About Us
InterMusic SF is a San Francisco Bay Area non-profit organization that advocates for those who create, share, and love the art of small ensemble music. InterMusic SF acts as a catalyst to help local artists thrive via career development and creative collaboration.
Built to Help
Our Services
Fiscal Sponsorship
The Fiscal Sponsorship Program (FSP) supports, nurtures, and advocates for emerging and established professional ensembles, individuals, and organizations who share InterMusic SF's commitment to the advancement of small ensemble music as an art form
SF Music Day
Our annual music festival celebrates the Bay Area music community and engages local audiences to explore and savor the diverse range of music being made in our region.
Artist Development
Through fiscal sponsorship, career guidance workshops, and consultations, we create pathways to obtain sustainable careers in music and nurture professional development.
Musical Grant Program
The MGP awards project grants to support the creative musical activity of San Francisco Bay Area performers, composers, and presenters whose projects focus specifically on music for the small ensemble.
Our Story
In 1998, three longtime San Francisco Bay Area music patrons, Jane Roos Le Roux, Jane Galante and Barbara Barclay, recognized that while chamber music ensembles contribute significantly to the cultural life of the Bay Area, they generally lack the tools and staffing for audience development; and because most are not tax-exempt entities, they are rarely in the position to garner the contributed support that organizations in other disciplines receive.
The founders saw a distinct need for a local service organization to support this art form in the Bay Area, and launched the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music (SFFCM). The organization has grown significantly in ambition and impact since its founding, garnering national recognition in 2010 with Chamber Music America’s prestigious CMAcclaim Award for extraordinary contributions in the field of chamber music.
In 2017, we adopted the name InterMusic SF in order to ensure that our identity would better reflect the stylistic and demographic breadth of the community we have steadily evolved to serve.
Working hard to help musicians succeed
The InterMusic SF Team
Cory
Combs
Executive Director
Educator, lecturer, program director, bassist, and composer living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Marcus Phillips
Marketing & Communications Associate
Oboist and teacher of multiple wind instruments. InterMusic SF’s tech and design guru since 2014.
Jessica Noel Stelzer
Bookkeeper
Oakland based bookkeeper with over 20 years experience working with non-profit and private clients.
Join The team
Job Openings
Throughout the year InterMusic SF is constantly looking for local professionals to help us grow and reach more musicians and audiences around the Bay Area.
The team behind the team
Our Board
The InterMusic SF Board of directors combines expertise and passion for music making and support for musicians and audiences to enrich the music community in the Bay Area.
Nancy B. Ranney
Martin Gellen
Joseph Maile
Katherine Bukstein
Tom Stone
Bernice E. Greene
Mary Wildavsky
Susan Larson
Janice Lee
James T. Leak
Joanne De Phillips
Pei-Ling Lin
The Advisory Board of InterMusic SF
- Judith Preves Anderson
- Barbara Barclay
- Susan Bates
- Thomas Dricoll
- Ruth A. Felt
- Stephen Shapiro
