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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Department of Music Awards:

Carol and Peter Polk Music Award (Instrumental or Vocal Performance) — Andrew Chen (marimba), Kristie Park (flute), Anthony Qin (alto saxophone)The Blew-Culley-LaFollette Prize (Piano Performance) —…
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The Department of Music at Stanford University invites applicants for the position of Lecturer in Vocal Studies, beginning on September 1, 2024.  This is a full-time (100% FTE) Lecturer position with full benefits.

The ideal candidate for this position is a dynamic and creative colleague…

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The application period for the Department of Music Awards is now open! Click here to read more and apply today.

Each year, the Department of Music recognizes exemplary student compositions, performances, and academic papers in Music.
The application deadline for compositions, thesis…

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ENSEMBLES: The Department of Music hosts over 20 performing ensembles and combos ranging from choral music to jazz to mobile phones! Fall quarter is when many of our ensembles offer auditions for membership. Links to sign up for auditions can be found at the Ensembles page, as well as the…

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The St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ) has announced the release of two new albums via Phenotypic Recordings — the final ones with co-founder and violinist Geoff Nuttall, who died of pancreatic cancer in October 2022 at 56. They were recorded at Stanford University,…

  • Achievements & Awards
  • Inside the Department

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Department of Music Awards:

Carol and Peter Polk Music Award (Instrumental or Vocal Performance)
Michelle Fu, violin The Blew-Culley-LaFollette Prize (Piano Performance) — shared
Alex Perry (jazz)
Jason Guo…

Roger Xia '24, Daniel Sun '25, Jenny Xiong '24, Paul Phillips, Zachary Lin '26, Richard Cheung '24, Laura Futamura '24

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The 2023 Stanford Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition took place Feb. 4 in Dinkelspiel Auditorium. It was epic in length (9 hours), number of participants (33), number of finalists (11), and number of winners: 6! 

Below are the winners of this year's competition, and the works…

Michael Repper and his Grammy

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Stanford Music alum Michael Repper ('12, MA '13) won a Grammy on Sunday, Feb. 5 for Best Orchestral Performance conducting the New York Youth Symphony on the album Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, and Valerie Coleman. (That's Michael with his Grammy in the photo.)

As always,…

  • Featured Event

The Noontime Concert on February 1st has been canceled, but this free event for the Stanford community will return on a future Wednesday!

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Third Coast Percussion's "Rituals and Meditations" program at Bing Concert Hall on Wednesday, January 25th will include a world premiere of Gauntlet, composed by Stanford Music faculty Mark Applebaum.

In this excerpt of Prof. Applebaum's program notes for this new work, he…