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The Indian Ink Theatre Company starts off spring with Mrs. Krishnan’s Party at the Mondavi Center

Running now through the weekend until Sunday, April 6, various times at Vanderhoef Studio Theatre in the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

Mrs. Krishnan is throwing a party of immersive theater and fun, where the audience feels like they’re taking a step into the back room of Mrs. Krishnan’s store. Food simmers on the stove, laughter abounds, and strangers become friends in this joyous celebration of life.

Watch the actors juggle cooking, music and guests in an unfolding drama where no two nights are the same. Kalyani Nagarajan and Justin Rogers have reviewers singing their praises and audiences leaping to their feet in appreciation.

Tickets for Wednesday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m.:

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The Ghost Ensemble incorporates deep listening into mixed chamber ensemble for noon concert

Thursday, April 3, 12:05 p.m., Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center

Ghost Ensemble
Sky Macklay, oboe
Ben Richter, accordion
Lucia Stavros, harp
Martine Thomas, viola
T.J. Borden, cello
James Ilgenfritz, bass

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Ben Saetern, flute
Joseph Donald Peterson, viola
Alex Ta and Colin Minigan, percussion
Peter Chatterjee, conductor

Ghost Ensemble is a mixed chamber ensemble dedicated to experimental music that expands perceptual horizons to foster individual and community transformation. Established in 2012, the ensemble conducts long-term exploratory workshops with a broad range of composers and creators to nurture adventurous new music over multiple seasons. Providing opportunities for new musical concepts that may not easily find a platform in traditional settings, the ensemble commissions, germinates, premieres, and tours music that moves beyond boundaries of genre, style, and scene. Performances and workshops also often incorporate Deep Listening, a practice pioneered by ensemble mentor Pauline Oliveros that encourages a heightened awareness of sound, space, and community. 

This Shinkoskey Noon Concert is made possible with support from the Joy S. Shinkoskey Series of Noon Concert Endowment.

Attend Valente Lecture on reconstructing historical gestures

Thursday, April 3, 4-5:30 p.m., Room 266 Everson Hall

"The Body’s Eloquence: Acting, Moving, and Dancing on the Operatic Stage 'Ipermestra' by Francesco Cavalli (1654–1658)"

In this Valente Lecture, Christine Jeanneret will offer an attempt to reconstruct historical gestures on the Florentine stage of the 17th century. As a case study, she will use Ipermestra (libretto by Giovanni Andrea Moniglia and music by Francesco Cavalli). This opera is a unique case in 17th-century Italy, because it was produced in a semi-private representation with lavish expenses on costumes, machines and sceneries.

Joshua Bell and Peter Dugan illuminate the evening with the violin and piano

Friday, April 4, 7:30 p.m., Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

The legendary music director of Academy of St Martin in the Fields returns to the Mondavi Center for a very special recital performance with Peter Dugan.

With a career spanning almost four decades, Grammy award-winning violinist Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated artists of his era. He’s performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world, for three American presidents and the justices of the Supreme Court. Bell’s talent has even inspired a successful children’s book, The Man With The Violin, and an animated film with music by Academy Award-winning composer Anne Dudley. He appears in recital with Peter Dugan, the “fearlessly athletic” (San Francisco Chronicle) pianist and host of NPR’s From the Top.

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