Sloan Partners

Why is There no Key of H? (EVT 192)

http://events.stanford.edu/events/117/11717/

Wed Oct 17 6:30pm - 7:30pm
FREE; no registration required Open to the public
Campbell Recital Hall, Braun Music Center
Have you ever wondered about the structure of music―is it merely an accident of history that our music sounds the way it does? We currently send snippets of Bach across galaxies, seeking to tantalize highly developed aliens. Is there any reason they should appreciate our definition of an aesthetically pleasing series of tones? This talk considers our practices of tonal music from the point of view of mathematical physics, and offers mathematical explanations for our experiences of musical pleasure or displeasure. We will ask, and try to answer, the following questions: Is there a logic to musical notation, and a reason why the named notes A through G repeat (rather than continue through the alphabet)? What is the consequence of well-tempered tuning? What would have happened if Beethoven had been happy when he wrote his Symphony No. 5? These questions and others will be addressed through a variety of piano pieces and excerpts, ranging from Chopin to Rachmaninoff, Debussy to Gershwin.

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PROGRAMS ESPECIALLY FOR SPOUSES (also held at the I-Center) are a great way to expand your experience here. Pick up a copy of the full schedule from the I-Center lobby, or check the list on the web at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/icenter/families/classes
You'll find further details there and on the sign-up sheets on the I- Center notice board. All are welcome!
Some upcoming programs include:

1. Friday Coffee: Welcome every week from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon at the I-Center!
2. Wednesday Orientation Tour: Walking Tour of Campus Services for Spouses, Oct. 10 3. Workshops especially for Spouses: Ideas for Making Your Life at Stanford Satisfying, Oct. 9, from 3-5 p.m. Free. Sign-up at the I- Center.
4. Women around the World: a discussion group about Women's situation around the world. Every Tuesday, from 2-4 p.m. Free.
5. The Reading Group: come with your ideas for the 1st meeting on October 11, at 4 p.m. Free.
6. Arts & Crafts: we offer classes in drawing, calligraphy, crochet.
7. Language classes: several levels of Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Chinese.
8. Cooking Classes: American Home Cooking; Cooking from Rajasthan, and more...
9. Dance & Sport: Join a class in Flamenco, Salsa, or our Badminton group.
10. Programs for families with pre-school children:
Blanket Babies & Toddlers Group meets every Tuesdays, from 10:30a.m.
to 12 noon.
The International Playgroup in the Park meets every Wednesdays at 4 p.m. in Juana Briones Park (Palo Alto).

Check the I-Center online calendar for full details:
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/icenter/calendar.html.

Be sure to check our web site http://www.stanford.edu/dept/icenter/families/classes
for the FULL information on these, and MANY other interesting opportunities to enrich your life here at Stanford! Questions?
Contact Gwyn at

You can also receive regular emails with more detailed information about programs for spouses by joining the I-Center's "spouseprograms"
list. It's easy. Just send a blank email to: icenter-spouseprograms- join@lists.stanford.edu

We hope to see you at the I-Center soon!
We're between Tresidder Student Union and Lake Lagunita.

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http://www.stanford.edu/dept/vrc/cgi-bin/conference/

Saturday, October 20th 2007
10:30AM - 5:30PM

An investigation into the impact digital technology has had on documentary photography and photojournalism.
Featured Speakers

Fred Ritchin - 10:30AM
New York University
Towards a New Photography
http://www.pixelpress.org/fredritchin.html
Anne Wilkes Tucker
Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Digital is not the Death of Photography
http://www.mfah.org/main.asp?target=home
Danny Lyon
End of the Age of Photography
http://www.bleakbeauty.com/home.html
Chris Killip
The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University
Questioning Time?
http://www.ves.fas.harvard.edu/killip.html
Stephen Perloff
Documentary Photography in the Age of Reality TV
http://www.photoreview.org/

Stanford University
Department of Art & Art History
Nathan Cummings Art Building - Annenberg Auditorium
435 Lasuen Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-2018

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One of the world's most captivating and complex art forms, Flamenco unites dance, song, and music to convey emotions of struggle, hope, and pride. Giving powerful performances of stunning physicality and ferocity, Madrid's Noche Flamenca—under the direction of Martín Santangelo—is one of Spain's elite flamenco companies, devoting itself to preserving the essence, purity, and integrity of this centuries-old genre.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007. 8:00 PM.

Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University
tickets:
http://livelyarts.stanford.edu

$44/$38/$26/$18 (Adult) / $22/$19/$13/$9 (Stanford Student).
Half-price tickets are available for young people age 15 and under and discounts are available for students and groups.

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