Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

Miranda Cosgrove
Is an only child. Father is a dry cleaner; growing up, she thought it was normal to have all of her clothes dry-cleaned.  Was discovered at the age of 3, when an agent saw her in a restaurant and approached her and her parents to discuss modeling and commercials....

MGMT
Finding an unlikely middle point between Suicide's hostile, proto-electro punk art noise and the sardonic, pop-friendly sound of the Flaming Lips, MGMT started as electroclash musical terrorists but quickly grew into an eclectic, brainy pop group with psychedelic overtones....

Carly Rae Jepsen
Her father used to sing her to sleep with James Taylor songs. Influences include Ella Fitzgerald and Van Morrison.  Played with a high-school jazz band while in elementary school. Performed in high-school musicals, playing Dorothy in The Wiz and Sandy in Grease....

Andrew Bird
A Reverse Chronology of Selected Significant Dates & Events January 20, 2009 - Andrew Bird releases Noble Beast on Fat Possum Records. The self-produced album consists of 14 original songs recorded primarily at the Beech House in Nashville, with additional recording taking place at various Chicago and Minneapolis locations over a period of five months....