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Adam Luftman SFCM faculty
Trumpet Brass Trumpet

Adam Luftman on what it takes to pursue a music career

July 21, 2021
In his own words, Adam Luftman discusses how practicing smarter can lead to lifelong musical improvement. Discipline and work ethic are non-negotiables for people who want to pursue a career in music. One must be organized about their practice. It's not …
Kay Stern and Cordula Merks
Strings Violin Viola strings

Kay Stern and Cordula Merks talk career, risk-taking, and listening

July 20, 2021
By Karen Meurer Bacellar Kay Stern and Cordula Merks have a passion for music that’s infectious. The San Francisco Conservatory of Music violin faculty members speak about performing with a realism and reverence that makes you want to hear them play. It’s …
Josh Setala SFCM RJAM
Roots, Jazz, and American Music rjam

Josh Setala ’24 on why he chose SFCM

July 12, 2021
In his own words, Josh Setala (BM ’24) discusses why he chose SFCM. I picked SFCM because of the RJAM faculty. I met Matt Wilson at this camp called Centrum Port Townsend. We got to work together for the week. At the end of the camp, I went up to him and …
Dana Marie Chan SFCM '21
Collaborative Piano mini-blog

Dana Marie Chan ’22 on rehearsing for her SFCM audition

July 12, 2021
In her own words, Dana Marie Chan (MM ’22) discusses why she chose SFCM. Before I came to SFCM for my master's degree in collaborative piano, I was working 40 hours per week in a music studio with 700 students. I had very little time to practice and …
Skyler Nolan SFCM RJAM student '22
Roots, Jazz, and American Music mini-blog

Skyler Nolan ’22 on his struggle to play the saxophone

July 15, 2021
In his own words, Skyler Nolan (BM ’22) discusses how he finally got to play his dream instrument and come to SFCM. My band director was determined to not let me play the saxophone. The story begins in the 5th grade. I had gotten a really bad virus at the …
Eugenia Coe SFCM '22
Clarinet mini-blog

Eugenia Coe ’22 on combining her two passions: clarinet and dance

July 15, 2021
In her own words, Eugenia Coe (BM ’22) discusses what’s she’s most proud of I have a history of expecting failure. In high school, I believed I wasn’t talented enough to make it into a top school. But it turned out that I underestimated myself—I was …
Clark Nichols ’21 SFCM student
Music History and Literature Composition composition

Clark Nichols ’21 presents to American Musicological Society

June 30, 2021
In April, Clark Nichols (MM ’21) presented their paper entitled “The Legacy of Lou Harrison: Addressing Musical Cosmopolitanism, Epistemic Injustice, and Appropriation” to the American Musicological Society's Northern California Chapter. Nichols— who …
Jarron Carlson ’22
Composition Piano Voice / Opera Studies Eighth Notes

Winners of the 5th Annual Kristin Pankonin Award

June 30, 2021
Composer Jarron Carlson (BM ’22), singer Lindsay Martin (BM ’22) and pianist Collin Jinks (BM ’21) are the winners of the fifth annual Kristin Pankonin Award. Kristin was a beloved collaborative pianist at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music who died …
Abigail Monroe SFCM student
Cello Strings cello

Abigail Monroe ’21 on who inspires her the most

June 29, 2021
In her own words, Abigail Monroe (MM ’21) discusses the importance of surrounding yourself with people who inspire you. The people that most inspire me are my colleagues—other cellists I go to school with or people who are a bit farther along in their …
Emma McAlister SFCM Student ’22
Voice / Opera Studies Emma McAlister

Emma McAlister ’22 on living with fibromyalgia

June 29, 2021
In her own words, Emma McAlister (MM ’22) recounts her fibromyalgia diagnosis. I have a chronic illness called fibromyalgia. It's debilitating. Fibromyalgia affects musculature, causes chronic fatigue in muscles, difficulty in thinking and brain fatigue, …
Katie Ahman SFCM Voice Student
Opera and Musical Theatre Voice / Opera Studies mini-blog

Katherine Ahmann ’21 on risk-taking

June 29, 2021
In her own words, Katherine Ahmann (BM ’19; MM ’21) discusses the beauty of saying yes to new experiences and her wonderful role in SFCM Orchestra’s “ Stay On It ” film. I’m afraid of growing old and having regrets about not acting upon what I want to do. …
SFCM Early Childhood Program
Eighth Notes

SFCM launches new Early Childhood Program

June 17, 2021
Music is one of the greatest gifts a parent can give their child: research shows that children as young as toddlers are impacted by their connection to music as well as their ability to learn an instrument and craft sounds for themselves. With this in …
Jason Hainsworth and Reverend James Smith
Jason hainsworth

Recap: A Conversation About Juneteenth and Black Music

June 23, 2021
In honor of Juneteenth, SFCM hosted an Instagram Live discussion entitled “Giant Steps: A Conversation About Juneteenth and Black Music.” SFCM Executive Director of Roots, Jazz, and American Music, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and …
Jason Hainsworth
Jason hainsworth

Giant Steps: A Conversation About Juneteenth and Black Music

June 17, 2021
In honor of Juneteenth , SFCM is hosting an Instagram Live discussion entitled “Giant Steps: A Conversation About Juneteenth and Black Music.” SFCM Executive Director of Roots, Jazz, and American Music, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion …
headshots of Trevor Weston, Jonathan Bingham, Shawn Okpebholo, and Sumi Tonooka
Conducting Composition ebcp

Emerging Black Composers Project Winners React to Awards

June 16, 2021
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), in partnership with the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) and the SFCM President’s Advisory Council on Equity and Inclusion, announced today that Trevor Weston will receive the first commission of the annual …
Guitars in the John Harris Collection

Quotes from Guitarradas

“Thank you all for Guitarrada IV, it was very educational and informative. Your format is great -- all the attendees can enjoy this presentation regardless of their level of understanding of great guitars and luthiers. Id love for you to bring the …
Pre-college guitarists at SFCM

Guitar Skills

Online Summer Programs Faculty: Mark Simons, Instructor Ages: 10 – 19 When: June 21 - July 9 M,W,F from 10 - 11:30 AM Tuition: $375 Application Deadline: June 1 Requirements:  At least 6 months experience with acoustic guitar with a basic guitar chord …
Guitars in the John Harris Collection

L. John Harris Bio

  Born in Los Angeles, California in 1947, L. John Harris fell in love with the classical guitar as a young teen. He studied with the beloved Los Angeles teacher, the Spaniard, Manuel Sanguesa. In grade school Harris had known and admired the young guitar …
Guitars in the John Harris Collection

José Romanillos 1987

José Romanillos 1987, Semley, England Top: Spruce Back & Sides: Maple Luthier and Torres scholar, José Romanillos, was born in Spain in 1932. His first guitar was made for himself in 1959. By the 1970s, after showing one of his early guitars to Julian …