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Gilbert and Sullivan Scenes

Online Summer Programs Gilbert & Sullivan Scenes Online 2021 Ellen Kerrigan, Program Director M. Jane Erwin, Creative Director Baker Peeples, Music Director Ages: 10 – 18 When: 9 days, June 16 – 26, 2021; Monday – Friday, 12:30 – 4:30 PM; Saturday, 1 - …

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Work Opportunities

SFCM hires students for a wide variety of positions both on- and off-campus. Below are some of employment opportunities current students have through SFCM. These positions vary each year and the list does not necessarily represent the full offerings. …

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From GFA First-Prize Winning Student to Adjunct Professor

Chance and loss led Xavier Jara (MM ‘20) to the classical guitar. The 2016 first-prize winner of the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) International Concert Artist competition took up the instrument at 12 after a bicycle accident ended his racing …

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Saxophonist Joshua Redman Joins SFCM as Artistic Director of RJAM

On Tuesday night, viewers of San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s live Tiny Dorm concert were the first to hear that acclaimed saxophonist Joshua Redman will join SFCM as Artistic Director of Roots, Jazz, and American Music. The RJAM program is a …

Dining Services

New Building. New Dining Plan. Menu With the opening of the Bowes Center comes expanded food service options to meet student needs. We are building this program from the ground up, and will continue to add dining options over time. Requirement and …

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SFCM Launches Live Tiny Dorm Concert Series

5 Ways Musicians Can Evolve During Our Changing Times

By Ava Harmon ‘21 In many ways, this time of transition and change is a blank slate. We, as citizens of the world and as lovers of music, have the opportunity to reset—to live in one of life’s fermatas. This concept may sound idealistic—perfect even. So, …

Tiny Dorm Concerts

Online performances by students, faculty, and alums, short and suite. As stages across the globe went dark and many of us sheltered at home this spring, SFCM joined together, apart. Over seven weeks, the entire ecosystem of students, faculty, and alums …

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Music is Important.

Ava Harmon ’21 Music is important. It always has been, but feels even more so in this time of mass cancellations and closures, widespread sheltering, and change. You can see its importance— like its calming effect and ability to help build community—when …

Kelly Savage inspires students in the course Improvising on a Ground

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Winter Term Wrap: Expand Your Thinking

Between classes and the practice room, SFCM students are used to spending long hours in the building at 50 Oak Street. This Winter Term , however, students of all disciplines had the opportunity to break out of their usual routine and, for many of them, …

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Bowes Center Update | February 2020

The newest addition to campus doubles SFCM’s physical space, provides dorm room housing for 420 students, which are sound-proof suites so students can practice on site, plus brings state-of-the-art teaching facilities and three new performance halls to …

Resident Assistants

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music is pleased to offer Resident Assistant (RA) positions at the Bowes Center for the 2024-2025 school year. RAs serve as staff members for the SFCM Office of Student Affairs. RAs report to the Coordinator of …

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Flutist Michelle Sung’s (M.M. ‘20) life with Focal Dystonia

“Keep your eyes on the prize,” say coaches because seeing the finish line helps the journey feel easier. But how do you finish a race when you don’t know where the finish line is? Or worse—if the finish line even exists? This bleak uncertainty was flutist …

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Yes, you can live in San Francisco on a student budget

By Karen Meurer Bacellar It’s no secret that San Francisco is an expensive city to live in. What often does feel like a secret is this: It’s totally possible to live in San Francisco on a budget—even a student one. Below are some things to do that allow …

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Edwin Outwater Appointed Music Director Ending Two-Year Search

“ Art cannot change events. But it can change people. It can affect people so that they are changed…enriched, ennobled, encouraged – they then act in a way that may affect the course of events… ” –Leonard Bernstein In the past two decades, savvy classical …

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Bryce Leafman ‘19 Wins SF Symphony Position

By Karen Meurer Bacellar Bryce Leafman (PSD ‘19) played his final audition for Esa-Pekka Salonen on a Thursday in late February, hoping to join the San Francisco Symphony this fall. Mere hours later, he sat in Davies Hall and watched the …

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Pre-College Student Performs Benefit Concert for SFUSD

Back in March, students from SFCM’s Pre-College program were planning Music for Education, a donation-based benefit concert to support music programs at San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). When the shelter-in-place order passed, they were …

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Coronavirus Preparedness at SFCM

View SFCM's Return to Campus Plan. View in Mandarin here. Since January, SFCM senior leadership has met regularly to discuss COVID-19 (coronavirus) and taken action to ensure a healthy learning and living environment. There have been no reports of any …

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Alumni Crafts Beer to Celebrate Symphony's New Music Director

Raziel Gonzalez (BM ‘12) has two great passions in life: brewing and classical guitar—more generally, classical music. His worlds collided on February 18 at an event held by San Francisco Symphony to announce their upcoming season and welcome incoming …

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Facebook Dream Job Landed By Emily Pitts ‘18

By Karen Meurer Bacellar When people would ask Emily Pitts (PSD, ‘18) about her dream job, she used to say: “It would be so cool to write music for film and games.” After graduating from MIT with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Pitts worked as a …