Subscription sales begin Saturday, April 9, for the Mondavi Center's 2011-12 season. And there is still plenty more to come in 2010-11, including two "just addd" concerts: the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (June 18) and Pink Martini. (July 5). Read more.

Danzantes del Alma's annual show

The student troupe Danzantes del Alma — a ballet folklorico company — presents its 34th annual show this weekend. “Celebrando Mi Linda Tierra: De Norte a Sur” (Celebrating My Beautiful Land: From North to South) is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9, in Freeborn Hall, with the doors opening at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets: $12 in advance, $15 at the door for adults (13 and up); $10 in advance, $13 at the door for students with ID; $6 for ages 12 and under. Advance tickets are available at the Freeborn Hall box office, from Danzantes del Alma members, or by contacting Leticia Cabrera, student manager, (530) 752-4287 or lcabrera@ucdavis.edu.

4 concerts — 2 of them free

The Department of Music's concert calendar for the weekend of April 16-17 includes performances by UC Davis' Empyrean Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra. The latter concert is free — as part of Picnic Day.

The Department of Music also is presenting the Gold Coast Trio, comprising Susan Lamb Cook, faculty affiliate in cello; Rachel Vetter Huang, violin; and Hao Huang, piano. The trio is scheduled to perform twice next week, in a free Noon Concert and in a ticketed event at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

The Gold Coast Trio's free performance is set for Thursday, April 14, in 115 Music Building, in the department's Noon Concert series. The trio is scheduled to present a free master class from 4:10 to 6 p.m. in 105 Music Building.

The noon program comprises Brahms' Trio in C Major, op. 87, and Zwilich's Trio — a preview of half of the trio's program for the next night, 8 o'clock Friday, April 15, in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre. That concert also will include Beethoven's Trio in B-flat Major, op. 97 (Archduke), and Martinu's Trio in D Minor.

On Picnic Day, Saturday, April 16, the Symphony Orchestra is scheduled to perform its free concert at noon in the Mondavi Center's Jackson Hall. The program: Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, with Lois Brandwynne, piano.

UC Davis' ensemble in residence, the Empyrean Ensemble, specializing in new music, is set to perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 17, in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre. The concert theme is Meanwhile In Europe.

• John Stringer — Disquiet
• Bent Sørensen — Phantasmagoria
• Petr Bakla — For Eduard Herzog
• Gianvincenzo Cresta — Sospesi — Anonimi, Diseredati, Poeti
• Steingrimur Rohloff — The Sinus Experience II, an Empyrean Ensemble commission for flute, clarinet, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello and piano (2010-11).

Tickets for the April 15 and 17 concerts are available online, or by visiting or calling the Mondavi Center box office, (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787. Box office hours: noon-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

ARTfriends plan bus trip to Picasso exhibition

The Nelson ARTfriends are planning a bus trip to San Francisco's de Young Museum to see an exhibition of Picassos from the permanent collection of Paris’ Musée National Picasso.

According to the de Young, the June 11 to Oct. 9 exhibition will comprise more than 100 works — paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints drawn from every phase of the Spanish artist’s career. The works are available for the exhibition only because of the Paris museum's temporary closure for extensive renovations, according to the de Young. More information on the exhibition.

The Nelson ARTfriends field trip is scheduled for Saturday, June 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participants will be on their own for lunch.

Thirty-five spaces are available. The cost is $50 for current members and $75 for nonmembers. The price is reduced $25 if you are a member of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The Nelson ARTfriends organization is making five spaces available for students, for $25 each.

Reservations are due by April 28 to Katrina Wong, assistant to the direcor of the Nelson Gallery. Contact here by phone (530) 752-8500 or e-mail, kliwong@ucdavis.edu.