Arts & Lectures
2005-2006 Performing Arts Season Performers Listed by Artistic Genre

 
Dance

Ronald K. Brown/Evidence
October 11

Stan Won’t Dance: Sinner
February 22

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
March 7, Arlington Theatre

Bocca Tango
March 12 & 13

Paul Taylor Dance Company
April 26

 
Theater

LA Theater Works: The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial
October 14 & 15

Will Power: Flow
October 25

Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack! Adventure
January 17–22, Victoria Hall Theater

The Actors’ Gang: The Exonerated
April 20

 
World Music

Yuri Yunakov Ensemble with Ivo Papasov
November 14

Wu Man, pipa
January 25

Leahy—Canadian Celtic Music
February 12

Masters of Persian Music
February 28

Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
March 6

Ladysmith Black Mambazo
April 6

Ravi & Anoushka Shankar
April 30, Arlington Theatre

 
Chamber Music in Historic Sites

Aulos Ensemble with Julianne Baird
December 4, Trinity Episcopal Church

Sharon Isbin, guitar
May 10, Austin Val Verde Estate

Mark O’Connor, violin
May 21, Rockwood

 
Jazz

Madeleine Peyroux
September 20

Eddie Palmieri
October 16

Dee Dee Bridgewater
January 21

Chick Corea & Touchstone
February 7

 
Classical Music

Van Cliburn Gold Medal Winner
October 5

Salvatore Licitra, tenor
November 6, Lobero Theatre

Emerson String Quartet
December 9, Abravanel Hall, Music Academy of the West

Yundi Li, piano
April 11

André Watts, piano
May 18

 
Spoken Word

Alexander McCall Smith
November 5

John Cleese
January 28

Anne Lamott & Mary Chapin Carpenter
April 4

Frank Rich
April 9

 
Roots Music

Emmylou Harris & Buddy Miller
September 27, Arlington Theatre

Keb’ Mo’
October 27

Arlo Guthrie with the Mammals
November 1

Lila Downs
April 18

Taj Mahal & Mavis Staples
April 25

 
Contemporary Music

Meredith Monk: The Impermanence Project
February 11

California EAR Unit: Minimalist Jukebox
May 4, Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall

All performances are in Campbell Hall except as noted.