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Voice Teacher Ulloa and Student Grisez Honored at Convocation

San Francisco Conservatory of Music voice faculty César Ulloa received the Sarlo Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching at a special Convocation ceremony held in the Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall on Wednesday, September 24. President David H. …
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Winter Term at SFCM

Winter Term at SFCM is a time to explore. A few short weeks in January before the start of the spring semester this period offers students the chance to take on a project off the beaten path or focus on their creativity and development in an area they’ve …
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SFCM Graduates Named to Adler Fellowship Program

SFCM’s own Natalie Image ’17 (soprano) and Christian Pursell ’15 (bass-baritone) were recently named 2018 Adler Fellows at the San Francisco Opera. The two SFCM alumni will join a class of eleven in the multi-year residency which offers advanced young …
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SFCM Faculty on Why Music Education is Essential for Everyone

Music is an integral part of students’ education, or it should be. Just ask any of the dozen or so SFCM faculty attending the California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC), February 15–17 in San Jose. The group of faculty, mostly San Francisco …
Jarron Carlson ’22
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Winners of the 5th Annual Kristin Pankonin Award

Composer Jarron Carlson (BM ’22), singer Lindsay Martin (BM ’22) and pianist Collin Jinks (BM ’21) are the winners of the fifth annual Kristin Pankonin Award. Kristin was a beloved collaborative pianist at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music who died …
Oliver Wang ’24 and his parents at the check-in counter.
Strings Brass Horn Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Piano Collaborative Piano Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Voice

Bach, Bach, Bach Again: Bowes Center Move-In Day Recap

By Karen Meurer Bacellar Moving to college for the first time or returning to school after a summer away is always exciting. It’s the beginning of a new chapter for some and the start of another school year full of opportunities for all. This year, San …
SFCM student Emilia Perrotta '24 outside in San Franciso.
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Emilia Perrotta ’24 on studying with voice professor Cathy Cook

In her own words, Emilia Perrotta ’24 talks about how she’s learned to be her own person and singer and not compare herself with others. I have an older sister who's an opera singer. Like any younger sibling, I picked up what she did. When I was a kid I …
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Know your worth: A Conversation with SFCM’s Most Recent Grammy Winner

By Mark Taylor A Unique Start Voice teacher Matt Worth didn’t start out intending to sing professionally -- and you might be surprised to learn his first love was actually jazz.  “I played the trombone pretty well through college,” Worth said.  However, …
david conte
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SFCM Professor Chosen for National Mentoring Program

Composition Chair David Conte has been picked to be part of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Mentoring Program for Composers. This unique mentoring opportunity for emerging and early career art song composers aims to promote and …
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Composition Voice Eighth Note

WATCH: A Performance Inside Bowes

Music filled the Barbro Osher Recital Hall when baritone and professor Matt Worth performed as part of a Faculty Artist Series last month. It was the first time Worth performed at the new performance venue inside the new Bowes center , “To have the sun …
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SFCM Faculty Nominated for GRAMMYs in 2022

By Mark Taylor It’s one of the top four biggest honors in American entertainment, and this year SFCM faculty have earned nominations across multiple categories for the GRAMMYs in 2022.  Roots, Jazz, and American Music instructor and vocalist Carmen …
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Carmen Bradford Wins Jazz Award

Fresh off her GRAMMY nomination last month vocalist and Roots, Jazz, and American Music Instructor Carmen Bradford is celebrating another great distinction. The singer was given the Los Angeles Jazz Society’s Jazz Vocalist Award during the 2021 Jazz …
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Voice News Story

Alumni Advice: Nailing Auditions

What does it take to make it as an opera singer? What’s it like working for an opera house? How do you stand out in auditions? These are just some of the burning questions students got answers to at an audition workshop for singers in December. The event …
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Singer Sasha Cooke on the 4 Steps to Success

Known for her vocal versatility and commitment to new music Sasha Cooke is sought after by some of the world’s leading orchestras, opera companies and chamber music ensembles.  After beginning piano lessons at age 4, she took to choir and then viola, …
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Voice News Story

Black Student Union Presents: A Celebration of Black History

Sometimes a piece of music can evoke pain and sorrow, but in its beauty, break through into an emotional masterpiece beloved for its representation. For student Vuyiswa Sigadi, one of those songs is, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child. “I can …
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Students Conquer the Stage in ‘Giulio Cesare’

By Mark Taylor The power of love and the love of power. That’s what is at the heart of “ Giulio Cesare ”. First performed in 1724 the opera composed by George Frideric Handel is loosely based on historic events during the Roman Civil War of 49–45 BC. …
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Alumni Spotlight: From Student to Stage

Camille Sherman, ‘17, Voice  Camille Sherman is shaping up for a busy spring. After a pandemic pause, she is getting back on the stage, where she just made her debut as Rosina in The Barber of Seville with Pensacola Opera in March. Currently she is in …
SFCM grad Esther Tonea.
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SFCM Grad Esther Tonea Wins Met Opera Competition

SFCM Voice graduate Esther Tonea continued her streak of success since graduation with a win at the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition in New York on Sunday. "Singing on the stage of the Met was an incredible experience, and I felt …