Opening Acts 2011–2012

Amrit Robbins ’11, left, performs with visiting artist Dana Leong, right, as part of the Opening Acts student curator program, March 2011.

For the third year, the Opening Acts program invites a team of Stanford students to collaborate with Lively Arts staff to curate, present, and produce opening sets for some of our main stage performances. In past seasons, student curators have paired spoken word with funky jazz; contemporary dance with athletic chamber music; and original bluegrass with classic string quartets.

the curators

Stephen Henderson is a co-terminal student from Hana, Maui, Hawaii. He is majoring in Music, Science and Technology with an emphasis in Cognitive Neuroscience and Audio Engineering. He has been an independent recording artist, singer/songwriter and producer since the age of 15. In 2010 he co-founded The Red Couch Project in Kimball Hall, and served as the Studio Manager and Arts Theme Associate there. He currently serves as the Musical Director and Soundtrack Producer for the Stanford Student Organizing Committee for the Arts. He is completing an honors thesis and did research with the Center on Longevity and the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, focusing on Alzheimer”s disease and music. He will be completing his Masters Degree in the spring in Music, Science and Technology.

Alex Simon, class of 2014, is double majoring in Film & Media Studies and English. She is an active member of the Stanford Improvisers and the Stanford Film Society, and is the head of SFS’ film workshop. Her most recent project, Range of Sight, won Best Picture at the 2011 Stanford Film Festival. She is the film director for Project Not Alone, a series of short documentaries from Anjna Patient Education that provides patients at free health clinics with information about chronic disorders. She is also currently producing a feature film entitled Nature Boy.

Lexie Frosh, class of 2014, is considering majors in Music and Political Science. She plays viola and spent a month with the Banff Festival Orchestra in Alberta, Canada this summer. While she loves studying and listening to classical music, Lexie also enjoys folk, jazz and funk, and hopes to try new styles on her instrument. At Stanford, Lexie is a co-founder of Stanford Financial Literacy for Youth and a member of Students for a Sustainable Stanford.