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Concert series spans globe Diversity highlights 'One World' slate Imagine Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and the David Grisman Quintet on the same program. Add the sights and sounds of dancers from Mozambique, a legendary Cuban singer-guitarist, a Nordic night and the flamenco beat and you have an idea of what the next "One World" series has to offer. It also features a gospel choir from Oakland, Calif., and the return of the Celtic Music Festival and the Tibetan Monks. Season tickets for the popular concert series go on sale Monday. The schedule, announced today by co-sponsors Southern Oregon University and Jefferson Public Radio, runs Nov. 9 through May 6. Five performances will be at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater in Medford, the remainder at SOU sites. Here's a look at the schedule: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and the David Grisman Quintet, shows Nov. 9 and 10 at the Craterian. The two groups have appeared in the Rogue Valley separately but never before on the same program. The Fleck sound combines jazz, blues, funk, bluegrass and rock, while Grisman's "Dawg" music ranges from bluegrass and Latin to gypsy and jazz. Compay Segundo, 92-year-old Cuban legend on vocals and guitar, with his band, Nov. 14 at the Craterian. Segundo has composed hundreds of songs that help make up the foundation of Cuban music and he invented the armonico, a seven-string Cuban guitar. He was featured on Ry Cooder's "Buena Vista Social Club" recording, and the documentary film of the same name will be shown at the Varsity Theatre in Ashland starting Oct. 15. Fourth annual Celtic Music Festival, Jan. 28 at the SOU Music Recital Hall. It features Martin Hayes on fiddle and Dennis Cahill on guitar, with opening act Skye. Spanish, Moroccan, flamenco sounds of Radio Tarifa, Feb. 6 in the SOU Britt Ballroom. The group is from the southern tip of Spain. The Oakland (Calif.) Interfaith Gospel Choir, Feb. 19 at the Craterian. Members are from varied religious backgrounds and have recorded with Linda Ronstadt and Bobby McFerrin. The National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique, April 1 at the Craterian. The company is noted for "dancing that makes the earth move." Nordic Night: The Best of Norway, Sweden and Finland, April 16 at the Craterian. The groups Vasen, JPP and Annbjorg Lien combine ancient and modern sounds from Scandinavia using the hardanger fiddle, nyckelharpa and harmonium among other instruments. Tibetan Freedom Concerts, two concerts on May 6 at the SOU Recital Hall. The monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery in India return, along with singer-composer Dadon Dawadolma. A week of other festivities is planned before and after the concerts. Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 1999, Medford, Oregon USA