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SFCM’s Akira Tana’s Otonowa Ensemble Plays Japanese Folk Songs Like You’ve Never Heard

By Alex Heigl Jazz is, at its heart, a syncretic tradition, combining African rhythms and pitches with Western harmony. So why not add some Eastern elements to that as well? That’s the blend you’ll hear at a performance of SFCM Roots, Jazz and American …

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Sleep and Dreams: Music, Neuroscience and Stories of Slumber

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 …

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Go Big or Go Home: Mahler’s Longest Symphony Rings In SFCM’s Orchestra Season

by Alex Heigl Michail Thompson still remembers his first stab at the exalted posthorn solo in the third movement of Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 3. “I was in this youth orchestra that I joined at the end of my fourth-grade year, so then, fifth-grade, to …

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The Story of SFCM’s Guitar Department and Its Historic Harris Collection

By Alex Heigl Andrés Segovia said guitars only last 25 years,” George Sakellariou, the founder of SFCM’s guitar department and a student of the Spanish guitar master, said. “But he was wrong.” While that might sound like blasphemy, it’s good news for SFCM …

Sleep & Dreams: Music, Neuroscience & Stories of Slumber

Awaken the senses and stimulating ideas about sleep and dreams through live music and art, scientific stories, and original compositions. About this event Sleep is an essential part of the human experience. When sleep is compromised, the body and mind …

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Student Blog: Performance Anxiety and Making the Stage a Second Home

Sohui Yun, viola graduate, prize winner, SFCM Viola

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Graduating Viola Player Wins International Competition and $10,000

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SFCM Brings Berkeley Early Music Festival to the City for the First Time

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Under the Lid: One Steinway’s Journey to SFCM

By Alex Heigl Over 10,000 moving parts. Two years to age the wood. And approximately 365 days to put together, give or take. While it’s impossible to distill the magic of a Steinway grand piano into numbers, those figures are as a good place to start as …

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Tails Out Of School: SFCM Grad Stars in ‘CATS’ Tour

By Mark Taylor From the meows to the music, CATS , the record-breaking show by Andrew Lloyd Webber, has captivated audiences in more than 30 countries and 15 languages and now is returning to San Francisco with its tour across North America . One of the …

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Acclaimed Cellist Alisa Weilerstein Talks Bach, Practice and Believing In Your Art

By Alex Heigl “If there’s such a thing as ‘cello mojo,’ Alisa Weilerstein has it,” NPR declared in 2011 . Since then, Weilerstein’s reputation has only grown, which was a tall order: She made her Carnegie Hall debut at 15 and performed for President …

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San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Opus 3 Artists Announce Apprentice Partnership Program for Exceptional Early-Career Musicians

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) and Opus 3 Artists are proud to introduce the Artist Apprentice Program, a mentorship initiative that pairs seasoned managers with an outstanding early-career musician and a network of support carefully …

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SFCM and Joyce DiDonato Send Off Grads With In-Person Fanfare

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Jeff Anderle to Perform New Commission With SFCM Alumni at One Found Sound Gala

By Alex Heigl For SFCM Woodwinds Chair Jeff Anderle , the One Found Sound Orchestra (OFC) gala on May 21 is something of a reunion: The 32-member group was founded by Conservatory students nearly 10 years ago with the goal of advancing a new model of …

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Eun Sun Kim Conducts The National Brass Ensemble at Davies Symphony Hall, June 20, 2022

National Brass Ensemble tickets now on sale. On June 20, 2022, Eun Sun Kim conducts the National Brass Ensemble at Davies Symphony Hall, in a program featuring music by Jonathan Bingham, Arturo Sandoval, Richard Strauss, and Richard Wagner. The program …

Roots, Jazz, and American Music roots jazz and american music

Genre-Blending Dance Party at SFCM for International Jazz Day

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Celebrated Mezzo-Soprano Joyce DiDonato to Deliver SFCM's 2022 Commencement Address

Multi–GRAMMY Award winner and 2018 Olivier Award winner for Outstanding Achievement in Opera, Kansas–born Joyce DiDonato will speak, perform works by composers Gordon Getty (B.M. ’62, D.H.L. ’81, D.M.A. ’14 honoris causa ) and Jake Heggie and be awarded …

"Music for 18 Musicians" performed at SFCM in 2021.

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A Minimalist Classic, a Maximal Send-Off for SFCM Grad

From its humble opening eighth-note pulse, Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians has gone on to become one of the most beloved works of the last 50 years of music. The iconic piece recently echoed through SFCM’s Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall as a sort of …

mason bates, edwin outwater, chicago orchestra,

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SFCM Colleagues and the Chicago Symphony Collaborate on 'Philharmonia Fantastique'

It is being called his most ambitious project to date, and he had a little help from an SFCM colleague and friend. Mason Bates ’ “ Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra ” is a 23-minute concerto for orchestra and animated film that plays …

Gustavo Dudamel and SFCM president David Stull.

Conducting Technology and Applied Composition Eighth Notes

SFCM Gets Surprise Visit from Gustavo Dudamel

It's not every day an internationally known conductor stops by your school—unless, of course, your school is the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. SFCM students were treated to a surprise visit by Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel Thursday, who was …