Composer Jennifer Higdon and mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke discuss the creative process and how Jennifer’s new work, Summer Music, came into being. How do composers and performers collaborate, exchange ideas, inspire each other? The atmosphere is casual, with a Q and A opportunity for the audience.
Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and pianist Myra Huang present a full recital, including the world premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s song cycle, Summer Music, composed for the tenth-anniversary Tucson Desert Song Festival as part of TDSF’s Wesley Green Composer Project. Because seating is limited, prior registration is required, and tickets will be distributed on a […]
Says TSO Music Director José Luis Gomez, "I’m excited to introduce Tucson audiences to Florence Price, the first female African-American composer of classical music, whose beautiful music is finally enjoying deserved appreciation. Sensational American soprano Nicole Cabell luxuriates in Samuel Barber’s vocal rhapsody, and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony also celebrates song. You’ll hear a light touch […]
Says TSO Music Director José Luis Gomez, "I’m excited to introduce Tucson audiences to Florence Price, the first female African-American composer of classical music, whose beautiful music is finally enjoying deserved appreciation. Sensational American soprano Nicole Cabell luxuriates in Samuel Barber’s vocal rhapsody, and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony also celebrates song. You’ll hear a light touch […]
University of Arizona voice professor Kristin Dauphinais presents students in the annual recital featuring more recent additions to the art-song repertory.
The program features Olga Amelkina-Vera's Sea Song, telling of the conflict in ancient Greek mythology between sailors and the sea-dwelling sirens--from the sirens' point of view. Music of Falla and Granados will complete the recital. HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS You can purchase tickets on the Arizona Opera Website by clicking here or by clicking on […]
Ballet the Callaway (Ballet Tucson premiere in partnership with the Tucson Desert Song Festival) Starring Ann Hampton Callaway Choreography: Chieko Imada Ballet Tucson’s own acclaimed choreographer Chieko Imada joins forces with Broadway legend Ann Hampton Callaway to create an exciting new work featuring Callaway’s original compositions. Ballet Tucson’s artful professional dancers bring this premiere to […]
Ballet the Callaway (Ballet Tucson premiere in partnership with the Tucson Desert Song Festival) Starring Ann Hampton Callaway Choreography: Chieko Imada Ballet Tucson’s own acclaimed choreographer Chieko Imada joins forces with Broadway legend Ann Hampton Callaway to create an exciting new work featuring Callaway’s original compositions. Ballet Tucson’s artful professional dancers bring this premiere to […]
Ballet the Callaway (Ballet Tucson premiere in partnership with the Tucson Desert Song Festival) Starring Ann Hampton Callaway Choreography: Chieko Imada Ballet Tucson’s own acclaimed choreographer Chieko Imada joins forces with Broadway legend Ann Hampton Callaway to create an exciting new work featuring Callaway’s original compositions. Ballet Tucson’s artful professional dancers bring this premiere to […]
One of the most famous seductresses of all time is about to make her triumphant return. The ultimate diva, the gypsy Carmen can ignite men’s desires and fill their hearts with passion at a single glance. When Don José, a naïve soldier fighting in the Spanish Civil War, gets caught in her web, jealousy rages […]
One of the most famous seductresses of all time is about to make her triumphant return. The ultimate diva, the gypsy Carmen can ignite men’s desires and fill their hearts with passion at a single glance. When Don José, a naïve soldier fighting in the Spanish Civil War, gets caught in her web, jealousy rages […]
The leading soprano conducts a master class for University of Arizona voice students. Free and open to the public.
Susan Graham is particularly celebrated for her finesse with French repertoire, and the first half of this program will feature Les Nuits d’été by Berlioz. The second half promises to be a buffet of American standards--Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Lerner and Loewe. Partnering her at the piano will be TDSF stalwart Christopher Cano. HOW TO […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
By Christina Ham, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene A face-to-face musical evening with the fiery genius, activist, and musician that is Nina Simone. Following the 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, she rocked the nation with “Four Women,” her tribute in song to the four […]
Dianne Reeves is the pre-eminent jazz vocalist in the world today; her arsenal of talents is richly on display in each and every song of her limitless repertoire. As a result of her virtuosity, improvisational prowess and unique jazz and R&B stylings, Dianne has received five Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album and an honorary […]
University of Arizona faculty artist Dr. Kristin Dauphinais will host the opening lecture of the 2023 Tucson Desert Song Festival, which discusses the style, form, and content of Art Song. University Voice students will perform selections related the topic. This is a free event.
There is no greater expression of humanity in music than Beethoven’s choral symphony, culminating with the Ode to Joy. It became the lodestar for everything that followed, including the romantic outpourings of Wagner. The boisterous Mastersingers overture is paired with the song-cycle that was inspired by the passionate poems of his muse at the time, […]
