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Jun 3 2015
Our two summer ensembles will both be presenting concerts in July. The Summer Stanford Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Anna Wittstruck, will perform in Bing Concert Hall on July 18th, and the Stanford Summer Chorus, directed by Rafael Ornes, will appear in Memorial Church on July 31st.
May 15 2015 | Stanford Report
Research by Stanford musicology Ph.D. candidate Nate Sloan is highlighting the largely forgotten racist history of a legendary musical venue. A fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, Sloan is studying the ramifications of a major paradox of the Cotton Club and similar Harlem cabarets: While...
Apr 29 2015
The Ron Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology include a wide range of lecturers from universities around the world speaking on a variety of musicological topics. These lectures are open to the public and take place on Mondays at 4:15 PM in Braun Music Center, Room 103. The Spring 2015 lecture...
Nick Veronin's recent cover story for Metro (including a cover photo of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra's salad-bowl speaker arrays) provided a brief overview of Stanford's ongoing role in the development of technologies for electronic music. In the included excerpt from Andrew J.
Mar 23 2015
Reactions to the Record: The Player Piano Project is a collaborative effort of the Stanford Department of Music and the Archive of Recorded Sound with support from individuals and institutions around the globe. The symposium on April 17-18 will offer an opportunity to experience rare player pianos...
