Evening of Classical Music at the Mondavi Center is the second half of the 2010 JAMMIES, a two-day concert series showcasing some of the finest high school musicians from the Sacramento area.
The JAMMIES event, presented by the Sacramento News & Review, is set to begin with Night of Contemporary Music at 8 p.m. March 5 at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento.
Evening of Classical Music is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. March 6 in the Mondavi Center’s Jackson Hall, featuring classical and traditional music, including symphonic, jazz, choral and solo performances. The program includes performances by the Davis High School Baroque Ensemble and cellist Eunghee Cho, also of Davis High.
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The Mondavi Center’s March calendar also includes a concert by the Vienna Boys Choir. The 10- to 14-year-old singers perform works by Austrian composers Mozart, Haydn, Schubert and Bruckner, as well as songs by the Talking Heads, Prince and the Beatles. 8 p.m. March 12, Jackson Hall.
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The “lonesome” one is Delano Floyd McCoury, described as a nimble, inventive guitarist and a master of the “high lonesome” vocal style that is the foundation of the bluegrass sound. The Del McCoury Band is set to perform at 8 p.m. March 16 in Jackson Hall. A preperformance lecture by music writer and historian Jon Hartley Fox is set for 7 p.m. in the AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.
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Tickets for Evening of Classical Music, the Vienna Boys Choir and the Del McCoury Band: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787, or mondaviarts.org. Tickets for Night of Contemporary Music are available through the Crest Theatre box office: (916) 44-CREST (442-7378), or via tickets.com.
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Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu