San Francisco Conservatory of Music
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San Francisco Conservatory of Music—Educating exceptionally talented musicians since 1917.
Ever wonder what piano lessons are like at SFCM? Watch a full-length one now in Osher Recital Hall with Professor Corey McVicar.
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Master the Piano with Corey McVicar | SFCM Professor Teaches Private Lesson
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September 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Ever wonder what piano lessons are like at SFCM? Watch a full-length one now in Osher Recital Hall with Professor Corey McVicar.
youtu.be/dKnlI9c4DHI
#piano #classicalmusic
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#piano #classicalmusic
Four SFCM students are remaking SF’s live-performance scene with Art Is, a multimedia series fusing music, dance, poetry, visual art, and food. Their spring proof-of-concept drew big community support. Next show hits SFCM in September.
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#sanfrancisco #classicalmusic #arts
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#sanfrancisco #classicalmusic #arts
SFCM Students Debut Ambitious Multidisciplinary ‘Art Is’ Showcase, Prep Second for Fall
Four SFCM students are remaking San Francisco’s live performance landscape, one ambitious show at a time.
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July 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Four SFCM students are remaking SF’s live-performance scene with Art Is, a multimedia series fusing music, dance, poetry, visual art, and food. Their spring proof-of-concept drew big community support. Next show hits SFCM in September.
bit.ly/407CNRv
#sanfrancisco #classicalmusic #arts
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#sanfrancisco #classicalmusic #arts
Opera Parallèle took on Harvey Milk, with help from SFCM.
Nicole Paiement conducted, Catherine Cook starred, and students and alumni filled the stage.
“Harvey’s message is more important than ever.”
Read more: bit.ly/3FBntph
Nicole Paiement conducted, Catherine Cook starred, and students and alumni filled the stage.
“Harvey’s message is more important than ever.”
Read more: bit.ly/3FBntph
Opera Parallèle Shows SF a New Side of Harvey Milk, with SFCM’s Help
It’s hard to imagine taking on a San Francisco icon like Harvey Milk, and maybe harder still to imagine it being done via opera. But that’s just what San Francisco’s Opera Parallèle did this spring—wi...
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June 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Opera Parallèle took on Harvey Milk, with help from SFCM.
Nicole Paiement conducted, Catherine Cook starred, and students and alumni filled the stage.
“Harvey’s message is more important than ever.”
Read more: bit.ly/3FBntph
Nicole Paiement conducted, Catherine Cook starred, and students and alumni filled the stage.
“Harvey’s message is more important than ever.”
Read more: bit.ly/3FBntph
NEWS: @jakeheggiemusic.bsky.social, composer of Dead Man Walking, Moby Dick, and Great Scott, joins the SFCM composition faculty in Fall 2025.
Called the “world's most popular 21st-century opera and art song composer” by the WSJ.
Full story: bit.ly/4kww3og
#opera #classicalmusic #musiceducation
Called the “world's most popular 21st-century opera and art song composer” by the WSJ.
Full story: bit.ly/4kww3og
#opera #classicalmusic #musiceducation
June 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
NEWS: @jakeheggiemusic.bsky.social, composer of Dead Man Walking, Moby Dick, and Great Scott, joins the SFCM composition faculty in Fall 2025.
Called the “world's most popular 21st-century opera and art song composer” by the WSJ.
Full story: bit.ly/4kww3og
#opera #classicalmusic #musiceducation
Called the “world's most popular 21st-century opera and art song composer” by the WSJ.
Full story: bit.ly/4kww3og
#opera #classicalmusic #musiceducation
SFCM students are learning to mix in full 360° space, not just left and right.
Doug McCausland’s Spatial Audio course explores everything from mono to ambisonics, using tools like SPAT Revolution and Dolby Atmos.
“Spatial is here. It’s been here for a while.”
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Doug McCausland’s Spatial Audio course explores everything from mono to ambisonics, using tools like SPAT Revolution and Dolby Atmos.
“Spatial is here. It’s been here for a while.”
bit.ly/43RxbeX
Space Odyssey: TAC Students’ Year-Long Education in Spatial Audio
SFCM’s flagship Studio G may be two stories underground, but the Conservatory’s students are exploring space there.
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June 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
SFCM students are learning to mix in full 360° space, not just left and right.
Doug McCausland’s Spatial Audio course explores everything from mono to ambisonics, using tools like SPAT Revolution and Dolby Atmos.
“Spatial is here. It’s been here for a while.”
bit.ly/43RxbeX
Doug McCausland’s Spatial Audio course explores everything from mono to ambisonics, using tools like SPAT Revolution and Dolby Atmos.
“Spatial is here. It’s been here for a while.”
bit.ly/43RxbeX
15-year-old Pre-College student Ethan Liao hit a home run with his first-ever big-band jazz chart, winning first prize in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington Composition Competition.
Next: a $1,000 prize, a lesson with Ted Nash, and a trip to NYC to hear his piece.
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Next: a $1,000 prize, a lesson with Ted Nash, and a trip to NYC to hear his piece.
bit.ly/3RwgG2q
Pre-College Student’s First-Ever Big Band Composition to Be Recorded at the Lincoln Center
Pre-College Composition student Ethan Liao, 15, hit a home run on his first at bat this year when he submitted his first-ever big-band jazz chart to the Essentially Ellington Composition Competition h...
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April 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
15-year-old Pre-College student Ethan Liao hit a home run with his first-ever big-band jazz chart, winning first prize in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington Composition Competition.
Next: a $1,000 prize, a lesson with Ted Nash, and a trip to NYC to hear his piece.
bit.ly/3RwgG2q
Next: a $1,000 prize, a lesson with Ted Nash, and a trip to NYC to hear his piece.
bit.ly/3RwgG2q
From folk songs in Bulgaria to game music in San Francisco, every SFCM student has a story.
Fiona started on her mom’s violin. Lyric’s grandma introduced her to the flute. Theo blended folklore with tech.
Read their journeys:
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#classicalmusic #musiceducation #violin #filmscoring
Fiona started on her mom’s violin. Lyric’s grandma introduced her to the flute. Theo blended folklore with tech.
Read their journeys:
bit.ly/3YMTIbd
#classicalmusic #musiceducation #violin #filmscoring
Folklore to Film Scoring: SFCM Students Share Their Music Journey
Every student at the Conservatory carries a unique spark—from a young violin prodigy, to a composer yearning to score the silver screen, that led them to study the language of music at SFCM.
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April 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
From folk songs in Bulgaria to game music in San Francisco, every SFCM student has a story.
Fiona started on her mom’s violin. Lyric’s grandma introduced her to the flute. Theo blended folklore with tech.
Read their journeys:
bit.ly/3YMTIbd
#classicalmusic #musiceducation #violin #filmscoring
Fiona started on her mom’s violin. Lyric’s grandma introduced her to the flute. Theo blended folklore with tech.
Read their journeys:
bit.ly/3YMTIbd
#classicalmusic #musiceducation #violin #filmscoring
If anyone wanted to make a Beethoven piano concerto harder, one suggestion might be, “Well, you could conduct it, too.”
That’s what SFCM piano faculty Awadagin Pratt did in April for SFCM’s spring Chamber Orchestra performance.
Read more:
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#classicalmusic #piano
That’s what SFCM piano faculty Awadagin Pratt did in April for SFCM’s spring Chamber Orchestra performance.
Read more:
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#classicalmusic #piano
How Awadagin Pratt Led Beethoven from the Piano with SFCM's Chamber Orchestra
If anyone wanted to make a Beethoven piano concerto harder, one of the logical suggestions might be, “Well, you could conduct it, too.”
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April 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If anyone wanted to make a Beethoven piano concerto harder, one suggestion might be, “Well, you could conduct it, too.”
That’s what SFCM piano faculty Awadagin Pratt did in April for SFCM’s spring Chamber Orchestra performance.
Read more:
bit.ly/4ijVKGF
#classicalmusic #piano
That’s what SFCM piano faculty Awadagin Pratt did in April for SFCM’s spring Chamber Orchestra performance.
Read more:
bit.ly/4ijVKGF
#classicalmusic #piano
What does it really mean to be a music director?
SFCM conducting students worked with California Symphony Music Director Donato Cabrera to find out—on the podium and behind the scenes.
“What I’ve gained goes far beyond just musical insights.”
Read more:
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#classicalmusic #orchestra
SFCM conducting students worked with California Symphony Music Director Donato Cabrera to find out—on the podium and behind the scenes.
“What I’ve gained goes far beyond just musical insights.”
Read more:
bit.ly/3EpH4YP
#classicalmusic #orchestra
SFCM Celebrates First Conducting Fellowship with California Symphony
The California Symphony and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music recently celebrated the completion of a milestone project: A conducting fellowship with SFCM’s two conducting students and t
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April 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
What does it really mean to be a music director?
SFCM conducting students worked with California Symphony Music Director Donato Cabrera to find out—on the podium and behind the scenes.
“What I’ve gained goes far beyond just musical insights.”
Read more:
bit.ly/3EpH4YP
#classicalmusic #orchestra
SFCM conducting students worked with California Symphony Music Director Donato Cabrera to find out—on the podium and behind the scenes.
“What I’ve gained goes far beyond just musical insights.”
Read more:
bit.ly/3EpH4YP
#classicalmusic #orchestra
They’re ready for their close-up.
SFCM students teamed up with indie filmmakers in a new fellowship with the San Francisco Int’l Film Festival. Free on-campus screening April 24.
Free on-campus screening April 24.
🎟️ Read more + RSVP:
bit.ly/3GdMZ3w
SFCM students teamed up with indie filmmakers in a new fellowship with the San Francisco Int’l Film Festival. Free on-campus screening April 24.
Free on-campus screening April 24.
🎟️ Read more + RSVP:
bit.ly/3GdMZ3w
SFFILM Premieres Four Films Scored by Students at SFCM
They’re ready for their close-up.
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April 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
They’re ready for their close-up.
SFCM students teamed up with indie filmmakers in a new fellowship with the San Francisco Int’l Film Festival. Free on-campus screening April 24.
Free on-campus screening April 24.
🎟️ Read more + RSVP:
bit.ly/3GdMZ3w
SFCM students teamed up with indie filmmakers in a new fellowship with the San Francisco Int’l Film Festival. Free on-campus screening April 24.
Free on-campus screening April 24.
🎟️ Read more + RSVP:
bit.ly/3GdMZ3w
From concert halls to consoles: SFCM students brought iconic game scores to life on the Game Developers Conference main stage, with more live music at the G.A.N.G. awards.
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#videogame #orchestra #gamemusic
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#videogame #orchestra #gamemusic
High Notes and High Scores: SFCM Plays at Game Developers Conference
From concert halls to consoles, SFCM brought its symphonic power to the Game Developers Conference (GDC) once again.
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April 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
From concert halls to consoles: SFCM students brought iconic game scores to life on the Game Developers Conference main stage, with more live music at the G.A.N.G. awards.
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#videogame #orchestra #gamemusic
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#videogame #orchestra #gamemusic
Congrats to Ansh Patel and Aaron Pike, winners of the 2025 KDFC Sound Logo Competition. Their original compositions, recorded with fellow students at SFCM, will now be heard across the state of California.
Read more about their paths to the airwaves:
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Read more about their paths to the airwaves:
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2025’s KDFC Sound Logo Winners on Their Paths to the Airwaves
On the face of things, Ansh Patel and Aaron Pike took very different paths to getting their original compositions played on the radio, but it was at SFCM and the Tech
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April 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Congrats to Ansh Patel and Aaron Pike, winners of the 2025 KDFC Sound Logo Competition. Their original compositions, recorded with fellow students at SFCM, will now be heard across the state of California.
Read more about their paths to the airwaves:
bit.ly/4iWBuMC
Read more about their paths to the airwaves:
bit.ly/4iWBuMC
If you could ask Daniil Trifonov anything, what would it be?
SFCM students got that chance in a Q&A led by faculty pianist Garrick Ohlsson. From silent practice to golf before concerts, here’s what he shared:
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#classicalmusic #piano
SFCM students got that chance in a Q&A led by faculty pianist Garrick Ohlsson. From silent practice to golf before concerts, here’s what he shared:
bit.ly/3FPx4sl
#classicalmusic #piano
Top Takeaways from Garrick Ohlsson and Daniil Trifonov’s SFCM Q&A
It’s rare to have a pianist on the order of Daniil Trifinov take time out of a three-night engagement with a symphony to visit a music school—unless you’re attending the San Francisco Conservatory of ...
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April 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you could ask Daniil Trifonov anything, what would it be?
SFCM students got that chance in a Q&A led by faculty pianist Garrick Ohlsson. From silent practice to golf before concerts, here’s what he shared:
bit.ly/3FPx4sl
#classicalmusic #piano
SFCM students got that chance in a Q&A led by faculty pianist Garrick Ohlsson. From silent practice to golf before concerts, here’s what he shared:
bit.ly/3FPx4sl
#classicalmusic #piano