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Earn money and build your resume working directly for SFCM. We offer positions on campus in nearly every administrative and academic department and off-site through our Community Engagement programs. STAFF: Submit student worker needs STAFF: Student hire …
From left: Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, James Baldwin
Roots, Jazz, and American Music roots jazz and american music

SFCM Faculty Speak on the Fillmore District, Where Jazz Bloomed in San Francisco

July 5, 2022
“The Harlem of the West” was a big nickname, but the Fillmore District earned it. During jazz’s commercial peak in the 1950s and ‘60s, the San Francisco neighborhood was home to a bustling array of jazz venues, attracting some of the genre’s top talents …
Jon Anderson's 'The Color of Love' at SFCM.
Opera and Musical Theatre musical theatre

SFCM Helps Prog-Rock Legend Jon Anderson Realize New Marc Chagall Musical

January 26, 2023
Legends from two very different mediums were onstage at SFCM in January, when former Yes frontman Jon Anderson's musical about the life of modernist painter Marc Chagall got a workshop courtesy of Opera and Musical Theater Chair Heather Mathews . "I …
SFCM's newest Steinway.
Piano piano

Under the Lid: One Steinway’s Journey to SFCM

June 1, 2022
By Alex Heigl Over 10,000 moving parts. Two years to age the wood. And approximately 365 days to put together, give or take. While it’s impossible to distill the magic of a Steinway grand piano into numbers, those figures are as a good place to start as …
SFCM student performing at Davies Hall
Percussion percussion

SFCM Students Perform Aside Symphony Musicians at Davies Hall

September 15, 2016
San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas invited SFCM percussion students to participate in his celebration of Steve Reich's 80th birthday. In Davies Hall, Diego Becerra, Yi-Hsuan Lin and Katrina Shore performed Reich's "Six Marimbas" …
Michael Tilson Thomas Convocation
Percussion Composition centennial

Michael Tilson Thomas Headlines SFCM’s Centennial Convocation

October 3, 2017
Like the Opening Bell heralding the start of trading, convocation ceremonies ring in the start of the academic year. This year’s ceremony on Monday, September 25—a congress of students, faculty, staff, and Conservatory trustees—turned out to be one of the …
Kelly Savage inspires students in the course Improvising on a Ground
winter term

Winter Term Wrap: Expand Your Thinking

February 7, 2020
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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Percussion percussion

Bryce Leafman ‘19 Wins SF Symphony Position

April 7, 2020
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 …

SFCM Announces New Building: Bowes Center for Performing Arts

April 25, 2018
William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation Donates $46.4 Million to San Francisco Conservatory of Music Groundbreaking Slated for Summer 2018 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, APRIL 25, 2018 — The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) announces the expansion of its campus …
位于 200 Van Ness Avenue 的 Ute 和 William K. Bowes, Jr

SFCM宣布新大楼的命名： Ute与William K. Bowes, Jr. 表演艺术中心

April 25, 2018
William K. Bowes, Jr. 基金会 向旧金山音乐学院捐赠 4640 万美元 开创性的 2018 年夏季 2018 年 4 月 25 日，美国加州旧金山音乐学院（SFCM）宣布扩建校园，并将在旧金山市政 中心修建 Ute 与 William K. Bowes, Jr. 表演艺术中心 （The Bowes Center 博斯中心）。这座 价值 1.85 亿美元的表演艺术中心和住宅大楼将坐落于 200 Van Ness 大道，建筑工程将于 2018 年夏季开始。新建筑将于 2020 …
Michael Rodriguez
Roots, Jazz, and American Music jazz

Trumpeter Michael Rodriguez Joins Brass Faculty of SFCM

April 23, 2018
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) today announces the appointment of trumpeter Michael Rodriguez to its faculty. Rodriguez, a Grammy-nominated musician renowned for his artistry as a composer and instrumentalist, joins the cadre of …
Daniel De Togni '18, 2018 Highsmith Competition Winner
Composition Technology and Applied Composition competition

Daniel De Togni ’18 Wins 2018 Highsmith Competition

April 23, 2018
Daniel De Togni ’18 has been selected as the winner of the 2018 Highsmith Competition, SFCM’s annual composition prize given to a current student or recent graduate. De Togni, a postgraduate student in the Technology and Applied Composition program, …
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Score-Reading Exercises

Score-Reading Exercises Alto Clef Bartok Fifth String Quartet Brahms Quartet Op. 60 Gastoldi Bicinium Morley Bicinium Mozart Duo K. 423 I Mozart Duo K. 423 II Mozart G Minor Symphony K. 550 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante I Purcell Fantazia Ravel Jardin …
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Open Score Chorales

Open Score Chorales These all notated in four clefs (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) and provide excellent practice material for reading open scores as well as C clefs. BWV Name 2.6 Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh' darein 3.6 Herr Jesu Christ, meins Lebens …
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Lieder Sing & Play Exercises

Lieder Sing & Play Exercises The following are a set of lieder by various composers, selected for their suitability as sing & play exercises. The piano parts do not reduplicate the vocal line, nor are they particularly difficult to play. (They are all …
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Lieder Harmonization Exercises

Lieder Harmonization Exercises These exercises provide you with Schubert lieder to harmonize. They open with Schubert's notated accompaniment; after the first line the accompaniment drops away and it's your job to continue on your own. Versions for high …
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Continuo Playing Exercises

Continuo Playing Exercises The continuo exercises presented here can be played by a single keyboard player. Bach: Schau lieber Gott Bach: Wir danken Corelli: Sonata Op. 5 No. 1 - III Corelli: Sonata Op. 5 No. 1 - III (realized as an example) Corelli: …
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Essays and Miscellaneous Writings

Essays and Miscellaneous Writings Harmony and Voice-Leading Reading Aldwell-Schachter Profitably Flowchart for Effective Proofreading Voice-Leading and Chord Construction Errors (Table) Reminders about Writing Progressions Common Errors in Assignments …
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Software Tutorials

Software Tutorials These materials can help you hack your way through the thorny paths of modern technology. Some of them are QuickTime videos; you may need to get the QuickTime player in order to view them. If you don't have it already, click here for …
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Eartraining Software

Eartraining Software   Kapelle Eartraining Applications Kapelle is a series of eartraining programs, written for Microsoft Windows by Scott Foglesong. You may access more information about the software, including download links and instructions, by …