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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.
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 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 Program 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

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 …
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 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 Program 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

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), in partnership with the San Francisco Symphony , announced today that applications are now open for the fourth annual Emerging Black Composers Project (EBCP), its Michael Morgan Prize and the Cabrillo …
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 …
Lara Downes with the SFCM Orchestra, conducted by Edwin Outwater.
SFCM Orchestra orchestra

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

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 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 Program 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

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) and New Century Chamber Orchestra (New Century) are announcing a new partnership bringing together students and professional musicians led by violinist Alexi Kenney, culminating in two performances January 19 …
Emanuel Ax at SFCM.
Piano masterclass

SFCM Hosts Emanuel Ax

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

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 , …