Inside the Department

Music lessons are available to any Stanford student — not just Music majors and minors!

Stanford drum set lecturer David Rokeach is accepting drum students for private online lessons (Music 177A/277A). There are still a few open slots left for the Autumn quarter. You can be a complete beginner with absolutely no musical experience, an advanced player looking to hone your skills, or anywhere in between.

The Department of Music's fall class offerings are evolving! The following classes are examples of how our faculty is including opportunities for live performance using Zoom and other technologies. Click "find out more" for details.

Music 181: Jazz Combos

Fall 2020

Schedule TBA

1 Unit

Instructor: Jim Nadel 

Over the past few weeks, we surveyed our music community regarding future planning for the department's live concerts. With feedback from our audience, we can best address how to make the needed changes to our concert planning. 

Thank you for your participation!

Professor Mark Applebaum's Spring 2020 class, MUSIC 154E: Creative Agency in the Pandemic World, served as a workshop for creative invention and artistic collaboration within radical pandemic constraints.

Just released today, this new audio release featuring works by Duruflé is full of Stanford music faculty and students: Stanford Chamber Chorale and their director Stephen M. Sano, University Organist Robert Huw Morgan, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet (our Ensemble-in-Residence). Additional performers for this program included soloists Mindy Ella Chu, mezzo-soprano, and Nikolas Nackley, baritone, as well as the Omer Quartet.

The Department of Music is excited to announce that despite the limitations imposed upon us during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are still thriving, learning, and creating. During these current challenges, we are all relying on our abilities to adapt to an ever-changing world, continually develop new skills, and orchestrate new paths of learning. Now, more than ever, music is what brings us together — music heals, allows us to grow, and provides us with an unlimited source of inspiration.