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The Chieftains 50th Anniversary Tour 2012

Presented by Mondavi Center, UC Davis at Mondavi Center - Jackson Hall

February 22, 2012

The Chieftains celebrate their 50th Anniversary doing what they do best: delivering a concert experience filled with grace, humor, exceptional musicianship and the pageantry of visiting dancers and pipe bands. Recognized for bringing traditional Irish music to the world's attention, the six-time Grammy winners are still led by Paddy Maloney, who formed the band from the ranks of the top Irish musicians back in ...More

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Hawaiian Legends Tour with George Kahumoku Jr. Hawaiian Legends Tour with George Kahumoku Jr. Presented by Harlow's at Harlow's March 10, 2012 Hawai’i Renaissance man George Kahumoku Jr. is a four-time Grammy-winner and master slack key guitarist renowned for capturing the real down-home sound of Hawai’i. Kahumoku’s jumbo 12-string guitar and Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Concert Series are a Maui institution and now an international award-winning sensation. He will be joined in concert by Dennis Kamakahi, Uncle Richard Ho’opi’i, and Bobby Black from the Grammy-winning CD Masters of Hawaiian...	Harlow's	03/10/12	Sacramento
Playing for Change Band Playing for Change Band Presented by Three Stages at Folsom Lake College at Three Stages Performing Arts Center March 11, 2012 The video on which this performance is based, Stand By Me, went viral, with over 20 million views; it will bring tears to your eyes. The subject of a PBS documentary, Playing For Change is an extraordinary assembly of street musicians from around the world. Originally gathered together by Producer Mark Johnson as a project for world peace, it is now a travelling ensemble of top-notch street musicians—the kind that stop you in the street to listen because you...	Three Stages at Folsom Lake College	03/11/12	Folsom
Mykal Rose Mykal Rose Presented by Harlow's at Harlow's March 22, 2012 For over 25 years, Michael Rose has been recording and performing his brand of militant, hardcore Jamaican music to the delight of reggae fans around the world. As a solo artist "Ruff" Rose has achieved great success throughout his career, even as multiple Jamaican musical styles have phased in and out of popularity.	Harlow's	03/22/12	Sacramento
Zakir Hussain and Masters of Percussion Zakir Hussain and Masters of Percussion Presented by Mondavi Center, UC Davis at Mondavi Center - Jackson Hall March 22, 2012 A classical tabla virtuoso of the highest order, Zakir Hussain's consistently brilliant and exciting performances have not only established him as a national treasure in his own country, India, but gained him worldwide fame. His playing is marked by uncanny intuition and masterful improvisational dexterity, and his collaborations with John McLaughlin (in Shakti), Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer (featured at the Mondavi Center in 2011), and Van Morrison underscore his astounding musical...	Mondavi Center, UC Davis	03/22/12	Davis
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Hawaiian Musicians: Dennis Kamakahi & Stephen Inglis Hawaiian Musicians: Dennis Kamakahi & Stephen Inglis Presented by Ho`olupa Hawaiian Culture Foundation at Sierra 2 Center April 21, 2012 Ho`olupa is proud to present an evening with Dennis Kamakahi and Stephen Inglis in Sacramento! Hawaiian music fans need no introduction to Dennis Kamakahi. They know that it is a treat to hear, in person, this multi-Grammy award winner who has written some of the most-loved songs in the Hawaiian music genre. Paired with the slack key talents of "guitar slinger" Stephen Inglis, the audience is in for a magical evening of Kamakahi classics as well as songs from the duo's new CD,...	Ho`olupa Hawaiian Culture Foundation	04/21/12	Sacramento
Live Reggae Live Reggae Presented by TownHouse Lounge at TownHouse Lounge February 19-April 29, 2012 Come listen to live Reggae music! Make the experience authentic be trying some of the Jamaican food that will be served.	TownHouse Lounge	02/19/12- 04/29/12	Sacramento
Zaira Meneses Zaira Meneses Presented by Sacramento Guitar Society and Three Stages at Folsom Lake College at Three Stages Performing Arts Center May 5-May 6, 2012 Mexican sensation Zaira Meneses and Cinco de Mayo coincide at Stage Three! Born in Xalapa, Mexico, from an early age she showed great talent for music, studying both classical guitar and voice. Since moving to the USA in 2001, she has built a stellar reputation for her warm sound, limpid technique, and superb natural musicality, performing in many of the world’s great concert halls. Added aspects to Ms. Meneses' artistry are her beautiful singing voice and talent for the dance, both...	Sacramento Guitar Society	05/05/12- 05/06/12	Folsom
India Jazz Suites India Jazz Suites Presented by Three Stages at Folsom Lake College and Capital Public Radio at Three Stages Performing Arts Center May 11, 2012 Two master “hoofers” riff on each other’s rhythmic imaginations in this joyous, thrilling collaboration between Pandit Chitresh Das, one of the world’s foremost masters of the barefoot, bell-bedecked North Indian dance called Kathak, and Emmy award-winning Jason Samuels Smith, one of the world’s fastest tap dancers and a veteran of Broadway’s Bring in ’Da Noise, Bring in ’Da Funk. Accompanied by three top Indian classical...	Three Stages at Folsom Lake College	05/11/12	Folsom
Supergenerous Supergenerous Presented by Mondavi Center, UC Davis at Mondavi Center - Vanderhoef Studio Theatre May 16-May 19, 2012 Since arriving in the United States in 1980 from his native Brazil, Cyro Baptista has emerged as one of the foremost percussionists in the country. Stringed instrument guru Kevin Breit has recorded with Norah Jones, k.d. lang, Cassandra Wilson, Lou Reed and many others, and has performed on recordings that have earned 13 Grammy Awards. The multi-instrumentalists team up in their genre- and culture-crossing group Supergenerous, which Billboard calls "pure aural pleasure."	Mondavi Center, UC Davis	05/16/12- 05/19/12	Davis
It Takes Two to Tango It Takes Two to Tango Presented by Sacramento Master Singers at First United Methodist Church May 19-May 20, 2012 Join the Sacramento Master Singers for their final concert of the 2011-2012 concert season, It Takes Two to Tango. The concert includes music written to evoke passion, such as choral setting of tangos from Argentina, and sultry love poems set to music by international composers and arrangers. Which is more passionate: the tangos of Argentina or the choral works of Eric Whitacre? There’s no need to choose, because this program is replete with both! The...	Sacramento Master Singers	05/19/12- 05/20/12	Sacramento
Sacramento Music Festival Sacramento Music Festival Presented by Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society at Old Sacramento State Historic Park May 25-May 28, 2012 The 39th annual Sacramento Music Festival will be another fantastic event! In 2012, the Sacramento Musical Festival will offer more than 400 sets of live music! That's 20 venues with over 70 bands, including a few dozen internationally-known artists that will have revelers dancing in the streets! It's one giant party as the sounds of jazz, blues, zydeco (and related styles) permeate Old Sac and the Downtown area. Specialty concerts and events include: the Opening Day Parade on Friday,...	Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society	05/25/12- 05/28/12	Sacramento
European Traditions European Traditions Presented by Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra at Fremont Presbyterian Church June 2, 2012 The Sacramento Choral Society, with Conductor Donald Kendrick, presents European Traditions, choral music from the courts of Europe saluting Fremont's new Reuter Pipe Organ & Sanctuary.	Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra	06/02/12	Sacramento
William Kanengiser William Kanengiser Presented by Sacramento Guitar Society and Three Stages at Folsom Lake College at Three Stages Performing Arts Center June 2-June 3, 2012 William Kanengiser, founding and current member of the Grammy-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, finishes the Sacramento Guitar Society's series. Recognized as one of the USA’s finest classical guitarists, Kanengiser was First Prize Winner in the 1987 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, as well as in major international guitar competitions in Toronto (1981) and Paris (1983). He is known for developing a unique and individual repertoire for his instrument, ranging...	Sacramento Guitar Society	06/02/12- 06/03/12	Folsom