Pre-performance Lectures

2009-10 SCHEDULE

Merle Haggard
Speaker: Jesse Drew, Ph.D., Director,
Technocultural Studies, UC Davis
Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, 7PM
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre
, Mondavi Center

Emerson String Quartet
Speaker: David Finckel, Cellist, Emerson & Don Roth, Executive Director, Mondavi Center, UC Davis
Saturday, Oct 24, 2009, 7PM
Jackson Hall
, Mondavi Center

Shakespeare’s Globe
Love’s Labour’s Lost

Speaker: Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director, Globe Theatre and
Peter Lichtenfels, Professor, Dept. of Theatre and Dance, UC Davis
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, 6PM
Jackson Hall
, Mondavi Center

Paul Dresher’s Schick Machine
Speaker: Paul Dresher, creator of Schick Machine
Thursday, Nov. 12 only, 2009, 7PM
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre
, Mondavi Center

Philharmonia Baroque
Speaker: Nicholas McGegan, Conductor,
Philharmonia Baroque
Thursday, Nov. 14, 2009, 7PM
Jackson Hall
, Mondavi Center

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Speaker: Christian Baldini, Conductor, UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2008, 7PM
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre
, Mondavi Center

Cantus
Speaker: James Hernandez, Instructor,
Natomas Charter School Performing and Fine Arts Academy (Ret.), Private Voice Instructor
Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, 6PM
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre
, Mondavi Center

The Band of the Irish Guards
Speaker: Peter Nowlen, Director of UC Davis Concert Band
Thursday, Mar. 3, 2010, 7PM
Alumni Center, AGR Room

The Del McCoury Band
Speaker: Jon Hartley Fox, Music Writer & Historian
Thursday, Mar. 16, 2010, 7PM
Alumni Center, AGR Room

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Speaker: Jean-Philippe Malaty, Executive
Director, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Thursday, Apr. 9, 2010, 7PM
Jackson Hall
, Mondavi Center

Vladimir Feltsman, piano
Speaker: Chris Reynolds, Professor of Musicology, Chair,
Department of Music, UC Davis
Thursday, Apr. 24, 2010, 7PM
Alumni Center, AGR Room

Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone
Speaker: Jeremy Ganter, Associate Director for Programming,
Mondavi Center, UC Davis
Thursday, May 19, 2010, 7PM
Alumni Center, AGR Room

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