Acclaimed artists and scholars provide programmatic insights in pre- and post-performance talks, which take place in the performance venue (unless otherwise noted) and are free to event ticket holders.

2009-10 Sightlines Series

Mark Morris Dance Group
Sat, Sept 19, 7-7:30 pm
Pre-performance talk by UC Berkeley musicologist Yael Braunschweig

House in Bali
with Bang on a Can All-Stars
Sat, Sept 26, 7-7:30 pm
Pre-performance talk with composer Evan Ziporyn and director Jay Scheib

Takács Quartet
Sun, Oct 11, 2-2:30 pm
Pre-performance talk by Prof. Nicholas Mathew, UC Berkeley Dept. of Music

Michael Schade, tenor
Sun Oct 18, 2-2:30 pm
Pre-performance talk by UC Berkeley musicologist John Prescott

Davitt Moroney, harpsichord
Sat, Oct 24, 3-4 pm
Please note that this is a free and open to the public lecture.

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Love's Labour's Lost
Thu, Nov 5, 7-7:30 pm
Zellerbach Hall
Free to ticket holders
Shannon Jackson, professor of Rhetoric and Chair of UC Berkeley's Department of Theater Dance and Performance Studies, interviews Claire van Kampen -Composer for Love's Labour's Lost and Director of Theatre Music at the Globe during its founding ten years. Open to event ticket holders on this date only.

Fri, Nov 6, 7-7:30 pm
Zellerbach Hall
Free to ticket holders
Love's Labour's Lost director and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre artistic director, Dominic Dromgoole, participates in a pre-performance interview with Prof. Emeritus Hugh Richmond, UCB English Department Shakespeare Program director. Open to event ticket holders on this date only.

Brentano String Quartet
Sun, Nov 8, 2-2:30 pm
Pre-performance talk by UC Berkeley musicologist John Prescott

Druid Ireland
The Walworth Farce
Fri, Nov 20 (8:00pm curtain)
Post-performance talk with members of the company

The Tallis Scholars
Fri, Dec 4, 7-7:30 pm
Pre-performance conversation with artistic director Peter Phillips and Prof. Davitt Moroney, UC Berkeley Dept of Music

Kronos Quartet with Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
Sun, Dec 13
Post-performance talk with the artists

Europa Galante with Fabio Biondi, director & violin
Sat Jan 23, 7-7:30 pm
Pre-performance talk by Prof. Kate van Orden, UC Berkeley Dept. of Music

Masters of Persian Music
Sat, Feb 13, 7-7:30 pm
Pre-performance talk by Francesco Spagnolo, Director of Research, Judah L. Magnes Museum

Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra
Robert Cole, conductor, & Alexei Nabioulin, piano
Sat, Mar 20, 7-7:30 pm
Pre-performance talk by UC Berkeley musicologist William Quillen

Ian Bostridge, tenor
Sun, Mar 21, 2-2:30 pm
Pre-performance talk by Mills College musicologist Nalini Ghuman

Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Fri, Mar 26, 7-7:30 pm
Pre-performance talk with MCDC Executive Director Trevor Carlson