Cantor Arts Center
328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way
Stanford, CA 94305-5060
Phone: 650-723-4177
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Forms & Frequencies
This fall, Cantor Arts Center debuts Forms & Frequencies, a Thursday night music series featuring musicians and sound artists from the Bay Area and beyond with special evening hours for audiences to visit exhibitions in the Cantor Arts Center.
Museum is open on Thursdays from 11am-8pm
Performances start after 6pm on select dates (see below)
The first season of performances will feature Kkiri Kkiri Samulnori, transcriptions01, Tashi Wada, Hwayoung Shon, and Evicshen, who will activate the museum through sound, music, and performance in a range of styles and instruments, including drums, bagpipes, acoustic sirens, gayageum (12-string zither) and blending traditional instrumentation with electronic experimentation.
This series is programmed in conjunction with Spirit House, an exhibition featuring contemporary artists of Asian descent who challenge the boundary between life and death, and asks the question: what does it mean to speak to ghosts, inhabit haunted spaces, be reincarnated, or enter different dimensions?
Whether you’re a fan of live music, a lover of art, or simply looking for a unique night out, Forms & Frequencies promises an unforgettable experience that resonates with all your senses.
All public programs at the Cantor Arts Center are always free! Space for this program is limited; advance registration is recommended.
Upcoming Events
Forms & Frequencies | Tashi Wada
On Thursday, October 10, we are delighted to welcome Los Angeles-based composer and musician Tashi Wada, who will be performing pieces from his new album What Is Not Strange? with vocalist Julia Holter. Written and recorded over a period that encompassed the death of his father and the birth of his daughter, Wada’s latest album presents “a set of elevated, poetic songs” with “pitch-bent synths and wordless, weightless vocals.”
Forms & Frequencies | Hwayoung Shon
Join us on Thursday, October 24 for a performance by gayageum master and composer Hwayoung Shon in Cantor Arts Center’s main lobby. The acoustics of gayageum, a 12-string zither invented in the 6th century, will resonate the lobby’s cavernous interior with Shon performing songs that embody rebirth, ritual, and traversing time.
Forms & Frequencies | Evicshen
Join us on Thursday, December 12 in front of Rodin’s Gates of Hell for a performance by Evicshen, who creates appendage-like instruments and objects. These sculptural elements embody the artist’s interest in the tension created by opposition: control and chaos, the unique and mass-produced, the practical and absurd, and expand the material possibilities for creating sound.
Past Events
Forms & Frequencies | Kkiri Kkiri Samulnori & transcriptions01
Join us on Thursday, September 5 for outdoor performances by Kkiri Kkiri Samulnori and transcriptions01. Kkiri Kkiri Samulnori will open our series at 6:30pm in Oshman Lawn, just outside of Tootsie’s Cafe, drawing on traditional Korean percussion music. The group will be followed by experimental cellist Transcriptions01, who will be performing at the Diekman Entrance.
Café
Enjoy Italian fare at Tootsie's, our on-site café. Open Wednesday through Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to museum close, it is a delectable option to pause between galleries or as a destination with friends and family.
Click below for details on the prix fix dinner menu available every Thursday from 5:15 p.m. to close.