All prices shown are for faculty and staff, reflecting discounts of 30 percent on season tickets and 10 percent on single tickets. Employees receive 25 percent off on choose-your-own plans (five or more events) and add-on events. Prices for the general public: www.mondaviarts.org.

ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET: BEETHOVEN SERIES

Faculty-staff season tickets: $84

Op. 18, Nos. 3 and 1 -- Sunday, Oct. 5.

Op. 18, Nos. 2 and 5 — Sunday, Jan. 18.

Op. 18, Nos. 4 and 6 — Sunday, June 7.

Each concert presented twice: 2 and 7 p.m., Studio Theatre, $36.

AMERICAN HERITAGE SERIES

Faculty-staff season tickets: $95-$170

Linda Ronstadt, vocalist, and Mariachi los Camperos de Nati Cano: Canciones de Mi Padre (Songs of My Father) — 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, Jackson Hall, $31-$58.

Mavis Staples, vocalist: We'll Never Turn Back, standards from the Civil Rights era — 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, Jackson Hall, $22-$40. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., Studio Theatre.

Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile on mandolin — 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, Jackson Hall, $22-$40. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.

Guitar Blues, with Jorma Kaukonen, Robben Ford and Ruthie Foster — 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, Jackson Hall, $22-$40.

Bill Frisell's Disfarmer Project, imagining an Arkansas mountain town in the 1940s, with music presented against a backdrop of Mike Disfarmer's black-and-white period photographs — 8 p.m. Saturday, April 4, Jackson Hall, $22-$40. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., Jackson Hall. Postperformance Q&A.

CLASSICAL FAVORITES SERIES

Faculty-staff season tickets: $57-$111

American Bach Soloists: Messiah — 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, Jackson Hall, $22-$45.

Vienna Boys Choir — 3 p.m. Sunday, March 15, Jackson Hall, $22-$45.

Opera a la Carte: Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers — 8 p.m. Saturday, April 25, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26, Jackson Hall, $27-$54.

CONCERT SERIES

Faculty-staff season tickets: $120-$224

Thomas Hampson, baritone — 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, Jackson Hall, $31-$58.

Academy of Ancient Music: J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos — 8 p.m. Saturday, March 14, Jackson Hall, $31-$58. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., Jackson Hall.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano — 8 p.m. Friday, April 24, Jackson Hall, $31-$58. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., Studio Theatre.

Yo-Yo Ma, cello: Solo Bach Recital (selected suites by J.S. Bach) — 8 p.m. Thursday, May 14, Jackson Hall, $58-$112. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., location to be announced.

DANCE SERIES

Faculty-staff season tickets: $76-$132

Inbal Pinto: Shaker — 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, Jackson Hall, $22-$40. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., Jackson Hall. Postperformance Q&A.

ABT II, the American Ballet Theatre's Bright Young Stars of Ballet — 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 7-8, Jackson Hall, $31-$49. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m. Nov. 7, Studio Theatre. Postperformance Q&A, both performances.

Grupo Corpo — 8 p.m. Friday, March 13, Jackson Hall, $22-$40. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. Postperformance Q&A.

Ballet Preljocaj: Les 4 Saisons — 8 p.m. Friday, April 17, Jackson Hall, $22-$40. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. Postperformance Q&A.

DEBUT SERIES

Faculty-staff season tickets: $63

Jose Franch-Ballester on clarinet — 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, Studio Theatre, $27.

Curtis On Tour, musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music, with Hal Robinson, principal bass, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Alex Kerr, Curtis alumnus and principal guest concertmaster, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale) — 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 22, Studio Theatre, $27.

Mayuko Kamio on violin — 8 p.m. Saturday, April 25, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26, Studio Theatre, $27.

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES

Faculty-staff season tickets: $100-$170

Jeffrey Toobin (author and CNN senior legal analyst), One Hundred Years: A Look Inside the Supreme Court, honoring the UC Davis Centennial — 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, Jackson Hall, $22-$40.

George Mitchell (statesman), From Northern Ireland to the Ball Park — 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, Jackson Hall, $31-$49.

Gloria Steinem (feminist leader and political activist), What's Next? An Evening with Gloria Steinem — 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, Jackson Hall, $31-$49.

Ishmael Beah (former "child soldier" in Sierra Leone), A Long Way Gone: A Story of Redemption and Hope — 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, Jackson Hall, $22-$40.

Paul Haggis (Academy Award-winning writer), From Crash to The Valley of Elah: The Art and Craft of Hollywood — 8 p.m. Monday, May 11, Jackson Hall, $22-$40.

FAMILY: CHILDREN'S STAGE FAMILY SERIES

Faculty-staff season tickets: $63

ODC: The Velveteen Rabbit — 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, Jackson Hall, $18-$27.

Lara Downes (on piano) Family Concert: Babar and Other Elephants — 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8, Studio Theatre, $27.

Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co. — 3 p.m. Sunday, April 5, Jackson Hall, $18-$27.

FAMILY: MARVELS FAMILY SERIES

Faculty-staff season tickets: $48-$90

MOMIX ("uncannily athletic dancers"): The Best of MOMIX — 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, Jackson Hall, $22-$40.

Scrap Arts Music — 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, Jackson Hall, $18-$36.

Cirque Éloize: Nebbia — 7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, April 21-23, Jackson Hall, $22-$40.

JAZZ: JACKSON HALL JAZZ SERIES

Faculty-staff season tickets: $76-$132

Delfeayo Marsalis on trombone, with a nine-piece band: Duke Ellington's Such Sweet Thunder — 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, $27-$45. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., Studio Theatre.

Cassandra Wilson, vocalist — 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, $27-$45.

Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour — 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, $22-$40.

Vanguard Jazz Orchestra — 8 p.m. Friday, March 20, $22-$40. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., Studio Theatre.

JAZZ: STUDIO JAZZ SERIES

Faculty-staff season tickets: $52

Anat Cohen on tenor saxophone and clarinet — 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Dec. 10-13, Studio Theatre, $31.

Nnenna Freelon (vocalist) Quartet — 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, March 3-7, Studio Theatre, $36.

MASTERS OF OUR TIME SERIES

Faculty-staff season tickets: $57-$111

Laurie Anderson: Homeland ("somewhere between epic poem and music concert") — 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, Jackson Hall, $22-$45.

Philip Glass (composer and pianist): An Evening of Chamber Music — 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, Jackson Hall, $22-$45. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., location to be announced.

Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar, both on sitar — 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, Jackson Hall, $27-$54. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., Studio Theatre.

ORCHESTRA SERIES

Faculty-staff season tickets: $128-$216

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, with Leon Botstein, music director, and Robert McDuffie, violin — 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, Jackson Hall, $40-$67. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., Jackson Hall.

Munich Symphony Orchestra, with Phillipe Entremont, conductor and piano — 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, Jackson Hall, $40-$67. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, with Eri Klas, conductor, and Joyce Yang, piano — 8 p.m. Saturday, March 28, Jackson Hall, $40-$67. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., Studio Theatre.

San Francisco Symphony, with Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, and Yuja Wang, piano — 8 p.m. Thursday, May 21, Jackson Hall, $45-$76. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.

SEASON OF SHAKESPEARE

Faculty-staff season tickets: $64

Shakespeare and Company: Hamlet — 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, Jackson Hall, $40. Postperformance Q&A, every performance.

MacHomer, Rick Miller's one-man show in which Shakespeare meets Homer Simpson — 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, Jackson Hall, $22-$40. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. Postperformance Q&A.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Campus Community Book Project, featuring Mountain Beyond Mountains author Tracy Kidder speaking on The Problem With Goodness: The Story of Paul Farmer — 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, Jackson Hall, $18-$31.

State Ballet Theatre of Russia: Cinderella (with orchestra) — 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, Jackson Hall, $31-$49. Preperformance lecture, 7 p.m., AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.

Itzhak Perlman on violin: Golden Anniversary Tour — 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, Jackson Hall, $54-$85.

Young Artists Competition Winners — 2 p.m. Sunday, March 29, Studio Theatre, $18.

TOUR DE FORCE: PIANO

Faculty-staff season tickets: $87

Christopher Taylor: Olivier Messiaen's Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus (roughly translated, "20 gazes or contemplations on the infant Jesus") — 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, Studio Theatre, $36. Postperformance Q&A, each performance.

Angela Hewitt: J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations — 2 p.m. Sunday, March 1, Jackson Hall, $22-$40. Postperformance Q&A.

Frederic Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated — 8 p.m. Saturday, May 16, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17, Studio Theatre, $36. Postperformance Q&A, each performance.

WORLD STAGE: DANCE

Faculty-staff choose-your-own plan (five or more events): $15-$34 per event

Instituto Mazatlán Bellas Artes de Sacramento (ballet folklorico) — 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, Jackson Hall, $18-$36.

Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa — 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, Jackson Hall, $22-$40.

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana: Navidad Flamenca, in celebration of Christmas — 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, Jackson Hall, $22-$40.

Estampas Porteñas: Tango Fire — 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, Jackson Hall, $22-$40.

WORLD STAGE: MUSIC

Faculty-staff choose-your-own plan (five or more events): $15-$34 per event

Global Drum Project, with Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo — 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, Jackson Hall, $22-$40. Postperformance Q&A.

Natalie MacMaster on fiddle — 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, Jackson Hall, $22-$40.

Kodo, Japanese taiko drumming — 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, Jackson Hall, $22-$40.

Afro-Cuban All Stars with Juan de Marcos (jazz orchestra) — 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, Jackson Hall, $18-$36.

Danú and Dervish (two bands, pub-style Celtic music): To Ireland — 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, Jackson Hall, $18-$36.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo (a cappella) — 8 p.m. Monday, March 16, Jackson Hall, $22-$40.

Lila Downs, vocalist — 8 p.m. Friday, April 3, Studio Theatre, $22-$40.

SEASON TICKETS: Sales are under way by mail, phone, in person and online, for renewing and new subscribers. The renewal deadline is May 23; after that, seating arrangements from the previous season cannot be guaranteed.

TICKET INFORMATION

SINGLE-TICKET SALES: Begin Aug. 25.

DISCOUNTS: UC Davis employees receive a 30 percent discount on season tickets for regular series, a 25 percent on choose-your-own plans (five or more events) and add-on events, and a 10 percent discount on single tickets. (For 2008-09, the employee discounts apply to all ticket levels.) Season ticket discounts for the general public are 20 percent for regular series, and 15 percent for choose-your-own plans and add-on events.

TICKET OFFICE: (530) 754-2787 (866) 754-2787

ONLINE: www.mondaviarts.org