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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, …
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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 …
Kelley Coyne
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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 …
Michelle Sung
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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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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 …
Sydney Whipple
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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 …
Raziel Gonzalez (BM '12)
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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 …
Emily Pitts TAC '18
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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 …
Michail Thompson
Trumpet The Moonlight Society

New Student-Run Concert Series Takes the Roof

By Karen Meurer Bacellar Middle Eastern fusion music. A song composed for plastic cups. Psychedelic projections of Bob Ross painting. These are the kinds of things you might find separately in various bars, restaurants, or music venues around San …
Brin Solomon
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2020 Rubin Institute for Music Criticism

Apply Now A groundbreaking initiative for sustainable classical music journalism that provides a “benefit to our industry … most especially to our readership” (The Boston Globe), the Rubin Institute for Music Criticism announces its fifth biennial …
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Featured Events

Featured Events Masterclass Percussion Thu Feb 26 Percussion Masterclass with Stan Muncy 4:00 PM Orchestra Partnership Event Thu Feb 26 Partnership: SF Ballet Orchestra Community Concert 7:30 PM Student Recital Voice Thu Feb 26 Anqi Feng, Voice - Junior …
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Audition Day Advice

Dun, dun, dunn... it's audition season. Admittedly I loved being in the midst of the hustle and bustle of auditions. It’s exciting, overwhelming, and fun. You might be thinking Ava, how are auditions fun? Exciting and overwhelming, sure, but fun? My …
Barbara Eden
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Barbara Eden Honored with Distinguished Alumni Award

Barbara Eden, the Iconic Star of NBC's  I Dream of Jeanni e TV Series and SFCM Pre-College Alumna, will be Honored by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with its Distinguished Alumni Award at its Annual Fanfare Luncheon, Friday, February 14 The …
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San Francisco Ballet School Partners with SFCM

San Francisco Ballet School (SFB School), led by Patrick Armand with oversight by SF Ballet Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) announce an addition to its multi-faceted partnership, …