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Violist Dimitri Murrath Joins Faculty of SFCM
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Violist Dimitri Murrath Joins Faculty of SFCM

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) today announces the appointment of violist Dimitri Murrath as a full-time faculty member beginning in Fall 2017. Regarded as one of the most accomplished violists of his generation, Murrath received an Avery …
Strange Fruit
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SFCM Honors Black History Month

Last month, current SFCM students were joined by faculty and alumni to present Strange Fruit , an evening of music, poetry, and original works celebrating the Black experience. In its second year, the mission of this performance on February 18 was to …
Ilya Demutsky '09
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Ilya Demutsky ’09 Reflects on San Francisco Ballet Premiere

This season, Ilya Demutsky ’09 saw the premiere of a new work he composed for San Francisco Ballet, Optimistic Tragedy , a collaboration with choreographer Yuri Possokhov. Demutsky expounded on the inception of the work in this interview below. How did …
Concerto Winners 2018
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Five Concerto Competition Winners Selected

Every year, SFCM hosts a large-scale concerto competition—an event that offers students the chance to display their technique, lyricism, and comprehensive musical understanding in front of a panel of judges. The winner of each instrumental and vocal …
Kay Stern
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Violinist Kay Stern Joins Faculty of SFCM

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) today announces the appointment of violinist Kay Stern to its faculty. Stern is currently the concertmaster of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, a position she has held since 1994. She will begin her own …
Carnegie Hall
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SFCM Students Attend Carnegie Hall Workshop with Jonathan Biss

There is perhaps no other concert venue in America as storied as Carnegie Hall. For over 125 years, it has shaped the careers of countless musicians as one of the world’s premier presenting institutions. In addition to its regular concert season, Carnegie …
DNA Lounge
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Baroque Ensemble Hits the Club

You wouldn’t be surprised to see a hip hop artist, rock band, jazz trio, or DJ performing at a nightclub on any given night, but you might be taken aback to hear live baroque music at the same venue. This is exactly what took place on February 24 at DNA …
Guitarist Judicaël Perroy
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Guitarist Judicaël Perroy Joins Faculty at SFCM

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) today announces the appointment of guitarist Judicaël Perroy to its faculty. Perroy comes to SFCM from France, where he has taught at the National Academy of Aulnay-sous-Bois and at the Pôle d'Enseignement …
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8th Annual Hot Air Music Festival

The 8th annual Hot Air Music Festival takes place Sunday, March 5 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) in a day-long marathon consisting of four sessions. Featuring performances in all three of SFCM’s performance halls , the festival will …
SFCM Student John Jaworski

John Jaworski '17

For John Jaworski, it started with choir practice and private drum set lessons at the age of eleven. His sisters sang in choir in their youth, as well, but it was only the young John who decided to start on the road to professional musicianship. Through …
Florante Aguilar
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Florante Aguilar ’96 Receives $50,000 Grant for New Work

This February, it was announced that Florante Aguilar ’96, along with the presenting organization KulArts, was chosen as a grant recipient by the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation to compose his new work, Utom . The Gerbode foundation annually …
Alumni Bard
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Alumni Launch Bard Music West

It takes gumption, perseverance, and a little bit of luck to pull off the launch of a new music festival. Booking artists and locations and generating buzz for such an event is no small task, but it was one that the co-founders of Bard Music West—SFCM …
Peter Engelbert ’18 and David Taylor ’17
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SFCM Awards Students with Composition Prizes

Every year, SFCM presents a spread of awards in multiple categories, including performance and composition. The conservatory’s Concerto Competition winners were announced in February, and those awardees have recently been joined by the winners of two …
Patricia Racette, 2017 San Francisco Conservatory of Music Honorary Doctorate Recipient
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2017 Commencement Recap

“When new ideas force us to reconsider what we know, we slowly begin to grow.” Those were the words of graduating master’s degree candidate Kevin Sun as he imparted his final bits of wisdom on the class of 2017. Speaking as a representative of graduate …
Steve Reich
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Steve Reich Inspires at SFCM

Steve Reich, one of the most influential composers of the last half century, dropped by SFCM this month to participate in a Q&A with Provost and Dean Kate Sheeran and faculty member David Tanenbaum. Reich was in San Francisco as Bay Area organizations had …
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Follow-up - SFCM Students in Paris

The European American Musical Alliance (EAMA) Summer Institute is one of the most sought-after summer music programs on offer. Since EAMA's inception in 1995, dozens of students have converged on the Schola Cantorum in Paris each year to take part in an …
SFCM student performing at Davies Hall
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SFCM Students Perform Aside Symphony Musicians at Davies Hall

San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas invited SFCM percussion students to participate in his celebration of Steve Reich's 80th birthday. In Davies Hall, Diego Becerra, Yi-Hsuan Lin and Katrina Shore performed Reich's "Six Marimbas" …
Telegraph Quartet
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Telegraph Quartet Wins 2016 Naumburg Competition

The San Francisco Bay Area-based Telegraph Quartet has been declared the winner of the 2016 Naumburg Chamber Music Competition. The Competition’s final round, which took place Friday, September 23 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York …
Ryan Taylor
Voice Opera and Musical Theatre Program alumni

Alumnus Ryan Taylor Holds Mock Auditions at SFCM

SFCM alumnus Ryan Taylor, President and General Director of Minnesota Opera, came to the Conservatory this month to hold a mock audition for the opera department, followed by a Q&A session, giving students the opportunity to experience firsthand the …