Conducting

The Conservatory's Conducting Department offers a course of advanced study at the Master's level, with a focus on Instrumental Conducting. Private instruction, rehearsals and performances in conjunction with the Conservatory Orchestra and other Conservatory ensembles constitute the core of the program. The small size of the department allows the individual interests of SFCM conducting students to inform their course of study.

  · 3 conducting faculty
  · Only 2 students total in the conducting program
  · Private instruction, rehearsals and performance in conjunction
    with the Conservatory Orchestra and other Conservatory
    ensembles constitute the core of the program
  · Opportunities to work regularly with the Conducting Chamber
    Ensemble
  · Opportunities to collaborate with guest conductors and to
    observe rehearsals, including SF Symphony and SF Opera
  · Extensive work experience in the Bay Area musical community
  · Collaboration with the Composition Department at SFCM to
    premier student compositions
  · Conducting students at SFCM are involved in many
    opportunities outside of SFCM, including the Pierre Monteaux
    School, Cabrillo New Music Festival, the Hot Springs Music
    Festival, Festival Opera, BASOTI, and the Napa Valley Youth
    Symphony
  · Michael Morgan is in his 16th year as music director of the
    Oakland East Bay Symphony and is the artistic director of the
    Oakland Youth Orchestra, music director of the Sacramento
    Philharmonic and artistic director of Festival Opera in Walnut
    Creek
  · Alasdair Neale has been music director of the Marin Symphony
    since 2001, following 12 years as associate conductor of the
    San Francisco Symphony
  · Various conducting courses for both majors and non-majors
    taught by conducting department chair, Sonja Neblett

FACULTY

Michael Morgan
Alasdair Neale
Sonja Neblett, chair

We encourage prospective students to contact the conducting faculty to arrange a consultative lesson. The conducting faculty and the Office of Music Admission are happy to answer any specific questions that you have about our program.

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