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Where will performances by held?
Why does your season start in January instead of in the fall?
Why does the Bing Concert Hall have seating in the round?
How can I volunteer?
Where can I eat before the performance?
Can I place an order for a beverage or snack to be waiting for me at intermission?
What if I want a sit down dinner nearby the Bing Concert Hall?
How do I get a brochure?

If you can’t find the answer to your question below, please send an email to stanfordlive@stanford.edu or contact the Stanford Ticket Office at 650-725-ARTS (2787).

Stanford Live is a university organization with a multi-faceted and inclusive approach to creating, presenting, nurturing, and celebrating the performing arts at Stanford. In part, Stanford Live is the new Stanford Lively Arts, building upon Lively Arts’ legacy of more than four decades of artistic presentation, artist residencies, faculty and student engagement, and commissions and premieres of new works. Stanford Live includes a wealth of collaborators and partners, including Stanford academic departments and individual faculty members, Stanford students, off-campus arts institutions, and community organizations. Crucially, Stanford Live supports the university’s focus on placing the arts at the heart of a Stanford education.

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The name has changed, but Lively Arts’ approach to artistic programming, commitment to campus and community outreach, and other defining features are very much a part of Stanford Live.

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We offer online, phone, mail, and in-person options. All tickets are sold via the Stanford Ticket Office. For the 2013 Inaugural Season, advance subscriptions only are available through November 15. Single tickets go on sale at 10:00 AM on Friday, November 16.

Most Stanford Live performances take place in Bing Concert Hall. Additional 2013 Inaugural Season performances take place in Memorial Church.

In brief: New identity, new hall. We look forward to launching our new organizational model in the context of Stanford’s state-of-the-art Bing Concert Hall, opening in January of 2013. We do offer two pre-season events in Memorial Church, however: the annual “Harmony for Humanity: Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert” (October 3) and a longtime Stanford favorite, “Christmas with Chanticleer” (December 11)

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“Intimacy” will be key to the Bing Concert Hall experience. The hall’s “vineyard” seating plan, with seats surrounding the stage, is designed to foster maximum intimacy between audience and performer. This effect is heightened by additional elements of the hall’s layout, including front row seats at the same level as the stage, choral seats (i.e., seats immediately behind the stage) at a very low elevation, and outstanding sight lines from all vantage points.

At Interlude in Bing Concert Hall lobby. The cafe opens one hour before performance time and serves gourmet sandwiches, cheese platters, snacks, and an assortment of wines, beers and nonalcoholic beverages. For expanded options such as tasty bento boxes, you can pre-order by 9am the day before the concert. Details »

Yes, you can avoid the intermission line by pre-ordering or by placing your order at the cafe before the performance.

On weeknights only, stop by the Alumini cafe for a pre-concert dinner, a glass of wine, or just a quick bite before the show. Only steps away from Bing Concert Hall in the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center.Make Reservations »

Become a member of our thriving volunteer usher corps! Or, if you have other skills and expertise you would like to contribute (e.g., clerical skills), please contact our administrative office to inquire about current opportunities.

You can review our season brochure immediately online. Or email us at stanfordlive@stanford.edu—we’ll be happy to mail you a copy.