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From the Greenwich Village folk scene to the hit single "Poetry Man" and now to the ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Quad -- here comes singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow and her four-octave vocal range in the university's SummerMusic series.

The concert, free and open to the public, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 25, with the Quad open for picnicking at 6:30. In accordance with university policy, alcoholic beverages are not permitted.

The concert is the last of three in SummerMusic 2008, presented by the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts and sponsored by Summer Sessions.

Singing a combination of folk, jazz and pop, Snow came to prominence in 1974 with her self-titled debut album. Its song "Poetry Man" achieved top-five status on the charts, and Snow received a Grammy Award nomination as best new artist. She has been recording and touring since then, save time off to care for her daughter, Valerie, who was born with brain damage and who died last year at age 31.

Upon Snow's return to performing, reviewer Stephen Holder wrote in The New York Times: "She still has power to spare, along with a sound that is at once instantly recognizable and technically inimitable.

"You can call her what you want: a rock belter with supersonic high notes ('Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu'), a rhythm-and-blues shouter insisting on sexual equality ('Do Right Woman, Do Right Man') or a moody coffee-voiced folk-jazz diva ('Poetry Man'). She is all of the above and everything in between."