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Terry Riley to Receive Honorary Doctorate at SFCM Commencement

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music will grant  Terry Riley , one of America’s most influential living composers and a former Conservatory student, the honorary degree of Doctor of Music at this year’s commencement ceremonies. With his landmark …
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SFCM Announces Major Composition Prizes

New Works Slated for 2015-16 Concert Season Highsmith Award Winner Michael Kropf '16 to Receive Conservatory Orchestra Premiere Jeffrey Parola '05 Wins $15,000 Hoefer Prize Commission Including Concert Premiere, Recording and Week-long Teaching Residency …
Kate Sheeran

Kate Sheeran Appointed Dean of San Francisco Conservatory of Music

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of  Kate Sheeran  as Provost and Dean of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Currently Assistant Dean at Mannes School of Music of The New School, Sheeran takes up her new …
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San Francisco Conservatory of Music Announces 2015-16 Season

Weekend Festival of Free Music Kicks Off New Season of Performances and Events Borromeo String Quartet Holds a Week-Long Residency Opera Season Includes Don Giovanni Directed by Jose Maria Condemi and West Coast Premiere of Mansfield Park by Jonathan Dove …
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October Highlights at SFCM

SFCM Hosts Pacific Voice Conference and Gala Concert New Music Ensemble Welcomes Guest Conductor Ted Hearne Jodi Levitz and Guest Robin Sutherland ’75 Lead Lineup of Faculty Recitals Corey Jamason and Elisabeth Reed Perform Complete Set of Bach Sonatas …
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Marcin Dylla Inaugurates Guitar Faculty Artist-in-Residence

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music will welcome classical guitarist  Marcin Dylla  to its guitar department with a guest faculty appointment during the fall semester of 2016. Dylla, whom  The Washington Post  describes as “among the most gifted …
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November Highlights at SFCM

Bay Area Musicians and SFCM Alumni Celebrate Faculty Composer David Conte’s 60th Birthday with 34 Premieres Student’s Prize-Winning Work Shares Orchestra Program with Prokofiev and Sibelius Baroque Ensemble Performs All-Vivaldi Concert and Cantatas by …
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SFCM Hosts Concert of New Carols by American Composers

Event Marks Release of PentaTone Classics CD December Celebration Featuring SFCM Faculty and Alumni The San Francisco Conservatory of Music heralds the holiday season and marks the release of the new PentaTone Classics CD  December Celebration: New Carols …
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SFCM and California Music Center Announce a New Collaboration

SFCM to Host Irving M. Klein International String Competition California Music Center and The San Francisco Conservatory of Music are embarking upon a new collaboration, which will bring the  Irving M. Klein International String Competition  to the …
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December Monthly Highlights

DECEMBER HIGHLIGHTS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Opera Presents La tragédie de Carmen Del Sol String Quartet and Gyan Riley ’01 Premiere Work by Terry Riley Master Classes by Violinist Nora Chastain, Guitarist Alvaro Pierri, and Soprano …
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SFCM to host Four-Day Guitar Competition and Festival

Four-Day Music Festival Marks Competition's First Visit to the United States World Premieres by Clarice Assad, Javier Farías, Sérgio Assad and Nicola Evangelisti Performances by International Panel of Jurors; SFCM Guitar Ensemble, New Music Ensemble, and …
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SFCM Welcomes Symphony and Opera Principals to Woodwind Faculty

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music announces the appointment of two principal artists from the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Opera Orchestra to its woodwind faculty.  Carey Bell , principal clarinet with the San Francisco Symphony, and  …
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Piano Faculty Appointments

Jon Nakamatsu and Corey McVicar Join Expanded Piano Faculty Renowned Pianist Leon Fleisher Named Artist-in-Residence for 2016-17 The San Francisco Conservatory of Music announced an expansion of its piano faculty with the appointment of two distinguished …
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February Highlights at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music

SFCM Launches Transformations Series: Orchestra Concert (Feb. 20 and 21) and Guitar Recital (Feb. 29) Master Classes: Violinist Pinchas Zukerman (Feb. 13), Guitarist Julian Lage (Feb. 4), Clarinetist Frank Cohen (Feb 5), Baroque Oboist Debra Nagy (Feb. …
Eric Dudley Appointed as Music Director of the SFCM Orchestra
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SFCM Announces Eric Dudley as Music Director of SFCM Orchestra

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music announced the appointment of Grammy-winning musician and conductor Eric Dudley as music director of the SFCM Orchestra for the 2016–17 academic year. Scott Sandmeier, music director of the SFCM Orchestra since 2013, …
Caroline Shaw Residency at SFCM
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SFCM Announces Acclaimed Musician Caroline Shaw Residency 2016

Caroline Shaw, recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in music for her work  Partita for 8 Voices,  will be in residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in March 2016. Shaw, who recently performed as soloist in  Lo,  a violin concerto she wrote, …
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March Highlights at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Borromeo String Quartet in Residence March 13–17 Caroline Shaw in Residence March 1–4 Purcell’s The Fairy-Queen March 12 and 13 Faculty Recitals by Bettina Mussumelli, violin and Jonathan Vinocour, viola Hot Air Music Festival Returns With the coming of …
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Announcing a New Degree Program with SFJAZZ and SFJAZZ Collective

SFCM Offers Bachelor of Music in Roots, Jazz, and American Music The  San Francisco Conservatory of Music  (SFCM), in partnership with  SFJAZZ , has announced a distinctive new initiative that will bring together promising young musicians and illuminati …
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Preeminent Dramatic Soprano Deborah Voigt Joins Faculty at SFCM

Internationally revered operatic soprano  Deborah Voigt  has been appointed to the full-time voice faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM). Beginning in the fall of 2016, Voigt, known the world over for her "majestic voice"( WSJ ), will …