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Joyce DiDonato delivers remarks at SFCM 2022 commencement.
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SFCM and Joyce DiDonato Send Off Grads With In-Person Fanfare

May 23, 2022
For the first time since 2019, SFCM held an in-person commencement ceremony to celebrate its expected 155 graduates for the class of 2022 at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco. Multi–GRAMMY Award winner Joyce DiDonato spoke to students, offering …
Songfest

Songfest

Songfest 2022 Concerts San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Bowes Center Festival Information: songfestus@gmail.com • https://www.songfest.us/ concerts-2022 Ticketing Information: boxoffice@sfcm.edu • 415-503-6275 on Monday-Friday 10a-4pm   The health and …
SFCM, SF ballet orchestra, Yvette Kraft,
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SF Ballet Orchestra and SFCM Tango in Joint Concert

May 12, 2022
By Mark Taylor You might call it a concert two years in the making. SFCM teamed up with musicians from the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra (SFBO) for a performance featuring winners from SFCM Concerto Competitions previously put on hold due to the …
SFCM clarinet performance and TAC student Eugenia Coe.
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New TAC Student Arrives From a Surprising Place: Clarinet Performance

May 11, 2022
By Alex Heigl While a clarinet might initially seem a little out of place among the massive speakers and mixing boards in SFCM’s state-of-the-art Studio G, Eugenia Coe is working to change that.  Coe finishes her undergrad as a clarinetist in 2022 and …
May the 4th is the annual "Star Wars Day."
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SFCM’s Lennie Moore Breaks Down the Sounds of ‘Star Wars’

May 4, 2022
By Alex Heigl Few movie franchises have had as much an impact on the way we think about the future as Star Wars . And the sounds of the screeching TIE fighters, humming lightsabers and Darth Vader’s ominous breath are inextricable from John Williams’ …
SFCM grad Esther Tonea.
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SFCM Grad Esther Tonea Wins Met Opera Competition

May 3, 2022
SFCM Voice graduate Esther Tonea continued her streak of success since graduation with a win at the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition in New York on Sunday. "Singing on the stage of the Met was an incredible experience, and I felt …
SFCM Music Director Edwin Outwater
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SFCM's Edwin Outwater and Metallica Guitarist Iron Out a Collaboration

May 2, 2022
By Alex Heigl “Enter Edwin.” SFCM’s music director Edwin Outwater is continuing the proud tradition of San Francisco classical figures collaborating with Metallica with his work on Kirk Hammett’s new record, Portals —the first-ever solo release from a …
Bowes Cafeteria

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SFCM Bowes Center dining menu, updated weekly   Menu … … This Week's Menu …
Bridgerton, sfcm, simon james, classical covers
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‘Bridgerton’ Bridges Gap Between Classical and Pop Music

April 29, 2022
By Mark Taylor When one thinks of pop star Miley Cyrus, classical music may not come to mind. Yet it’s an instrumental cover of her 2013 hit song “Wrecking Ball” that’s pulling millions of streams right now. It’s just one of the pop songs that Netflix’s …
Richard Blum, Senator Dianne Feinstein, sfcm
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An Extraordinary Life: SFCM Remembers Richard Blum

February 28, 2022
San Francisco Conservatory of Music supporter Richard C. Blum – chairman and president of Blum Capital Partners, husband of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, explorer, philanthropist and San Franciscan died Sunday. He was 86 years old. Among their many …
Michael Gilbertson, sfcm, composer, award, American Academy of Arts and Letters
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SFCM Instructor Honored by American Academy of Arts and Letters

February 24, 2022
By Mark Taylor The American Academy of Arts and Letters has announced 18 winners of this year’s awards in music, and one of them is a notable member of the SFCM faculty. Composer Michael Gilbertson received the $15,000 Goddard Lieberson Fellowship in …
Jason Hainsworth, Clairdee, Black History Month, SFCM
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SFCM Presents: Black Music in American Culture

February 23, 2022
Every February, people in the United States celebrate the achievements and commemorate the history of Black Americans as part of Black History Month. This year at SFCM, saxophonist Jason Hainsworth , the Executive Director of the Roots, Jazz, and American …