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Immersion
Eighteen lucky students went to museums, galleries and performances. They danced with members of the Mark Morris Dance Group, met with art experts at Christie’s, attended a rehearsal of the New York Philharmonic—and much, much more. Throughout the week, students gathered their thoughts and impressions about the trip on tumblr. The students were participating in…
Stanford Live’s Executive Director Wiley Hausam looks forward to 2013-14 and beyond
Wiley Hausam came to Stanford in 2012 as the executive director of Bing Concert Hall with a healthy performing arts portfolio under his arm. He was a Broadway producer, a presenter of classical theater and musicals, and the former executive director of two university performing arts centers where he excelled at developing younger audiences with…
Stanford Live Announces 2013-14 Season
Highlights include Season-Opening concert with Itzhak Perlman and the Perlman Music Program, evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin and recitals by violinist Joshua Bell, sopranos Deborah Voigt and Angela Brown, and pianist Richard Goode World premiere of Linked Verse, a collaboration between Stanford assistant professor of music Jaroslaw Kapuscinski and artistic collective OpenEndedGroup, features…
Visitations: Theotokia and The War Reporter, chamber operas by Jonathan Berger, and Landfall, a collaboration between Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet
Only a few months after the official opening, Bing Concert Hall has revealed itself to be a masterpiece of organic design ideally suited to intimate, classical performance in a modern setting. At the same time, the space encourages creative exploration and is able to support cutting-edge technology in a way that refocuses the timeless dialogue between…
Stanford’s Chocolate Heads dance around the theme ‘synesthesia’
The Bing Concert Hall box office ran out of tickets for the upcoming Chocolate Heads performance in just three hours. The Heads, along with their muse and mentor this year, William Parker, clearly have a following. The 842 lucky ticketholders will be among the first to see dance performed in the new hall and experience…
Free Concert for Stanford Undergraduates Announced
February 25, 2013 | The Beethoven Project Stanford Symphony Orchestra Jindong Cai, music director and conductor with Jon Nakamatsu, piano In its first ever free performance just for students, the Stanford Symphony Orchestra—under the direction of Jindong Cai—performs Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, the “Eroica” Symphony (movement 1), and Piano Concerto No. 3, with Van Cliburn Gold…
Tickets for Bing Concert Hall inaugural season performances are selling out
Early reviews of Bing Concert Hall are in, and they are glowing. The best of the bon mots include: “The sound popped like champagne,” “The hall exudes a serenely majestic air,” “The acoustics in the room and the intimacy of the space made performing an incredibly personal musical experience,” and “In a word, it’s magnificent.”…
Stanford students’ variations on a theme by Kotche
A Glenn Kotche performance is a physically impressive feat. Kotche is a percussionist – best known as the drummer for the rock band Wilco – renowned for his solo percussion shows. Without melodies and harmonies to hide behind, these concerts leave him with the task of making a seamless, full composition out of what seems…
Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall opens to rave reviews
Early reviews of Bing Concert Hall from the press, performers and patrons are in, and they are glowing. The best of the bon mots include: “The sound popped like champagne,” “The hall exudes a serenely majestic air,” “The acoustics in the room and the intimacy of the space made performing an incredibly personal musical experience,”…
Finely Tuned
With the right lighting, the sturdy, fez-shaped building appears like something from another world, an outlier amid the sandstone-and-tiled architecture that dominates the Stanford landscape. And it would not be hyperbole to say there has never been anything like it on the Farm. After decades of yearning for a world-class performing arts venue, years of planning…
Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall opens this Friday with soundscape fanfare
A three-minute fanfare packed with sounds shaped and inspired by Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall – including harbor horns, a Canadian icebreaker, music student assignments and even the hall’s steel beams – will be the first music heard at the hall on opening night this Friday, Jan. 11. Faculty at the Department of Music’s Center for…
Students from across campus bring Beethoven to Bing
Alessandra Aquilanti is a fourth year PhD student in Italian whose thesis explores the humorist authors and magazines of fascist Italy. This is her fourth year as principal of the viola section of the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and she also plays in the Stanford Philharmonia Orchestra. Student musicians representing nearly every academic major will perform…
STANFORD LIVE’S INAUGURAL SEASON AT BING CONCERT HALL BEGINS JANUARY 11, 2013
Stanford Live will begin its inaugural season at the long-awaited Bing Concert Hall on Friday, January 11 at 8:00 p.m. with a celebratory Opening Night Concert featuring master of ceremonies Anna Deavere Smith, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony with special guest mezzo-soprano Frederica Von Stade, the St. Lawrence String Quartet(SLSQ), Stanford Chamber…
Stanford Live Single Tickets for the 2013 Inaugural Season at Bing Concert Hall Now On Sale
Bing Concert Hall and the Stanford Live inaugural season debut in grand and festive style, beginning with a historic “Opening Night” concert on January 11 and continuing with a full weekend of tickets and free event. Single tickets for Stanford Live’s inaugural season go on sale Friday, Nov. 16 at 12 pm. You can order…
Stanford Arts looking ahead to 2016, the 125th anniversary of the opening of Stanford University
In a recent issue of Stanford magazine, Stanford President John Hennessy wrote about the many ways that The Stanford Challenge has been transforming the university through increased financial aid, interdisciplinary graduate fellowships, professorships and new facilities. He wrote that the Stanford Challenge, which concluded in December 2011 after raising $6.2 billion, was the most successful campaign in U.S. higher-education…
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