Pre-performance Talks

2012-13 SCHEDULE

San Francisco Symphony
Speaker: Peter Grunberg, Musical Assistant to Michael Tilson Thomas & Samuel Carl Adams, composer
Thu, Sept 27, 2012, 7PM
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center

Stanley Clarke Trio
Speaker: Cory Combs, Director of Outreach, Music, and Enrichment, The Nueva School
Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 7PM
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center

ETHEL with special guest Todd Rundgren
Tell Me Something Good
Speaker: Member of ETHEL
Sat, Nov 3, 2012, 7PM
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center

Philharmonia Baroque
Speakers: Maestro Nicholas McGegan in conversation with Don Roth, Executive Director, Mondavi Center, UC Davis
Wed, Nov 7, 2012, 7PM
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center

Charles Bradley and Menahan Street Band
Speaker: Cory Combs, Director of Outreach, Music, and Enrichment, The Nueva School
Sat, Dec 1, 2012, 7PM
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center

FOCUS ON FILM
The Fallen Idol
Speaker: Don Roth, Executive Director, Mondavi Center, UC Davis
Mon, Dec 3, 2012, 6:30PM
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center

LA Dance Project
Speaker: Ruth Rosenberg, Artist Engagement Coordinator, Mondavi Center, UC Davis
Sat, Jan 26, 2013, 7PM
Jackson Hall , Mondavi Center

Calder Quartet
Speaker: Lei Liang, Art of Migration festival composer-in-residence
Sat, Feb 2, 2013, 7PM
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center

Robert Randolph presents the Slide Brothers
Speaker: Milmon F. Harrison, Associate Professor, African American & African Studies, UC Davis
Fri, Feb 22, 2013, 7PM
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center

St Louis Symphony
Speakers: David Robertson, music director and conductor, in conversation with Don Roth, Executive Director, Mondavi Center,
UC Davis
Sunday, March 17, 2013, 6PM
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center

FOCUS ON FILM
The 400 Blows and
Antoine & Colette

Speaker: Elizabeth Constable, Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies, UC Davis
Mon, March 25, 2013, 6:30PM
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center

San Francisco Symphony
Speaker: Scott Foglesong, Chair, Musicianship and Music Theory,
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Thurs, April 18, 2013, 7PM
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center

Thomas Hampson, baritone
with Jupiter String Quartet

Speaker: Members of Jupiter String Quartet in conversation with Carol Hess, Professor of Musicology, Department of Music, UC Davis
Wed, April 24, 2013, 7PM
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center

Christopher Taylor, piano
Goldberg Variations on the
Steinway–Moór Concert Grand
Speakers: Christopher Taylor in conversation with with Jeremy Ganter, Associate Executive Director & Director of Programming, Mondavi Center, UC Davis
Fri, May 3, 2013, 7PM
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center

FOCUS ON FILM
Days of Heaven
Speaker: Jaimey Fisher, Associate Professor of German and Cinema and Technocultural Studies
Program Director, Cinema and Technocultural Studies, UC Davis
Mon, May 6, 2013, 6:30PM
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center

Curtis 20/21 Ensemble
Speakers: Curtis Institute of Music President and violist Roberto Diaz with composer David Ludwig
Sun, May 12, 2013, 1PM
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center

Developing deeper relationships with artists, arts organizations and our campus community enriches our programming and enhances the experiences of our audience. These free presentations by UC Davis faculty and local arts experts, and occasionally the artist themselves provide aesthetic, historical and social context on selected artists.

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