Notable Alumni of San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Gordon Getty 1933–

Businessman, philanthropist and classical composer

Also attended: University of San Francisco

Father: J. Paul Getty (University of California-Berkeley, University of Southern California)

Child: Andrew Getty (University of Southern California, New York University)

Indre Viskontas 2000–

Neuroscientist and operatic soprano

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles

Yehudi Menuhin 1916–1999

Violinist and conductor

Father: Moshe Menuhin (New York University)

John Adams 1947–

Composer and conductor of contemporary classical music

Also attended: Harvard University

Barbara Eden 1931–

Actress who starred in I Dream of Jeannie

Also attended: City College of San Francisco

Spouse: Michael Ansara (Los Angeles City College)

Isaac Stern 1920–2001

Violinist

Attended until 1931

Child: David Stern (Yale University, The Juilliard School)

George Duke 1946–2013

Keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

Also attended: San Francisco State University

David Woodard 1964–

Artist and writer known for Dreamachines

Gwendoline Yeo 1977–

Singapore-born actress based in the United States

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles

Carla Kihlstedt 1971–

Violinist, singer and composer

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Oberlin College

Sibling: Rya Kihlstedt (Skidmore College)

Jean-Paul Penin 1949–

French conductor and composer

Léopold Simoneau 1916–2006

Canadian tenor and Mozart interpreter

Spouse: Pierrette Alarie (Curtis Institute of Music)

Sepideh Moafi 1985–

Actress in The Deuce and The L Word: Generation Q

Also attended: University of California-Irvine

Eddie Henderson 1940–

Jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley, Howard University

Sidney Robertson Cowell 1903–1995

Ethnomusicologist and folk song collector

Also attended: Stanford University

Spouse: Henry Cowell (University of California-Berkeley)

That 1 Guy 2000–

One-man-band musician using homemade instruments

Ed Buller 1962–

English record producer

Rob Wasserman 1952–2016

Grammy-winning bass player and composer

Catherine Naglestad 1965–

Opera soprano

Adolph Baller 1909–1994

Austrian-American pianist and piano teacher

Alice Reinheart 1910–1993

Actress known for old-time radio

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Desirée Goyette 1956–

Singer, composer and voice-over artist

Gyan Riley 1977–

Guitarist and composer

Father: Terry Riley (University of California-Berkeley, San Francisco State University)

Jeffrey Kahane 1956–

Pianist and conductor, ex-Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra director

Child: Gabriel Kahane (Brown University)