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Mondavi Center: SAYS and SHAPE Showcase Hip Hop, Spoken Word, & Poetry

Using poetry for healing, community building, and bringing people together.   Headlining Performers: Alexandra Huynh – 2021 National Youth Poet Laureate and SAYS Alumni Sunni Patterson – Internationally acclaimed Poet and Spoken Word Artist Zyah Belle – Singer and Songwriter Karega Bailey + Sol Development   Also Performing: Takarra Johnson – Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Hip-Hop MC and SAYS

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Mondavi Center: Alexander String Quartet with Robert Greenberg

A major artistic presence in its home base of San Francisco, the Alexander String Quartet is equally beloved in its second home: the Mondavi Center. This year, the quartet appears with new violist David Samuel. Samuel joins cellist Sandy Wilson and violinists Fred Lifsitz and Zakarias Grafilo. The Alexander String Quartet performance will take place in

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The Academy of St. Helen of the Fields poses for a group photo, holding violins and other stringed instruments.

Mondavi Center: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields w/ Joshua Bell

Gioachino Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville Florence Price: Adoration Antonin Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53 Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 (“Italian”) The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields is one of the world’s finest chamber orchestras. It is renowned for fresh, brilliant interpretations of the world’s greatest orchestral music. Formed by

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uc davis concordian dawn and sarah kay

UC Davis Music: Lecture Demo – Concordian Dawn and Sarah Kay

Concordian Dawn, ensemble for medieval music. Sarah Kay, troubadour scholar and Professor of French Literature, Thought, and Culture at New York University. At the UC Davis campus, Professor Kay and Concordian Dawn will perform a lecture with 12th–14th-century French music and texts. Highlighting material from their forthcoming publication/recording collaboration, Medieval Song from Aristotle to Opera (Cornell

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Led Kaapana LIVE at the Melon Ball

The amazing Ledward Kaapana will once again take to our humble stage. Don’t miss this legendary Hawaiian multi-instrumentalist in action! His slack-key guitar playing will have you stunned. Doors open at 7:30PM and the show begins at 8PM. Tickets are $20, masks must be worn, and proof of vaccination is required for entry.

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delfeayo marsalis and the uptown jazz orchestra pose for photos, looking jolly.

Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra

Trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis is committed to the idea that optimism and progressive musical thought can—and should—coexist in modern New Orleans jazz. The Uptown Jazz Orchestra stretches big band boundaries, playing with a spirit of joy and fun that could only come from the Crescent City. Their repertoire consists of material that spans over 100 years

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