Mondavi Center Lectures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.