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Fall concert season continues

The Department of Music fall concert calendar concludes next week with four programs, four days in a row, Nov. 30 to Dec. 3.

A free Noon Concert by the Baroque Ensemble is included in the lineup. The ensemble, under the direction of Phebe Craig and Michael Sand, is scheduled to perform at 12:05 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, in 115 Music Building.

The next three concerts are ticketed events, with tickets available through the box office at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. See below for details.

• Concert Band and University of the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble: 1860s and 1960s — A musical exploration of two decades in America — each marred by war, division and tragedy, and distinguished by heroic leaders and great progress for civil rights. Pete Nowlen directs the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis Concert Band, and Eric Hammer directs the UOP Symphonic Wind Ensemble. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center.

The program:

• Zdechlik — Celebration
• Albeniz — Feast Day at Seville (arranged by Calliet)
• Ellerby — Paris Sketches
• Alford-Seitz — The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
• Stamp — Cenotaph (Jon Pwu, student conductor)
• Zdechlik — Images of Aura Lee
• Bass — A New Birth of Freedom (Bill Hollingshead, narrator)
• Holsinger — On an American Spiritual
• Curnow — JFK in Memoriam
• Wilson — To Set the Darkness Echoing
• Reed — Rushmore

• Symphony Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra Works — Mozart's Overture to La clemenza di Tito; Elgar's Sospiri, op. 70; Mahler's Adagietto from Symphony No. 5; and Schubert's Symphony No. 3 in D Major. Christian Baldini, music director and conductor. 7 p.m. Dec. 2, Jackson Hall.

• University Chorus, with Artist-in-Residence Ian Howell, countertenor — Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Missa Brevis; Conte's O Salutaris Hostia and Tantum Ergo; Ortiz's Gallos (premiere); Finzi's "My Lovely One" and "God is Gone Up" from Three Anthems; and Rutter's Musica Dei Donum. Jeffrey Thomas, conductor. 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, Jackson Hall.

Tickets for the three concerts in Jackson Hall are available at the Mondavi Center box office. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and one hour before all ticketed events. You can also order by telephone, (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787, and .