Mondavi Center
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The Mondavi Center, or Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, is a performing arts venue located on the UC Davis campus in Davis, California. It is named for arts patron and vineyard operator Robert Mondavi, who donated US$10 million to help with the building costs, and who also financed a wine and culinary arts center on the same campus. The current annual operating budget is approximately US$7.3 million.
Mondavi Center opened on October 3, 2002 for the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra and today serves as a venue for various local and world-renowned musical concerts, theater, dance, lecturers and other entertainers.[1] The façade is a large glass-panelled lobby that is surrounded by sandstone that also lines the interior walls.
[edit] Performance and other facilities
The facilities include:
- Jackson Hall, named after university professor William Jackson, whose wife Barbara Jackson donated $5 million to the project in memory of him. It seats 1,801.
- Studio Theatre, which seats 250 and, as of March 2007, has not found a dedication donor.
The Center is designed as a box within a box in order to insulate the hall from the sound of the nearby freeway and train tracks. The Center also features moveable panels that can adjust the acoustics of the main hall and an orchestra shell on air casters.[2]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ DCN and Yolo County Library (2003). Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. The Davis Community Network. Retrieved on 18 September 2006.
- ^ Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall (Main Theater). America Online site. Retrieved on July 25, 2007.
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