Air Travel/Ground Transportation:

The hotels and convention facilities are easily reached from either SFO or OAK airports (information on area airports and city access can be found here).  The Civic Center BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit, www.bart.gov) station is very close the 2 hotels listed below, and the hotels are a 7 minute walk from the SF Conservatory and the SF War Memorial and Performing Arts Center.  Parking in the city is expensive and complicated, so mass transit is encouraged for those who are flying in to San Francisco- you won't need a car in the city.

Convention Facilities:

San Francisco Conservatory of Music is located at:
50 Oak Street
San Francisco, CA 94102-6011

Competition preliminary rounds, 4pm and 8pm concerts will be held at the Conservatory.

Veteran's War Memorial Building is located at:
401 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102

Convention Registration, all lectures, masterclasses, 11am concerts, and the Vendor Fair will be located on the second floor of the War Memorial Building.   

Hotels:
Both of the following hotels are a 7 minute walk from the Conservatory and the War Memorial Building, and very near the local BART (subway) station.

Primary Hotel
Hotel Whitcomb
1231 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: 800-227-4747  Fax: 415-861-1460

Rates:
$104.00 Single or Double
$129.00 Triple
$149.00 Quadruple
Block held for GFA until June 6, 2008

Secondary Hotel
Holiday Inn, San Francisco-Civic Center
50 Eighth St
San Francisco, Ca 94103 United States  
Tel: 415-626-6103 Fax: 415-5520184

Rates:
119.00 Single or Double
Block held for GFA until June 1, 2008

The Opal

1050 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA
Tel: 415-673-4711
Rates: $109 single or double
 

Budget Hotel
The Abigale Hotel 
246 McAllister Street
San Francisco, Ca 94102 United States  
Tel: 415-626-6500

www.theabigalehotle.com

Rates:
$94.00 Single or Double