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Winter 2010 Events

Check the online Concert Calendar for our Winter 2010 Department of Music concert listings. The printed Winter 2010 Calendar will be our last calendar mailing as we transition to an online-only calendar in Spring 2010. Fear not, those of you who enjoy posting our calendars in the office or home... you can now download and print your own monthly calendar.

Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival — February 5–21

The sixth annual Pan-Asian Music Festival’s theme is Visions of Asian Music. Visit the Pan-Asian Music Festival site for all the details for this year’s festival, including a series of Elegant Gatherings: live performance and demonstration events exploring music and its relationship to Chinese traditions, presented in collaboration with Cantor Arts Center. Download this year’s festival program for the full schedule.

A. Jess Shenson Recital Series begins February 21st

This series at Stanford University features extraordinary vocal artists together with their collaborative partners in the intimate setting of the song recital. This year’s artists include Melody Moore, soprano, with Laura Dahl, faculty pianist, Rebecca Plack, soprano, with Kumaran Arul, faculty pianist, and Stephen Salters, baritone, with the Lark Quartet. All Shenson Recitals take place in Campbell Recital Hall. For more information, visit the Shenson Series page.

Stanford Forum on Opera

This one day forum takes place February 27th in Braun Music Center, with generous support of the Stanford Department of Music and the Ben and A. Jess Shenson Funds. For more information, visit the Stanford Forum on Opera page.

“After The Magic Flute” Mozart Conference — March 5–7

This free interdisciplinary conference hosted by the UC Berkeley Music Department investigates the history of Mozart’s 1791 Singspiel, Die Zauberflüte, including perspectives from disciplines outside musicology and engaging critically with over two centuries of productions and adaptations. The three-day program will include contributions from Stanford’s Adrian Daub (German Studies), Heather Hadlock (Department of Music), and Heidi Lee (Department of Music). For more information on this event, visit the UC Berkeley Music Department’s “After The Magic Flute” site. (Sponsored in part by the Stanford University Department of Music.)

The St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Seminar returns June 25–July 4

Stanford’s string quartet in residence, the Grammy-nominated St. Lawrence String Quartet, will once again host a ten-day intensive seminar for advanced students (over 18 years of age) and adult amateurs. For more information, visit the SLSQ seminar page.

Robert Huw Morgan: The Complete Organ Works of Bach

This year, University organist Dr. Robert Huw Morgan continues his fourteen-part recital series of Bach’s complete organ works, celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the landmark organ by Charles Fisk in Memorial Church. This is music of imagination, technique, complexity, and variety. Find out more about this ambitious series, and check the Concert Calendar for upcoming recitals.

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