Stanford University’s upcoming Lively Arts performance series, announced today, once again boasts artists of international stature. Most presentations are on campus in Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Memorial Auditorium or Memorial Church. Subscription tickets go on sale in July; single tickets in August. For information, call (650) 725-2787 or visit livelyarts.stanford.edu.
Here’s the lineup, in chronological order:
Oct. 5 — Branford Marsalis, saxophone, with members of the Philarmonia Brasileira
Oct. 7 — Soweto Gospel Choir
Oct. 10 — Word for Word performing arts company in staged reading of “Sonny’s Blues”
Oct. 12 — St. Lawrence String Quartet
Oct. 15 — Emerson String Quartet
Oct. 18 — Meredith Monk premiere of “Songs of Ascension”
Oct. 29 — Turtle Island String Quartet, Assad Duo
Nov. 2 — Rob Kapilow and Stanford Chamber Strings
Nov. 12 — Urban Bush Women and Compagnie Jant-Bi
Nov. 13 — Messiaen Celebration with members of the St. Lawrence String Quartet
Nov. 14 — Imani Winds and the Miami String Quartet
Dec. 3 — Boston Brass and the Brass All-Stars Big Band in “A Stan Kenton Christmas”
Dec. 6 — Santa Rosa Symphony
Dec. 9-10 —”A Chanticleer Christmas”
Jan. 7 — Rob Kapilow and Trio Con Brio Copenhagen
Jan. 10 — Word for Word in “More Tobias Wolff Stories”
Jan. 24 — Streb in “Streb vs. Gravity”
Jan. 25 — St. Lawrence String Quartet with Barry Shiffman, violin; and Marina Hoover, cello
Jan. 28 — Messiaen Celebration with David Krakauer, clarinet; Matt Haimovitz, cello; and DJ Socalled
Feb. 4 — Rokia Traoré
Feb. 15 — Livia Sohn, violin
Feb. 18 — Making Books Sing family matinee
Feb. 20 — Kronos Quartet
Feb. 22 — Messiaen Celebration with Christopher Taylor, piano
Feb. 27 — Esperanza Spalding
March 7 — Steven Schick in a Paul Dresher World Premiere
March 11 —Danú
April 1 — Lila Downs
April 5 — St. Lawrence 20th Anniversary Celebration
April 18 — Jazz Museum in Harlem in Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” celebration
April 22 — Cut Circle choral works by Ockeghem, Josquin and Du Fay
April 25 — Limón Dance Company.
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