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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 sch…

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  • May 15, 2014 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 33m AVG DURATION
  • 65 EPISODES


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Pre-Performance Talk on the San Francisco Symphony

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2014 0:59


Elizabeth Seitz, music history coordinator for the Boston Conservatory, discusses the works to be performed at UC Davis' Mondavi Center in May 2014 by the San Francisco Symphony and their featured conductor and soloist.

Pre-Performance Talk: Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spalding & Leo Genovese

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2014 19:17


Cory Combs, Director of Outreach, Music, and Enrichment, The Nueva School discusses Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spalding & Leo Genovese upcoming performance, Spring Quartet.

Pre-Performance Talk: San Francisco Symphony

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2014 30:09


Elizabeth Seitz, Music History Coordinator, Boston Conservatory discusses the works to be performed by the San Francisco Symphony and their featured conductor and soloist.

Pre-Performance Talk: Gil Shaham, violin

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2013 27:36


Composer William Bolcom in conversation with Don Roth, Executive Director, Mondavi Center, UC Davis discussing Bolcom's compositions and the performance of Gil Shaham of one of Bolcom's works for that evening's performance.

Pre-Performance Talk: SFJAZZ Collective

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2013 30:10


Rob Tocalino, Director of Marketing, Mondavi Center, UC Davis discusses the SFJAZZ Collective.

Pre-Performance Talk: Curtis 20/21

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2013 33:46


Curtis Institute of Music President and violist Roberto Diaz with composer David Ludwig discuss the upcoming performance by Curtis 20/21, the Curtis Institute of Music’s contemporary music ensemble.

Pre-Performance Talk: Jupiter String Quartet

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2013 24:05


Members of Jupiter String Quartet in conversation with Carol Hess, Professor of Musicology, Department of Music, UC Davis

Pre-Performance Talk: San Francisco Symphony

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2013 29:38


Scott Foglesong, Chair, Musicianship and Music Theory, San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Pre-Performance Talk: St. Louis Symphony

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2013 25:46


David Robertson, music director and conductor, in conversation with Don Roth, Executive Director of the Mondavi Center at UC Davis.

Pre-Performance Talk: Robert Randolph presents the Slide Brothers

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2013 18:40


Milmon F. Harrison, Associate Professor of African American & African Studies at UC Davis discusses the music and origin of the Slide Brothers.

Pre-Performance Talk: Calder Quartet

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2013 27:32


Lei Liang, Art of Migration festival composer-in-residence, speaks about the Calder Quartet and their upcoming performance of his work.

Pre-Performance Talk: Charles Bradley

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2012 33:05


Cory Combs, Director of Outreach, Music, and Enrichment at The Nueva School discusses the life and music of Charles Bradley.

Pre-Performance Talk: Philharmonia Baroque

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2012 30:28


Philharmonia Baroque Maestro Nicholas McGegan in conversation with Don Roth, Executive Director of the Mondavi Center at UC Davis.

Pre-Performance Talk: Stanley Clarke Trio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2012 33:32


Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts Pre-Performance Lecture: Cory Combs, Director of Outreach, Music, and Enrichment, The Nueva School discusses the Stanley Clarke Trio

Pre-Performance Lecture: San Francisco Symphony

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2012 28:01


Peter Grunberg, musical assistant to Michael Tilson Thomas & Samuel Carl Adams, composer, discusses the San Francisco Symphony and works to be performed on the evening of September 27, 2012.

Pre-Performance Talk: Zippo Songs: Poems from the Front

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2012 26:41


Phil Kline discusses with Lara Downes the basis of his work Zippo Songs.

Pre-Performance Talk: Overtone Quartet

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2012 24:18


Cory Combs, director of Outreach, Music, and Enrichment, The Nueva School, discusses members of Overtone Quartet individually and their work together.

Pre-Performance Lecture: Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2012 29:05


UC Irvine Professor Raúl Fernández from the School of Social Sciences, discusses the music and life of Chucho Valdés.

Pre-Performance Lecture: Rachel Barton Pine, violin

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2012 27:35


Rachel Pine Barton converses with Don Roth, executive director of the Mondavi Center at UC Davis about her music career.

Lecture on the performance of Alexi Kenney, violin and Hilda Huang, piano

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2012 21:51


Listen to composer Matt McBane in conversation with Lara Downes, Mondavi's artist-in-residence, about the upcoming performance with Alexi Kenney, violin and Hilda Huang, piano.

Lecture on the Film Platoon

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2012 23:47


Jaimey Fisher, associate professor of German and director of cinema and technocultural studies at UC Davis, discusses the film Platoon and its cultural significance to movie-making during its production.

Pre-Performance Lecture: Lara Downes

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2011 24:12


Lara Downes, artist-in-residence at the Mondavi Center, UC Davis, discusses the music and her performance of "13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg: Bach Imagined."

Pre-Performance Lecture: Trey McIntyre Project

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2011 15:19


Artistic Director Trey McIntyre discusses the Trey McIntyre Project performance and gives background.

Pre-Performance Lecture: Sō Percussion

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2011 33:41


Sō Percussion members converse with pianist Lara Downes.

Pre-Performance Lecture: 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2011 27:01


Mika Pelo, assistant professor of music at UC Davis, discusses the film and music from the Mondavi program, "32 Short Films About Glenn Gould."

Pre-Performance Talk: San Francisco Symphony

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2011 28:03


Conductor James Conlon converses with Don Roth, executive director, Mondavi Center

Pre-Performance Talk: Roby Lakataos Ensemble

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2011 25:54


Henry Spiller, associate professor, UC Davis Department of Music, discusses the Roby Lakatas Ensemble, its gypsy roots, and the music to be performed that night.

Pre-Performance Talk: China Philharmonic Orchestra

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2011 37:47


Christian Baldini, conductor for UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, discusses the China Philharmonic Orchestra and the music they will perform at the Mondavi Center.

Pre-Performance Talk: Takács Quartet

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2011 25:45


Edward Dusinberre, Takács Quartet First violinist, in conversation with Don Roth, executive director, Mondavi Center, UC Davis.

Pre-Performance Talk: San Francisco Symphony and Chorus

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2011 28:57


Susan Key, program director for Keeping Score Education, San Francisco Symphony, discusses Bach's Mass in B Minor, BWV 232.

Pre-Performance Talk: Bill Frisell Trio and John Scofield Trio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2011 32:35


John Scofield and Bill Frisell converse with Jeremy Ganter, associate executive director and director of programming at the Mondavi Center, about their upcoming concert.

Pre-Performance Lecture: Simone Dinnerstein and Tift Merritt

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2011 25:28


Simone Dinnerstein and Tift Merritt in conversation with Lara Downes, Artist in Residence, Mondavi Center, UC Davis

Pre-Performance Lecture: Simone Dinnerstein and Tift Merritt

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2011 22:16


Simone Dinnerstein and Tift Merritt converse with Lara Downes, Artist-in-Residence, Mondavi Center, UC Davis

Pre-Performance Lecture: Ornette Coleman

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2010 31:29


Cory Combs, director of education at SF Jazz, talks about the upcoming performance by Ornette Coleman and his band.

Pre-Performance Talk: Christopher O’Riley

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2010 31:49


Classical pianist Christopher O’Riley, who performed at the Mondavi in November 2010, has a conversation with pianist Lara Downes, Artist-in-Residence at the Mondavi Center, UC Davis.

Bayanihan: National Folk Dance Company of the Philippines

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2010 38:35


Henry Spiller, associate professor of music at UC Davis, discusses Bayanihan, the national fold dance company of the Philippines.

Mondavi Center Pre-Performance Talk: San Francisco Symphony;

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2010


D. Kern Holoman, professor and conductor emeritus from the UC Davis Department of Music, discusses works of composers Ravel, Debussy and Berlioz to be performed Sept. 30, 2010, by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

Pre-Performance Lecture: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2010 30:44


David Robertson, music director for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, discusses his musical career and the works of John Adams.

Pre-Performance Lecture: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2010 31:51


Jean-Philippe Malaty, executive director, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet discusses the company and gives insights into the nights performance.

Pre-Performance Lecture: Cantus

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2009 32:45


Mondavi Center Pre-Performance Lecture: About Cantus with speaker James Hernandez, instructor, Natomas Charter School Performing and Fine Arts Academy (Ret.), and a private voice instructor

Pre-Performance Lecture: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2009 31:04


Mondavi Center Pre-Performance Lecture: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra with speaker Christian Baldini, Music Director & Conductor, UC Davis Symphony Orchestra.

Pre-Performance Lecture: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2009 31:14


Mondavi Center Pre-Performance Lecture: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra with speaker Nicholas McGegan, conductor, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Pre-Performance Lecture: Paul Dresher Ensemble

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2009 24:02


Pre-Performance Lecture: Paul Dresher Ensemble with speaker Paul Dresher, creator of Schick Machine

Pre-Performance Lecture: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2009 27:02


Pre-Performance Lecture: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre with speakers Dominic Dromgoole, artistic director, Globe Theatre, and Peter Lichtenfels, UC Davis professor of theatre and dance

Pre-Performance Lecture: Emerson String Quartet

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2009 29:26


Speakers: David Finckel, cellist, Emerson and Don Roth, executive director, Mondavi Center, UC Davis, discuss the history of ensemble music for string quartets.

Pre-Performance Lecture: Merle Haggard

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2009 40:02


Speaker: Jesse Drew, Ph.D., Director, Technocultural Studies, UC Davis discusses the history of the country music genre in the United States.

Managing Non-profit Performing Arts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2009 113:48


This roundtable discussion includes Don Roth, executive director, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts; Wayne Brown, director, Music and Opera Education & Access, National Endowment for the Arts; Ken Foster, executive director, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco); and Paul Nicholson, executive director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland). They discuss management of non-profit performing arts centers with UC Davis Graduate School of Management students.

Pre-Performance Lecture: San Francisco Symphony

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2009 27:21


Speaker: D. Kern Holoman, professor of music at UC Davis, speaks about the experience of a modern day touring orchestra.

Pre-Performance Lecture: Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2009 42:46


Speaker Matthew Grasso, classical guitarist and instructor at Sacramento City College, discusses Indian classical music.

Pre-Performance Lecture: Bill Frisell’s Disfarmer Project

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2009 29:54


Speaker Terry Nathan, Professor, Art-Science Fusion Program and Atmospheric Science Program, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis discusses the history of Herber Springs and the photography of Mike Disfarmer.

Pre-Performance Lecture: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2009 32:57


Speaker David Deffner, adjunct faculty, American River College, discusses Estonia, the musicians of ENSO, and the music of the ENSO performance.

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