Pre-performance Lectures

2007-08 SCHEDULE

Pre-performance Lectures begin at 7 pm except where noted.

Hills of Home Featuring Doc Watson and David Holt with Richard Watson
Speaker: Jon Fox, Award-winning Bluegrass Writer and Historian
Saturday, October 6, 2007
AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center

New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Speaker: Derek Washington, Host of Trackin' the Blues on 90.9 KXJZ
Friday, November 2, 2007
AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center

Gamelan Çudamani Odalan Bali
Speaker: Henry Spiller, Professor, Department of Music, UC Davis
Friday, November 16, 2007
AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center

St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Speaker: D. Kern Holoman, Professor, Department of Music, UC Davis
Saturday, November 17, 2007
AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center

Chava Alberstein
Speaker: Greg Wolfe, Rabbi, Congregation Bet Haverim
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center

Spirit of Uganda
Speaker: Milmon F. Harrison, Associate Professor, African American and African Studies, UC Davis
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Prior to 8pm performance only
AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center

Royal Philharmonic w/Pinchas Zukerman conductor & soloist
Speaker: Timm Rolek, Artistic Director and Conductor, Sacramento Opera
Sunday, January 27, 2008 • 6:00 PM
Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center

Leon Fleisher
Speaker: Diane Phaff, Piano Instructor
Friday, February 29, 2008
AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center

Shen Wei Dance Arts - RE-(Part One) and Folding
Speaker: Della Davidson, Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, UC Davis
Friday, March 14, 2008
Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center

Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater
Speaker: Ruth Rosenberg, Coordinator, Globe Theater and Kennedy Center Partnerships, Mondavi Center Arts Education
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center

The Actors' Gang - 1984
Speaker: Buck Busfield, Chief Executive Officer and Producing Artistic Director, Theatre for Children, Inc./B Street Theatre
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center

"The Eroica Effect" Andrew Manze and the Helsingborg Symphony
Speaker: Andrew Manze, Music Director, Helsingborg Symphony
Friday, April 4, 2008
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center

Anoushka Shankar
Speaker: Matthew Grasso, Classical Guitarist and Instructor, Sacramento City College and UC Davis Experimental College
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center

Stefon Harris Presents the African Tarantella Project: Dances with Duke
Speaker: Gary Vercelli, Jazz Music Director, 90.9 KXJZ
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center

Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Speaker: Shelly Gilbride, PhD candidate in Performance Studies, Department of Theatre and Dance, UC Davis
Friday, April 25, 2008
Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center

Pacífico Dance Company
Speaker: Rudy Garcia, Artistic Director, Alegria De San Jose
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center

One of Mondavi Center’s most popular programs, these free presentations by knowledgeable educators, scholars, and performers provide aesthetic, historical, and social context on selected artists. Designed to enhance audience enjoyment and understanding of performances, the Pre-performance Lecture schedule is based on artist diversity and educational value to the community.

Sponsored by UC Davis Health System, Arranged and Hosted by Friends Mondavi Center