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  • Inside the Department

The Stanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble, directed by Murray Low, our jazz piano lecturer, has shared some audio recordings from the Spring session. The recordings are available on SoundCloud, where you can also hear an album-length program with all of the Stanford Afro-Latin…

The Stanford Music Library has a new Head Librarian, Tamar Barzel. Tamar arrived at Stanford on July 1 after having spent the last three years as Assistant Research Scholar at New York University Libraries, where she developed the music holdings in the Downtown Collection. Prior to…

  • Achievements & Awards

In celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Hoover Tower, a concert was presented on Hoover's carillon June 17th featuring carillonneur and Stanford Music graduate student Julie Zhu. Along with a new composition of her own, Allegro, the concert reprised works…

  • Stanford Music in the News

Jesse Rodin, Associate Professor (Musicology) at Stanford University's Department of Music, is featured in Alex Ross's recent article in The New Yorker, entitled "Opus One". In this profile of the Renaissance composer Josquin Desprez, Ross calls on Josquin-devotees such as Prof. Rodin and…

  • Inside the Department

Jazz lecturer and Director of the Stanford Jazz Orchestra Michael Galisatus invites you to check out the SJO's virtual recordings from 2020-21, highlighting the talents of Stanford's jazz players during this very challenging academic year. | Hear the Stanford Jazz…

  • Inside the Department

The Department of Music at Stanford University invites applicants for the position of Lecturer in Vocal Studies, beginning in Fall 2021. This is a full-time Lecturer position with benefits.

The ideal candidate for this position is a dynamic, creative colleague who possesses strong…

  • Achievements & Awards
Composer Davor Branimir Vincze's Reimagination will get its world première on May 20th in a performance by German conductor Valentin Egel and the Croatian National Radio-Television Orchestra in Zagreb. Reimagination was the focus of Davor's recent Stanford D.M.A.…

Apologies to anyone who may have missed the Stanford Philharmonia's livestream from Bing Concert Hall on Tuesday, May 18th due to the delayed start of that event.  Facebook users approve...

"Wow!! Sounds beautiful!!" — Jennifer Goddeau

 

  • Achievements & Awards

Doğa Çavdir, a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford's Research Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), has been selected to receive a Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Doctoral Fellowship. This prestigious two-year fellowship prepares advanced doctoral…

Marjorie Ann Chauvel
October 30, 1922 - April 25, 2021
Resident of Los Altos

Marjorie Ann Chauvel was born in Santa Barbara on October 30, 1922 to Allen and Mary Isabel Gibson.

She took up music and the harp at an early age. Playing the harp and teaching music…