Berkeley Arts Festival Calendar

01/31/2016

Band Works: School of Rock

Student recitals. $5. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com

10am, Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States


Pre-performance talk

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra: Music Director David Robertson and photographer Deborah O’Grady talk about their collaboration on the production of Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles…

2pm to 3pm, Zellerbach Hall, Bancroft Way at Dana Street UC Berkeley Campus


St. Louis Symphony: Messiaen, Des Canyons aux Etoiles

With noted Messiaen interpreter David Robertson at the podium, the St Louis Symphony brings new depths to the work co-commissioned by Cal Performances to celebrate the centenary of the National Park Service in 2016, the sublime evening length work is a tribute to the breathtaking beauty of Utah's southwestern canyon lands, paired with a new multimedia presentation featuring photography by Deborah O'Grady.

$38-$98. 642-9988. [email protected]

3pm to 5pm, Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley campus


Thompsonia!: Eric, Suzy & Allegra Thompson, Blue Diamond Strings

$22 adv / $24 door. 644-2020. www.thefreight.org

7pm, Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison