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Guitar, Lute, and Harp

Subject Headings Lute, Harp, and other plucked instruments may be used instead of Guitar in the headings below Concertos guitar Concertos guitar solo with piano Sonatas guitar Guitar and clarinet music (clarinet used as example - use desired instrument) …
picture of a harpsichord keyboard

Early Music

Subject Headings *Africa is used for purposes of illustration; Asia, Peru, Poland, Sweden, etc. may be used instead. See also specific subject terms, e.g.: Clarinet; Opera; Symphony; etc. and specific proper names, e.g.: Berio, Josquin, Monteverdi, …
conductor conducting new music ensemble with dramatic hall lighting

Contemporary Music

Subject Headings *Africa is used for purposes of illustration; Asia, Peru, Poland, Sweden, etc. may be used instead. See also specific subject terms, e.g.: Clarinet; Opera; Symphony; etc. and specific proper names, e.g.: Berio, Josquin, Monteverdi, …
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Composition and Technology

Subject Headings Computer sound processing Composers Computer music Computer composition Composition (Music) Counterpoint Chance composition Electronic music Harmony Instrumentation and orchestration Magnetic recorders and recording Music -- Acoustics and …
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Brass Resources

Subject Headings for music *Horn, Trombone, or Tuba may be used instead of "trumpet" in the headings (For chamber music with keyboard see the Keyboard Music Guide) Trumpet* music Sonatas Trumpet Trumpet and Trumpet music (Trumpets(2)) Brass trios; Wind …
Music Panel
Composition Technology and Applied Composition tac

A Flock Gathers for Panel on Technology in New Music

January 17, 2015
SFCM continues its coverage of the New Music Gathering with a report on events at the Center for New Music on January 17 in San Francisco. A standing-room only crowd of gatherers flocked to a panel on technology at the Center for New Music on Saturday …
Composition Technology and Applied Composition new music

New Music Gathering Resonates

January 20, 2015
New business strategies, new places to perform, new instruments, new relationships. All were dreamt up, discussed, tried out or formed during the three-day  New Music Gathering  held at SFCM in January. Many participants commented on the relaxed, …
pre-college

SFCM to Bring Popular NPR Show to San Francisco

January 19, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC TO BRING POPULAR NPR SHOW  FROM THE TOP WITH HOST CHRISTOPHER O'RILEY   TO SAN FRANCISCO ON FEBRUARY 14 Live Recording to Feature renowned musical pioneer and cellist Matt Haimovitz From the Top , the preeminent …
Voice / Opera Studies Opera and Musical Theatre SFCM Orchestra opera

SFCM Opera Presents L'elisir d'amore

March 11, 2015
Annual Spring Opera Production Directed by Jose Maria Condemi and Conducted by SFCM Orchestra Music Director Scott Sandmeier The San Francisco Conservatory of Music presents the beloved operatic comedy  L'elisir d'amore  in a new, fully-staged production …
SFCM's New Recording Studio Takes Flight
Technology and Applied Composition Technology and Applied Composition

SFCM's New Recording Studio Takes Flight

January 25, 2015
In January, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music unveiled its new professional grade recording suite, a keystone of its  Technology and Applied Composition (TAC)  program. Sporting a 32-channel console by Rupert Neve Designs and state-of-the-art …
Composition Technology and Applied Composition switchboard

Switchboard Wins CMA/ASCAP Award

January 26, 2015
The alumni-founded and run  Switchboard Music Festival  received a CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming at Chamber Music America’s national conference in New York. Of eight ensembles and presenters honored, Switchboard was the only one located …
String and Piano Chamber Music Composition alumni

SFCM's Grammy Prospects

January 28, 2015
A Far Cry , the Boston-based string orchestra that counts Megumi Stohs Lewis '04 among its 17 members, received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Classical Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for its CD  Dreams and Prayers . Stohs Lewis and fellow …
Mason Bates
Composition composition

Bates Invited to Dream Big at Kennedy Center

February 15, 2015
Faculty member Mason Bates has been named the Kennedy Center's first-ever composer-in-residence. In addition to writing music, Bates will curate a new music series and find ways to reach new audiences, according to an article in  The Washington Post . On …
Music History and Literature poetry

A Poet's Labor Bears Fruit

February 26, 2016
Blood Work , a prize-winning collection of poems by literature and creative writing faculty member Matthew Siegel, will be published this spring. In a recent  San Francisco Chronicle  profile, Siegel called the volume the natural outgrowth of a long and …
Jose Maria Condemi
Voice / Opera Studies Opera and Musical Theatre opera

Condemi Appointed Director of Opera

February 26, 2015
SFCM has appointed Jose Maria Condemi as its new Director of Opera beginning in July 1. An innovative stage director, Condemi is known for bringing theatrical and visual flair to productions at San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand …