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San Francisco’s acclaimed Merola Opera Program will kick off its 2026 season with L’Anima Napoletana, a Neapolitan-inspired vocal/piano recital celebrating the lyrical richness and emotional depth of Southern Italy.

San Francisco’s acclaimed Merola Opera Program has unveiled its 2026 season. The Summer Festival will feature a Neapolitan-inspired vocal/piano recital, two operas, and the annual Grand Finale concert.

Grammy Award-winning conductor-composer and SFCM alumnus Teddy Abrams will deliver the 2026 commencement address and receive a Doctorate of Music on May 22 at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.

Soprano Alexa Frankian has been awarded the 2026 Igor Gorin Memorial Award by the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, recognizing her as a promising young vocal artist in opera.

Starla Breshears, a recent alum of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Pre-College program, has been appointed to the cello section of the San Francisco Symphony at the young age of 18.

Ensemble for These Times named Jamie Morales as the winner of the E4TT/SFCM TAC Student Multimedia Composition Competition. The contest, aimed at fostering new multimedia compositions, highlights emerging talents in the field.

Ensemble for These Times will present a performance titled Women Crossing/ Liminality. The event will take place at Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall, SF Conservatory of Music, and will also be livestreamed.

THE SOUND OF SPRING Chinese New Year Concert returns to New York City on February 14 and 15, featuring a blend of Chinese and Western music at Fisher Center and Rose Theater.

Pasadena Playhouse will present 'MICRO MOZART', a unique series developed in partnership with the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, showcasing classical music performances.

The Ross McKee Foundation have announced the four young pianists named as 2025 McKee Laureates: Avery Armstrong (12), Isabel Feng (14), Peter Parra (15), and Meining Wu (16).

SF contemporary chamber music group Ensemble for These Times will start the New Year with the seventh edition of its popular annual series, a program of music by women and nonbinary composers.

Join Dylan Mulvaney and Kirsten Vangsness in EXORCISTIC: The Rock Musical Parody, running October 22–25 at The Asylum NYC.

The ARC Ensemble (Artists of the Royal Conservatory) returns to New York with a powerful evening of rediscovered works by Jerzy Fitelberg, Frederick Block, and Arthur Willner.

Bard Conservatory of Music will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a landmark concert at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on October 29, 2025. The program also honors President Leon Botstein’s 50th year of leadership, featuring Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and the North American premiere of Tan Dun’s Choral Concerto: Nine. Tickets start at $20.

Award-winning San Francisco contemporary music group Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) ihas just announced its first-ever tour to the East Coast of the U.S. from September 18-23, with performances in Brooklyn and Boston.