Mondavi Center
usinfo | 2013-07-01 10:05

The Mondavi Center, or Robert and MargritMondavi Center for the Performing Arts, is a performing artsvenue located on the UC Davis campus inDavis, 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 helped finance The Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science on the same campus. The current annual operating budget is approximately US$7.3 million, 58% of which comes from earned income.

Mondavi Center opened on October 3, 2002 for the UC Davis Symphony Orchestraand 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.
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.
• Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, named after former university ChancellorLarry N. Vanderhoef. It seats 250.

Architecture and design
The facility was designed by Boora Architects of Portland, Oregon 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.

Many green construction techniques were used to further the University's commitment to the environment and sustainable construction methods.

The Mondavi Center features aM'elodie Meyer Sound system for sound reinforcement.

 

 

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