Davis, Calif.—The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis, in conjunction with SFJAZZ, is proud to announce this year’s members of the Mondavi Center SFJAZZ High School All-Stars. The seven person ensemble includes music students from two area high schools with five returning members and two new members. Returning ensemble members are … Continue reading
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Mondavi Center Presents the Egghead Music Walk Featuring Members of the St. Louis Symphony
The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis will host a three-day residency with the St. Louis Symphony. The residency will feature events on the UC Davis campus and throughout the Sacramento region meant to engage students and community members. One highlight is the Egghead Music Walk on Friday, March 15 at 2 p.m. at UC … Continue reading
Sliding Away Through The Funky Night
The night of the show was cold and windy like so many this time of the year, but the Mondavi Center was warm, bright and filled with people. As with many shows I’ve been to there, the range of the guest’s attire was startling, from women in power suits and sparkling patterned jackets to men … Continue reading
Cirque Mechanics: Birdhouse Factory
It was the best of times and the worst of times…well maybe just the worst. A little over 80 years ago, almost one-fourth of all wage earning Americans were unemployed. I am of course, referring to the Great Depression. American culture at the time was engrossed in the desire to be distracted from their constant … Continue reading
70s & Strings
As Henry Longfellow says, “Music is the universal language of mankind”. Whether you speak fluent Ke$ha or are bilingual in Psy-nese and Katy Perry-an, music has become much more than a way of communicating. As Beiber Fever and One Direction infection have proven, music can even represent a way of life. But with this bubble … Continue reading