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SFCM graduate Aleksandra Vrebalov.
Composition alumni success

SFCM Grad Wins International Composition Award and $100,000

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 alumni

SFCM Alumni on Forging Their Own Paths in Music

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 voice

How SFCM Brings Its Operas to Life

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 faculty

'Charismatic and Bold' Baritone Lester Lynch Joins SFCM Faculty

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 …
Chanticleer with the SFCM Chorus.
SFCM Chorus chorus

SFCM Chorus Gets Special Guests: Grammy Winners Chanticleer

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 …
SFCM Grammy Nominations
Piano piano

SFCM Faculty, Alumni Recognized with GRAMMY nominations

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 …
Conrad Susa
Composition News Story

Art Song Award Showcase Concert Also Honors Late SFCM Professor

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

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

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

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 …
Ian Bostridge works with an SFCM voice student.
Voice voice

Renowned Tenor Ian Bostridge Visits SFCM for Masterclass

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 …