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SFCM Students Play for Vets

In the midst of a semester filled with violin practice, study and competitions, Angela SooYeon Yoon '16 is devoting untold hours to another cause that’s close to her heart. The first-year master’s student is producing a full-scale concert featuring a …
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SFCM Awards Top Honors in Composition

Composers who write for orchestras or chamber groups face a uniquely daunting task: they must create music having hardly any access to their chosen instrument. Two major composition awards help Conservatory students and alumni surmount this challenge. …
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SFCM to Honor Terry Riley at Commencement

October 31, 2016
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music will grant Terry Riley, one of America’s most influential living composers, the honorary degree of Doctor of Music at commencement ceremonies on May 22. With his landmark minimalist work  In C , Riley pioneered a …
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Voice Opera and Musical Theatre Program alumni

Adams Wins Tucker Grant

Soprano Julie Adams ’13 won a career supporting grant at an invitation-only competition sponsored by the  Richard Tucker Music Foundation . The $5,000 Sara Tucker Study Grants are awarded to recent graduates who show promise of pursuing significant …
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Kate Sheeran Appointed Provost and Dean

The Conservatory has announced the appointment of Kate Sheeran as Provost and Dean. Currently Assistant Dean at Mannes School of Music of The New School, Sheeran takes up her new position on July 1, succeeding Robert Fitzpatrick who retires from the …
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Smithsonian Conference Ponders Future of Historical Performance

The study of historically informed performance is flourishing at SFCM and other American colleges and conservatories even as the field broadens its focus well beyond baroque music. The Smithsonian Chamber Music Society recently hosted a three-day …
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Terry Riley Inspires Class of 2015 at Commencement

Terry Riley, the forefather of minimalism in music, offered the class of 2015 a command performance as well as words of inspiration at San Francisco Conservatory of Music commencement ceremonies on May 22. The Conservatory awarded Riley the honorary …
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Voice Opera and Musical Theatre Program alumni

Plaudits and Prizes for SFCM Vocalists

Tenor Daniel Bates ’13 (pictured) performs the role of Charlie in the world premiere of  Cold Mountain  at the Santa Fe Opera this August. A second-year member of the company’s apprentice singer program, Bates joins a cast headed by baritone Nathan Gunn …
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Year in Review - SFCM Hosts New Music Gathering

SFCM was the inspired – and inspiring – choice of a group of New York musicians looking for a place to launch a national conference devoted to so-called “new music.” For three days in January, the Conservatory hosted the first annual New Music Gathering, …
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Year in Review - SFCM Hosts Rubin Institute for Music Criticism

Nationally-known music journalists, college students from around the country and devotees of classical music descended on SFCM for a week in November to discuss and practice the art of music criticism.  The Stephen and Cynthia Rubin Institute for Music …
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Year in Review - Spring Gala Celebrates Alumni

The Conservatory’s annual gala on March 23 was a homecoming of sorts as SFCM honored a trio of alumni whose careers have received international acclaim. Metropolitan Opera soprano Elza van den Heever '04 joined lauded collaborative pianist Warren Jones …
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Year in Review - Pre-College On the Air

The popular public radio program  From the Top  devoted an entire national broadcast in early March to SFCM’s Pre-College Division. Taping before a live audience in the Conservatory’s Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall on February 14, host Christopher O’Riley …
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Year in Review - A Lofty New Home for SFCM Students

One of the high-rises sprouting in San Francisco’s white-hot mid-Market district will provide a welcome new home for SFCM students. Last fall, the Conservatory announced plans to lease the top five floors of  The Panoramic Residencies , a building with …
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Year in Review - SFCM Launches Program in Game and Film Scoring

Composers entering SFCM this fall will learn how to employ the latest digital tools to practice their age-old art. SFCMs  Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) program , first outlined in March 2014 as part of President Stull’s strategic vision and …
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International Awards for Wuu

Pre-College pianist Elliot Wuu won Second Prize at the International e-Piano Junior Competition in Minneapolis on June 16 after performing part of Saint-Saëns second piano concerto with the Minnesota Orchestra. Wuu also won the Special Schubert Prize for …
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Students Move On Up into New Residences

With brand new rooms sporting full kitchens, flat screen TVs and full city views, the Panoramic is a far cry from your average dorm. A day after moving in, returning pianist Michael Delfin ’16 still seemed slightly incredulous. “It’s an apartment. I …
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National Brass Ensemble’s "Gabrieli" CD and Chicago Concert

October 9 marks the release of  Gabrieli , the debut CD of the National Brass Ensemble, as well as the launch of the Conservatory's new record label 50 Oak Music. An all-star ensemble of players from ten major orchestras, including four SFCM faculty …
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Gloria S. Kim Appointed Vice President of Artistic Operations

On September 1, Gloria S. Kim joins the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as its new Vice President of Artistic Operations. Working in close collaboration with the school’s Advancement team, Kim will oversee the production of events at SFCM, implement …