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news

March 9, 2012
Jenny Bilfield to be honored

-Stanford Report

February 28, 2012
Bing Concert Hall Opening announced

-Stanford Report

February 2, 2012
New Yorker to head up concert hall

-San Francsico Chronicle

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blog

3.29.12 | The Cantabile Youth Singers of Silicon Valley honored Jenny Bilfield with their 2012 Champion of the Arts award......more »

2.1.12 | Kronos founder David Harrington recently spoke to San Francisco Classical Voice about the group's upcoming concerts with the Alim Qasimov Ensemble....more »

1.11.12 | Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (and Stanford alum) David Lang recently blogged about his new work "Death Speaks."...more »


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video

MUSICIRCUS was simply an invitation for performers to assemble and play together...

 

Merce Cunningham Dance Company Workshop and Open Rehearsal.

 

Gloria Cheng returned to campus to perform an intimate recital of John Cage’s work.

 

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upcoming events

Etienne Charles Quintet

Etienne Charles Quintet

Apr 4, Wednesday | 8:00 pm

The pristine tone of Trinidadian trumpeter Charles leads a fresh new sound in Afro-Caribbean jazz.

Quatuor Mosaïques

Apr 14, Saturday | 8:00 pm

Acclaimed period-instrument quartet from Austria in a program of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

Anonymous 4

Apr 18, Wednesday | 8:00 pm

Join the celebrated vocal quartet for this 25th-anniversary celebration, featuring one composition from each A4 recording plus two all-new works.

upcoming free events

Informance

Etienne Charles Quintet with Loren Schoenberg Informance

Apr 3, Tuesday | 6:00 pm

An engaging one-hour program of performance and conversation.

Workshop

Steelpan Workshop with Etienne Charles

Apr 3, Tuesday | 8:00 pm

Etienne Charles coaches the Stanford student steelpan group Cardinal Calypso in an open rehearsal.

Lecture/Demonstration

Jazz Talks @ the Cantor

Apr 4, Wednesday | 12:00 pm

Caribbean jazz past and present...