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Mondavi Center: “Evolve” by The Red Door Project

Evolve is a new performance experience that explores the relationship between law enforcement and communities of color. Combining pre-recorded videos and live monologues from The New Black Fest’s Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments, a show written by African American men and women about their experience with racial profiling, and Cop Out: Beyond Black, White & Blue, based on interviews with

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Mondavi Center: “Evolve” by The Red Door Project

Evolve is a new performance experience that explores the relationship between law enforcement and communities of color. Combining pre-recorded videos and live monologues from The New Black Fest’s Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments, a show written by African American men and women about their experience with racial profiling, and Cop Out: Beyond Black, White & Blue, based on interviews with

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San Francisco Symphony 20th Anniversary Performance at Mondavi Center

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Director and Conductor Golda Schultz, Soprano Daniel Kidane: Sun Poem Jean Sibelius: Luonnotar, Op. 70 Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird  The San Francisco Symphony performed their first concert in the Mondavi Center in Oct. 2002. Now, they return to celebrate a 20-year partnership, currently under the guidance of music director Esa-Pekka Salonen. This celebratory evening features

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Connie Han Trio at the Mondavi Center Oct. 20, 21, and 22

Weaving in and out of the jazz piano tradition, Connie Han pays tribute to legends like McCoy Tyner, Mulgrew Miller, and Kenny Kirkland with her own unique edge at the piano. The New York Times describes her as “the rare musician with fearsome technical chops, a breadth of historical knowledge, and enough originality to write tunes that

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Viramundo Performance at Peregrine School South

The band Viramundo will feature this September at Peregrine School South. The concert, part of the Second Saturday Family Concert Series, will feature a wonderful sampling of varied world music. The performance will present at the south campus of Peregrine School at 2650 Lillard Drive on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 11 am–noon. Gates open 30

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Trimusica

A Shinkoskey Noon Concert​ featuring Sandra McPherson, clarinet • Susan Lamb Cook, cello • John Cozza, piano. Works by Miguel del Aguila, Jeffrey Hoover, Durwynne Hsieh, and others. Date: Oct. 20, 2022 Time: 12:05 – 1 pm Location: Ann E. Pitzer Center, UC Davis Price: Free!

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Just for Fun Featured at Village Homes Performers’ Circle

Just for Fun, Celtic harp and flute duo, will feature at the Village Homes Performers’ Circle. Come on over and listen on Tuesday, June 28 from 7–9 pm! Susan Coppock (Celtic harp) and Virginia Thigpen (flutes) have been making music together for nearly two decades.  They provide something for everyone: Celtic folk tunes, Beatles’ arrangements,

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Viramundo with Scarlet Cenira at Village Homes Performers’ Circle

An evening of music to perform, or listen and enjoy.  The featured act is Viramundo, playing Brazilian flavored music.  Fronted by Brazilian-born vocalist Scarlet Cenira, the Davis-based band features Stephanie Thayer and Jon Chengary on percussion, Goran Muhlert on guitar, Read Forrest on guitar and cavaquinho, and Bill Dakin on bass.  The featured act, from

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