Ensembles

Ensembles

Our performance programs give you ample room to challenge yourself and experience playing different styles of music in a variety of settings and groups. Whether you’re looking to add your voice to a brass choir, play first oboe in the Conservatory Orchestra, or try your hand at Baroque music, there’s a place for you.

By honing your ability to play with others, you’ll strengthen and clarify your own voice. You’ll also gain the performance experience you need to launch your career.

SFCM presents over 500 performances a year, including solo recitals by students, faculty, and guest artists, small ensemble concerts, fully staged operas, and symphonic programs. And you’ll be heard: More than 26,000 people attend Conservatory performances each year.

Ensembles at SFCM

Baroque Ensemble
Expand your repertoire with masterworks that have served as the foundation for the compositional development of Western harmony and voice leading.
Brass Chamber Music
This weekly class for all brass majors helps you develop ensemble skills through regular rehearsals, repertoire readings, and public recitals.
Brass Choir
Brass Choir is a weekly class for all brass majors at SFCM. It’ll help you develop your ensemble skills through regular reading rehearsals, orchestral repertoire readings, and preparing for public recitals.
SFCM Chorus
Stand out as an individual while working as a cohesive unit. Every concert makes a point of highlighting our students as soloists, offering the visibility students need to advance their artistry.
Guitar Ensemble
Guitar Ensemble, under the direction of David Tanenbaum, has an extensive history of exploring new and traditional music both on and off the school campus.
New Music Ensemble
New Music Ensemble places students in the classical music of their own time and recent generations. As a member of the ensemble, you’ll perform a variety of works written in the 20th and 21st centuries in concert each year.
Opera and Musical Theatre Program
Get advanced multi-faceted training in vocal performance, acting, stage movement, stage combat, and other essentials of stagecraft.
SFCM Orchestra
Experience firsthand the advantages of playing in a large ensemble, and get a complete overview of orchestral repertoire from masterworks to lesser-known pieces of every era.
Percussion Ensemble
This unique ensemble experience offers you performance opportunities that enhance your understanding of musical cohesion as a percussionist.
Woodwind Chamber Music
Chamber music ensembles are committed to deep exploration of the wide-ranging chamber music literature. As a member of one of the ensemble, you’ll be individually coached by, and work with, players from the graduate chamber music program.

Ensembles at SFCM

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Enjoy playing in all your favorite ensembles next year.

Ensembles