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Rogét Chahayed, Grammy, sfcm, wins, GRAMMY
Technology and Applied Composition Piano Eighth Note

SFCM Alumni, Faculty, Represented at 64th GRAMMY awards

April 5, 2022
It’s the biggest night in music and SFCM was well represented. This year’s GRAMMY awards included wins and recognition for alumni, faculty, and several Opus 3 Artists across various categories.  Alumnus Rogét Chahayed ‘10 won his first GRAMMY award. The …
sfcm, corey jamason, giulio cesare, historical performance
Voice / Opera Studies Historical Performance Sfcm

Students Conquer the Stage in ‘Giulio Cesare’

April 4, 2022
By Mark Taylor The power of love and the love of power. That’s what is at the heart of “ Giulio Cesare ”. First performed in 1724 the opera composed by George Frideric Handel is loosely based on historic events during the Roman Civil War of 49–45 BC. …
jaco wong, sfcm, conducting, performance
Conducting Technology and Applied Composition Sfcm

Music and Mind Meet At SFCM Student Recital

March 30, 2022
It’s not every day a student recital at SFCM includes more than 70 student musicians and alumni, yet that is what Jaco Wong is doing with Inkling / Pictures at an Exhibition: A Multimedia Orchestra Experience .  The production promises to create a unique …
Alyssa tong, simon james, violin, sfcm
Strings Violin Sfcm

From Injury To Opportunity: SFCM Student Launches Festival

March 29, 2022
By Mark Taylor You might call it a musician’s worst nightmare: losing the ability to play your instrument. That is exactly what happened to SFCM’s Alyssa Tong, when an injury forced her to put down her violin for months. But Tong turned that downtime into …
sfcm, bowes center, uccello lounge
bowes center

The Buzz on Uccello Lounge: 6 Things To Know

March 24, 2022
It’s not often that a music school plays host to a public restaurant, but SFCM’s partner Uccello Lounge isn’t typical. The new venue, on the first floor of the Bowes Center at 200 Van Ness Avenue in the city’s Civic Center, is now officially open. It …
SFCM, music for food, bowes center, charity
Strings String and Piano Chamber Music bowes center

SFCM and Music for Food Team Up to Fight Hunger

March 23, 2022
By Alex Heigl SFCM is teaming up with the international musician-led charity Music for Food (MFF) for a chamber music concert on March 26  to benefit long-standing local food bank St. Anthony’s. Admission to the concert is free; attendees are asked to …
sfcm, bowes center, open house, barbr osher recital hall
bowes center

Bowes Center Open House Draws Hundreds

March 22, 2022
More than 650 music aficionados filled the Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center for Performing Arts at its first ever open house to get an inside look at where SFCM students are perfecting their craft and inventing the next generation of performances. Our …
sfcm, tac, kdfc, sound logo, radio
Technology and Applied Composition Sfcm

SFCM Student Composers Make Waves on Radio

March 18, 2022
By Mark Taylor Two student musicians at SFCM are set to hear their music on the airwaves, long before graduation day. Their compositions were chosen to be sound logos for Classical KDFC , the radio station with a studio in the new Bowes Center . Starting …
Bonnie Hampton, SFCM, Cello,
Strings Cello Sfcm

SFCM Brings Bach to Everyone

March 16, 2022
By Alex Heigl Bach’s six solo cello suites are among the handful of pieces in the classical repertoire to achieve true mainstream recognition. (In fact, a study last year found that many companies rely on the suites and other Bach pieces in commercials to …
Oboe player Dwight Parry gave a master class at SFCM.
Woodwinds Oboe Coaching and Excerpts dwight parry

Oboist Dwight Parry Wants You to Relax

March 14, 2022
By Alex Heigl Dwight Parry wants you to chill out, a musical motto appropriate for a Southern California native. Though he’s been in Ohio since his 2007 appointment as principal oboist of the Cincinnati Symphony, before that, he held the same position …
sfcm, james darrah, Raviv Ullman, opus 3, heather mathews
Opera and Musical Theatre opera and musical theatre

Stage and Screen Unite in “La Clemenza di Tito”

March 10, 2022
By Mark Taylor The first performance of La Clemenza di Tito premiered in the late 1700s, with innumerable stagings since then, but there has never been one quite like this. Los Angeles-based director and creative producer James Darrah ’s production of the …
ukraine, sfcm, benefit concert, live music,
Sfcm

SFCM Students Put on Benefit Concert for Ukraine

March 3, 2022
By Mark Taylor It’s a simple song of one verse and one chorus and right now is being played all around the world, the National Anthem of Ukraine. It is just one performance being featured at a benefit concert for peace in San Francisco organized by and …
susanne Mentzer, voice, sfcm, performance
diversity, equity, and inclusion

New Music Featured at Susanne Mentzer Faculty Artist Concert

March 2, 2022
By Mark Taylor Music has been widely studied for its ability to entertain and heal, with researchers often noting its therapeutic effects on mental and physical health. For musicians like SFCM student Kody Thiessen, turning to music during the pandemic …
The National Brass Ensemble returns to SFCM in June.
Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone

Sound the Horn: How the National Brass Ensemble Returned to SFCM

June 13, 2022
By Alex Heigl The journey to bring brass musicians from seven major US cities together began with a single album. The 1968 album The Antiphonal Music Of Gabrieli , featuring principal brass from the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the …