Concerts
Stanford Summer Symphony Orchestra & Stanford Summer Chorus
Friday, 31 July 2026 at 7:30pm in Bing Concert Hall
Saturday, 1 August 2026 at 7:30pm in Bing Concert Hall
ETHEL SMYTH Overture to The Wreckers SSSO Paul Phillips, conductor
SHAWN KIRCHNER (arranger) Heavenly Home SSC Rafael Ornes, conductor
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Lobgesang SSSO & SSC Paul Phillips, conductor
Esther Tonea, soprano I; Jennie Yukyung Byun, soprano II; Chance Jonas-O'Toole, tenor
Rains Music and Arts Festival: Rains Housing Limits
The Rains Music and Arts Festival returns to the grass, the Willis passthrough, and all the sunlit in-betweens.
*Band / Performance Stage:
5:00 PM: Monarch
SSO SPRING CONCERTS
Friday, 8 May 2026 • 7:30 PM & Saturday, 9 May 2026 • 7:30 PM - Bing Concert Hall
IVETTE HERRYMAN-RODRIGUEZ Un danzón a mi manera
Sean Tan '27, conductor
JOEL LOVE A Lyric Concerto, Solace premiere of orchestral version
Zachary Lin '26 2026 Concerto Competition Winner
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
John Eells, conductor
SSO WINTER CONCERTS with the STANFORD SYMPHONIC CHORUS and UNIVERSITY SINGERS
Friday, 6 March 2026 • 7:30 PM & Saturday, 7 March 2026 • 7:30 PM - Bing Concert Hall
BENJAMIN BRITTEN Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
WILLIAM GRANT STILL In memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy
John Eells, conductor
GIUSEPPE VERDI Messa da Requiem
Mikayla Sager, soprano
Malin Fritz Walrod, alto
Benjamin Liupaogo, tenor
Ashraf Sewailam, bass-baritone
Stephen Sano, conductor
Counterpoint & Mendicants Concert (Glendale, CA)
Join Stanford Club of Pasadena and Stanford Professional Women of Los Angeles for an a cappella performance featuring
COUNTERPOINT & MENDICANTS
Sunday January 18, 2026, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Antaeus Theatre
110 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205
Matinee Program:
2:30 PM | Private Alumni Reception with light bites & drinks
3:00 PM | Show (approximately 30 min each group)
4:00 PM | Post-show mingle
4:30 PM | Event End
Cost of Registration (includes reception + performance)
$15 for current active members of Stanford Club of Pasadena & Stanford Professional Women of Los Angeles
$10 for current students and young Alumni (2021-2025)
$20 for all other Stanford Alumni and guests
Sorry, refunds are not available for this event.
Parking: Validated at 2 lots for $1 for 4 hours (Website details)
Exchange Parking Structure @115 North Artsakh Avenue
Marketplace Parking Structure @ 120 Artsakh Avenue
Rates for both lots: First 90 minutes free, $2.00/hour; maximum daily charge: $9.00; With validation: $1 for up to four hours
JOIN or RENEW your Stanford Club of Pasadena membership to receive the membership discount for your household! For only $30 a year per household, become a member of our club and help support the frequency and quality of our events. Check whether your membership is active or expired by clicking: Stanford Club of Pasadena | Stanford Alumni Groups. Though you may be listed as "Joined," you are not an Active SCP member unless you have paid the annual dues!
Counterpoint & Mendicants Concert with Stanford Club of West Los Angeles and Stanford in Entertainment
Enjoy the dulcet tones and four-part harmonies of two of Stanford's most renown a cappella groups: Counterpoint and Mendicants.
Stanford Club of West Los Angeles and Stanford in Entertainment are collaborating to take you on a sonic journey back to The Farm. Join us at the lovely Santa Monica Playhouse on Saturday, January 17, from 2-4 PM. A reception with the performers and your fellow alumni will follow in the playhouse courtyard.
Tickets are $20 and open to all alumni and their guests. Register HERE.
A PREMIERE, AN ANNIVERSARY, AND SPANISH FAVORITES
Friday, 14 November 2025 • 7:30 PM & Sunday, 16 November 2025 • 2:30 PM - Bing Concert Hall
The Stanford Symphony Orchestra co-commissioned Serenade for Strings by the extraordinary young composer-conductor Quinn Mason and performs the California premiere of this new work on a program that opens with music by two of the great Spanish composers of the 20th century, Manuel de Falla and Joaquin Rodrigo. The Miraculous Mandarin is a symbolic fable about the all-powerful force of love in even the most squalid conditions. Inspired by this story, written in 1916 by Melchior Lengyel, Béla Bartók composed the music from 1918-24 as the score for a pantomime ballet. The premiere took place in 1926 in Germany at the Cologne Opera House.
QUINN MASON Serenade for Strings (2025)
SSO Co-commission / California premiere
JOAQUIN RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez
Eric Wang ’26, guitar – 2025 Concerto Competition winner
MANUEL DE FALLA El sombrero de tres picos, Suite 2
Sean Tan ’27, conductor
BELA BARTOK The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
100th anniversary
SSO HALLOWEEN CONCERT with the STANFORD WIND SYMPHONY
Friday, 31 October 2025 • 7:30 PM - Dinkelspiel Auditorium
The Stanford Symphony Orchestra teams up with the Stanford Wind Symphony to present the annual Halloween Concert. All SSO and SWS members dress in costume for the concert, which culminates with the annual Costume Competition, whose winner guest conducts the Stanford Wind Symphony.
ALAN MENKEN Beauty and the Beast Suite
MANUEL DE FALLA El sombrero de tres picos: “The Neighbors’ Dance”
Sean Tan ’27, conductor
JOAQUIN RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez: 1st mvt
Eric Wang ’26, guitar
GIOACHINO ROSSINI William Tell Overture
plus selections by the Stanford Wind Symphony