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(L to R) Composer Jimmy López Bellido, Performer Peaches Christ, Conductor Roberty Moody, SFCM grad Breanna Sinclairé.
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SFCM Hosts Debut Performance by the International Pride Orchestra

By Alex Heigl San Francisco has long been a beacon for the queer community, a legacy Michael Roest 's International Pride Orchestra is proud to uphold this month. The Orchestra's debut performance will be June 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Caroline H. Hume …
Rachel Vandagriff and Alexander John Stalarow
Music History and Literature music history and literature

California, on the Record with SFCM's Music History Department

If you're a little intimidated by the breadth of California's musical history, SFCM Professors Rachel Vandagriff and Alexander John Stalarow can help with that. The pair designed and debuted a class in the fall semester with the goal of coming at the …
Natasha Frank
Technology and Applied Composition Technology and Applied Composition

Student Joins Philip Glass, John Adams as BMI Award Recipient

Natasha Frank got an all-timer of a graduation present—though one that she absolutely earned.  The TAC (Technology and Applied Composition) 2023 grad won the prestigious BMI Student Composer award for her composition "Riven," an honor she shares with not …
Voice grads Camille Sherman, Efrain Solis, Carolyn Bacon.
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SFCM Voice Grads Put Versatility in the Spotlight

At SFCM it’s pretty easy to sing alumni praises.  They’ve gone on to win Grammys, make history at opera companies, win coveted symphony spots , and the voice and opera studies program is no different.  SFCM voice faculty aim to hone technique and expand …
SFCM graduate Evan Kahn.
Strings Cello cello

SFCM Alum Joins San Francisco Opera Orchestra

The San Francisco Opera is getting some SFCM strings talent. Alumni Evan Kahn just won the Principal Cello position with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra.  “SF Opera is one of the best companies in the world with a whole lot of legacy, coming off its …
Sfcm students in Hawaii.
Violin Viola Cello String and Piano Chamber Music chamber music

The Beach and Bach: SFCM Students Perform at Hawaii Chamber Music Festival

A beach vacation is a summer classic, but four SFCM students brought classical music to the beach as part of a new partnership between SFCM and the Hawaii Chamber Music Festival (HCMF) in June.  Four students—Mathea Goh and Shintaro Taneda on violins, …
Jason Hainsworth and his Selmer Mark VI.
Roots, Jazz, and American Music saxophone

From Closet to Concert Hall: How Jason Hainsworth Landed His Dream Sax

Interviewed by Alex Heigl; condensed and lightly edited for clarity For SFCM Roots, Jazz, and American Music Executive Director Jason Hainsworth , landing his dream instrument was a journey that took years. Though he found it in Florida, it turned out the …
Merola students on stage in Hume
Voice news

SFCM Faculty Sound off on Hosting Merola Opera Program

During the school year SFCM hosts some of the most talented singers in the world, and the summertime is no different.  SFCM is again hosting the Merola Opera Program, which this year selected 28 emerging artists chosen from more than 1,300 international …
roberto kalb conducting SF opera
Conducting Composition san francisco opera

SFCM Grad Makes History at San Francisco Opera

Critics are saying the San Francisco Opera “ brought its very best ” for its centennial season, and that included some SFCM talent at the helm. Roberto Kalb (‘09) conducted El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego), a work …
SFCM faculty Jeff Anderle and Jerome Simas.
Woodwinds Clarinet clarinet

SFCM Faculty Launch First-of-Its-Kind Bass Clarinet Summer Intensive

By Alex Heigl "For a long time, the bass clarinet was just a nothing, like auxiliary, the donkey of the orchestra," SFCM Woodwinds Chair Jeff Anderle jokes of his instrument. "But in the last like 10 or 20 years, it's really fully emerged; it's come out …
a performance of the consul at SFCM
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir Sfcm

A New Conservatory Model

In December 2022, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) announced —along with its existing partners Opus 3 Artists and Pentatone—that it would acquire the London-based artist management company Askonas Holt, thus growing its network in the …
SFCM students with their teacher at Davies Symphony Hall.
Strings Violin Eighth Note

SFCM Students Perform with San Francisco Symphony

Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 is known for many things, including its colossal closing movement, which now also includes a moment two SFCM students will never forget.  “I’m still shook from the bass drum in the last movement of the symphony,” said Suni …
Students meet with SFCM President David Stull in the Bowes Center.
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir David Stull

Pizza with the President

Though students are accustomed to hearing from their president at formal gatherings like convocation and commencement, it’s less often that they gather with one another for a casual catch-up. To meet more students and hear directly from them, SFCM …
bill luth, lara downes, david stull, donagh collins, sean hickey
Strings Violin Viola Double Bass Brass Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone Conducting Composition Technology and Applied Composition Guitar Keyboard Piano Collaborative Piano Organ Percussion Roots, Jazz, and American Music Woodwinds Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Voice Harpsichord Historical Performance Harp Cello Academics Humanities and Sciences Music History and Literature Music Theory and Musicianship Professional Development String and Piano Chamber Music Baroque Ensemble Brass Chamber Ensemble SFCM Chorus Guitar Ensemble New Music Ensemble Opera and Musical Theatre Program SFCM Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Woodwind Chamber Music Improvisation Coaching and Excerpts Clarinet Ensemble Baroque Violin Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Viola da Gamba Historical Keyboards Baroque Voice Historical Plucked Strings Brass Choir kdfc

Can Classical Music End its Love Affair with Crisis?

By Beth Giudicessi This March, a panel of leading voices in classical music came together at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) to ask—and answer—daring questions about the future of the industry. “The classical music world, by its very …