Friday, 16 November 2007: Fall Concert
8:00 P.M. Stanford Memorial Church
Admission: general $10 | senior $9 | student $5
Saturday, 8 December 2007: Friends of
Music Holiday Musicale
2:30 P.M. Stanford Memorial Church
Admission: general $10 | senior $9 | student $5
Friday, 18 January 2008: Kronos Quartet
8:00 P.M. Stanford Memorial Auditorium
Admission: general $44 | student $22
A collaborative concert with the world renowned Kronos String Quartet in Terry Riley's
stunning multi-media work "Sun Rings." Presented as part of the Lively Arts at Stanford
concert series: http://livelyarts.stanford.edu/event.php?code=KRON
Friday, 7 March 2008: Winter Concert
8:00 P.M. Stanford Memorial Church
Admission: general $10 | senior $9 | student $5
Featuring Giancarlo Aquilanti's Prima Missa: A Celebration of Life in the
new version for chamber orchestra and chorus presented in preparation for the
Chorale's recording sessions for Arsis Audio. Also on the program: the premiere
of Aquilanti's Ubi caritas, and Murrill's Magnificat and Nunc
dimittis in E.
Saturday, 26 April 2008: Department
of Music Admit Weekend Showcase Concert
8:00 P.M. Stanford Memorial Church
Admission: free
A special program for students admitted to the class of 2012 and their families and
friends, featuring a broad range of ensemble and solo performances from students in the
Department of Music.
Friday, 2 May 2008: Stanford Invitational Choral
Festival
7:30 P.M. Stanford Memorial Church
Admission: free
The Chamber Chorale appears on the annual Stanford Invitational Choral Festival along
with other ensembles from Stanford and Northern California.
Friday, 16 May 2008: Spring Concert
8:00 P.M. Stanford Memorial Church
Admission: general $10 | senior $9 | student $5
Tour farewell concert featuring repertoire from the Chorale's upcoming concert tour to
China.
Sunday, 15 June 2008: Commencement
Family Concert
3:00 P.M. Stanford Memorial Church
Admission: free
An informal 45-minute concert for family and friends who are on
campus for Commencement.
Wednesday, 18 June 2008: Tour Concert in Hangzhou
7:00 P.M. Zhejiang University
Zijingang Theater
A concert featuring the Chamber Chorale, Stanford Taiko, and the Zhejiang University
Performing Arts Troupe.
Thursday, 19 June 2008: Tour Concert in Hangzhou
7:30 P.M. Opera Hall of the Hangzhou Grand Theatre
A concert featuring the Chamber Chorale, Stanford Taiko, the Stanford Symphony Orchestra,
and the Zhejiang University Orchestra.
Saturday, 21 June 2008: Tour Concert in Xi'an
8:00 P.M. Music Hall of Xi'an Conservatory of Music
A concert featuring the Chamber Chorale and Stanford Taiko.
Sunday, 22 June 2008: Tour Concert in Xi'an
8:00 P.M. Renmin Grand Theater
A concert featuring the Chamber Chorale, the Stanford Symphony Orchestra, and the Xian
Conservatory of Music Choir and Orchestra. Program includes Beethoven's 9th Symphony
(choral movement).
Tuesday, 24 June 2008: Tour Concert in Shanghai
7:15 P.M. Shanghai Concert Hall
A concert featuring the Chamber Chorale and Stanford Taiko.
Admission: RMB 30-200
Friday, 27 June 2008: Tour Concert in Shanghai
7:30 P.M. Concert Hall of the Oriental Art Center
The Chamber Chorale joins the Stanford Choral Union, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, and
Stanford Symphony Orchestra in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. Also on the program: Suite
from Stravinsky's The Firebird, and piano soloist Jon Nakamatsu in Gershwin's Rhapsody in
Blue.
Admission: RMB 60-580
http://www.culture.sh.cn/english/product.asp?id=5047
Saturday, 28 June 2008: Tour Concert in Shanghai
7:30 P.M. Concert Hall of the Oriental Art Center
The Chamber Chorale joins the Stanford Choral Union, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, the
Stanford Symphony Orchestra, and choruses and orchestras from Fudan University and
Jiaotong University in a grand collaborative concert featuring Zhou Long's newly
commissioned work, Cosmic Flames, for taiko, chorus and orchestra, and Beethoven's 9th
Symphony (choral movement).
Admission: RMB 60-580
http://www.culture.sh.cn/english/product.asp?id=5048
Wednesday, 2 July 2008: Tour Concert in Beijing
7:30 P.M. Great Hall of the People
The Chamber Chorale joins the joins the Stanford Choral Union, Los Angeles Children's
Chorus, the Stanford Symphony Orchestra, and choruses and orchestras from Peking
University and Tsinghua University in the opening concert of the China International
Youth Arts Festival featuring Zhou Long's newly commissioned work, Cosmic Flames, for
taiko, chorus and orchestra, and Beethoven's 9th Symphony (choral movement).
Admission: RMB 20-200
Click here to view the poster for this concert.
Thursday, 3 July 2008: Tour Concert in Beijing
7:30 P.M. Opera House of the China National Center
for the Performing Arts (new Grand National Theatre)
The Chamber Chorale joins the Stanford Choral Union, the Stanford Symphony Orchestra, and
the Jin Xing Dance Theatre in a stunning production of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.
Admission: RMB 180-680
http://www.chncpa.org/n16/n1062/n8576/881327.html
http://www.piao.com.cn/en_piao/ticket_1685.html
Friday, 4 July 2008: Tour Concert in Beijing
7:30 P.M. People's Liberation Army Opera House
A concert featuring the Chamber Chorale and Stanford Taiko.
Tour Repertoire:
Gregorian Chant: Ave Regina caelorum
Pierre Villette: Hyme à la Vièrge
Giancarlo Aquilanti: Ubi Caritas
Emily Butler: Ave Maria
Claude Debussy: Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans
Frank Ticheli: Earth Song
Eric Whitacre: With a lily in your hand
Takeo Kudo: To the memory
Robert Lowry: At the river
Adapted Aaron Copland
Arr. R. Wilding-White
Traditional Torres Strait Islands: Black Swana
Arr. Stephen Leek
Lena Machado: Kamalani O Keaukaha
Arr. Les Ceballos
Chen Yi: Written on a rainy night
Traditional Kazakh Folk Song: 嘎哦丽泰
(Ga O Li Tai)
Arr. Du Mingxin
Traditional African American Spiritual: Deep River
Arr. Anders Paulsson
Traditional African American Spiritual: Witness
Arr. Jack Halloran
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Zhou Long: Cosmic Flames
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (choral movement)