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Point Reyes National Seashore Association is proud to partner with the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University to present Herbie Hancock Plugged In: A Night Of Solo Explorations on Saturday, September 28, 2013 for four people.

Start out this amazing evening by picking up your gourmet picnic basket for four and choc full of delicious cheeses, crackers, olives, dips, charcuterie and wine from our friends at Oliver's Markets in Cotati. Oliver's specializes in organic and local products you're sure to love. Enjoy your picnic before the concert on the lawn outside the Green Music center's Weill Hall at Sonoma State University, then grab your seats to enjoy the cool sounds of Herbie Hancock.

Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while maintaining his unmistakable voice. In addition to being recognized as a legendary pianist and composer, Hancock has been an integral part of every jazz movement since the 1960s. As a member of the Miles Davis Quintet, he became one of the pioneers of the avant garde sound. Hancock has received an Academy Award for his Round Midnight film score and 14 Grammy Awards, including Album Of The Year for 2008's "River:  The Joni Letters" and two in 2011 for his globally collaborative CD, "The Imagine Project." Many of his compositions, including "Cantaloupe Island," "Maiden Voyage," "Watermelon Man," and "Chameleon," are modern standards that have had a profound effect on all styles of modern music.

Not only will you and three friends enjoy the sounds of this legendary icon, but you will be in one of the best venues in the country, right in the heart of Northern California's renowned Wine Country.  The Donald and Maureen Green Music Center is a world-class performing arts complex located on the campus of Sonoma State University, and its crown jewel is undoubtedly the 1,400-seat Joan and Sanford I. Weill Hall, which is considered one of the most acoustically superb concert venues in the world.

Designed by architect William Rawn, theatre consultant Auerbach Pollock Friedlander and acoustician Lawrence Kirkegaard, Weill Hall was designed to replicate the intimacy and acoustics of both Vienna’s Musikverein and Symphony Hall in Boston. Weill Hall is modeled after Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, including a back wall that can be fully opened onto the beautifully landscaped and terraced Weill Lawn. The 1,400 handcrafted seats within Weill Hall were built by the 200-year-old Fancher Chair Company. Made of European steamed beech wood, the chairs feature an open back designed for acoustic-neutrality whether the seat is occupied or empty.

Don't miss your chance to see a musical icon in one of the most acoustically superb and intimate concert venues in the world, bid today!

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Funds from Dinner on the Pacific Plate Auction help fund important park preservation and environmental education projects at Point Reyes National Seashore. All donations made above fair market value will be tax-deductible.

This package includes:

( 1 ) Gourmet picnic basket with cheese, crackers, olives, charcuterie, and wine for four people from Oliver's Markets in Cotati.

( 4 ) tickets to Herbie Hancock Plugged In: A Night Of Solo Explorations at Weill Hall at Sonoma State University's Green Music Center on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 6:00 pm. Tickets are for the Balcony Level, Side West, Row A, Seats 47-50 (see photo of seating chart). Concerts run 1.5 - 2 hours.

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Herbie Hancock

The Donald and Maureen Green Music Center at Sonoma State

Joan and Sanford I. Weill Hall