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Joo-Mee Lee is a passionate and dedicated educator of musicians of all ages. She currently serves as lecturer in violin and chamber music in the Department of Music at Stanford University and as director of the Stanford New Ensemble. Previously, she was …

A native of Taiwan, Wenyi Shih began her violin studies at the age of 8, with her great aunt, Sylvia Lee. Wenyi went on to receive her Bachelor of Music degree from the Boston Conservatory on full scholarship, under the tutelage of Lynn Chang, While in …

Warren Deck brings decades of experience to SFCM in music performance, education, instrument development, and studio work. He will join SFCM in Fall 2025 with a select studio of students.  Deck's long and illustrious career includes 23 years as Principal …

Michael Tilson Thomas was appointed Distinguished Professor of Music at SFCM in 2024. In this role he works individually with students, participates in readings with the SFCM Orchestra, and conducts masterclasses at the Conservatory.  MTT’s decades-long …

Hong Kong native, San Francisco-based conductor and composer, Jaco Wong currently serves as the assistant conductor of San Francisco Symphony and Opera Parallèle, and previously at Oakland Symphony. Wong has conducted the Orchestre symphonique de Québec …

Born in Oakland, CA and growing up in Salt Lake City, Sam Bevan had classical piano lessons from the age of four, sang and played piano professionally and earned a BA in French before dedicating himself to bass, arranging and composing.  Greatly in demand …

Conductor and Percussionist James Beauton is currently the Director of Orchestra and Classical Music Studies at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco. 2023-24 marked his debut season as the Music Director and Conductor of the Winchester …

Over the past twenty years, Tony Peebles has performed in many different genres with such artists as: Fred Wesley (James Brown), The Grammy Award-Winning Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Karl Denson, Don Carlos, Lenny Williams (Tower of Power), Wil Blades, The …

I am from Los Angeles, where I studied with Charlie Shoemake and later, with Horace Silver.  While still in L.A. I worked with such well known artists as Eddie Harris, Roy McCurdy, and Bill Watrous, as well as recording with Dick Berk's Jazz Adoption …

Events Pre-College Sat Jan 17 Pre-College Afternoon Recital 1:30 PM Winter Term Project Sat Jan 17 Dance Lesson followed by a Concert and Dance Party 5:30 PM Masterclass Brass Sun Jan 18 Trumpet Masterclass with Esteban Batallán 7:30 PM News Alliances …

Corina Santos is a violinist and music educator from Austin, TX. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and a master’s degree from DePaul University in Chicago, IL. Corina is a faculty member of the San Francisco …

Julieta was born and raised in from Barcelona, Spain. she attended The University California at Berkeley and San Francisco State University. Her studies focused on Spanish Literature of Latin America and Spain and Dance Ethnology and Music with an …

Douglas McCausland is a composer / performer, sound designer, and digital artist whose visceral and often chaotic works explore the extremes of sound, technology, and the digital medium. Described as “Tremendously powerful, dark, and sometimes …

Patrick Wolff is a saxophone and clarinet player with a long history in the jazz scenes of New York City and San Francisco. He has performed or recorded with Albert ""Tootie"" Heath, Matt Wilson, Grant Stewart, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Dena Derose, and many …

Jennifer Meller is a musician and dancer, and enjoys exploring connections between the two disciplines. She founded The San Francisco Renaissance Dancers in 2012 and in 2019 became Artistic Director of long-standing historical dance company Dance Through …

Though she originally moved west in 2013 to study classical French Horn performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Houston-born Xyla has built a beautiful life in San Francisco as an all-genre electronic music producer. She is most recently …

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Violinist Natasha Makhijani has appeared as concertmaster of numerous orchestras, including the Oakland Symphony, the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Eastman School of Music, and the Eastern Music Festival. Natasha …

Annamarie McCarthy has presented recitals at CAMI Hall (Columbia Artist Management Hall) in New York City, the Bracebridge Concerts at Yosemite National Park, at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Stanford University, UC San Francisco and UC Santa …