All Events

May 2013

infoartist code:DOM7
Stanford Department of Music

Stanford Wind Ensemble

Friday | May 24, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

sold outartist code:BE07
Stanford Department of Music

The Beethoven Project
Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Jindong Cai, music director and conductor with Stanford Symphonic Chorus

Friday | May 31, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Saturday | June 1, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Sunday | June 2, 2013  | 7:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

The Project concludes with the iconic and majestic Symphony No. 9 and a newly commissioned work.

June 2013

sold outartist code:BE07
Stanford Department of Music

The Beethoven Project
Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Jindong Cai, music director and conductor with Stanford Symphonic Chorus

Friday | May 31, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Saturday | June 1, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Sunday | June 2, 2013  | 7:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

freeartist code:DOM8
Stanford Department of Music

SLOrk Spring Concert

Wednesday | June 5, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

buyartist code:RAGA

Ragazzi Boys Chorus

Sunday | June 9, 2013  | 5:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

Ragazzi's biggest birthday concert yet - current choristers and alumni will premiere "There is a Song" by Venezuelan composer, Cristian Grases.

Past Events

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Pre-Season Event

Harmony For Humanity
Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert

Wednesday | October 3, 2012  | 8:00 pm
Memorial Church

Pre-season Event: Stanford Music faculty and students honor the slain Wall St. Journal reporter and Stanford alumnus.

infoartist code:CHAN
Pre-Season Event

Chanticleer

Tuesday | December 11, 2012  | 8:00 pm
Memorial Church

Pre-season Event: The Grammy-winning “orchestra of voices” in its beloved holiday program.

infoartist code:OPEN

Bing Concert Hall Opening Night

Friday | January 11, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

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Los Lobos

Saturday | January 12, 2013  | 7:00 pm
Saturday | January 12, 2013  | 9:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

The roots-rock legends perform two specially priced, one-hour acoustic performances.

infoartist code:COMM

Bing Fling
Community Open House

Saturday | January 12, 2013  | 1:00 pm & 3:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

A festive day of free performances featuring Stanford and community-based artists. Details TBA.

infoartist code:STL1

Sundays with the St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence String Quartet with Stephen Prutsman, piano

Sunday | January 13, 2013  | 2:30 pm
Bing Concert Hall

SLSQ leads off its annual Sunday series with Haydn, a late romantic rarity by Ludwig Thuille, more.

infoartist code:SHOW
Stanford Department of Music

”Music of the House”, Music Department Showcase
Artists TBA

Sunday | January 13, 2013  | 7:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

The master performers of Stanford’s music department take the Bing stage. Details TBA.

infoartist code:SUCO
Pre-Season Event

Faculty & Staff Concert

Tuesday | January 15, 2013  | 12:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

Sold out.

infoartist code:PBO1

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Program 1: The World of ‘The Four Seasons’
Nicholas McGegan, conductor

Wednesday | January 16, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

The eminent period music ensemble launches its Stanford partnership with Vivaldi’s immortal “Four Seasons,” more.

infoartist code:BE01
Stanford Department of Music

The Beethoven Project
Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Jindong Cai, music director and conductor

Friday | January 18, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Sunday | January 20, 2013  | 2:30 pm
Bing Concert Hall

The double Beethoven cycle begins with two cornerstones of the canon: The 5th Symphony and 5th Piano Concerto (“Emperor”).

infoartist code:EMAN

Emanuel Ax, solo piano

Tuesday | January 22, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

infoartist code:KOTC-X1

Workshop with percussionist Glenn Kotche (WILCO drummer)

Thursday | January 24, 2013  | Two Days
Bing Concert Hall Studio

Stanford Live and the Stanford Arts Institute offer a one-of-a-kind opportunity to all Stanford students.

infoartist code:MING

Mingus Big Band

Friday | January 25, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

The music and unbridled spirit of Charles Mingus live on in this 14-piece, Grammy-winning big band.

infoartist code:KOTC

Glenn Kotche, solo percussion
with Andrew Meyerson, percussion, and accompanying films

Saturday | January 26, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

Wilco drummer and noted composer Kotche performs his own music and a new work by John Luther Adams.

infoartist code:YOYO

Yo-Yo Ma, cello & Kathryn Stott, piano

Sunday | January 27, 2013  | 7:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

infoartist code:VUSI-X1

Vusi Mahlasela

Tuesday | January 29, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall Lobby

South African singer and songwriter Vusi Mahalsela speaks about art, activism and civic engagement.

infoartist code:VUSI

Vusi Mahlasela

Wednesday | January 30, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

“The Voice” returns! The legendary Mahlasela unites South African sounds with blues, pop, and more.

infoartist code:CAP1

Cappella Romana
“From Constantinople to California”

Friday | February 1, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

The acoustics of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia come alive in Bing (with help from CCRMA) in vocal group’s first of two concerts.

infoartist code:BE02
Stanford Department of Music

The Beethoven Project
Stanford Philharmonia Orchestra, Jindong Cai, music director and conductor; Jon Nakamatsu, piano

Saturday | February 2, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Sunday | February 3, 2013  | 7:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

SPO performs Symphonies Nos. 2 and 8 and, with guest Nakamatsu, Piano Concerto No. 2.

infoartist code:CAP2

Cappella Romana
“Holy Week in Jerusalem”

Saturday | February 2, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Memorial Church

The acclaimed vocal ensemble performs music from Holy Week in 8th and 9th-century Jerusalem.

infoartist code:MIDO

Midori, violin and Özgür Aydin, piano

Wednesday | February 6, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

infoartist code:PAM1
Stanford Department of Music

Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival:
Masters and Masterpieces
featuring members of the China National Orchestra

Friday | February 8, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

infoartist code:PAM2
Stanford Department of Music

Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival:
Chinese New Year’s Concert
featuring the China National Orchestra

Saturday | February 9, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

infoartist code:PBO2

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Program 2: Quintessence of Classical Style
Nicholas McGegan, conductor; Marc Schachman,oboe; Danny Bond, bassoon

Wednesday | February 13, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

The music of Classical masters Haydn and Mozart and of Mozart’s greatest influence, J.C. Bach.

infoartist code:LORE-X1
Jazz Talks at the Cantor

Jazz Talks @ the Cantor: The Savory Collection
Side A: The Jam Sessions

Thursday | February 21, 2013  | 12:00 pm
Cantor Arts Center

Loren Schoenberg, Artistic Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, shares treasures from the Savory Collection, an archive of recently unearth

infoartist code:BE03
Stanford Department of Music

The Beethoven Project
Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Jindong Cai, music director and conductor; Jon Nakamatsu, piano

Friday | February 22, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Saturday | February 23, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

SSO performs the Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) and Piano concerto No. 3 (with guest Nakamatsu).

infoartist code:DOM1
Stanford Department of Music

Heroism in the Age of Beethoven

Friday | February 22, 2013  | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Bing Concert Hall Studio

A symposium linked to The Beethoven Project.

infoartist code:BE08
Stanford Department of Music

The Beethoven Project
Stanford Symphony Orchestra Jindong Cai, music director and conductor with Jon Nakamatso, piano

Monday | February 25, 2013  | 7:30 pm
Bing Concert Hall

infoartist code:DOM2
Stanford Department of Music

Stanford Jazz Orchestra
Frederick Berry directs the Stanford Jazz Orchestra with special guest Rufus Reed, bass

Wednesday | February 27, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

infoartist code:DOM3
Stanford Department of Music

The Liebeslieder Project
Stanford Chamber Chorale with the Dance Division of Theatre & Performance Studies

Friday | March 1, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

infoartist code:DOM4
Stanford Department of Music

Early Music Singers

Sunday | March 3, 2013  | 2:30 pm
Bing Concert Hall

infoartist code:WPSE-X1

William Parker in Conversation

Wednesday | March 6, 2013  | 12:00 pm
Harmony House

Bassist, bandleader, composer and musical visionary William Parker speaks at Harmony House.

infoartist code:DOM5
Stanford Department of Music

Stanford Wind Ensemble

Wednesday | March 6, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

infoartist code:WPCH

The Chocolate Heads
with special guest William Parker

Friday | March 8, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

Stanford student dancers, musicians, and visual and spoken-word artists join jazz bass great Parker.

infoartist code:WPSE

Essence of Ellington
William Parker’s Special Edition

Saturday | March 9, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

A nonet of leading jazz virtuosos in works by and inspired by the great Duke Ellington.

infoartist code:STL3
Daytime Event

Sundays with the St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence String Quartet with James Austin Smith, oboe

Sunday | March 10, 2013  | 2:30
Bing Concert Hall

Mozart’s Oboe Quartet (with guest Smith) plus Beethoven’s 3rd “Razumovsky” Quartet and more.

infoartist code:BE04
Stanford Department of Music

The Beethoven Project
Stanford Philharmonia Orchestra, Stephen M. Sano, conductor, with Stanford Symphonic Chorus

Friday | March 15, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Sunday | March 17, 2013  | 2:30 pm
Bing Concert Hall

SPO performs the Symphony No. 6 (“Pastorale”) and, with the Chorus, the Mass in C Major.

infoartist code:ALAR

Music by Steve Reich
Alarm Will Sound
Alan Pierson, artistic director

Saturday | March 16, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

All-Reich program including the U.S. premiere of Radio Rewrite, inspired by music of Radiohead.

infoartist code:PBO3

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Program 3: The Italian Violin
Rachel Podger, violin and leader

Wednesday | March 20, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

Vivaldi, Corelli, Pergolesi, and more, featuring violinist and leader Rachel Podger.

infoartist code:SING

Making Books Sing: Louis Armstrong: Jazz Ambassador
Written by Myla Churchill
Directed by Carlos Armesto
Starring Jeremy Giraud Abram

Sunday | March 24, 2013  | 2:30 pm
Bing Concert Hall

Family musical-theater group MBS in a high-spirited portrait of the legendary “Satchmo.”

infoartist code:GOOD

Josef Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross
St. Lawrence String Quartet

Friday | March 29, 2013  | 5:00 pm
Memorial Church

SLSQ’s 3rd annual free Good Friday performance of Haydn’s reflection on Jesus’ final hours.

infoartist code:OXFO-X1
Open Rehearsal

Open Rehearsal: Choir of New College, Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, director with guests Stanford Chamber Chorale; Stephen M. Sano, director

Tuesday | April 2, 2013  | 7:00-9:30 pm
Memorial Church

The young men and boys of Oxford’s storied choir celebrate the Britten centenary.

infoartist code:OXFO

Choir of New College, Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, director with guests Stanford Chamber Chorale; Stephen M. Sano, director

Wednesday | April 3, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Memorial Church

The young men and boys of Oxford’s storied choir celebrate the Britten centenary.

infoartist code:POLY

My End Is My Beginning
New York Polyphony

Friday | April 5, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

The outstanding vocal quartet perform works ranging from the 16th to 21st centuries.

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Visitations: Theotokia And The War Reporter Two Chamber Operas
Jonathan Berger, composer / Dan O’Brien, libretto / Rinde Eckert, director / Christopher Rountree, conductor

Friday | April 12, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Saturday | April 13, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

Stanford composer Berger and all-star collaborators premiere two new short operas.

infoartist code:UKUL
Daytime Event

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Sunday | April 14, 2013  | 2:30 pm

From Tchaikovsky to Otis Redding, the “uke” reigns supreme in this fun and often funny program.

infoartist code:DOM6
Stanford Department of Music

Applebaum Jazz Piano Duo

Wednesday | April 17, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

infoartist code:LORE-X2
Jazz Talks at the Cantor

Jazz Talks @ the Cantor: The Savory Collection
Side B: The Great Bands

Thursday | April 18, 2013  | 12:00 pm
Cantor Arts Center

Loren Schoenberg, Artistic Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, shares treasures from the Savory Collection, an archive of recently unearth

infoartist code:LAUR

Landfall: Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet

Saturday | April 20, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Sunday | April 21, 2013  | 7:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

The first-ever collaboration of two legendary forces in new music, in an evening-length premiere work.

infoartist code:BE05
Stanford Department of Music

The Beethoven Project
Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Jindong Cai, music director and conductor with Jon Nakamatsu, piano

Friday | April 26, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Saturday | April 27, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

SSO performs the Symphony No. 7, Piano Concerto No. 1 (with guest Nakamatsu), more.

infoartist code:BERL
Daytime Event

Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

Sunday | April 28, 2013  | 2:30 pm
Bing Concert Hall

The formidable winds of Berlin in a program of Mozart, Milhaud, and more.

infoartist code:DOM9
Stanford Department of Music

Stanford Taiko Spring Concert

Saturday | May 4, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

infoartist code:TNBT

The Next Bing Thing: A Student Showcase

Sunday | May 5, 2013  | 7:30 pm
Bing Concert Hall

An evening of Stanford student performances by Basmati Raas, HD Crew, Happy Dog Duo, Cardinal Calypso, Raagapella, Cancioneiro, and SImps.

infoartist code:HEAP

A Heaping Dose of Creativity: The Mind and Music of Beethoven
-- Richard Kogan, MD

Wednesday | May 8, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

infoartist code:BE06
Stanford Department of Music

The Beethoven Project
Stanford Philharmonia Orchestra, Jindong Cai, music director and conductor with Jon Nakamatsu, piano

Friday | May 10, 2013  | 8:00 pm
Sunday | May 12, 2013  | 2:30 pm
Bing Concert Hall

SPO performs Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 and (with guest Nakamatsu) Piano Concerto No. 4.

infoartist code:AFIA

Afiara String Quartet & Cecilia String Quartet

Sunday | May 19, 2013  | 2:30 pm
Bing Concert Hall

Two exceptional, up-and-coming quartets in a program of Mozart, Brahms, and Mendelssohn.