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Florante Aguilar ’96 Receives $50,000 Grant for New Work

February 23, 2017
This February, it was announced that Florante Aguilar ’96, along with the presenting organization KulArts, was chosen as a grant recipient by the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation to compose his new work, Utom . The Gerbode foundation annually …
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History

We go way back. Early Years In the fall of 1917, pianists Ada Clement and Lillian Hodghead opened the doors to the Ada Clement Piano School at 3435 Sacramento Street, in the remodeled home of Lillian’s parents. A school newsletter from 1924 described that …
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Mission & Vision

SFCM draws on the bold creativity of San Francisco to offer unparalleled training for the 21 st century musician. We support students in developing the skills and vision to chart successful careers and advance the human experience through music. We …
Yoshi Nagai and Jean-Michel Fonteneau
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SFCM Builds Bridges in Asia

December 7, 2017
SFCM has been building bridges on an international scale for decades. In 1981, the Conservatory welcomed five students from China in a cultural exchange that began a relationship with Asia that continues this day. Students from Asia comprise nearly 30% of …
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SFCM Students Team Up with Kronos Quartet and SFUSD

December 6, 2017
“Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.” Plato wrote this more than two thousand years ago, and today, his words still ring true. In early November, SFCM …
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Voice / Opera Studies

SFCM Graduates Named to Adler Fellowship Program

December 6, 2017
SFCM’s own Natalie Image ’17 (soprano) and Christian Pursell ’15 (bass-baritone) were recently named 2018 Adler Fellows at the San Francisco Opera. The two SFCM alumni will join a class of eleven in the multi-year residency which offers advanced young …
Marko Topchii ’18 and Ji Hyung Park ’19
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Judicaël Perroy’s Studio Dominates Guitar Competition

April 5, 2018
Considering the San Francisco Conservatory of Music was the first American conservatory to offer a degree in classical guitar in 1963, the instrument has found a welcome home at the institution for half a century, turning out some of the best guitarists …
Madeline Jarzembak ’18, Timothy Daniels ’18, and Vivian Ling ’20
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SFCM Students Sit in with Professional Ensembles

April 3, 2018
There really is nothing like performing. Whether it’s alone or in an ensemble, each concert is the culmination of uncountable hours of training. For a handful of SFCM students—oboists, violinists, harpists—their training took on a new dimension when they …
Brandon Bell ’18, Kaitlin Bertschi ’18, Rita Moreno, Esther Tonea ’18, Jimmy Kansau ’04. Courtesy California Symphony
Voice / Opera Studies chorus

SFCM Students Join Forces with the California Symphony

April 3, 2018
“If a work doesn’t mean something to the performers, what’s the point of performing it?” For soprano Esther Tonea ’18, music is about sharing something deeply personal. In her recent appearance as a soloist with the California Symphony and SFCM Chorus on …
Emil Miland and David Conte in Paris
Composition alumni

In Conversation: David Conte on his New Works

March 30, 2018
SFCM Composition Chair David Conte seems to always have his next step in mind. Whether it’s an international teaching engagement or a performance close to home, he can be seen collaborating with some of the most accomplished musicians performing today. He …
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SFCM Celebrates Extraordinary Women at Centennial Gala

March 23, 2018
It was the kind of event that only happens once in a century. SFCM’s Centennial Gala, which took place Monday, March 19, turned out to be the largest the institution has ever put on, bringing together supporters from the SFCM community to celebrate the …
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Keyboard Piano alumni

SFCM Honors Jeffrey Kahane ’77 at Fanfare Luncheon

March 16, 2018
There was an air of camaraderie and respect on the stage of the Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall at SFCM’s annual Fanfare Luncheon on Friday, March 9. Fanfare, one of the Conservatory’s most anticipated events of the year, brings together alumni and friends …
Matthew Linaman ’13

Matthew Linaman ’13

March 15, 2018
Matthew Linaman grew up focused on one thing. He practiced it every day for hours, entered competitions, and trained for years. That thing was gymnastics. “I had no idea I liked music,” he says. He also didn’t know that years later he would graduate from …
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SFCM Goes National on Public Radio

February 1, 2018
Live from Here , hosted by the charming and talented mandolinist Chris Thile (a member of Punch Brothers, a featured musical group at SFCM’s Centennial Gala on March 19), is one of public radio’s most popular programs. Formerly known as A Prairie Home …
Hansel and Gretel
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The Sky's the Limit for SFCM's Winter Term

February 1, 2018
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SFCM Faculty on Why Music Education is Essential for Everyone

January 31, 2018
Music is an integral part of students’ education, or it should be. Just ask any of the dozen or so SFCM faculty attending the California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC), February 15–17 in San Jose. The group of faculty, mostly San Francisco …
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Composition Students Awarded Prizes

January 29, 2018
SFCM’s composition department regularly sees prizes awarded to students and newly commissioned works performed around the world. From Ilya Demutsky’s (Class of ’09) collaboration with the San Francisco Ballet to Matt Boehler’s (Class of ’17) NATS Art Song …