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A Course in Musicians’ Health

A new course offered at SFCM teaches students how to avoid and recognize performance-related injuries. “Health and Wellness for Musicians” provides students with critical health information imperative to their performing careers and to their success as …
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Student Composer Receives Prominent Premiere

Composer Ben Shirley '19 followed a path to SFCM that led him first through a difficult time on the streets of Los Angeles. Shirley receives a special honor on October 1 when The Midnight Mission, a prominent Los Angeles organization serving the homeless, …
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Recording Like the Masters

Aspiring recording engineers including SFCM students and alumni recently got tips from two industry experts on how to make a great classical recording - even on a budget. San Francisco mastering engineer Piper Payne led a master class in recording …
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With the National Brass Ensemble in Chicago - A Student's View

By trombonist Harry Gonzalez '17, a student of former San Francisco Symphony principal trombone Mark Lawrence. Gonzalez is the first student-at-large assigned to cover a national event related to SFCM. In 1968,  The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli , a record …
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India on a Guitar String

”India is by far the most exciting and interesting place I've ever taught or lived,” reports guitarist Matt Bacon ’14, who left San Francisco in June to take a job teaching in Chennai. After only three months in India, he was invited to perform as a …
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SFCM to Host Klein Competition

The  Irving M. Klein International String Competition  will come to the Conservatory's Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall beginning in June, 2016, thanks to a new collaboration between SFCM and the California Music Center. The competition, open to musicians …
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Guitarist Marcin Dylla Inaugurates Artist-in-Residence Program

Acclaimed classical guitarist  Marcin Dylla  will teach at SFCM during the fall semester of 2016. His guest appointment kicks off a new faculty artist-in-residence program that offers guitar students the extraordinary opportunity to learn from a different …
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Conservatory in the Schools

“It's a very rewarding and worthwhile experience working with younger people who respond to your efforts and enthusiasm in a positive way.” —Melanie Jones, CIS mentor Teach the next generation. The Conservatory in the Schools (CIS) program provides SFCM …
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Internships

    Internship Opportunities for Academic Credit The Professional Development and Engagement Center (PDEC) has partnered with many Bay Area arts organizations to offer semester-long internships to current SFCM students for academic credit. These …
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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 …

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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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: …