0910 Season : Past Events

October 2009
Harmony for Humanity: Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert
Oct 8, Thursday | 8:00 pm | Memorial Church
Stanford faculty and students perform in memory of slain Wall Street Journal reporter and Stanford alumnus.
Kimball Chamber Series:
Uri Caine, solo piano
Oct 8, Thursday | 10:00 pm | Kimball Hall Lounge
**Please note: The Kimball Chamber Series is open to Stanford students and faculty only.
Informance at the Community School for Music and Arts, Mountain View
Uri Caine
Oct 8, Thursday | 6:00 pm | Community School for Music and Arts, Mountain View
The Othello Syndrome
Uri Caine Ensemble
Oct 10, Saturday | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Maverick pianist/composer Caine and an “A”-list group meld Verdi and Shakespeare with jazz, funk, electronica, and more.
Play it Loud!
CoHo Jazz Jam Session
with special guest Adam Benjamin
Oct 12, Monday | 8:00 pm | Stanford Coffee House (CoHo)
Pianist Adam Benjamin (Kneebody, Dave Douglas’ Keystone) is special guest artist at the weekly CoHo jazz jam session.
Jazz/Tech Talks at the Cantor
Loren Schoenberg, National Jazz Museum in Harlem
with Adam Benjamin, keyboards
Oct 14, Wednesday | 12:00 pm | Cantor Arts Center
The first in a series of free lecture/demonstrations on electric and electronic jazz, in the recording studio and on stage.
CCRMA Cabaret 2.0:
DJ Olive
Oct 15, Thursday | 8pm & 10pm | CCRMA Stage
Turntablist, sound artist and musical experimenter launches a new solo performance series at CCRMA.
With members of Anonymous 4
and Stanford music faculty William Mahrt and Jesse Rodin
Chant Camp
Oct 19, Monday | 5:00 pm | Memorial Church
An interactive workshop in plainchant for singers. *Please enroll by Friday, October 16.
Secret Voices: The Sisters of Las Huelgas
Anonymous 4
Oct 21, Wednesday | 8:00 pm | Memorial Church
Peerless a cappella quartet revisits its favorite century—the 13th—in rare works discovered in a Spanish convent.
Emerson String Quartet
Oct 28, Wednesday | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Lively Arts favorites return in a twin bicentenary tribute to Haydn (d. 1809) and Mendelssohn (b. 1809).
Play it Loud!:
Found Percussion Jam with Cyro Baptista
Oct 29, Thursday | 8:00 pm | Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden
Brazilian percussion alchemist leads a percussion workshop for all.
Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits
Oct 30, Friday | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Brazilian percussion maestro Baptista and his high-energy quartet stir up a culture-crossing whirlwind of sound.
November 2009
Sundays with the St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Nov 1, Sunday | 2:30 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Stanford’s own SLSQ launches its annual Sunday series with an engrossing all-Haydn program.
A Portrait of Leonard Bernstein:
Jamie Bernstein with Michael Barrett, piano, and William Sharp and Judy Kaye, singers
Nov 7, Saturday | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Bernstein’s daughter Jamie shares the world of her father in story and song, joined by ace Bernstein interpreters.
The Prokofiev Project: Interpreting Prokofiev:
Nov 12, Thursday | 7:30 pm | Campbell Recital Hall, Braun Music Center
Multi-day Prokofiev exploration begins with a free conversation and demonstration led by esteemed scholars and artists.
The Prokofiev Project: Pianistic Prokofiev:
Vakho Kodanashvili, Kumaran Arul, George Barth, piano; Joseph Horowitz, speaker
Nov 13, Friday | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
A unique recital with commentary, surveying the radical, patriotic, and Romantic sides of the great Russian composer.
Romeo & Juliet with Robin Walsh, Puppet Artist, & The Gunn High School Orchestra
Student Matinee
Nov 13, Friday | 9:00 am | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
As part of Lively Arts’ “Prokofiev Project” in the 2009–10 season, this student matinee features large-scale puppetry by Robin Walsh.
The Prokofiev Project: Orchestral Prokofiev:
Nikita Abrosimov, piano, with The Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Jindong Cai, conductor, and Robin Walsh, puppetry
Nov 14, Saturday | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Pianist Nikita Abrosimov joins Stanford’s orchestra—plus Romeo and Juliet with all new, life-sized puppetry.
The Prokofiev Project: Family Prokofiev—Romeo & Juliet:
THE STANFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, JINDONG CAI, CONDUCTOR, ROBIN WALSH, PUPPET ARTIST, AND Erinn Knyt, narrator.
Nov 15, Sunday | 2:30 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Shorter, discount program perfect for young people: Prokofiev’s enchanting Romeo and Juliet with all new puppetry.
Kimball Chamber Series:
Contrasts Quartet
Nov 17, Tuesday | 8:00 pm | Kimball Hall Lounge
**Please note: The Kimball Chamber Series is open to Stanford students and faculty only.
Informance at the Community School for Music and Arts,
Mountain View
Contrasts Quartet
Nov 17, Tuesday | 6:00 pm | Community School for Music and Arts, Mountain View
Contrasts Quartet
Nov 18, Wednesday | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Celebrated ensemble of clarinet, violin, cello, and piano performs 20th-century works inspired by folk music.





