DEC 16, 1891 Orchestrating Stanfordian Sound
Almost immediately after Stanford University opened its doors, the Stanford Symphony Orchestra became an official campus …
Almost immediately after Stanford University opened its doors, the Stanford Symphony Orchestra became an official campus …
While the Leland Stanford Jr. University Marching Band has garnered its share of infamy, its fledgling …
Stanford Juniors of the class of 1896 publish The Stanford Quad, the university’s first yearbook. These …
The Stanford Glee Club appears in the first issue of the Stanford yearbook (Quad, 1895), followed …
The 1899 Stanford yearbook documents the existence of the Associated Students of Stanford University, or ASSU, …
Student editorials take on a farcical flavor with the premiere issue of The Stanford Chaparral (named …
The founding of Ram’s Head Theatrical Society marks one of the most enduring legacies created …
The Stanford Pictorial, a student publication first issued in 1920, sought to assemble a photographic record …
In the 1921 Junior Opera production of “Maid to Order,” women exercised prominence both onstage and …
Although alumni reunions occurred before the 1920s, the 1923 Quad documents the first alumni reunion held …
In the wake of autumn rowdiness, Rough’s Day, in which men caricatured the messy, uncivilized, misogynist …
With the support of the ASSU, the illustrious singer, actor, and Civil Rights activist Paul Robeson …
An inaugural joint concert featuring the Stanford Band, Symphony Orchestra, and Glee Club marks the first …
The ASSU concert series procures Igor Stravinsky to perform alongside violinist Samuel Dushkin. The 1934/1935 season …
Modern dance pioneer Martha Graham graces Stanford with her radical presence, courtesy of ASSU …
The 1936 ASSU concert series wedded music to dance by inviting the Vienna Boys Choir and …
The weekend ritual known as “Sunday Flicks” (originally held on Saturday evenings) continues to thrive as …
Duke Ellington and his band members play for dancers at the Sophomore Cotillion. Ellington’s jazzy overtones …
Ram’s Head performs a G.I. rendition of the Big Game Gaieties to a sell-out crowd, thereby …
The beloved Harold C. Schmidt assumes directorship over the Stanford University Choir. With Jane Stanford’s insistence, …
Stanford’s radio station KZSU (originally KSU) makes its first live broadcast under the auspices of the …
The recently formed Folk Music Club presents its first campus concert. This event coincides with a …
The controversial dismissal of Stanford Band Director Jules Schucat in 1963 sowed the seeds of protest. …
The formation of the Stanford Mendicants, the university’s oldest a cappella group, peppered college life with …
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s daughter, Luci Johnson, attends a concert at Stanford’s Frost Amphitheater. Frost hosted …
The first Stanford Powwow marks students’ initiative to educate the public on the complexity of Native …
With the founding of Ballet Folklorico de Stanford began the first enduring student organization to honor …
Although a certain “Chorale Ensemble” occasionally performed at Memorial Church under the mentorship of Harold Schmidt, …
The first annual Viennese Ball was held in Toyon Hall on January 27, 1978. The 1990 …
Established by the now prominent playwright David Henry Hwang (class of 1979) and Nancy Takahashi Hatamiya …
Conjoining religion and the arts, the Stanford Gospel Choir has ministered by means of gospel music …
The installation of George Segal’s Gay Liberation sculpture on campus bolsters LGBT acceptance. Originally designed in …
With a membership of over six hundred students, Sanskriti is one of Stanford’s largest cultural organizations. …
Inspired by a group of talented students, Patricia Ryan Madson, then a Senior Lecturer with the … The initiation of Stanford’s first hip-hop dance collective begets a multi-generational wave of dance innovation. Former … Inspired by a class taught by former San Jose Taiko member Susan Hayase, students Ann Ishimaru … The Stanford Hwimori (formerly the Stanford Samulnori), a Korean drum ensemble, is the product of three … Nuanced adaptations of Anton Chekhov sparked the first season of the Stanford Summer Theater, now an … Devoted to enhancing the lives of disabled children, Kids with Dreams orchestrates contact between Stanford students, …
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