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David Kim, fortepiano
Fortepianist David Kim performs on his Regier Graf copy. His program includes Robert Schumann’s Papillons and Kreisleriana; Schubert’s Sonata in C minor, D. 958; and more. Hailed by Malcolm Bilson as a musician “who will doubtless make an important contribution to the musical life of this country,” pianist and fortepianist David Hyun-su Kim holds degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Cornell universities and a doctorate from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He has performed throughout the U.S., Canada, Austria,…
Find out more »Kathryne Jennings Voice Studio: Winter Recital
Kathryne Jennings’s Voice Studio presents its Winter recital. Featured students include Stephanie Fischer, Tim Isaacs, Eve La Puma, Brenna McCulloch, Lorin Phillips, Kathlynn Simotas, Lark Wang, and Edric Zeng.
Find out more »A Conversation with Aimee Bender
The McCoy Center for Ethics and Society, in partnership with the Creative Writing Program, is pleased to present the explosive linguistic talent and boundary blurring short story writer and novelist, Aimee Bender. The author of three collections of short stories, a novel, and a novella, Bender is one of the most respected and anthologized fiction writers of her generation. From the groundbreaking debut Girl with Flammable Skirt to the emotive flavors of the Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, Bender’s prose is, in the words…
Find out more »The Power of Photography for Social Change
REZA is an acclaimed photojournalist whose work has been featured in National Geographic, Time Magazine, Stern, Newsweek, El País, Paris Match, as well as a series of books, exhibitions and documentaries made for the National Geographic Channel. He discusses the importance of using images to serve social change, by training younger generations to become the actors of the future. Part of the Stanford Festival of Iranian Arts
Find out more »Queering Science Fiction: A Series of Readings and Discussions
Join us for a reading by local author Annalee Newitz from her book, Autonomous, and a post-reading Q&A session. Lunch will be served.
Find out more »DLCL Winter Film Series Screening: Moonlight (2016) Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins’ 2016 film won Best Picture for its heart-wrenching portrayal of the coming of age story of a young gay black man named Chiron and his resilient endurance of repeated physical and emotional abuse. Jenkins’ film beautifully depicts Chiron’s difficult lifelong relationships with drugs, violence, and childhood relationships and will be remembered as a groundbreaking testament to the lives so often ignored by cinema. Discussion will focus on analyzing the relationships between gender and sexuality, love and friendship, body…
Find out more »Early Music Singers: The Music of Tomás Luis de Victoria through the Year
William Mahrt directs the Early Music Singers’ Winter program featuring the works of one of the most important composers of the Counter-Reformation, the 16th-century Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611).
Find out more »[sic]—The Stanford [sic] Improvisation Collective
Mark Applebaum directs the Stanfjord Improvisation Collective’s program of experimental music and trans-idiomatic improvisation.
Find out more »Intermedia Workshop: Final Projects
Intermedia workshop students present their final projects, comprising diverse works across a wide spectrum of audiovisual practices. The culmination of a term’s worth of iteration and experimentation! Note: Installations will be set up in multiple spaces at CCRMA. Installations may be viewed starting at 5:00 PM, with performances at 8:00 PM.
Find out more »Louis Menand: “On Writing, Public Writing, and the Future of Academic Writing”
Writing well is among the hardest things we do. It is especially challenging to capture complex scholarly ideas for a broad audience. This year’s Harry Camp Memorial Lecturer, Louis Menand, has been engaging the public with thoughtful prose for nearly 30 years. He’s well known as the author of The Metaphysical Club and has written for the New Yorker on everything from the Cold War to copyright law, and from poetry to psychiatry. On March 15, he will share some of…
Find out more »Stanford Baroque Soloists: Salzburg Before Mozart
Anthony Martin directs the Stanford Baroque Soloists’ program, “Salzburg Before Mozart,” featuring music by Wolfgang Mozart, Michael Haydn, Leopold Mozart, Heinrich Biber, and Georg Muffat.
Find out more »Open Studios: Winter | 2018
Open Studios is a self-guided art tour of our undergraduate student showcase from the Winter 2018 Art Practice courses: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Digital Art, Sculpture, Film and more..! This is a rare opportunity to see student artwork in the studios in which it was created. VISITOR INFORMATION:The McMurtry Building is located on Stanford’s campus, at 355 Roth Way. The Stanford Art Gallery, is located off Palm Drive at 419 Lasuen Mall. Visitor parking is free all day on the weekend and after…
Find out more »Aaron Wilk, piano
Aaron Wilk performs piano sonatas of Prokofiev. Aaron is in the Stanford Medical Scientist Training Program, an eight-year program leading to dual M.D. and Ph.D. degrees.
Find out more »David Sherman, Anna Lee, Allie Sherris, and Jen Wang: Piano Quartets
David Sherman, violin; Anna Lee, viola; Allie Sherris, cello; and Jen Wang, piano, perform two piano quartets. Program Pēteris Vasks: Piano Quartet Joaquín Turina: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op.67
Find out more »Stanford Woodwind Quintet: 30th Anniversary Concert
The Stanford Woodwind Quintet presents its 30th Anniversary concert.
Find out more »Meet the Makers Winter Student Showcase 2018
Product Realization Lab students transform big ideas into pathbreaking products. See innovations in sports equipment, consumer goods, education and health devices, agricultural tools, and MORE! Come get a glimpse of the future!
Find out more »The Dancing Sowei: Performing Beauty in Sierra Leone
This exhibition focuses on one spectacular work in the Cantor’s collection—a sowei mask, used by the women–only Sande Society that is unique to Sierra Leone. Used in dance by senior women of the society, the sowei mask symbolizes knowledge of feminine grace and is part of a young girl’s initiation into adulthood. Thus, for many women of the region, beauty is literally performed into existence through ndoli jowei (the dancing sowei or the sowei mask in performance). IMAGE: Gola or Mende…
Find out more »St. Lawrence String Quartet: Concert for the Community – NEW VENUE!
The St. Lawrence String Quartet presents its annual Concert for the Community, offered free of charge to local school children, teachers, and their families. | Presented by the Friends of Music at Stanford in partnership with the Department of Music. Note: This event has been moved to Campbell Recital Hall.
Find out more »“Crossroads” by Bahram Beyzaie
New play written and directed by Bahram Beyzaie. Approximately year eighty of the Persian calendar. In a busy crossroads of Tehran, a woman and a man run into one another, torn apart by the events of the last fifteen years! Play is in Persian. Part of the Stanford Festival of Iranian Arts. **More information and ticket sales coming soon!
Find out more »Film Screening: Hans Hofmann: Artist/Teacher, Teacher/Artist
Narrated by Robert De Niro, this documentary is both an explanation of modern art and the story of an artist and teacher of thousands, some of whom are today’s leading artists. A first-generation Abstract Expressionist, Hofmann was friend to Picasso and Pollock alike. Hofmann never intended to teach, but necessity forced him to, and he became extremely influential. Of the thousands of artists, writers, and dancers who studied with Hofmann at one time, one place or another, twenty-four are included…
Find out more »Betray the Secret: Humanity in the Age of “Frankenstein”
The Cantor’s contribution to the campus-wide celebration of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s horror novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus reveals ways artists have represented the body, life, and death, as well as the boundary separating humanity from technology. IMAGE: Beth Van Hoesen (U.S.A., 1926–2010), Stanford (Arnautoff Class), 1945. Graphite and ink on paper. Gift of the Estate of Beth Van Hoesen
Find out more »The Choir of the Queen’s College, Oxford with Stanford Chamber Chorale
The Choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford is widely recognized as one of the leading collegiate choirs in the UK. In addition to singing weekly services in the College’s magnificent Baroque chapel, the thirty singers of the choir maintain a busy schedule of concerts, broadcasts, recordings, and international tours under the leadership of Owen Rees. The choir offers a joint recital in the stunning acoustic of Stanford Memorial Church with the Stanford Chamber Chorale and its director, Stephen M. Sano.
Find out more »Caroline Campbell, violin: “Encore, Encore!”
Violinist Caroline Campbell performs the program “Encore, Encore!” in recital with pianist Robert Thies. Caroline Campbell has appeared as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, and many other symphony orchestras. She has soloed in prestigious venues from Carnegie Hall to the Kennedy Center and in exotic locations from Kuala Lumpur to the Sydney Opera House. In high demand both in the classical and popular scene, she has been nicknamed “violinist to the stars” and hand-picked to play…
Find out more »How to Save Politics in a Post-Truth Era: Thinking Through Difficult Times with Ilan Baron
Ilan Zvi Baron is an Associate Professor in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University, where he is also the Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Jewish Culture, Society and Politics. He has published on International Relations theory, identity and security, dual loyalty, the Jewish Diaspora’s relationship with Israel and the international cultural politics of Israeli cuisine. His most recent books include, “Obligation in Exile: The Jewish Diaspora, Israel and Critique,” published by Edinburgh University Press,…
Find out more »NOON CONCERT: Flute Students of Alexandra Hawley
Flute students from Alexandra Hawley’s studio are featured in this noontime concert. (Program TBA.)
Find out more »Melanie Goldstein, cello, and Kevin Sun, piano
The cello and piano duo of Melanie Goldstein and Kevin Sun perform works of Beethoven, Brahms, and others.
Find out more »Saint Michael Trio: Exploring Mendelssohn
The Mendelssohn F minor Piano Quartet serves as the focus of this “informance” by the Saint Michael Trio utilizing slides, demonstrations, and commentary.
Find out more »Ted Koppel – How to Lead a Meaningful Life
Ted Koppel, 2018 Mimi and Peter E. Haas Distinguished Visitor, will be in conversation with The Rev. Professor Jane Shaw, Dean for Religious Life on how to lead a meaningful life. Journalist Ted Koppel was the anchor and managing editor of ABC News’ Nightline for 26 years, becoming the longest-serving news anchor in U.S. broadcast history. After leaving ABC in 2005, Koppel and his colleagues produced 20 hours of documentaries for the Discovery Network where he served as managing editor. Since then he has worked as a contributing…
Find out more »Jewish Museums in Europe: Cabinets of Curiosities or Theatres of History with Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
What comes first? The collection or the story? What is the story the collection tells, and can the story the museum wants to tell be told through the collection? Given the politics of history and historical policies in Europe today, Jewish museums have a special role to play. Prague, Budapest, London, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, Moscow, Vienna – Jewish museums in these and other European cities have taken different approaches. Their strategies reflect not only the history of the institution and…
Find out more »Is AI the New Frankenstein? with Ken Goldberg
Is AI the New Frankenstein? (Ken Goldberg, UC Berkeley with Fred Turner, Stanford) 200 years after Mary Shelley’s masterwork appeared in print, “Artificial Intelligence” is running amok, provoking extreme claims of opportunities and threats. Many assert that AI is an “exponential technology”, a “new electricity” that will transform every industry. Advocates claim that fully autonomous cars and robots with human dexterity are just around the corner. At the same time, headlines report that robots will soon steal the majority of…
Find out more »Department of Music Faculty Concert: Corellipalooza!
Works from all six operas of Arcangelo Corelli — four trios, two sonatas, and two concerti for strings — will be performed on period instruments by Department of Music faculty and guests: Anthony Martin and Owen Dalby, violinsHerbert Myers, violaRobert Howard, celloJohn Dornenburg, violoneKelly Savage, keyboardKevin Kishimoto, theorbo
Find out more »Hidden Beneath Diebenkorn’s “Window”
Two hidden compositions lie below the surface of Window by painter and Stanford graduate Richard Diebenkorn, BA ’49. These hidden compositions were unknown to the art community except as barely visible reworkings, or pentimenti, until brought to light by Stanford student Katherine Van Kirk, ’19, during her fellowship in the Cantor’s Art+Science Lab. This installation shows the multiple layers uncovered through infrared reflectography as evidence—in a single painting—of the transition Diebenkorn was making in his art from figurative to still…
Find out more »Todd Lewis: “Reconfiguration and Revival: Newar Buddhist Traditions in the Kathmandu Valley (and Beyond)”
Bio: Todd Lewis, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA Abstract: Beginning with Sylvain Lévi, most scholars for the past century who have assessed the state of Newar Buddhism in the Kathmandu Valley have described the tradition as “decadent,” “corrupted by Hinduism,” and so in serious decline. Many predicted its withering away, most often due to competition from the reformist Theravādins, a movement that arrived in Nepal a century ago. The predations of the modern Nepalese state with its staunchly Hindu…
Find out more »2018 Medicine & the Muse Symposium
The Medicine & the Muse Symposium features medical students highlighting their scholarly work in health humanities research through presentations and posters, as well as showcasing artistic talents through performances of song, dance, music, poetry, film, and exhibits of artwork and photography. The theme for this year’s Symposium will be Paradoxes: Humanism at the Frontiers of Medicine, showcasing the necessity of humanism in medicine while also encapsulating the stories of those in the film to be screened at the Symposium’s end: The…
Find out more »A Reading with Ron Carlson, the Stein Visiting Writer
Ron Carlson’s most recent novel is Return to Oakpine. His short stories have appeared in Esquire, Harpers, The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and other journals, as well as The Best American Short Stories, The O’Henry Prize Series, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction and other anthologies; they have been performed on National Public Radio’s “This American Life” and “Selected Shorts.” Ron Carlson Writes a Story, his book on writing is taught widely. He is the author of two books of poems, Room Service and The Blue Box. He has been awarded…
Find out more »Health Humanities Consortium Conference
A three-day celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein through an exploration of medically-based ethical dilemmas and an examination of the relevance of Frankenstein in moral imagination today.
Find out more »International Health Humanities Consortium Conference 2018
The Health Humanities Consortium promotes health humanities scholarship, education, and practices through interdisciplinary methods and theories that focus on the intersection of the arts and humanities, health, illness, and healthcare, with annual conferences sharing practices and scholarship. This year’s conference coincides with the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and as such will highlight the themes of science’s risky aspirations and how the humanities help communicate them. Keynote speakers include Alexander Nemerov, Professor of Art and Art History…
Find out more »NOON CONCERT: Trombone Students of McDowell Kenley
Trombone students are featured in this noontime concert.
Find out more »CCRMA Spring Concert I
Please join us as CCRMA presents two evenings of immersive spatial multichannel music at the Bing Concert Hall Studio.
Find out more »Bride of Frankenstein
The Frankenstein@200 film series will screen James Whale’s 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein at Stanford Theater in downtown Palo Alto.
Find out more »James A. Benn: “Controversies in the Doctrine and Practice of Self-immolation in Medieval China”
Abstract: In this seminar we will read selected passages from the chapter on self-immolation (sheshen pian 捨身篇) in the seventh-century Chinese Buddhist compendium Fayuan zhulin 法苑珠林. We will see how the compiler of the work—Daoshi 道世 (596?–683) places a range of somatic practices including burning the body within the context of the propagation of Buddhism. We will note how he deploys key jātaka tales and Mahāyāna sutras as scriptural supports for the practice, and reflect on his choice of hagiographical material from China. Bio: James A. Benn…
Find out more »Languages About Music: 2018 Stanford Graduate Music Colloquium
A conversation space for scholars throughout the humanities and sciences, to share and exchange different ways of talking about and engaging with music How do we talk about music and sound? What is the language that we use to describe music? What makes music an interesting object of inquiry? Each discipline brings with it new approaches and methodologies for answering these questions. Come and join a day of interdisciplinary conversation exploring music and its many languages. Featured Events – schedule TBA…
Find out more »CCRMA Spring Concert II
Please join us as CCRMA presents two evenings of immersive spatial multichannel music at the Bing Concert Hall Studio.
Find out more »National Theatre Live’s “Frankenstein”
The Frankenstein@200 film series screens the National Theatre Live’s Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch depicting the scientist and Jonny Lee Miller portraying his monstrous creation.
Find out more »Hannah Pho, soprano: Senior Voice Recital – NEW DATE!
Soprano Hannah Pho presents her senior recital, featuring works by Handel, Debussy, and Wolf. Note: This event was previously scheduled for April 14.
Find out more »Ian Anstee, tenor: Senior Voice Recital – NEW DATE!
Ian Anstee, tenor, presents his senior voice recital (Program TBA). Note: This event was rescheduled from May 19.
Find out more »Hisham Matar Reading, part of the Lane Lecture Series
Photo by Diana Matar Part of the Lane Lecture Series Hisham Matar was born in New York City to Libyan parents, spent his childhood in Tripoli and Cairo, and has lived most of his adult life in London. His critically acclaimed 2016 memoir The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between won the Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography and received the PEN America Book of the Year Award. In The Return, he recounts his search for his father, who was…
Find out more »A Conversation with Award-Winning South African Author Jonny Steinberg
Join us for an evening with best-selling author and Oxford University Professor of African Studies Jonny Steinberg. Professor Steinberg will give a talk, followed by a short reading of his forthcoming book One Day in Bethlehem, and a moderated Q&A session with Jeremy M. Weinstein, the Sakurako and William Fisher Family Director of the Stanford Global Studies Division. One Day in Bethlehem begins late in the evening of April 2, 1992, when, on the brink of apartheid’s end, the South African security police…
Find out more »Tiffany Jiang: Flute Recital
Tiffany Jiang performs works for flute. Program Villa-Lobos / Heitor: Assobio a Jato Telemann: Flute Fantasies Liebermann / Lowell: Flute Sonata
Find out more »“Denial”, History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving with Deborah Lipstadt
Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory College Deborah received her B.A. from City College of New York (1969) and her M.A. (1972) and Ph.D. (1976) from Brandeis University. Professor Lipstadt is frequently called upon by the media to comment on a variety of matters. She has appeared Good Morning America, NPR’s Fresh Air, the BBC, Charlie Rose Show, and is a frequent contributor to and is widely quoted in a variety of newspapers…
Find out more »NOON CONCERT: invoke – Emerging String Quartet Stanford Recital
Described as “not classical…but not not classical,” invoke continues to successfully dodge even the most valiant attempts at genre classification. The ensemble’s other “not-nots” encompass traditions from across America, including bluegrass, Appalachian fiddle tunes, jazz, and minimalism. invoke weaves all of these threads together to create truly unique contemporary repertoire, written by and for the group. invoke’s Stanford Recital will include traditional repertoire, as well as original compositions. (Program TBA.)
Find out more »Tim H. Barrett: “A Possible Buddhist Influence on Chinese Political Thought”
Abstract: Much work has been done in recent decades on the way in which Chinese rulers made use of Buddhism to bolster their power, but in fact some Buddhist ideas concerning kingship found in South Asian materials were quite negative. China was in imperial times an autocracy in which such negativity towards kingship generally did not flourish. But if we look carefully, is there really no trace at all of these Buddhist ideas entering the Chinese tradition of political thought? …
Find out more »Krishan Kumar: Senior Flute Recital – NEW DATE!
Program TBA. Note: This event was rescheduled from April 20.
Find out more »Taide Ding, piano: Senior Recital – NEW DATE!
Senior Taide Ding performs piano works by Mozart and others.
Find out more »Zoë Sonnenberg, soprano: Senior Voice Recital
Zoë Sonnenberg, soprano, captures her four years at Stanford, in song. (Program TBA.)
Find out more »The Polish Roots of Right-Wing Zionism with Daniel Heller
Daniel K. Heller, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies at McGill University How interwar Poland and its Jewish youth were instrumental in shaping the ideology of right-wing Zionism By the late 1930s, as many as fifty thousand Polish Jews belonged to Betar, a youth movement known for its support of Vladimir Jabotinsky, the founder of right-wing Zionism. Poland was not only home to Jabotinsky’s largest following. The country also served as an inspiration and incubator for the development of right-wing Zionist…
Find out more »Piano Studio of Frederick Weldy
Piano students of Frederick Weldy will be featured in this noontime recital. (Program TBA.)
Find out more »The Ruined House with Ruby Namdar
Ruby Namdar, author Ruby Namdar was born and raised in Jerusalem to a family of Iranian-Jewish heritage. His first book, Haviv (2000) won The Ministry of Culture’s Award for Best First Publication. His novel The Ruined House has won the Sapir Prize—Israel’s most prestigious literary award. In The Ruined House, an elegant NYU professor at the peak of his powers is reduced to a quivering puddle by a violent, unsought, yearlong spiritual awakening. Jumping between New York of 2000 and the Holy Temple…
Find out more »Victoria Ding: Flute Recital
Victoria Ding performs works for flute, accompanied by staff pianist Lori Lack. Victoria is a sophomore from Saratoga, CA, studying Symbolic Systems. She has been playing the flute for ten years and currently studies with Alexandra Hawley. Additionally, she plays with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and toured with them last summer to Mexico and Cuba.
Find out more »When Vilna was Young: Vilna’s Last Generation with Justin Cammy
Justin Cammy is a literary and cultural historian with research and teaching interests in Yiddish and modern Jewish literatures, Eastern European Jewish history, and Zionism and contemporary Israel. He holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a B.A. in Middle Eastern studies from McGill University. In addition to appointments in Jewish studies and comparative literature, he also is a member of Smith’s Programs in Middle East studies, Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian studies, and American…
Find out more »Where here: 2018 Stanford MFA Thesis Exhibition
The Department of Art & Art History presents, Where here, on view May 15 through June 17, 2018 with a reception on Thursday, May 17, 5-7pm. This group exhibition is curated by Gail Wight and features the thesis artwork of five graduating art practice MFA students. Where here brings together the diverse practices of this year’s Stanford MFA Art Practice candidates. W makes here look different, it complicates here and transforms it into the question, Where? We have collectively sought to…
Find out more »What the Future Holds: In Conversation with Walter Mosley
What the Future Holds: In Conversation with Walter Mosley Novelist and social commentator Walter Mosley is best known for his crime fiction, and his indelible narrator, Easy Rawlins. But Mosley, a frequent social commentator and wide-ranging writer, is also a serious practitioner of Science Fiction. He employs the form not just to contemplate the culture as it was, but to envision the trends that might point to our future. These envisionings are rarely optimistic, but always prescient. Over the course…
Find out more »NOON CONCERT: Flute Students of Melody Holmes
Flute students from Melody Holmes’s studio are featured in this noontime concert. (Program TBA.)
Find out more »Opening Reception | Where here: 2018 Stanford MFA Thesis Exhibition
The Department of Art & Art History presents, Where here, on view May 15 through June 17, 2018 with a reception on Thursday, May 17, 5-7pm. This group exhibition is curated by Gail Wight and features the thesis artwork of five graduating art practice MFA students. Where here brings together the diverse practices of this year’s Stanford MFA Art Practice candidates. W makes here look different, it complicates here and transforms it into the question, Where? We have collectively sought to…
Find out more »Rupert Gethin: “On Death and Rebirth, and What Happens in Between: Two Buddhist Accounts of Why it Matters”
Abstract: Ancient Indian Buddhist thinkers for the most part took it as given that death was followed by rebirth, but they disagreed on whether death was followed immediately by rebirth or by an in between state (antarābhava). The lecture will consider two accounts of death and rebirth, both from the fourth to fifth centuries CE but representing the traditions of two different schools: (1) the account found in Vasubandhu’s Abhidharmakośa, which presents the traditions of the Sarvāstivāda school and advocates an in between state, and (2) the account found in the…
Find out more »David Lopez, tenor: Senior Voice Recital
David Lopez presents his senior voice recital (Program TBA.)
Find out more »NOON CONCERT: Voice Students of Claire Giovannetti
Voice students of Claire Giovannetti perform in this noontime recital (Program TBA).
Find out more »Stanford Symphonic Chorus
The Stanford Symphonic Chorus, under the baton of Stephen M. Sano, offers Franz Joseph Haydn’s Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida (“Heiligmesse”), an exuberant masterpiece dating from the composer’s late maturity. Also on the program is Haydn’s rarely-heard Violin Concerto No. 4 in G major (Hob. VIIa:4), featuring faculty soloist Joo-Mee Lee.
Find out more »Jazz Piano Studio of Murray Low: Spring Showcase
The Spring Jazz Piano showcase featuring the students of Murray Low will include standards and contemporary works.
Find out more »Stanford Symphonic Chorus
The Stanford Symphonic Chorus, under the baton of Stephen M. Sano, offers Franz Joseph Haydn’s Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida (“Heiligmesse”), an exuberant masterpiece dating from the composer’s late maturity. Also on the program is Haydn’s rarely-heard Violin Concerto No. 4 in G major (Hob. VIIa:4), featuring faculty soloist Joo-Mee Lee.
Find out more »Oishi Banerjee, soprano: Senior Voice Recital
Oishi Banerjee, soprano, presents her senior recital of songs by Wolf, J.S. Bach, Korngold, Fauré, Purcell, and Schubert; arias by Massenet, Handel, and Delibes; and musical theater selections. Her accompanists include Hope Casey-Allen, soprano; Maria English, mezzo-soprano; and Jason Griffin, piano.
Find out more »Maddie McClung: Senior Voice Recital
Program TBA.
Find out more »Making Hungary Great Again: State Building, Mass Violence, and the Irony of Global Holocaust Memory in Twentieth-Century Europe with Raz Segal
Raz Segal, Assistant Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Sara and Sam Schoffer Professor of Holocaust Studies at Stockton University Dr. Segal is engaged in his work with the challenges of exploring the Holocaust as an integral part of modern processes of imperial collapse, the formation and occasional deformation of nation-states, and their devastating impact on the societies they sought (and seek) to break and remake. Integrative and comparative, his research stands at the intersection of modern European history, Holocaust scholarship, Genocide Studies, and Jewish history, and links the Holocaust to…
Find out more »墨境 Ink Worlds: Contemporary Chinese Painting from the Collection of Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang
Ink Worlds considers ink painting from the 1960s through the present, examining salient visual features and international connections, as well as the ongoing impact of historical techniques, materials, and themes. In so doing, the exhibition addresses not only the capacity of ink painting to evolve but also the contemporary nature of ink painting as a distinct genre whose achievements can already be documented. Caption: Irene Zhou (China, 1924–2011), Untitled, 1995. Ink on paper. Collection of Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang
Find out more »NOON CONCERT: Cello Students of Stephen Harrison
Cello students are featured in this noontime concert. (Program TBA.)
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Stanford Jazz Orchestra
Michael Galisatus directs the Stanford Jazz Orchestra’s program. (Program TBA.)
Find out more »The Origin of the Jews: The Quest for Roots in a Rootless Age with Steven P. Weitzman
Steven Weitzman, Abraham M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures, Ella Darivoff Director of the Katz Center of Advanced Judaic Studies at Pennsylvania University Prof. Weitzman specializes in the Hebrew Bible and the origins of Jewish culture. Recent publications include Surviving Sacrilege: Cultural Persistence in Jewish Antiquity(Harvard University Press, 2005); Religion and the Self in Antiquity (Indiana University Press, 2005); The Jews: A History (Prentice Hall, 2009); and a biography of King Solomon, part of the new “Jewish Lives” series, published by Yale University Press in…
Find out more »Oliver Freiberger: “Lines in Water? On Drawing Buddhism’s Boundaries in Ancient India”
Abstract: This talk explores the ways in which religious agents – and modern scholars – distinguish religions. Illustrated by examples from ancient India, it will problematize the popular notion of blurred boundaries and suggest a multilayered approach for analyzing religious boundary-making. The paper argues that scholars should be prepared to find, even within one religious community, numerous and possibly conflicting ways of drawing a boundary between “us” and “them.” Bio: Dr. Oliver Freiberger is associate professor of Asian Studies and…
Find out more »NOON CONCERT: Harpsichord Studio of Elaine Thornburgh
Harpsichord students of Elaine Thornburgh will be featured in this noontime recital. (Program TBA.)
Find out more »Jake Gold, horn
Jake Gold, horn, performs the following selections: Bernard Krol: Laudatio Schumann: Adagio and Allegro Johannes Brahms: Trio, op. 40 Nikolai Tcherepnin: selection from 6 Horn Quartets August Klughardt: Wind Quintet, op. 79
Find out more »Stanford Gu-zheng Ensemble – NEW DATE!
The Stanford Guzheng Ensemble is a group of Stanford students from all disciplines, drawn together by their interest in gu-zheng (Chinese harp). This instrument is considered the ancestor of other Asian instruments such as the Japanese koto. Led by renowned gu-zheng player Hui You, the ensemble explores both traditional and contemporary pieces for gu-zheng. Note: This event was originally scheduled for June 3 at 7:00 PM.
Find out more »Stephanie Fischer: Senior Composition Recital
Compositions by senior Stephanie Fischer are featured. (Program and personnel TBA.)
Find out more »NOON CONCERT: Flute Students of Greer Ellison
Flute students from Greer Ellison’s studio are featured in this noontime concert. (Program TBA.)
Find out more »Spring Chamber Music Showcase
Ensembles from the Stanford Chamber Music program perform.
Find out more »University Singers
Robert Huw Morgan directs the University Singers’ performance of works by Handel.
Find out more »Robert Daniel DeCaroli: “Snakes and the Rain: Nāga Imagery, Water Management, and Buddhist Rainmaking Rituals in Early South Asia”
Abstract: When considering the water-related challenges that confronted the monks and architects involved with rock-cut monasteries, it becomes apparent that the veneration of nāgas complimented methods of hydraulic engineering designed to regulate the flow of water at the sites. The highly visible nature of this arrangement helps to explain the emergence of ritual texts, primarily dating to after the fourth century CE, in which Buddhist ritualists adopt the role of rainmakers. The ritualists invariably invoke a special relationship with the…
Find out more »NOON CONCERT: Piano Studio of George Barth and Kumaran Arul
Piano students of George Barth and Kumaran Arul will be featured in this noontime recital. (Program TBA.)
Find out more »Stanford Jazz Combos
Jim Nadel presents a Jazz Combo showcase, featuring standards and original works by a range of small ensembles.
Find out more »Stanford Philharmonia
Paul Phillips conducts the Philharmonia’s Spring program: – J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major Robin Sharp, violin soloist – J.S. Bach (arr. Webern): Ricercare from “Musical Offering” – Igor Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat, “Dumbarton Oaks” – Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 93 in D Major
Find out more »Hannah Choi, cello, with Lori Lack, piano
Sophomore Hannah Choi, cello, performs in recital with Lori Lack, piano. Program Brahms: Sonata in F Major, Op. 99Piazzolla: The Grand TangoMassenet: Mediation from “Thais”Saint-Saëns: Aria from “Samson and Delilah”
Find out more »Stanford Wind Symphony: Spring Concert
Giancarlo Aquilanti directs the Stanford Wind Symphony’s program in Bing Concert Hall.
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Stanford Chamber Chorale: In One Accord
The Stanford Chamber Chorale joins forces with University Organist, Dr. Robert Huw Morgan, in an evening celebrating choral music from the Anglican cathedral tradition. The program features George Dyson’s exuberant “Evening Canticles in D”; William Henry Harris’s radiant double-choir anthem “Faire is the heaven”; contemporary works by Ben Parry and Owain Park; and beloved British folk song arrangements by Holst, Grainger, Moeran, and others.
Find out more »Kathryne Jennings Voice Studio: Spring Recital
Kathryne Jennings’s Voice Studio presents its Spring recital. Featured students include Stephanie Fischer, Tim Isaacs, Eve La Puma, Brenna McCulloch, Lorin Phillips, Kathlynn Simotas, Lark Wang, and Edric Zeng.
Find out more »Stanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble: Spring Concert
The Stanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble is dedicated to the performance, interpretation, and study of Afro-Latin music and its fusion with North American jazz. It is the ensemble’s belief that the evolution of “American music” is not indigenous to the United States but rather encompasses developments and influences from Latin and South America as well. Established in Winter 2008 by director Murray Low, the group has made rapid progress since its inception and is now one of the finest academic performing…
Find out more »The Composer-Performer: New Works Written and Performed by Stanford Composers
The students of Music 323 (Doctoral Seminar in Composition) perform their own compositions (Program TBA).
Find out more »Stanford Baroque Soloists and Convivium: “Fairest Isle” – Purcell’s King Arthur
The chamber choir Convivium joins forces with the Stanford Baroque Soloists, under the direction of Anthony Martin, to present excerpts from Henry Purcell’s sparkling masque, King Arthur. Famed for his exquisite melodies and masterful sensitivity to the English language, Purcell was widely considered the greatest English composer of the Restoration period. King Arthur contains some of his most memorable music, including the chilling chromaticism of the “Frost Scene” and the dance air “Fairest Isle.”
Find out more »SLOrk: Stanford Laptop Orchestra
The Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk) celebrates the conclusion of its season with a full-scale laptop orchestra concert in Bing Concert Hall. You are cordially invited for an evening of all-new works for the full ensemble of humans and laptops!
Find out more »Benjamin Salman, piano: Senior Recital
Senior Benjamin Salman performs piano works (program TBA).
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