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SFCM musicians play at the Uccello Lounge.
Roots, Jazz, and American Music roots jazz and american music

How the Uccello Lounge is Prepping the Next Generation of Musicians

September 6, 2022
By Alex Heigl Come for the food, stay for the music. While Uccello Lounge —located on the ground floor of The Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center , SFCM’s award-winning “vertical campus”—has been racking up praise for its menu, by James Beard …
SFCM Alumni
News Story

SFCM Grads Share Their Best Advice for Incoming Students

September 2, 2022
Stewart Rosen, '14, (Double Bass) “Studying music is about experimentation and finding your own unique voice on your instrument. Everyone has something special to add, so let that give you confidence.” Kevin Rogers, '11, (Violin) “Figure out what is …
Susanne Mentzer Mozart
Voice / Opera Studies susanne mentzer

SFCM’s Susanne Mentzer Performs Mozart in Japan

August 31, 2022
By Mark Taylor It’s considered one of the greatest operas ever written, but for Susanne Mentzer , Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro also occupies a special place in her heart, and her career.  The voice professor and mezzo-soprano just performed in the famed …
SFCM students.

SFCM Students New and Returning Muse About First Day of Classes

August 30, 2022
By Alex Heigl Classes started for SFCM's 2022 fall semester Monday, and both campus buildings were humming—and singing, and bowing—with energy as students embarked on their first steps to a bright musical future. Here's how a few of the students were …
San Francisco Choral Artists.
Composition composition

SFCM Composition Students Win Residencies with SF Choral Artists

November 30, 2022
By Alex Heigl Three of SFCM's composition students are adding their voices to a long-running chamber choir in the city as part of their composer-in-residence program. José Daniel Vargas (studying with David Conte ), Clark Evans (studying with Elinor Armer …
Rufus Reid masterclass.
Roots, Jazz, and American Music Double Bass masterclass

Jazz Bass Icon Rufus Reid: 'You Don't Need But Two Notes'

November 28, 2022
By Alex Heigl When a jazz bassist with a CV like Rufus Reid talks, you listen. And when he says "You don't need but two notes," it's a good thing to consider. The Grammy-nominated Reid, a Guggenheim fellow, has played with some of the greats of the form, …
Mark Almond, Jessica Valeri
Horn horn

SFCM Welcomes Two Horn Players to Faculty

November 23, 2022
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music is announcing the addition of two talented horn musicians to its teaching staff. Starting in Fall 2023, Jessica Valeri and Mark Almond will join the lauded faculty of SFCM.  Both Almond and Valeri are current …
SFCM's fall opera production of 'Le Docteur Miracle.'
Voice / Opera Studies opera and musical theatre

SFCM's Opera Department Puts On Double Bill of 'Classic' French Operas

November 22, 2022
By Alex Heigl A double-serving of French operetta put on by SFCM's Opera and Musical Theatre department this month provided "classic examples" of the form—and a mini-reunion for two of its performers. The evening's double bill of Emmanuel Chabrier's Une …
sfcm grammy award nominations
News Story

SFCM Faculty Nominated for GRAMMY Awards

November 18, 2022
By Mark Taylor The so-called “biggest night in music” will once again feature SFCM talent. Nominations for the 65th annual GRAMMY Awards include musical works by SFCM Roots, Jazz and American Music Artistic Director Joshua Redman , Professor of …
meta4, tac students
Technology and Applied Composition Technology and Applied Composition

TAC Students and Finnish String Quartet Meta4 Fight Climate Change with Music

November 16, 2022
By Alex Heigl Climate change is an unfortunate reality of life in the 21st-century. And as with every "new normal," musicians are rising to the challenge of processing this with their art. In fact, Finnish string quartet and Opus 3 Artists Meta4 made an …
Michael Abels
Technology and Applied Composition Technology and Applied Composition

Award-Winning Film Composer Michael Abels Visits SFCM

November 7, 2022
From the first note in the opening credits of the Oscar-winning film Get Out , audiences are introduced to a sound they may have never heard before: something composer Michael Abels has dubbed “gospel horror.” That dark, unique sound—and Abel's …
Michael Tilson Thomas with David Baker and Edwin Outwater.
Conducting conducting

Michael Tilson Thomas Pays Surprise Visit to SFCM Orchestra

October 14, 2022
Michael Tilson Thomas paid a surprise visit to a rehearsal of the SFCM Orchestra Thursday, treating students to a first-hand experience with an iconic conductor. The Orchestra, under the leadership of Edwin Outwater and student conductor David Baker, was …
lukas janata isabel tanennbaum
Strings Composition SFCM orchestra

SFCM Orchestra Concert Features Series of Firsts

October 13, 2022
By Mark Taylor The connection between composer, performer, and listener is one at the heart of Lukáš Janata’s music. “I like to imagine a magical triangle , the ultimate connection,” Janata said. “When this connection happens, the room creates a unique …