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Feb. 10 is application deadline for Opera Grants for Female Composers, which provides support for the development of new operas by women. OPERA America invites proposals for grants of up to $15,000 from female composers "able to document their ability to create operatic works."

San Francisco organizations and composers received six $50,000 commissions from the Wallace Alexander

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The San Francisco Conservatory of Music has named Robert Fitzpatrick interim provost and dean, as Mary Ellen Poole is stepping down after 10 years of service as dean. Fitzpatrick is former dean and chief academic officer of the Curtis Institute of Music. He will serve in an interim capacity until the search for a new permanent dean for the Conservatory is completed.

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As San Francisco Ballet is opening the 2014 season this week (see next item), I thought it would be a good idea to ask th

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