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Two Brass Ensembles, Aspen Music Festival, One Pandemic

By Karen Meurer Bacellar Tuba player Carolyn Tillstrom (MM ‘19) heard the San Francisco Symphony play Mahler 7 in an auditorium in New Jersey (following its performance at Carnegie Hall) her junior year of college back in 2014. The hall was tiny but the …
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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 …
Esther Tonea at Concerto Winners Performance
Voice

Adler Fellow Esther Tonea (MM ‘18) makes her SF Opera Debut

By Karen Meurer Bacellar Since graduating from SFCM, Esther Tonea (MM ‘18) participated in the 2019 Merola Opera Program and was named an Adler Fellow at San Francisco Opera, where she will make her debut this June in Verdi’s Ernani . It’s been a big …
Kelley Coyne
Brass Technology and Applied Composition tac

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 …
Student jumping up in excitement while outside
san francisco symphony

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 …
Musical Theatre Students Performing on a balloon filled stage
Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Percussion Ensemble String and Piano Chamber Music Woodwind Chamber Music david tanenbaum

Performance Opportunities at SFCM

SFCM presents over 500 performances a year collectively attended by more than 26,000 people . Students perform in solo recitals, large and small ensemble concerts, fully staged operas and musical theater productions. While performance opportunities vary …
Joshua Redman
Roots, Jazz, and American Music rjam

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 …
Organization of a musician

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, …
Decodea Story
Voice alumni

Transforming Lives Through Creativity and Music

By Karen Meurer Bacellar There’s a growing movement to use the power of the arts to help people break out of the cycle of incarceration by building self-esteem, community, and creative thinking. Several SFCM alumni and students are at the forefront of …
Wilford Kelly
Voice voice

Wilford Kelly ‘20 Wins SF Opera Tenure-Track Chorus Position

By Karen Meurer Bacellar In this Q&A, master’s student Wilford Kelly , who studies with César Ulloa , shares his breaking news and tells his personal tale of becoming a musician, shares a turning point in his commitment to singing, and reveals the mantra …
Xavier Jara
Guitar guitar

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 …
Ballet Partnership
Collaborative Piano collaboration

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, …
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Five Ways to Overcome Practice Room Obstacles

I think I can safely assume in saying that all of us musicians have been there—frustrated, blocked, or unmotivated in the practice room. We don’t often talk about having these feelings, but like any other profession, they can come and go. As creators of …
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, …
Bowes Center
bowes center

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 …
Simon James with violin made by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume in 1827
Violin violin

Rare Violin Connects generations of students across the Country

The classical music world is small, intimate even. Over a musician’s lifetime, it’s typical to bump into old colleagues or friends from school or summer festivals or professional engagements in different ensembles, concerts, and even airport lines. But …
Elbphilharmonie
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Danke schön, Hamburg

The game—nay, the challenge —was posed to a jet-lagged yet surprisingly chipper delegation of SFCM trustees, donors, and staff who, in November, accompanied three of SFCM’s distinguished piano faculty and head technician to Hamburg, Germany, on a quest to …