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Natalie Francis

Arts & Life
Four people holding candles singing against a black background

TheatreWorks’s ‘Simple Gifts’ is heartwarming holiday fare

Natalie Francis
  •  
Dec. 22, 2020
Opinions
A logo for the ASSU featuring the claw fountain

Letter to the community: Sharing our community’s needs

Natalie Francis
  •  
Oct. 29, 2020
Arts & Life
Eve La Puma '20 majored in TAPS with a minor in music (bassoon performance) and is a highly valued member of the Stanford Arts community. She celebrates her graduation this weekend with the class of 2020 and will be dearly missed. (Photo courtesy of Eve La Puma)

Artist Spotlight: Eve La Puma ’20, actor-musician

Natalie Francis
  •  
June 13, 2020
Arts & Life
Sarah Mergen '19 always knew she wanted to produce a show that pushed the artistic limits of Shakespeare, so she wrote and directed TheaterLab's "HAL" (2020) — until it was cancelled by COVID-19. (Photo courtesy of Sarah Mergen)

Voices of Canceled Stanford Shows: Sarah Mergen ’19 on adapting Shakespeare and directing ‘HAL’

Natalie Francis
  •  
May 1, 2020
Arts & Life
The poster for the canceled SSO and SSC winter 2020 concert featuring works by Phillips, Beethoven and Janácek (Photo courtesy of Paul Phillips)

Voices of Canceled Stanford Shows: The Stanford Symphony Orchestra’s winter concert

Natalie Francis
  •  
April 13, 2020
Arts & Life
Stanford recording engineer Elena Georgieva M.A. '19 operates the sound board in the CCRMA recording studio. (Photo courtesy of Elena Georgieva)

Artist Spotlight: CCRMA recording engineer Elena Georgieva M.A. ’19 on working with award-winning Stanford a cappella groups

Natalie Francis
  •  
April 3, 2020
Arts & Life
Stanford-affiliated concert violinist Francisco Fullana performs for enthusiastic, socially-distanced neighbors in local park. (Photo credit: Alice Ting)

Del Sol Quartet, Francisco Fullana enliven Bay Area with ‘socially distanced’ music

Natalie Francis
  •  
March 23, 2020
Folk artist-activist Rhiannon Giddens and Italian percussionist Francesco Turrisi perform "Buffalo Gals" at CCSRE's 2020 Kieve Lecture (image source: Harrison Truong)

Dynamic duo Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi combine folk music, racial justice in concert

Natalie Francis
  •  
Feb. 11, 2020
Arts & Life
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Indie folk musical Hadestown is a noteworthy 2020 Grammys nominee

Natalie Francis
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Jan. 24, 2020
Arts & Life
"Little Women" is a brilliant and modern adaptation of the classic novel. (Courtesy of Sony Pictures)

‘Little Women’ (2019) excels in the eyes of the artiste

Natalie Francis
  •  
Jan. 21, 2020
Arts & Life
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Good 2010s Vibes (Part 3)

Timothy Dai, Kamilah Arteaga, Natalie Francis and Holden Foreman
  •  
Nov. 20, 2019
Arts & Life
Minnesota-based American rap artist and breakout 2010s star Lizzo performs at the Palace Theater. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Good 2010s Vibes (Part 2)

Natalie Francis, Timothy Dai and Kamilah Arteaga
  •  
Nov. 20, 2019
Arts & Life
Kendrick Lamar is featured as one of the top three picks for the Music beat's Top Ten Albums of the 2010s. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Good 2010s Vibes: The Music Beat reviews top 10 best albums from this decade

Natalie Francis and Nadia Jo
  •  
Nov. 19, 2019
Arts & Life
The newly-dead Eurydice (Skylar Adams) does not recognize the shade of her father (Carter Duncan) as the jeering chorus of Stones (Emma Lenza, Juliet Kulusic, Alexa Standridge) look on. (Photo: Stan Olszewski/SCU•Presents)

Language is the food of love in SCU’s ‘Eurydice’

Natalie Francis
  •  
Nov. 13, 2019
Arts & Life
"Pass by Catastrophe" band members Max Kilberg '21, Zach Plante '18, Dexter Simson '21 and Sam Silverman '21 pose with the iconic Lake Lagunita as backdrop. (Photo courtesy of Sam Silverman)

Passing by catastrophe: EP-style

Natalie Francis
  •  
Oct. 14, 2019
Arts & Life
Chris Yoon ('19) conducts the fourteen-person "Cabaret" orchestra, decked out in party hats (THERESE SANTIAGO/The Stanford Daily).

In TAPS’ ‘Cabaret,’ even the orchestra is beautiful

Natalie Francis
  •  
May 20, 2019
Arts & Life
"In the Heights" showcases the musical and dramatic talents of Stanford students of color (courtesy of Renata Miller).

Making Lin-Manuel Miranda’s music soar in ‘In the Heights’

Natalie Francis
  •  
March 8, 2019
Arts & Life
The songs the Harmonics performed in "mood" captured various aspects of Stanford student experience (courtesy of Amanda Lim).

The Harmonics melodiously muse on the ‘mood’ of winter quarter

Natalie Francis
  •  
March 5, 2019
Stephen Sondheim's musical masterpiece centers around a troupe of traveling actors (courtesy of Frank Chen).

A masterful interplay of music and acting in ‘A Little Night Music’

Natalie Francis
  •  
Feb. 1, 2019
Stanford's student-written musical opens today and runs through Friday. Performances are at 8 p.m. (courtesy of Ram's Head Theatrical Society).

Composers capture the spirit of ‘Gaieties 2018’

Natalie Francis
  •  
Nov. 14, 2018
The Stanford Daily

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