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Meredith Kufchak
Viola viola

Meredith Kufchak ’16 Wins Principal Viola at Dallas Symphony

The road to becoming the Principal Viola of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra took Meredith Kufchak ’16 on a journey of thousands of miles across the United States. And she didn’t win just one job; she won three. From her hometown of Columbus, Ohio, where she …
A photo of a student in class at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music

国际学生 - 如何申请入学

国际学生 - 如何申请入学 我们的学生来自世界各地，为我校的协作环境贡献了丰富的思想，天赋才华，风俗，和各文化种背景。我们有着约460人的学生群体，他们来自34个国家，35个州，说着20种余不同的语言。超过百分之40的学生为国际学生。 英文语言能力 母語不是英語的學生必須繳交托福、雅思的成績或ELS語言中心的證書，才能達到入讀音樂院的英文水平標準。 以下时间表含秋季入学招生的重要截止日期。春季入学的申请人请参照单独的截止日期指南。 12月1日 …
Zhenwei Shi
Viola viola

Success on the Audition Circuit

San Francisco Conservatory of Music graduates are no strangers to jobs in top orchestras around the country, but landing such a job right out of school? That’s the chance of a lifetime. Last November, 24-year-old Zhenwei Shi ’19 won the position of …
Aubrey Bergauer photo by The Morrisons
bowes center

Aubrey Bergauer to Direct New Center for Innovative Leadership

As The New York Times writes, San Francisco Conservatory of Music has “emphasized risk-taking and an expansive view of the field.” Deeply committed to cultivating a sense of entrepreneurial spirit among its student body, SFCM will now expand its culture …
Sam Marshal with PSD student Eliza Carrington
Technology and Applied Composition composition

“Concrete Genie” Composer Coaches SFCM Students and Alumni

A video game composer and member of the music department at Sony Interactive Entertainment since 2013, and a mentor to aspiring video game composers at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Marshall emphasizes that starting over is just part of the …
Michelle Sung
Flute flute

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 …
Ballet on Point
Collaborative Piano ballet

Ballet Piano – On Point

Last January, when pianist Geoffrey Lee (MM ‘20) heard about a SFCM winter term course in Ballet accompaniment, he had no idea he’d be asked to step out on the dance floor in a room full of mirrors to practice pliés and arabesques —words he barely knew …
Outcomes

Non-discrimination Policy

SFCM is an equal opportunity employer and educator committed to providing an environment built on respect and dignity so that everyone has equal opportunity to realize their full potential as artrists, intellectuals, professionals, and individuals. The …
Orchestra Fantasy Camp
Conducting continuing education

SFCM Launches Its First-Ever Orchestra Fantasy Camp

Orchestra Fantasy Camp at SFCM gives 100 adult amateur musicians an opportunity to participate in rehearsals and coaching sessions with Conductor Edwin Outwater and musician mentors from the San Francisco Symphony and SFCM’s faculty . Orchestra Fantasy …
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Featured Events

Featured Events Student Recital Pre-College Piano Sat Aug 15 Pre-College Student Recital: Arianna Lu, piano 2:00 PM Student Recital Piano Wed Aug 19 Miriam Tayler, Piano - Senior Recital 7:30 …
Student asking question to advisor

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
alumni.pre-college

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 …
Voice voice

Crossover Star Sepideh Moafi ’07 Turns Big Dreams into Reality

As a child, Sepideh Moafi ’07 had no idea where in the world she and her family would end up living. Her parents fled Iran in the early 1980s, and she was born in a refugee camp in Regensburg, Germany. They moved to California when Moafi was a child, and …
Edwin Outwater headshot
Conducting conducting

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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Percussion percussion

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 …
Chasiti Walker sitting in front of SF City Hall
Voice voice

Met Opera National Council Audition Finalist Chasiti Walker ‘20

By Karen Meurer Bacellar Before sheltering-in-place became the new normal, Chasiti Walker (MM ‘19; PGD ‘20) had the chance to sing on the Metropolitan Opera stage as a finalist in the company’s National Council Auditions, a premiere competition for …
Martin Katz
Collaborative Piano artist in residence

Martin Katz in for Ten Artist-in-Residence Visits in 2020-21

Hailed by the New York Times as “the gold standard of accompanists” Martin Katz’s list of frequent collaborators reads as a who’s-who of opera stars: Marilyn Horne, Frederica von Stade , Kathleen Battle, Kiri Te Kanawa, Cecilia Bartoli, and Jose Carreras, …