Stanford Lively Arts Announces
2011–12 Performing Arts Season
April 18, 2011: We are pleased to announce our 2011–12 Performing Arts Season, running October 19 through May 6 at Stanford University. Featuring more than 30 ticketed events and 70 free community and campus programs, Lively Arts’ 42nd season will be highlighted by the final Bay Area appearance of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; virtuosic solo performances by violinist Gil Shaham and harpsichordist Richard Egarr; the return of Sō Percussion, with a performance featuring music by John Cage in conjunction with the Cunningham residency; a presentation of Stanford alumnus David Lang’s Pulitzer-winning Little Match Girl Passion performed by Theatre of Voices along with a new Lively Arts–commissioned work by Lang, written for Bryce Dessner (The National) and Shara Wordon (My Brightest Diamond); an “Island Music” theme for jazz and world music programs, featuring Cuban piano master Chucho Valdés and others; and new works by Osvaldo Golijov, Jonathan Berger, Sally Beamish and Ingram Marshall, among others.
“I’m especially excited about the many flavorful collaborations and creative cross-pollinations that anchor our season,” commented Stanford Lively Arts’ artistic and executive director Jenny Bilfield. “We want to enable artists to do their best work here—to take risks—and to engage our campus partners and audience in this dynamic process. Expect to see and hear bold arts making, from intimate solo programs to multi-dimensional performances.”
Read the full press release announcing the new season »
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2011–12 Season Schedule
October 2011
Free Concert
Harmony For Humanity
Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert
Thursday, Oct 6 | 8:00 pm | Memorial Church
Stanford Music faculty and students honor the slain Wall St. Journal reporter and Stanford alumnus.
Sphinx Virtuosi & Catalyst Quartet
Wednesday, Oct 19 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Sphinx’s dynamic large ensemble of young artists perform Bach, Schubert, Bartók, and more.
Daytime Event
Sundays With The St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Sunday, Oct 23 | 2:30 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
A Golijov world premiere / commission and Schubert highlight the SLSQ’s 1st concert of the series.
Free Concert
CCRMA Cabaret 2.0: Gloria Cheng
Two Sides of Cage’s Coin
Monday, Oct 24 | 8:00 pm | CCRMA Stage
Gloria Cheng returns to campus to perform an intimate recital of John Cage’s work.
A John Cage Celebration
Sō Percussion / M.C. Schmidt (MATMOS) / Cenk Ergun
Wednesday, Oct 26 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Sō Percussion return to Lively Arts joined by special guests in a tribute to John Cage.
Happening
MUSICIRCUS
featuring Stanford music makers and special guests Sō Percussion, Cenk Ergun and MC Schmidt (Matmos), Beth Meyers (Janus Trio)
Wednesday, Oct 26 | 12pm-1:00pm | White Plaza, Stanford University campus
A celebration of chaos and the harmonies of simultaneity.
Lecture/Demonstration
Cunningham Company in Residence: Student Dance Showing
with dance critic Alastair Macaulay
Monday, Oct 31 | 7:00 pm | Dance Division, Roble Gym, Studio 38
Stanford dancers dance excerpts from several of Merce Cunningham's works, formatted as a Cunningham Event.
November 2011
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Tuesday, Nov 1 | 8:00 pm | Memorial Auditorium
The final Bay Area performance by one of the most inventive and influential companies in history.
Informance
Pacifica Quartet Informance
Thursday, Nov 3 | 6:00 pm | Community School for Music and Arts, Mountain View
An engaging one-hour program of performance and conversation.
Dorm Performance
Kimball Chamber Series: Pacifica Quartet
Thursday, Nov 3 | 9:00 pm | Kimball Hall Lounge
Stanford Students Only
Pacifica Quartet
Friday, Nov 4 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
The Grammy-winning quartet returns with a program of Bach, Beethoven, and Shostakovich—plus solo cello.
Daytime Event
Gil Shaham, Bach Recital
Sunday, Nov 6 | 2:30 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Solo Bach in an intimate setting from one of the foremost violinists of our time.
Lecture/Demonstration
Jazz @ the Cantor
with Loren Schoenberg
Wednesday, Nov 9 | 12:00 pm | Cantor Arts Center
Josh Roseman Sextet
Saturday, Nov 12 | 8:00 pm | Campbell Recital Hall, Braun Music Center
Jazzin’ Jamaica! NYC trombonist and onetime Skatalite Roseman celebrates the roots of dub and ska.
Informance
Anonymous 4 Informance
Saturday, Nov 19 | 11:00 am | Community School for Music and Arts, Mountain View
An engaging one-hour program of performance and conversation.
December 2011
Panel Discussion
Gershwin @ Stanford Law School: Protecting an Artist’s Legacy
with Todd Gershwin and Daniel Chilewich
Friday, Dec 2 | 12:45–2 pm | Stanford Law School, Room 280A
Paul Goldstein moderates a discussion about intellectual property and legacy issues in the arts.
Here To Stay: The Gershwins' Concert Experience
with Kevin Cole, piano / Ryan Vandenboom, vocalist/tap dancer / Lari White, vocalist
Saturday, Dec 3 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
A multimedia concert experience featuring renowned pianist Kevin Cole, with rare audio and visual elements.
Daytime Event
Juilliard String Quartet
Sunday, Dec 4 | 2:30 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
One of the world’s signature string quartets returns—featuring new first violinist, Joseph Lin.
A Chanticleer Christmas
Tuesday, Dec 13 | 8:00 pm | Memorial Church
Ring in the season with the Grammy-winning “orchestra of voices” in its beloved holiday program.
January 2012
Open Rehearsal
Open Rehearsal with Bryce Dessner, Shara Worden, David Lang, Owen Pallett, and Nico Muhly
Tuesday, Jan 24 | 7-9:00 pm | CCRMA Stage
Stanford Students Only Please.
The composer and performers invite Stanford students to observe one of their final rehearsals in the intimate CCRMA Stage.
Workshop
Songwriters Workshop with Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond
Tuesday, Jan 24 | 5-6:00 pm | CCRMA Stage
Stanford Students Only Please.
Worden hosts an intimate and informal Songwriters Workshop at CCRMA for Stanford musicmakers, songwriters, storytellers, lyricists and instrumentalist
Paul Hillier’s Theatre Of Voices
with Bryce Dessner and Shara Worden
Wednesday, Jan 25 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
All-David Lang program with a world premiere/commission by ToV, plus an all-star quartet of special guests.
Master Class
Company Master Class with Diavolo Dance Theater
Thursday, Jan 26 | 4:15 pm | Dance Division, Roble Gym, Studio 38
Diavolo Dance Theater visits with Dance Division students for a company master class. The public is welcome to observe.
Open Rehearsal
Diavolo Dance Theater Open Rehearsal
Friday, Jan 27 | 2 pm | Memorial Auditorium
Memorial Auditorium is open to the public for an hour-long open rehearsal by Diavolo Dance Theater.
Diavolo Dance Theater
Saturday, Jan 28 | 8:00 pm | Memorial Auditorium
A thrill-seeking mix of dance, gymnastics, drama, and more, set to music by John Adams.
Family Friendly
Family Matinee: Diavolo Dance Theater
Saturday, Jan 28 | 3:00 pm | Memorial Auditorium
A thrill-seeking mix of dance, gymnastics, drama, and more, set to music by John Adams.
Daytime Event
Sundays With The St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence String Quartet with Pedja Muzijevic, piano and Mellissa Hughes, soprano
Sunday, Jan 29 | 2:30 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
SLSQ and guests preview portions of a forthcoming opera by Stanford composer Jonathan Berger.
February 2012
Bach Recital
Richard Egarr, harpsichord
Wednesday, Feb 1 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Early music maestro Egarr in a solo harpsichord recital of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Book One.
Lecture/Demonstration
Music of Azerbaijan
Alim Qasimov Ensemble with David Harrington of Kronos Quartet
Thursday, Feb 9 | 6:00 pm | Stanford Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall
Alim and Fargana Qasimov, with David Harrington of Kronos Quartet, discuss and demonstrate the music of Azerbaijan
Lecture/Demonstration
Mugam
A Real-Time Exploration of Azeri Musical Improvisation & Modes
Thursday, Feb 9 | 12-2:00 pm | CCRMA Stage
An in-depth program exploring connections across microtonal systems of the Middle East.
Kronos Quartet
with Alim Qasimov Ensemble
Sunday, Feb 12 | 7:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
The ever-adventurous, Grammy-winning KQ meet the transcendent voice of Azerbaijan’s Alim Qasimov.
TAO: The Art of the Drum
Tuesday, Feb 14 | 8:00 pm | Memorial Auditorium
Taiko on the grand scale! World-renowned ensemble presents an explosive treat for the eyes and ears.
Lecture/Demonstration
Jazz Talks @ the Cantor
Island Jazz series with Loren Schoenberg
Thursday, Feb 16 | 12:00 pm | Cantor Arts Center
Lively discussion of Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz
Stegner Fellows Shorts On Stage
Word For Word Performing Arts Company
Friday, Feb 17 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
All-new fiction and poetry by Stanford’s Stegner Fellows, transformed through dramatic readings.
Chucho Valdés And His Afro-Cuban Messengers
Sunday, Feb 19 | 7:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Legendary Afro-Cuban jazz-piano virtuoso Valdés fronts his powerhouse, 2011 Grammy-winning ensemble.
Master Class
Cuban Jazz Master Class
with Chucho Valdez
Sunday, Feb 19 | 2:00 pm | Campbell Recital Hall, Braun Music Center
Cuban jazz luminary Chucho Valdez coaches Stanford jazz musicians.
Lecture/Demonstration
Arneis String Quartet
“The Bridal Canopy” by Jonathan Berger
Wednesday, Feb 22 | 7:00 pm | Campbell Recital Hall, Braun Music Center
Arneis String Quartet is joined by Jonathan Berger for a performance/discussion of Berger's ”The Bridal Canopy.“
Arneis String Quartet
with St. Lawrence String Quartet and Stephen Tramontozzi, bass
Saturday, Feb 25 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Up-and-coming Bostonian quartet Arneis join mentors the SLSQ for Golijov and more.
Colin Currie, percussion
with Stanford Philharmonia Orchestra, Jindong Çai, Conductor
Wednesday, Feb 29 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Master percussionist Currie in solo works plus a commissioned concerto by Sally Beamish with Stanford Philharmonia.
March 2012
Angélique Kidjo
Saturday, Mar 3 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“Africa’s premier diva” (Time), Benin’s Kidjo combines unbridled joy with irresistible grooves.
Informance
American Contemporary Music Ensemble Informance
Saturday, Mar 3 | 6:00 pm | Community School for Music and Arts, Mountain View
An engaging one-hour program of performance and conversation.
Daytime Event
Lionheart with American Contemporary Music Ensemble
Sunday, Mar 4 | 2:30 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Lauded early music vocalists Lionheart + NYC mavericks ACME in works by Ingram Marshall (commission/premiere) and Phil Kline.
Dorm Performance
Kimball Chamber Series: ACME String Quartet
Sunday, Mar 4 | 7:00 pm | Kimball Hall Lounge
Stanford Students Only
Performance
CCRMA Cabaret 2.0: Jaap Blonk
Thursday, Mar 8 | 8:00 pm | CCRMA Stage
Dutch vocalist/improviser performs a set of solo music for voice and electronics
Daytime Event
Sundays with the St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Sunday, Mar 11 | 2:30 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
The SLSQ conclude their 2011–12 series with an all-Beethoven program.
April 2012
Informance
Etienne Charles Quintet with Loren Schoenberg Informance
Tuesday, Apr 3 | 6:00 pm | Community School for Music and Arts, Mountain View
An engaging one-hour program of performance and conversation.
Etienne Charles Quintet
Wednesday, Apr 4 | 8:00 pm | Campbell Recital Hall, Braun Music Center
The pristine tone of Trinidadian trumpeter Charles leads a fresh new sound in Afro-Caribbean jazz.
Lecture/Demonstration
Jazz Talks @ the Cantor
Island Jazz series with Loren Schoenberg and Etienne Charles
Wednesday, Apr 4 | 12:00 pm | Cantor Arts Center
Caribbean jazz past and present...
Free Concert
Josef Haydn: Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Friday, Apr 6 | 5:00 pm | Memorial Church
Josef Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, for string quartet with readings.
Quatuor Mosaïques
Saturday, Apr 14 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Acclaimed period-instrument quartet from Austria in a program of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Anonymous 4
Wednesday, Apr 18 | 8:00 pm | Memorial Church
A 25th-anniversary program of works from the beloved female vocal quartet.
May 2012
Soul Project
David Zambrano
Thursday, May 3 | Time TBA | Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University
World-class dancers take to the galleries in this free event powered by the sounds of classic soul.
Daytime Event
Keola Beamer & Raiatea Helm
Sunday, May 6 | 2:30 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Hawaiian slack key guitar master Beamer and singer Helm appear amid a day of Hawaiian cultural events at Stanford.
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