Stanford music events

Robert Henke: Dust

Friday, May 24 9:00p

Berlin-based artist Robert Henke brings Dust to the Bing Concert Hall Studio, an exploration of textures and very slow movements of seemingly static sonic material, shredded into particles...

Stanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble with Ray Vega

Sunday, May 26 8:00p

Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford

Special guest Latin jazz trumpeter Ray Vega joins the Stanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble, directed by Murray Low. An established innovator of jazz and Latin music, Mr...

Stanford Wind Ensemble

Friday, May 24 8:00p

Bing Concert Hall, Stanford

Giancarlo Aquilanti and guest conductor Wesley Broadnax present the world premiere of a Stanford Wind Ensemble commissioned work, The Explorer, a symphonic poem for mezzo-soprano and concert band w...

Redwood Symphony to offer Sweeney Todd in two performances

Saturday, Jun 1 8:00p

Cañada College Main Theatre, Woodside

Stephen Sondheim’s rollicking Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, will be presented by Redwood Symphony in two semi-staged performances Saturday, June 1, at 8 p.m...

Opening Gala Concert for San Jose's 14th Annual International Russian Music Piano Competition

Friday, Jun 7 7:30p

Le Petit Trianon Theatre, San Jose

The Opening Gala Concert features distinguished members of the competition jury who are also world-class pianists: Antonio Pompa-Baldi: President of the Jury and Van Cliburn Medalist (http://www...

Dave Mason Acoustic Trio

Saturday, May 25 8:00p

Yoshi's Jazz Club and Japanese Restaurant, Oakland

Dave Mason is a living rock legend...

Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt-A-Whirl Band

Thursday, May 23 8:00p

Yoshi's Jazz Club and Japanese Restaurant, Oakland

When Jimmie Vaughan says “I have the best job in the world,” he isn’t kidding...

Joan Soriano

Wednesday, May 22 8:00p

Yoshi's Jazz Club and Japanese Restaurant, Oakland

Born in the rural countryside near Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, Joan Soriano fashioned his first guitar from a tin can and fishing line and has never looked back...

Miguel Zenón Rhythm Collective

Thursday, May 30 7:30p

SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco

As a founding member of the SFJAZZ Collective in 2004, Miguel Zenón was a conspicuously talented, largely unknown 27-year-old saxophonist getting set to release his second album...

Big Moves presents: En Masse

Saturday, May 25 8:00p

Laney College Theater, Oakland

Big Moves' emFATic DANCE will be hitting the stage with all-new fabulous, fun, dramatic, and daring jazz, lyrical, and musical theater pieces with over ten dancers.....

Robertson leads Ravel and Gershwin

Wednesday, May 22 8:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Ravel, who heard jazz in Harlem with Gershwin, was dumbfounded by the dazzling Rhapsody in Blue, which Gershwin played at a birthday party for the French composer...

John Mayall

Sunday, May 26 7:00p

Yoshi's Jazz Club and Japanese Restaurant, Oakland

John Mayall is a pioneering English blues singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. His musical career spans over fifty years but the most notable episode in it occurred during the late '60s...

Brenda Russell

Friday, May 24 8:00p

Yoshi's Jazz Club and Japanese Restaurant, Oakland

With a unique musical perspective, intimate voice and prolific treasure-trove of lyrics, singer-songwriter Brenda Russell proves that a truly glowing talent only deepens with time...

Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon

Wednesday, May 22 8:00p

Club Fugazi, San Francisco

The always-changing Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon is the world’s longest running musical revue...

Carlos Reyes

Thursday, May 30 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Carlos Reyes recording artist, producer, engineer, harpist and violinist has been breaking musical barriers since his first public performance at the age of five. Born in Paraguay South America...

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