Jeff Hudson

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Reporter at The Davis Enterprise

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Mondavi unveils slate for new season

2 weeks ago | davisenterprise.com | Jeff Hudson

The UC Davis Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts has announced the upcoming 2025-26 season, which will begin in October. Renewing subscribers are currently picking the shows they wish to see. The "Select Your Own Subscription" seats go on sale May 19, MondaviArt.org. The new season includes a great deal of variety, as well as one of the most appealing lineups of visiting orchestras yet at Mondavi, including several famous orchestras coming to Mondavi for the first time* Oct.
Mellon Music Festival is back

3 weeks ago | davisenterprise.com | Jeff Hudson

The Mellon Music Festival returns to Davis over Memorial Day weekend, presenting four comfortably casual concerts, performed by graduates of leading music conservatories now playing professionally and teaching at conservatories around the country. The festival was launched about a decade ago by cellist Eunghee Cho, who grew up in Davis and played in the orchestra at Davis High.
Chamber music concerts coming up

4 weeks ago | davisenterprise.com | Jeff Hudson

The middle portion of May features several chamber music concerts on the Davis scene.
A sci-fi classic as you've never heard it before

1 month ago | davisenterprise.com | Jeff Hudson

The coming week will feature several unusual concert opportunities, including a classic film about a loveable little extra-terrestrial (accompanied by live orchestral music, rather than recorded music); a jazz big band featuring Native and Indigenous musicians from around the United States and Canada; and chamber music performance by musicians from the highly-regarded Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. ‘E.T.’ with a live orchestra* Saturday, May 3, 7:30 p.m. Mondavi Center (Jackson Hall).
Mondavi hosts an Arabic spin on hip-hop

1 month ago | davisenterprise.com | Jeff Hudson

A Syrian American poet and singer whose music is informed by classical Arab poetry and contemporary American hip hop highlights this week's offerings at the Mondavi Center, as the month of April nears its end, and the month of May draws near. * Thursday-Friday, April 24-25, both 7:30 p.m. Mondavi Center, Vanderhoef Studio Theater. Omar Offendum is a Syrian-American hip-hop artist, probably the first one to appear at the Mondavi Center.
Mondavi hosts high school musicians

1 month ago | davisenterprise.com | Jeff Hudson

Two big events featuring student performers highlight the upcoming week at the Mondavi Center. There is also a noteworthy free concert of solo flute music at the Pitzer Center at noon on Thursday.
Local music scene goes all diverse

2 months ago | davisenterprise.com | Jeff Hudson

The coming week features four very different concerts in Davis. One is an all-Bach concert, performed by a highly ranked, three-decade-old baroque ensemble from the Bay Area. Another is a boisterous band from Kyiv, whose costumed concerts mix traditional Ukrainian music with folk instruments from around the world. Yet another concert features chamber works composed by Soviet-era composers, whose musical lives were sometimes interfered with by heavy-handed Kremlin edicts.
Something cooking on the music scene

2 months ago | davisenterprise.com | Jeff Hudson

Violinist Joshua Bell is a familiar face at the Mondavi Center... sometimes strolling onto the Jackson Hall stage as conductor/concerto soloist with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, other times appearing as a recital artist joined by a pianist. Bell's visit to Mondavi's Jackson Hall on Friday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. will be one of his recital appearances, and he'll be joined by pianist Peter Dugan (who also played at Mondavi as Bell's partner in a recital in December 2022).
Packed music scene continues in March

2 months ago | davisenterprise.com | Jeff Hudson

And the Chamber Music Society of Sacramento plays at a local church on Saturday night, with a program spotlighting the bassoon, an instrument that looks like a bedpost (and can sound like a foghorn) that only occasionally gets to bask in the spotlight. Les Arts Florissants is a well known ensemble in early-music circles. They were launched in France in 1979 by noted American conductor and harpsichordist William Christie.
Local music scene goes international

Mar 7, 2025 | davisenterprise.com | Jeff Hudson

Two visiting dance companies, drawing on traditions from India and from Ireland respectively, a thunderous taiko drumming show from Japan, as well as a performance by the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra are scheduled at the Mondavi Center during the coming week. * Friday, March 14, and Saturday March 15, both at 7:30 p.m. at Mondavi Center (Vanderhoef Studio Theatre): Nava Dance Theatre (based in San Francisco, featuring dance in the Bharatanatyam tradition) and Indian visual artist Rupy C.