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In Conversation: Michael Roest on SFCM Continuing Education

May 2, 2019
Michael Roest, SFCM’s Associate Dean and Executive Director of Pre-College and Continuing Education, is at both ends of the spectrum. He oversees an elite curriculum for some of the most promising young musicians in California and convinces adult …
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bridge to arts and music

After-school Music Student Heads to SOTA

May 1, 2019
Bre’Nae Bullocks-Benard is an eighth grader at Gateway Middle School in San Francisco. She’s passionate about music and theatre and has an affinity for the stage. In the highly competitive arena of school admissions in the Bay Area, Bullocks-Benard has …
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Technology and Applied Composition gala

SFCM Explores Sound and Image at Dolby

May 1, 2019
In a celebration of SFCM’s 2018–19 academic year theme, “Sound and Image,” members of the Conservatory community converged at Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco on Monday, April 29 for an evening of demonstration and discussion with lauded film composer …
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Brass san francisco symphony

Brass Students Take Over Davies Symphony Hall

May 1, 2019
The hall is empty, a sparse seating arrangement is made on stage, some of the best brass musicians in the world take their places. Imagine the experience for a young musician at Davies Symphony Hall waiting to hear the first notes come from this …
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Humanities and Sciences Professional Development alumni

Matthew Slayton ’18 Published in Academic Journal

April 30, 2019
The study of artistry at the level of the brain, where creativity and the mind intersect, is perhaps one of the most curious areas of neuroscience research. What drives creativity? How is it communicated? Alumnus Matthew Slayton ’18 set out to draw some …
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Technology and Applied Composition

Get to Know Jessica Mao ’20

April 24, 2019
“I remember when I was about to go into middle school I got a letter from the band director telling me I should join the band,” says SFCM student Jessica Mao. “There was a little note that said, ‘If you play piano, you have to pick a different …
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Composition alumni

Composition Students Awarded Prizes and Performances

April 11, 2019
While we may expect a Highsmith Award winner every spring, we don’t expect two. However, that is exactly what has happened this year. The 2019 Highsmith Award, given to a student or alumnus showing great compositional skill and promise, has been awarded …
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Technology and Applied Composition

Get to Know Jose Soberanes ’20

April 3, 2019
Jose Soberanes didn’t come from the conventional musical background that often serves as a launchpad for many conservatory students. He got into music because he and his friends wanted to start a band. And as he learned to play the electric bass and …
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Humanities and Sciences Professional Development

Indre Viskontas on the Intersection of Music and Neuroscience

April 3, 2019
SFCM faculty member Indre Viskontas (Class of ’08) is a Renaissance woman of sorts. She’s a neuroscientist, author, and opera singer, often finding herself mixing them all together in the educational and artistic pursuits that she finds most compelling. …
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alumni

Alumni Share Personal Journeys in Panel Discussion

April 2, 2019
One of SFCM’s most valuable resources for its students is its alumni. With a strong community of graduates who remain connected to the Conservatory and the Bay Area music scene, musicians from multiple generations and class years can connect in a way that …
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Composition entrepreneurship

How to Launch a Musical Startup

March 29, 2019
Since 2008, Mercury Soul has combined classical music with electronica, attracting audiences from across the musical spectrum that look for new and engaging ways to experience music. Co-founded by SFCM faculty member Mason Bates (aka DJ Masonic), it …
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new music

Hot Air Music Festival Celebrates 10 Years

March 29, 2019
Every year, the Hot Air Music Festival crams as much contemporary music as it can into one day-long celebration of art and the people who make it. This iteration, which took place March 17, was the Festival’s tenth, a salute to an event that has now …
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Violinist Simon James Joins Faculty of SFCM

March 28, 2019
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) today announces the appointment of violinist Simon James to its faculty. James, an internationally recognized pedagogue, will lead a full studio at SFCM starting in Fall 2019. "We are thrilled to welcome …
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Trumpet Brass competition

SFCM Ensembles Place in National Competitions

March 27, 2019
MTNA Chamber Music Competition SFCM’s Oak Trio, a student-organized ensemble comprising Kaiyuan Wu ’20, Bowen Liu ’20, and Jinzhao Xu ’20, was awarded first prize in the string division of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Chamber Music …
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Ramón Sender Barayón Honored at 2019 Fanfare Luncheon

March 18, 2019
Ramón Sender Barayón ’62 was the guest of honor at this year’s Fanfare Luncheon, an annual event honoring one alumnus who has made significant contributions to music and the SFCM community. Sender, known for building SFCM’s first electronic music studio …
Soprano Esther Tonea ’18 and Baritone Edward Laurenson ’18
Voice / Opera Studies Opera and Musical Theatre

SFCM Students Selected for Merola Opera Program

March 6, 2019
Baritone Edward Laurenson ’18 and soprano Esther Tonea ’18 will be artists in the San Francisco Opera’s 2019 Merola Opera Program where they will premiere Jake Heggie’s opera  If I Were You. Featuring 29 young artists selected from more than 800 …
Composer, John Adams
commencement

John Adams to Receive Honorary Doctorate at 2019 SFCM Commencement

March 5, 2019
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) will present American composer John Adams with an honorary doctorate at its 2019 commencement ceremony on Friday, May 17. Adams, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former faculty member of SFCM, is consistently …
San Francisco Conservatory of Music student, Jasmine Johnson
Voice / Opera Studies Opera and Musical Theatre

Jasmine Johnson ’19

March 5, 2019
“After seven years, three degrees later, I am graduating this year,” remarked Jasmine Johnson, thinking back to when she first started at SFCM in 2012. “It’s been a wild ride.” One might describe Johnson, a mezzo-soprano and student of César Ulloa, as an …
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Gainful Employment

Artist Certificate in Chamber Music Professional Studies Certificate in Instrumental Performance (Strings) Professional Studies Certificate in Instrumental Performance (Woodwinds) Professional Studies Certificate in Technology and Applied Composition …
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Composition Voice / Opera Studies Roots, Jazz, and American Music

SFCM Faculty, Friends, and Alums Nominated for GRAMMYs

December 13, 2018
With the recent announcement of the nominees for next year’s GRAMMY Awards, members of the SFCM community can delight in finding a few familiar names. The San Francisco Symphony, which includes 30 members on faculty at SFCM, was nominated in the Best …