Friends of Music at Stanford

11/18/2023

It's that time of year again! We would love to see you all at the 2023 Holiday Musicale, presented by the Friends of Music at Stanford, and featuring some incredible student and faculty musicians! Link here to the event page: https://music.stanford.edu/events/friends-music-presents-holiday-musicale

When: Saturday December 9, 2023, 2:30 – 4:00pm

Where: Memorial Church (450 Jane Stanford Way, Building. 500, Stanford, CA 94305)

What: Friends of Music at Stanford present their annual holiday showcase in Memorial Church featuring Department of Music ensembles and guests including Stanford Chamber Chorale, Stanford Cello Choir, and organist Ismail Mardin.

ADVANCE TICKETS: General $18 | Senior and Friends of Music members (65+) $13 | Non-Stanford Student $13
DAY-OF TICKETS: General $23 | Senior and Friends of Music members (65+) $18 | Non-Stanford Students $18

Free Stanford student tickets available one hour before curtain; please read Stanford Ticket Office's free ticket information when event tickets become available: https://tickets.stanford.edu/

10/12/2023

Hi Stanford Music community! Upcoming concert events this week (including today!):

New Music Exchange with Japan: Ensemble Kujoyama

Concert 1:
Thursday, October 12, 2023, 7:30 - 9:00pm

Concert 2:
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 7:30 - 9:00pm

Location:
The Knoll
660 Lomita Court, Stanford, CA 94305
CCRMA Stage

About this event:
CCRMA and the Department of Music are proud to present two concerts by the Japanese Ensemble Kujoyama, who are performing in the US for the very first time! For this occasion, the Ensemble will be joined by the conductor, Yoshiaki Onishi.

The first concert will feature the works of ten undergraduate students: Analiese Bancroft, Zac Dulkin, Lydia Goedert, Andrew Tin-Lok Lee, Ben Limric, Howard Qin, Renee Qin, Na Young Son, Jenny Xiong, and Ryan Yu.

The members of the Ensemble Kujoyama were first brought together in 2010 for a residency at the Villa Kujoyama, in Kyoto. They regrouped in 2015 and founded the ensemble, which has since then received praises for its high standard and brilliant interpretations. Devoted to the interpretation of new music, the members of the ensemble are active in Japan and abroad, performing not only with the ensemble but also as soloists.

10/09/2023

VOICES TO BE HEARD, STORIES TO BE TOLD: Exploring the Dijkstra Black Music Collection at Stanford’s Archive of Recorded Sound

Monday October 9th, 2023
7:00 - 8:30pm

Zoom Registration here: https://bit.ly/barzel-lecture

Tamar Barzel, head of Stanford’s Music Library and Archive of Recorded Sound, will present an illustrated webinar on a recently acquired, transformative collection of historic vinyl records of African-American and Afro-diasporic music, especially jazz and reggae. The webinar will focus on the origins of the Dijkstra Collection, explore its gems, and consider the role sound archives play in preserving diverse sonic legacies for future generations.

Tamar Barzel (PhD in Ethnomusicology, University of Michigan, 2004) came to Stanford in 2021 from New York University Libraries. She has taught at NYU, Harvard, and Wellesley College.

This free event is sponsored by

Friends of Music at Stanford
The Stanford Department of Music
Stanford University Libraries

Event page on the Music site: https://music.stanford.edu/events/voices-be-heard-stories-be-told-exploring-dijkstra-black-music-collection-stanfords-archive

10/06/2023

Hello Stanford music community! A reminder for the upcoming virtual event below - on Monday, October 9th!

VOICES TO BE HEARD, STORIES TO BE TOLD: Exploring the Dijkstra Black Music Collection at Stanford’s Archive of Recorded Sound

Monday October 9th, 2023
7:00 - 8:30pm

Zoom Registration here: https://bit.ly/barzel-lecture

Tamar Barzel, head of Stanford’s Music Library and Archive of Recorded Sound, will present an illustrated webinar on a recently acquired, transformative collection of historic vinyl records of African-American and Afro-diasporic music, especially jazz and reggae. The webinar will focus on the origins of the Dijkstra Collection, explore its gems, and consider the role sound archives play in preserving diverse sonic legacies for future generations.

Tamar Barzel (PhD in Ethnomusicology, University of Michigan, 2004) came to Stanford in 2021 from New York University Libraries. She has taught at NYU, Harvard, and Wellesley College.

This free event is sponsored by:

Friends of Music at Stanford
The Stanford Department of Music
Stanford University Libraries

Tamar Barzel, head of Stanford’s Music Library and Archive of Recorded Sound, will present an illustrated webinar on a recently acquired, transformative collection of historic vinyl records of African-American and Afro-diasporic music, especially jazz and reggae. The webinar will focus on the orig...

09/25/2023

Hello Stanford Music community! Upcoming event alert: Join us for FREE ONLINE on Monday, October 9th at 7pm for an illustrated webinar on a recently acquired, transformative collection of historic vinyl records of African-American and Afro-diasporic music, especially jazz and reggae.

The webinar will be led by Tamar Barzel, head of Stanford’s Music Library and Archive of Recorded Sound, and will focus on the origins of the Dijkstra Collection, explore its gems, and consider the role sound archives play in preserving diverse sonic legacies for future generations.

All information and link to join below!

Tamar Barzel, head of Stanford’s Music Library and Archive of Recorded Sound, will present an illustrated webinar on a recently acquired, transformative collection of historic vinyl records of African-American and Afro-diasporic music, especially jazz and reggae. The webinar will focus on the orig...

07/03/2023

Hello Stanford music community! We’re thrilled that the Stanford Chamber Chorale, led by Professor Stephen Sano, has just completed their first international tour since before 2020! They were able to travel around the UK for two weeks, putting on brilliant concerts solo, and with local chorale groups. The tour was partially supported by The Friends of Music, which is a privilege we take very seriously. Enabling our department ensembles and student groups to share music and engage with an international music community is very special!

On the first day of their tour, our very own FoM board member and Chorale alumna, Amelia Farber, and her boyfriend, Scott Manifold, an Oxford local, led the group on a walking tour of the university and city. The group put on their first concert of tour together with The Queen’s College choir the following day.

More Chorale tour content to come, and many thanks to Professor Sano for the photos!

Stanford Chamber Chorale Stephen Sano Robert Huw Morgan Amelia G. Farber Linda Uyechi

05/25/2023

Hello Stanford Music Community and friends! An announcement for a lecture happening tomorrow, May 26th, at 7:30pm in Memorial Church at Stanford. The lecture, sponsored in part by the Stanford Friends of Music, is entitled: "Preserving the Past: Sarum polyphony in Dr. Gyffard’s partbooks." Details below and on the Events tab of the Stanford website!
Join ensemble Affeccyon as they bring to life a selection of English choral music rarely, if ever, heard since the sixteenth century. Presented in conjunction with Stanford’s early modern focal group Renaissances and directed by Ph.D. student Daniel Koplitz, the performance features pre-Reformation motets and Mass movements by anonymous or lesser-known Tudor composers and will culminate in the works’ first-ever digital recording. The ensemble will be joined by emerging and established scholars across Early Modern Studies, namely Dr. Benjamin Albritton (Rare Books and Early Manuscripts collections, Stanford), Mattea Scheiber Koon (English, Stanford), and Dr. David Marno (English, UC–Berkeley), who will offer insight to the music, its themes, and its contexts throughout the concert.

The lecture-performance is free and open to the public. All are welcome to join the singers and scholars for a reception following the concert in the courtyard behind Margaret Jacks Hall (Building 460).

Join ensemble Affeccyon as they bring to life a selection of English choral music rarely, if ever, heard since the sixteenth century. Presented in conjunction with Stanford’s early modern focal group Renaissances and directed by Ph.D. student Daniel Koplitz, the performance features pre-Reformatio...

05/03/2023

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Hi Stanford Music students and community! A reminder that the annual Stanford Taiko spring concert, called Impulse, is happening this coming Saturday, May 6th, in Bing Concert Hall at 7:30pm. Stanford Taiko is student group practicing the art of kumidaiko (group drumming), and are backed by the Stanford Department of Music, FoM, and faculty members Steve Sano and Linda Uyechi.

We highly recommend you get tickets in advance as this yearly celebration of drums often sells out! Link here to purchase your tickets:

Saturday, May 6, 2023

04/18/2023

Hello Stanford Music community! A reminder for upcoming events! This Friday, first year masters student, Sami Wurm, will present a recital at The Knoll entitled "Sunshine." Admission is free and open to the public. We hope many of you will join!

More information here, and via the Stanford Department of Music website, under "Events:"

Sami Wurm presents her first-year master's recital, Sunshine, with accompaniment from Tamami Honma, Celeste Betancur, Alex Han, Mark Rau, Daiki Nakajima, Michael Hayes, and Aaron Hodges. The event will include a musical exploration of all the artists who shaped Sami into the musician she is today, as well as a showcase of the music-technology applications that Sami has created throughout her time at the Center for Computer Research for Music and Acoustics so far.

Sami Wurm presents her first-year master's recital, Sunshine, with accompaniment from Tamami Honma, Celeste Betancur, Alex Han, Mark Rau, Daiki Nakajima, Michael Hayes, and Aaron Hodges. The event will include a musical exploration of all the artists who shaped Sami into the musician she is today, a...

02/28/2023

Hello students and community members! A reminder for an upcoming event hosted by the Stanford Friends of Music!

We love supporting students of music at Stanford, and we will be celebrating some of those students this weekend for the Friends of Music Scholarship Recital on Saturday, March 4th from 2:30-4:00pm in Campbell Recital Hall (in Braun Music Center)

What is the event?

Stanford music students receiving scholarships from the Friends of Music in support of their lessons perform in this recital for their patrons and the public.

Admission Information
* Free admission
* Note that Stanford University guidelines now state that masks are no longer required, but are strongly recommended. We encourage you to continue wearing masks for the comfort of our patrons, staff, and artists. Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test is no longer required.

Find more information here (or via the events page of the Stanford Music Department website!)

Stanford music students receiving scholarships from the Friends of Music in support of their lessons perform in this recital for their patrons and the public. Admission Information Free admission Note that Stanford University guidelines now state that masks are no longer required, but are strongly r...

02/13/2023

Hello students and community members! A reminder for an upcoming event hosted by the Stanford Department of Music and the Stanford Libraries: Black Music on Record: The Dijkstra Black Music Collection - tomorrow, February 13th from 5:30-7:30pm!

Tickets are free and open to the public. The event is in Green Library, Bing Wing, in the Bender Room on the 5th floor

What is the event?

A major collection of over 8,000 vinyl records has been donated to Stanford’s Music Library & Archive of Recorded Sound, documenting the sweep of jazz history and Jamaican popular music with additional selections in soul, blues, R&B, hip hop, and other genres. What can recorded music reveal about Black history, creativity, and culture? What new avenues of thinking does this collection open up? Join for a lively conversation about Black music research and pedagogy at Stanford.

The panel will feature the donor, Bram Dijkstra, Prof. Ato Quayson, Prof. Adam Banks, and Prof. Stephen Hinton. A reception will follow to celebrate Bram and Sandra Dijkstra’s generous donation of the Dijkstra Black Music Collection.

Find more information here on the department events page:

A major collection of over 8,000 vinyl records has been donated to Stanford’s Music Library & Archive of Recorded Sound, documenting the sweep of jazz history and Jamaican popular music with additional selections in soul, blues, R&B, hip hop, and other genres. What can recorded music reveal about ...

01/17/2023

Hello music community! Are you interested in becoming a member of the Friends of Music and supporting the students and work of the Stanford Department of Music? We’d love for you to join us! Whether you’re a current student, and alumnus, a community member, or just a music lover, your support would mean the world to us!

The Friends of Music welcome new members to join the tradition of supporting the Department of Music at Stanford. All membership fees go towards organization administration and event outreach. All scholarship contributions go towards lesson scholarships, student ensemble tour funding, and Music major support for extracurricular summer studies and projects.

Head to the link below to learn more and join!

About What We DoWhat We Do: OverviewComposition, Songwriting, Sonic Arts & IntermediaConductingInstrumental Performance, Orchestras & EnsemblesJazz, Improvisation, and Popular MusicMusic History and EthnomusicologyMusic, Science, and TechnologyMusic TheoryVocal Performance, Opera, Musical Theater, a...