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Colin Murdoch
president
Colin Murdoch has served as president of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music since 1992. In 1998 Mr. Murdoch received a citation from the Governor of California for Distinguished Achievement in Service to the “Education of Our Youth,“ and in the same year the Pacific Musical Society recognized him with the Excellence Award for “Significant Contributions to the Musical World of San Francisco.“
Mr. Murdoch studied violin with Josef Gingold, Daniel Majeske, Eduard Melkus, and Paul Rolland, and attended Brown University before completing his Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude at Case Western Reserve University. Upon completion of his Master of Music degree at the University of Illinois, he was a member of the New Orleans Symphony before joining the music faculty of Lawrence University, where he continued performing widely, especially chamber music. In 1978, Mr. Murdoch accepted the position of Dean of Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, where he worked with the College Music Society in its review of the undergraduate curriculum.
An active member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), he has served as a member of the Futures Committee, the Undergraduate Commission, the Commission on Accreditation, and as an NASM representative for the National Office for Arts Accreditation in Higher Education. Mr. Murdoch joined the Conservatory as Dean in 1988.
Colin Murdoch can be contacted at 415.503.6230 or kayc@sfcm.edu.
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