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The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts has added three shows to the 2012-13 season, and is giving °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis staff, faculty and students a head start on the tickets this week. The new shows:

• Lyle Lovett — Saturday, July 7
• Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers — Saturday, Aug. 5
• Eddie Izzard — Friday, Oct. 26

And don't forget: Staff and faculty get a 10 pecent discount on single-event tickets like these (and 30 percent on series subscriptions, and 25 percent on add-on tickets and choose-your-own subscriptions); students get a 50 percent discount.

Head start ticket sales for these three "just added" events start Thursday (April 26); you must call or visit the box office, and you will be asked for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis identification or e-mail address. Ticket sales for these "just added" shows start Sunday (April 29) for the general public. The box office is open from noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Phone orders: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787. Online: .

From the Top invites applications

Speaking of the Mondavi Center's new season, it includes a taping of the National Public Radio Program From the Top, showcasing America’s best young classical musicians.

The Mondavi Center this week put out a news release stating From the Top is seeking talent for the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis taping (scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 25) and other concerts on the show's national tour. The show accepts applications and recorded auditions continuously — and is continually making selections. To be considered for the Mondavi Center taping, you should submit your application by June 25.

The show is open to solo performers on all instruments, composers and vocalists, and instrumental and vocal ensembles. Musicians must be 8 to 18, and not have graduated from high school.

Of the more than 100 musicians chosen to appear on the radio program every year, about 20 receive Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Awards of up to $10,000 in support of further music education.

Tickets to the From the Top taping at the Mondavi Center are being sold in subscriber packages only. Individual tickets are set to go on sale Aug. 10.

Auditions set for Granada artist's new work

The Department of Theatre and Dance announced auditions for Granada Artist-in-Residence Ellen Bromberg’s and the snow fell softly upon the living and the dead, a new work investigating ideas of death and beauty.

The choreography credit goes to dance professor Della Davidson in collaboration with Bromberg, a choreographer and video artist. Davidson died in March.

Students, faculty and staff are welcome to try out from 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday (May 1), in Main Theatre . The sign-up sheet is in 101 Art Building; there is no need to prepare anything in advance.

Rehearsals are set to begin Wednesday (May 2), and performances are scheduled May 31 through June 3.