Schedule of Events
- Alarm Will Sound
The festival will include concerts by the internationally renowned guest ensemble Alarm Will Sound, as well as resident groups at UC Davis: the Empyrean Ensemble and the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra. Also participating as special guests are pianist Eric Zivian and violinist Hrabba Atladottir.
The Empyrean Ensemble, a professional ensemble-in-residence devoted to the performance of contemporary music, has premiered over 200 works since composer Ross Bauer founded the group in 1988. The UC Davis Symphony Orchestra is currently in its 51st season and its members include talented undergraduate and graduate students, as well as some of the finest musicians in the area.
All performances take place at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are available via their web site. The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts explores the full range of the performing arts, from the traditional to the innovative, and from diverse cultures and disciplines through presentation, education, public service, and research. Mondavi Center is committed to maintaining state-of-the art, world-class performance facilities and providing the highest quality experience for both artists and audiences.
If you would like to purchase tickets to all five ticketed concerts,
the Madness and Music series will be priced at a discounted total: $33.50/39/44 STU & CH, $67/78/88 A.
- Hrabba Atladottir, violin
Thursday, 28 October 2010 • 12:05 pm
Yocha Dehe Lobby, Mondavi CenterShinkoskey Noon Concert: Festival Preview
Eric Zivian, piano, and Hrabba Atladottir, violin
Thursday, 28 October 2010 • 1:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Panel members include professors D. Kern Holoman, Mitchell Morris (UCLA), Dean Jessie Ann Owens, Chris Reynolds, and Dean Simonton (Department of Psychology), moderated by professor Anna Maria Busse Berger. An in-depth discussion regarding the concept of madness in the 1800s and today, how the Romantic ideal of the creative mind was compatible in many ways with mental illness, and how this has changed in contemporary culture.
Free
Thursday, 28 October 2010 • 7:00 pm
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi CenterElectronic Music / Mixed Media Concert
- Empyrean Ensemble
Friday, 29 October 2010 • 7:00 pm
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi CenterEmpyrean Ensemble
Saturday, 30 October 2010 • 8:00 pm
Jackson Hall, Mondavi CenterAlarm Will Sound
Aphex Twin / arr. Stefan Freund: Cock ver 10
Salvatore Sciarrino: Introduzione all'oscuro
Lee Hyla: Pre-Pulse Suspended
György Kurtág: ...quasi una fantasia..., op. 27 no. 1
Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum
John Orfe: Dowland Remix (Flow my Tears)
Pre-Concert Lecture and Discussion at 7:00 pm (Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center).
- Eric Zivian, piano
Saturday, 30 October 2010 • 10:30 pm
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi CenterEric Zivian, piano
Eric Zivian: Fantasy
Sunday, 31 October 2010 • 7:00 pm
Jackson Hall, Mondavi CenterUC Davis Symphony Orchestra
Silvestre Revueltas: Sensemayá
Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, with Susan Lamb Cook, cello
- UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
Dumas awarded Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award