Lively Arts

(June 2009) Stanford Lively Arts artistic and executive director Jenny Bilfield previews the 2009-10 season.

(February 4, 2009) Composer Paul Dresher demonstrates the hurdy gurdy instrument created for SchickMachine.

(February 4, 2009) A workshop preview of the world premiere of SchickMachine, a Paul Dresher Ensemble production performed by Steven Schick and directed by Rinde Eckert.

(February 4, 2009) Kronos Quartet artistic director David Harrington discusses the group’s upcoming, Oasis, at Stanford Lively Arts.

(April 18, 2009) Loren Schoenberg, director, National Jazz museum in Harlem, gives a mini tutorial on modal jazz and the way that Miles Davis changed jazz forever.

(April 18, 2009) Loren Schoenberg, director, National Jazz museum in Harlem, gives a mini tutorial on modal jazz and the way that Miles Davis changed jazz forever.

As part of their 20th-anniversary concerts at Stanford Lively Arts, the St. Lawrence String Quartet welcomes Quartet former members Barry Shiffman (violin) and Marina Hoover (cello) in a wide-ranging program of Strauss, Berg, and Dvorák.

(January 10, 2009) “More Stories by Tobias Wolff” promises an immersive evening of works selected from Our Story Begins, the latest story collection from eminent American author and Stanford English professor Tobias Wolff, published in spring of 2008.

(February 15, 2009) Extending a tradition made famous by the immortal Paganini, violin virtuoso Livia Sohn gives “voice” to two centuries of operatic themes in this intimate chamber performance—as heard on her 2007 CD.

(January 7, 2009) An interview with composer, conductor, and NPR personality Rob Kapilow who joins forces with Trio con Brio Copenhagen to explore the crowning masterpiece of Beethoven’s cycle of piano trios.

(January 24, 2009) MacArthur fellow Elizabeth Streb’s company makes its Lively Arts debut with a performance that includes a work set on Stanford gymnasts and student dancers.

(November 14, 2008) Two innovative chamber ensembles combine forces for a program rich in virtuosity, collaborative instincts, and impeccable musical taste.

(October 6, 2008) Commissioned by Stanford Lively Arts, Songs of Ascension is the latest in a long line of major works for an ensemble of voices and instruments by MacArthur "Genius Award" recipient Meredith Monk.

(January 25, 2008) Stanford dance faculty member Diane Frank moderates a post-performance discussion with Merce Cunningham Dance company members.

(January 18, 2008) Lively Arts artistic director Jenny Bilfield moderates a discussion with the Kronos Quartet and Stanford Chamber Chorale director Stephen Sano following their performance of Terry Riley’s Sun Rings.

(December 9, 2007) Lively Arts associate director Michelle Witt moderates a post-performance discussion with violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott.

(November 8, 2007) Stanford faculty and members of renowned music ensembles join forces for a series of dorm salons and public lectures designed to reinvigorate the way audiences experience contemporary and classical music.

(November 30, 2007) Lively Arts' artistic and executive director Jenny Bilfield moderates a discussion with Alarm Will Sound's conductor Alan Pierson and composer John Adams following the world-premiere performance of his Son of Chamber Symphony.

(October 28, 2007) Following the performance of L.A. Theatre Works' docudrama is a panel discussion with former New York Times Washington Bureau Chief Philip Taubman and Associate Dean for Research and Academics in the Stanford Law School Pamela Karlan.