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Master of Music Curriculum
Life isn't an audition. Any music school can make you a better player. Our interconnected courses are built to transform you intellectually, artistically, professionally, and individually. You'll understand the roots of your music, freeing you to take it …
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Harpsichord Auditions
Dates Fall 2024 Audition Dates Are Coming Soon. Requirements There is no prescreening requirement for harpsichord applicants. Undergraduate One J.S. Bach French suite or other dance suite of Bach or two preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier …
Bachelor of Music Curriculum
Life isn't an audition. Any music school can make you a better player. Our interconnected courses are built to transform you intellectually, artistically, professionally, and individually. You'll understand the roots of your music, freeing you to take it …
Bachelor of Music in Piano Curriculum
Life isn't an audition. Any music school can make you a better player. Our interconnected courses are built to transform you intellectually, artistically, professionally, and individually. You'll understand the roots of your music, freeing you to take it …
Master of Music Curriculum
Life isn't an audition. Any music school can make you a better player. Our interconnected courses are built to transform you intellectually, artistically, professionally, and individually. You'll understand the roots of your music, freeing you to take it …
Professional Studies Certificate Curriculum
Life isn’t an audition. Any music school can make you a better player. Our interconnected courses are built to transform you intellectually, artistically, professionally, and individually. You’ll understand the roots of your music, freeing you to take it …
Alumni Events
A lifelong connection Your relationship with SFCM doesn’t have to end at commencement. We have one of the most connected alumni communities in the music world, and we couldn’t keep this family together if we didn’t stay in touch and put on some great …
Curriculum: Harpsichord Graduate Students
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Yaada Weber
Interview Date: June 16, 2016 Conservatory Affiliation: Former Flute Faculty Interviewer: Carmen Lemoine Read Interview Topics Early years Bombing of Pearl Harbor Studies with Darius Milhaud Studies with Doriot Dwyer Performing in Oakland Studies with …
Willene Gunn
Interview Date: April 7, 2016 Affiliation: Former Conservatory Opera Director Interviewer: Tessa Updike Willene Gunn served as a member of the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for 30 years, as Director of the Conservatory Opera Program. …
Warren Jones
Interview Date: June 8 and 9, 2014 Affiliation: Alum, M.M. piano '77 Interviewer: Tessa Updike, Archivist Warren Jones, who was named as "Collaborative Pianist of the Year" for 2010 by the publication Musical America, performs with many of today's …
Susan Bates
Interview Date: September 3, 2015 Conservatory Affiliation: Pre-college faculty Interviewer: Tessa Updike, Archivist Susan Bates, violist and champion of chamber music education holds the 1992 award for "Excellence in Chamber Music Training" from Chamber …
Robin Sutherland
Interview Date: January 29 and February 29, 2016 Conservatory Affiliation: Piano Alum ‘75 Interviewer: Tessa Updike, Archivist The American pianist, Robin Sutherland, studied with Rosina Lhevinne at the Juilliard School and with Paul Hersh at the San …
Robert Symmonds
Interview Date: April 29, 2013 Conservatory Affiliation: First Classical Guitar Student Interviewer: Tessa Updike, Archivist Robert Symmonds was born in 1921 in Seattle, Washington. His father was a stockbroker and a businessman, his mother an amateur …
Robert Commanday
Interview Date: November 1 and 5, 2014 and February 5, 2015 Affiliation: Bay Area music critic Interviewer: Corey Jamason Robert Commanday was the San Francisco Chronicle's music and dance critic for almost 30 years before becoming founding editor of San …
Ramon Sender
Interview Date: April 14, 16 and 21, 2014 Conservatory Affiliation: Alum, B.M. Composition, '62 Interviewer: Tessa Updike and MaryClare Brzytwa Ramon Sender was born in Madrid, Spain in October of 1934 to Ramon and Amparo Sender. Among his music teachers …
Peter Magadini
Interview Date: March 14, 2016 Affiliation: Percussion alum and former faculty member Interviewer: Tessa Updike, Archivist As a percussionist/drummer and acclaimed educator and author, Peter Magadini has played with some well-known artists including: …
Paul Resnick
Interview Date: April 16, 2015 Affiliation: Former Director of Development and Administration Interviewer: Tessa Updike, Archivist Paul is a Portfolio Manager for Osborne Partners Capital Management, and has over 35 years of experience in the investment …
Patricia Berkowitz
Interview Date: July 23, 2015 Affiliation: Former Director of Administration and Development and former Trustee Interviewer: Tessa Updike, Archivist Patricia Berkowitz was born in San Francisco in 1940. At age four, Pat began piano lessons with Nettimae …