San Francisco Academy Orchestra

In response to Covid19 and necessary distancing the Academy Orchestra is temporarily running all its Private Instruction, Mock Auditions and Group Classes online! Today was our first day of group classes where everyone could hear and see one another well. We met early, laughed, joked, showed each other our pets and got right back to work on excerpts. Kudos to Polina Sedukh for teaching a great class and to the Academy Fellows for being well prepared and being so fun to be around! A great example of getting through this together!

Orchestra Repertoire Class with Wyatt Underhill, Assistant Concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony!

Happy to announce that two Academy Fellows just won the Sacramento Philharmonic Audition! Ting Ting Gu was awarded the position of Assistant Concertmaster and Matthew Vincent awarded a section violin position! Bravo to you both!

Congratulations to Academy Orchestra Fellow, Mathew Vincent for winning The Oakland Symphony Audition last week! Since moving to San Francisco last year, Mr. Vincent has also earned a 1st violin position at Symphony Napa Valley!

Congratulations to Academy Alum Junghee Lee for winning The Oakland Symphony Audition this week! Ms. Lee came to San Francisco in 2017 after having studied in Korea and The Juilliard School !

Celebrating 10 years at Calvary Presbyterian Church!! 2515 Fillmore St. Sunday November 3, 4:00 pm... The Calvary Chancel Choir, Young Women's Choral Projects of San Francisco and The San Francisco Academy Orchestra join forces in a special concert commemorating the feasts of All-Saints and All-Souls. Tickets available here: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4401602 Featured on the program is the exquisitely beautiful Gregorian-chant infused "Requiem" of Maurice Duruflé, one of the most admired works of the modern French Repertoire, Poulenc's dramatic and ethereal "Litanies à la Vierge noire" and a new piece by Michael Conley "Where Everything Is Music" set to the mystical poetry of Rumi, will be premiered. Reception to follow in Calvin Hall.

Please enjoy the Academy Orchestra 2019-2020 Season featuring the Calvary Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir, a world premiere by composer Michael Conley, Viola Soloist Matthew J. Young, Bass Soloist Charles Chandler, Concerto Competition Winners, Conductors Michael Conley and Susan McMane, and Music Director Andrei Gorbatenko!

Looking forward to having SF Symphony Bassist and Academy Faculty member Charles Chandler perform the Dragonetti Concerto this coming season! SUNDAY JAN 19th, 2020 @4pm