier Capuçon For New Commission

November 7, 2023
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 …
EBCP winners
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice / Opera Studies Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir emerging black composers project

Applications Open for 2024 Emerging Black Composers Project

November 1, 2023
Ian Bostridge works with an SFCM voice student.
Voice / Opera Studies voice

Renowned Tenor Ian Bostridge Visits SFCM for Masterclass

October 31, 2023
British tenor Ian Bostridge has one of the more unusual paths to professional singing success: He only began singing professionally at the age of 27, after having a distinguished career as a historical scholar focusing on a specific period of witchcraft …
Lara Downes with the SFCM Orchestra, conducted by Edwin Outwater.
SFCM Orchestra orchestra

SFCM's Orchestra and Pentatone Help Lara Downes Reimagine a 'Rhapsody'

October 30, 2023
How do you help a piece as iconic as George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue turn 100? That was the question facing Lara Downes—who has a long history with the work—as discussions around the piece's anniversary took shape.  "It all came together so quickly," …
SFCM Alexi Kenney
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice / Opera Studies Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir opus 3 artists

San Francisco Conservatory of Music and New Century Chamber Orchestra Announce Collaboration featuring Opus 3 Artist Alexi Kenney

October 26, 2023
Emanuel Ax at SFCM.
Piano masterclass

SFCM Hosts Emanuel Ax

October 25, 2023
Critically acclaimed for his “thoughtful, lyrical, lustrous” pianism by The Washington Post Emanuel Ax took those skills and more to SFCM in October for a masterclass and visit with students.  "I think listening is an incredibly great way to learn," Ax …
one piece sfcm
Technology and Applied Composition Technology and Applied Composition

Netflix Hit Show 'One Piece' Features Music By SFCM Professor, Alumni

October 23, 2023
Netflix has another big hit with One Piece , and it has more than just one piece of SFCM talent at the musical helm. Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) instructor and composer Daria Novoliantceva helped orchestrate the music behind One Piece , …
A Steinway opened for repair at SFCM.
Piano piano

How SFCM's Piano Technicians Keep 120 Pianos at the Top of Their Game

October 19, 2023
Ever wonder what goes into making a music school's fleet of pianos sing?  Of the 120 pianos at SFCM, there are 100 at the school's Ann Getty Center and 20 at its Bowes Center . Approximately half the school's grand pianos are Steinways—the most recent …