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Scott Foglesong is Chair of Music Theory and Musicianship at the San Francisco Conservatory, where he has been on the faculty since 1978. He also teaches at UC Berkeley, and contributes program notes and gives “Inside Music” lectures for the San Francisco Symphony.

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On conservatories

Commencement at the San Francisco Conservatory looms. Presently I'll don my academic togs and sit in communal majesty onstage while beaming...
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SF's unofficial spring music fest

The onset of spring is heralded by all three concert halls at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music hosting a stream of students presenting their...
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Clarifying a muddy flute

Pardon the slightly surrealistic title. I refer here to Mozart's beloved The Magic Flute, an immortal icon of musical theater dating from the very...
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Van Ness makes lotsa music on Saturday the 4th

Update: I have made a correction in my article about classical music downloading, should you care to peruse it.We all know Van Ness Avenue as an...
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Two composers, one celebration: Armer and Susa at SFCM

A conservatory is a place of protection, as witnessed by the word itself — to conserve, or hold safe against the ravages of time. It is no...
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It's not dead or even ailing, Part 2

In this current series of articles I am offering a counter to the oft-heard and tiresome bromides claiming that...
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It's not dead or even ailing, Part 1

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