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Community Programs

K–12 Education

Community Events

Adult Education

Students from Adelante School attend a Lively Arts student matinee.

Welcome to the Stanford Lively Arts Community Programs page!

Through a variety of performances, workshops, discussions, and other innovative programs we seek to ignite the spark that will lead to a lifelong engagement with the performing arts for audiences of all ages. Lively Arts K-12 student matinees and professional development workshops for teachers engage the imagination and open horizons in a diversity of art forms for students and teachers alike. Adult education programs bring artists and audiences together for stimulating discussions and explorations of Lively Arts programs. And our community programs provide access to the performing arts for community partners of all ages.

K—12 Education

”Thanks for the wonderful performance…what a great message for our students… I look forward to coming back for more Lively Arts performances. —Kim Hanley, Teacher, John Gill School, Redwood City

Stanford Lively Arts is pleased to present matinee performances for students in grades K–12 and professional development workshops for teachers. Developed in collaboration with the Palo Alto Unified School District as part of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Art Partners in Education Program, our matinees are designed to engage the imagination and open horizons in a diversity of art forms for students and teachers alike. Each performance is preceded by several weeks by a professional development workshop for teachers that deepens understanding of the programs, and enhances a teacher’s ability to prepare students for the performance. Student matinees are further enriched by on-line study guides for students that encourage learning and reflection in the arts beyond the performance. Matinee performances and teacher workshops are open to students and teachers from all surrounding schools and districts.

Upcoming 09–10 STUDENT MATINEES & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS

Stanford Lively Arts and the Palo Alto Unified School District are members of the Partners in Education Program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Selected because of their demonstrated commitment to the improvement of education in and through the arts, the partnership team participates in collaborative efforts to make the arts integral to education.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

”Excellent and extremely informative! Thank you!!“ — Community School of Music and Arts audience member responding to the Jose Limon Dance Company at the CSMA, April 2009

Stanford Lively Arts brings the arts to life for the vibrant and diverse community in which we live. Through our ongoing partnerships with schools and community organizations, Lively Arts provides specially designed programs and performance opportunities for individuals and families throughout the region, including the popular “Informance” series at the Community School for Music and Arts in Mountain View.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Community partners for 2009-10 include:
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula
College Track of East Palo Alto
Community School for Music and Arts
Hope House

For additional information regarding community partnerships please contact our Community Engagement Manager, Caroline Girgis at cgirgis@stanford.edu or 650-736-9015.

ADULT EDUCATION

Stanford Lively Arts provides a range of opportunities for ongoing learning for all audience members. Through a variety of public lectures, pre- and post-performance discussions with the artists and Stanford scholars, and other programs, audience members can deepen their understanding of new works, enhance their knowledge of familiar classics, and hear from the creators and artists involved in bringing these works to life.

PRE-PERFORMANCE TALKS (Free and open to the public)

Professor William Mahrt (Stanford University) discusses the Anonymous 4’s Sisters of Las Huelgas program; Wednesday, October 21, 7:00-7:30pm, Memorial Church

Professor Jonathan Berger (Stanford University) discusses Haydn’s influence on the Beatles prior to the St. Lawrence String Quartet program; Sunday, November 1, 1:30-2pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Guest scholar and curator Joseph Horowitz discusses the music of Prokofiev, Saturday, November 14, 7:00-7:30pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium

POST-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ARTISTS (Free and open to the public)

Composer Steve Reich and members of So Percussion, Saturday, January 9, Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Kronos Quartet discussing A Chinese Home, Saturday, January 16, Dinkelspiel Auditorium

L.A. Theatre Works discussing The RFK Project, Wednesday, January 27, Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Pianist Misha Dicther with Professor Amy Ladd (Stanford University Medical School), Wednesday, February 17, Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Wednesday, April 21, Memorial Auditorium

Dave Douglas and Bill Morrison, Saturday, April 24, Memorial Auditorium