The sound of culture

The Vocal Art Ensemble, a choral group from Davis, is set to perform Rooted: How Culture Shapes the Choral Art in Sacramento and Davis this weekend. The concert features works from the Renaissance and folk songs from Bulgaria to Japan, and the singers will be joined by ceremonial sound practitioner René Jenkins on ancient indigenous and home-crafted instruments. $10-$25; 7:30 p.m. Friday, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 2620 Capitol Avenue; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Unitarian Universalist Church, 27078 Patwin Road in Davis; 4 p.m. Sunday, Davis United Methodist Church, 1620 Anderson Road in Davis; (530) 757-2396; www.vae.trug.com.