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Edwin Outwater, Michael Myers, Simon James and Jack Nicholson.
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The SFCM Guide to Horror Movie Music

October 26, 2022
By Alex Heigl If you're looking for classical musicians with a pedigree in horror, SFCM's Music Director Edwin Outwater and String Department Chair Simon James should be at the top of your list. As a violinist, James has played on the score of dozens of …
SFCM's Bowes Center.
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SFCM's Bowes Center Scoops Up Two More Architectural Awards

October 25, 2022
By Alex Heigl SFCM's groundbreaking Bowes Center continues to rack up awards for its architecture on the international stage, nabbing two awards in the 2022 Architecture MasterPrize competition. Submitted by the building's design firm,  Mark Cavagnero …
Ian Swensen Jonathan Swensen
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SFCM’s Ian Swensen Performs with Nephew in First Ever Joint Concert

October 24, 2022
By Mark Taylor There is coming from a musical family and then there is coming from the Swensen family, where music truly is a family affair.  With a world-class clarinet player as a father and a talented pianist as a mother, violinist Ian Swensen and his …
Marco Behtash Scott Pingel.
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SFCM Grad Joins Prestigious London Conservatory Faculty

October 20, 2022
It’s the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, and playing one is no easy task, let alone teaching it. But SFCM graduate Marco Behtash is preparing for a lifetime of both after being officially appointed to …
SFCM RJAM students perform at SFJazz.
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Jazz's Past Meets Its Future at SFJAZZ and SFCM Side-By-Side Concert

October 5, 2022
By Alex Heigl With his one-of-a-kind musical—and sartorial—style and aura of inscrutable hipness, pianist/composer Thelonious Monk has been an object of endless fascination for generations of jazz fans and musicians. That includes the one currently …
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Panel and Prizes

Prizes The winner will receive a $15,000 commissioning award, mentorship from a trio of Music Directors (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Edwin Outwater, and Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser), as well as receive the rare opportunity to workshop, edit and refine the piece with …
Tamara Mumford
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Tamara Mumford on Preparation, Instinct, and Wearing the Right Shoes

October 3, 2022
By Mark Taylor Growing up in a musical family, young Tamara Mumford would often sing in her ‘opera voice’ as a joke, but her family soon realized she had some serious talent. By her teen years she was studying voice formally, today, she is a celebrated …
Yuja Wang SFCM
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Pianist Yuja Wang to Headline SFCM Fundraiser on November 17

September 30, 2022
SFCM is pleased to announce critically acclaimed and world-renowned pianist Yuja Wang as the headline performer at its annual fundraising celebration on November 17, part of efforts that will enable 100% of full-time students at SFCM to receive merit aid …
sleep and dreams and music
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Sleep and Dreams: Music, Neuroscience and Stories of Slumber

September 20, 2022
Sleep is an essential part of the human experience. When it’s compromised, the body and mind suffer; when it flows, we feel refreshed and clear. It allows our brains to build new neural pathways, bringing with them a rich landscape of dreams that …
winter term
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Opus 3 Artists, Coffee, Music, Headline Winter Term at SFCM

January 9, 2023
By Mark Taylor It’s the time of year again when an SFCM student can put down their instrument (if they want) and try something completely different.  The Conservatory's Winter Term invites students who are usually focused on their particular instrument or …