Building on its fall lineup, the partners will also bring Avi Avital, Patricia Racette, Aaron Diehl, Benjamin Beilman, and other prominent instrumentalists to campus.<\/p>\n
From the San Francisco Conservatory of Music:<\/a><\/p>\n Nearly two years into their unprecedented alliance, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Opus 3 Artists welcome the community to experience the most robust set of programs yet to present world-class artists in residences, performances, and the development of new works alongside students of exceptional potential.<\/p>\n In addition to the previously announced events included in\u00a0SFCM\u2019s fall season, the conservatory and the management company will partner this spring to bring luminaries Canadian Brass, Academy of St Martin in the Fields with mandolinist Avi Avital, operatic soprano Patricia Racette, pianist Aaron Diehl and violinist Benjamin Beilman to campus.<\/p>\n In October 2020,\u00a0SFCM acquired Opus 3 Artists. The alliance created educational opportunities for students to better understand the industry and to collaborate with innovators on stage and in the classroom. It also gave members of Opus 3\u2019s roster access to conservatory resources to workshop and produce new music.<\/p>\n Last semester,\u00a0among other projects, director, creative producer, and Opus 3 Artist James Darrah worked with students in the\u00a0Opera and Musical Theatre\u00a0program to reimagine Mozart\u2019s centuries-old opera\u00a0La Clemenza di Tito\u00a0utilizing live cameras and projection technology.<\/p>\n \u201cSince the beginning of our alliance with SFCM, we have looked forward to creating opportunities for artists on our roster to engage with students and communities in a consequential way,\u201d said Opus 3 Artists Managing Director Robert Berretta. \u201cThis season brings the most in-depth collaborations to date, a welcome development in our partnership as we emerge from such a challenging time.\u201d<\/p>\n Details about upcoming collaborations are below.<\/p>\n Tamara Mumford and the SFCM Orchestra<\/strong> Celebrating S\u00e9rgio Assad<\/strong> November 14, 2022 | 7:30pm PT Sol Joseph Recital Hall, Ann Getty Center for Education November 19, 2022 | 7:30pm PT Hume Concert Hall, Ann Getty Center for Education Assad turns 70 in December, and the conservatory\u2019s guitar department will play host to a birthday celebration for him featuring ensembles and soloists presenting his music, including SFCM college and pre-college students. As part of the program, the\u00a0SFCM Guitar Ensemble, guitarist and Department Chair\u00a0David Tanenbaum, and cellist and master’s student Kyle Stachnik will perform Assad\u2019s\u00a0The Walls.<\/p>\n In October 2021, a recording of\u00a0The Walls\u00a0was released starring Yo-Yo Ma, who is also represented by Opus 3 Artists, and featuring the entire SFCM collegiate guitar faculty. It presents musical representations of famous walls\u2014the Great Wall of China, Hadrian\u2019s Wall, the Berlin Wall, the West Bank Wall\u2014in lament of human division. On November 5, father and daughter duo Clarice and S\u00e9rgio Assad will perform Brazilian jazz vocals, samba, bossa nova, piano and guitar in an\u00a0Omni Foundation concert\u00a0at St. Mark\u2019s Lutheran Church.\u00a0 Taken together, the events will act as a festival of one of the standard-bearers of guitar innovation, ingenuity, and expression.<\/p>\n Climate (in)Action: A Meta4 + TAC Collaboration<\/strong> Canadian Brass Residency at SFCM<\/strong> Academy of St Martin in the Fields featuring Avi Avital<\/strong> Though it perhaps goes without saying, the group is one of the world\u2019s finest chamber orchestras. The Academy of St Martin in the Fields<\/a> was formed from a group of leading London musicians and gave its first performance in its namesake church in November 1959. Today, the Academy is led by Music Director and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell. Avital was the first mandolin soloist to be nominated for a classical GRAMMY Award.<\/p>\n Patricia Racette<\/strong> Aaron Diehl<\/strong> Benjamin Beilman<\/strong> Building on its fall lineup, the partners will also bring Avi Avital, Patricia Racette, Aaron Diehl, Benjamin Beilman, and other prominent instrumentalists to campus. 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\nSeptember 24, 2022 | 7:30pm PT Hume Concert Hall, Ann Getty Center for Education
\nOpus 3 Artist and mezzo-soprano\u00a0Tamara Mumford<\/a>, called \u201crevelatory\u201d by\u00a0The New York Times, will join the SFCM Orchestra for its first concert of the year.\u00a0The orchestra, led by SFCM Music Director\u00a0Edwin Outwater, will perform Gustav Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 3. The performance will also feature members of the San Francisco Girls Chorus, the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the SFCM Conservatory Chorus.<\/p>\n
\nS\u00e9rgio and Clarice Assad: guitar, voice, piano<\/strong>
\nNovember 5, 2022 | 7:30pm PT St. Mark\u2019s Lutheran Church, San Francisco
\nGuitar Masterclass with S\u00e9rgio Assad November 10, 2022 | 7:30pm PT Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall, Bowes Center
\nFaculty Artist Series: Marc Teicholz featuring works for guitar and string quartet by S\u00e9rgio Assad<\/a>. Collaborators include: Jennifer Choi and Polina Sedukh \u2013 violin; Jonathan Vinocour \u2013 viola; Angela Lee \u2013 cello<\/p>\n
\nGuitar Department Recital including student performances of works by S\u00e9rgio Assad
\nNovember 16, 2022 | 7:30pm PT Sol Joseph Recital Hall, Ann Getty Center for Education
\nS\u00e9rgio Assad 70th Birthday Celebration featuring SFCM Guitarists<\/p>\n
\nLong-time Conservatory collaborator and guitar legend\u00a0S\u00e9rgio Assad\u00a0will be in residency at SFCM this November. His time on campus will include a masterclass open to the public.\u00a0 \u201cAs a Latin American classical guitarist, my two strongest\u00a0influences were Leo Brouwer and S\u00e9rgio Assad \u2026 Pieces like \u2018Menino,\u2019 \u2018Farewell,\u2019 \u2018Aquarelle,\u2019 the portraits, and more resonated with my heart in a way that other composers couldn’t,\u201d said\u00a0Juan Samac\u00e1, a second-year master\u2019s student. \u201cHis music is a perfect balance between innovation and Latin tradition and actually, I firmly believe\u00a0that he is our most important living composer for guitar.\u201d Samac\u00e1\u00a0will work with Assad on the piece \u201cSandy\u2019s Portrait.\u201d \u201cIt is for me a dream to play it for him,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it is an\u00a0invaluable experience working with the composer, as you learn details that no one else could ever give to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nNovember 11, 2022 | 7:30pm PT Hume Concert Hall, Ann Getty Center for Education
\nThis fall, internationally renowned Finnish string quartet\u00a0Meta4<\/a> and members of SFCM\u2019s Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) program will perform a program of works inspired by nature and Nordic folk tunes, accompanied with visual design by TAC students. The program will also feature the premiere of pieces by TAC students for string quartet and electronics. A panel discussion and Q&A will follow with Meta4 and TAC students and faculty. The convenings continue TAC\u2019s\u00a0practice of engaging\u00a0with climate-themed music and musicians across genres to raise awareness of global warming, empathy for sustainability, and action to preserve the planet.<\/p>\n
\nFebruary 23, 2023 | 7:30pm PT Hume Concert Hall, Ann Getty Center for Education
\n\u201cThe storied Canadian Brass<\/a> brings new audiences to the tradition of brass chamber music in ways unlike no other,\u201d said SFCM President (and tuba player) David Stull. \u201cThis collaboration promises excitement for all.\u201d
\nCanadian Brass\u2019\u00a0residency will culminate in a side-by-side concert with SFCM students. The ensemble\u2019s hallmark spontaneity, virtuosity, and fun will infuse masterclasses and rehearsals throughout their week-long post.
\n\u201cThe world\u2019s most loved brass quintet\u201d joined the Opus 3 Artists roster in May 2022. Its celebrated trombonist,\u00a0Achilles Liarmakopoulos, is an alumnus of SFCM.<\/p>\n
\nMarch 10, 2023 | Time TBD Barbro Osher Recital Hall, Bowes Center
\nInvited guests only. The Academy\u2019s program will include works with mandolinist\u00a0Avi Avital<\/a>\u00a0and with students, with whom the chamber orchestra will teach earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
\nMarch 11, 2023 | 7:30pm PT March 12, 2023 | 2:00pm PT Hume Concert Hall, Ann Getty Center for Education
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve run out of superlatives,\u201d SFist.com said about soprano and stage director\u00a0Patricia Racette<\/a>. She has appeared in the most acclaimed opera houses in the world and will be in residence at SFCM in February and March. Racette will work closely with Donato Cabrera, music director of the California Symphony and the Las Vegas Philharmonic, who will conduct the opera. During her residency, Racette will lead masterclasses and will collaborate with SFCM Opera and Musical Theatre students. A signature project will be SFCM\u2019s spring production of Gian Carlo Menotti\u2019s The Consul. The Consul, an opera in three acts, was Menotti\u2019s first full-length opera. It focuses on the plight of political refugees. The opera was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1950.<\/p>\n
\nApril 28, 2023 | 7:30pm PT Hume Concert Hall, Ann Getty Center for Education
\nPianist and composer Aaron Diehl<\/a>\u2019s appetite for expansion afforded him associations with Wynton Marsalis, Benny Golson, Philip Glass, Cecile McLorin Salvant and other enduring figures. His approach reflects varied ancestral lineages and cultural expressions. His approach reflects varied ancestral lineages and cultural expressions. That artistry will be deployed at SFCM, when Diehl will perform with the SFCM Orchestra, led by Music Director Edwin Ouwater, to close the school’s orchestra season. During his residency with SFCM, Diehl will also work with students from the conservatory\u2019s Roots, Jazz, and American Music (RJAM) program, as well as students from the piano program.<\/p>\n
\nMay 2, 2023 | 7:30pm PT Barbro Osher Recital Hall, Bowes Center
\nIn 2021, SFCM launched Chamber Music Tuesdays, a monthly series where chamber music majors perform with world-renowned guest artists and SFCM faculty members in the conservatory\u2019s intimate rooftop recital space overlooking San Francisco\u2019s City Hall. This special event will feature internationally renowned violinist\u00a0Benjamin Beilman<\/a>, who will spend the week prior teaching and rehearsing with students.\u00a0At the performance, Beilman will premiere a solo work by Bay Area-native\u00a0Gabriella Smith. Many of Smith\u2019s works address the climate crisis. She provides listeners with an emotional connection to the natural world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"