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Indre Viskontas, McEvoy Foundation, SFCM
Voice / Opera Studies Academics Opera and Musical Theatre Coaching and Excerpts Sfcm

The Healing Power of Music and the Arts

November 10, 2021
By Mark Taylor Music has power. The power to connect us, heal us, and change us for the better. That’s one of the main messages from opera singer, SFCM professor, and neuroscientist Dr. Indre Viskontas . Dr. Viskontas has her Ph.D. in cognitive …
Amy Schwartz Moretti
Strings Violin amy Schwartz

SFCM Alumnus Returns for Chamber Music Tuesday

November 8, 2021
By Mark Taylor SFCM Chamber Music Tuesdays allows chamber music majors to perform with world-renowned guest artists. The series is led and curated by SFCM Chair of String and Piano Chamber Music, Dimitri Murrath . Ahead of the concert, we get to know SFCM …
Yvette Kraft, Violin, SFCM
Strings Violin yvette kraft

SFCM Violinist to Perform on NPR

November 2, 2021
By Mark Taylor It’s the most popular one-hour weekly syndicated classical program on public radio and this month it will feature SFCM violin player Yvette Kraft. “This show is definitely an exciting first for me!” Kraft said of her upcoming performance on …
Nikolaus Hohmann, SFCM, Professor, Humanities, Sciences
Humanities and Sciences Professional Development nikolaus hohmann

Celebrating 30 Years at SFCM: Catching up with Professor Nikolaus Hohmann

October 29, 2021
By Mark Taylor  You emigrated to the Bay area from Germany as a child? I arrived in California’s Bay area as a 9-year-old, I was expecting more palm trees, and a warmer surf!  What brought you to America?  My mother was a teen in Interwar Germany, and had …
SFCM, TAC, Jess Konye
Technology and Applied Composition Eight Notes

Sonic Bloom: From Plant to Production

October 28, 2021
If plants could talk, what would they say? What would they sound like? That’s a question Jess Konye is trying to answer, using music and a lot of technology. The second year Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) student at SFCM has created a music …
SFCM, Grammys, spatial audio, immersive audio, TAC
Composition Technology and Applied Composition Coaching and Excerpts Sfcm

SFCM Hosts GRAMMY Awards Listening Event

October 22, 2021
By Mark Taylor Next year the GRAMMY Awards will have gotten a little help from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM). The Recording Academy -- the learned academy of musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other musical professionals that …
Kyle Tingzon
kyle tingzon

SFCM Student Takes Top Prize in US competition

October 4, 2021
Congratulations are in order! Kyle Sanchez Tingzon won first prize at the 8th Annual Handel Aria Competition held at Grace Episcopal Church in Madison, Wisconsin, on Aug. 20. This is Tingzon’s second win in an international competition. Last year, he took …
SFCM orchestra, Edwin Outwater, Jaco Wong
Strings Conducting SFCM Orchestra SFCM orchestra

The Baton is Back at SFCM

October 19, 2021
By SFCM Newsroom Staff After a few years’ hiatus, SFCM’s conducting program has returned spectacularly under Music Director Edwin Outwater . In a collaborative and small studio, conducting students like Jaco Wong (PSC ’22), hone their skills through …
david conte
Composition Voice / Opera Studies Eighth Note

SFCM Professor Chosen for National Mentoring Program

October 15, 2021
Composition Chair David Conte has been picked to be part of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Mentoring Program for Composers. This unique mentoring opportunity for emerging and early career art song composers aims to promote and …
Ian Swensen, violin, sfcm,
Strings Violin SFCM Orchestra ian swensen

Instructor Ian Swensen: Six Things Every Musician Should Know

October 14, 2021
By Mark Taylor     Ian Swensen knows his strings. The violin player has been teaching at SFCM for decades after starting out as a child prodigy from a very musically talented family. A world class clarinet player as a father, and an exceptionally talented …