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Viola
Viola
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Learn transcendent technique.
Three faculty members and under two dozen students make up SFCM’s viola department. Studio sizes are kept small, ensuring performance opportunities and tailored instruction for each student in the department. Ensembles available to viola players include baroque and early-music ensembles, contemporary groups, and the Conservatory Orchestra.
Faculty
Faculty
Beyond Your Major
Customize your degree with minors that deepen your musical interests or expand your skills across disciplines.
Explore music theory, history, humanities, and interdisciplinary coursework that broadens your perspective as both a musician and a scholar.
Perform in recitals, ensembles, orchestras, opera productions, chamber music, and more than 500 concerts each year.
Develop skills in entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, contracts, and career planning.
Live, learn, rehearse, and connect in a residence designed to bring artists together in one creative community.
Find community through student organizations, wellness resources, campus traditions, and life in the heart of San Francisco.
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Cellist and Violist Selected as Denis de Coteau Fellowship Recipients
The Denis de Coteau Fellowship—named after SF Ballet’s longtime music director and SFCM faculty member—provides funding, instruction, and performance opportunities for two San Francisco Conservatory of Music students this fall.
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April 2, 2026
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