1970 — 1979
1971 Native American arts wow in first annual Powwow
The first Stanford Powwow marks students’ initiative to educate the public on the complexity of Native …
1972 Hispanic heritage in motion
With the founding of Ballet Folklorico de Stanford began the first enduring student organization to honor …
1972 Mem Chu music gets medieval
Professor William Mahrt, a medieval musicologist with the Stanford Music Department, establishes the Early Music Singers. …
1972 Stanford administration requires that the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band to accept female members
By offering one unit of academic credit, the band was in violation of the university policy …
1972 Stanford Jazz Workshop Founded
Over the last four decades, Stanford Jazz Workshop has become the leading summer immersion experience for …
1973 Charles Lyons returns to head Department of Drama
Charles Lyons received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Stanford University. After four years of …
1973 Dance graduates to Masters
The first graduates of the Masters in Education with specialization in Dance received degrees from the …
1974 Creativity at Clayman Empowers Women
Established in 1974, the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research generates innovative scholarship that seeks …
1975 Chamber Chorale Reborn under Ramsey
Although a certain “Chorale Ensemble” occasionally performed at Memorial Church under the mentorship of Harold Schmidt, …
FALL 1975 CCRMA is Founded
CCRMA was formed initially for the purpose of administering a $600,000 grant proposal that Chowning and …
FEB 1975 the Drama Department stages The Beggar’s Opera in the large scene shop behind Memorial Auditorium
Drama’s roots can be traced, at least as far back as its being from the 1920s …
JAN 27, 1978 Dancing, Viennese-style
The first annual Viennese Ball was held in Toyon Hall on January 27, 1978. The 1990 …
1978 From FOB to Fab: Asian American Theater Project shapes the stage
Established by the now prominent playwright David Henry Hwang (class of 1979) and Nancy Takahashi Hatamiya …
1978 Revelatory Reverberations in Song
Conjoining religion and the arts, the Stanford Gospel Choir has ministered by means of gospel music …
1979 Changing tenor of choral repertoire worth the Wait
Gregory Wait, the accomplished tenor and former soloist with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, succeeds Dr. …
circa 1975 Dancing to the Drumbeats of Africa
Created in the 1970s, the Kuumba African Dance Ensemble fosters a celebration and an appreciation of …