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, […]

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, […]

Crossing Borders explores a crucial moment in the musical history of the New World, when European musical traditions began to mingle with indigenous musical practices. This festive program includes villancicos and romances for voices and ensemble plus instrumental works drawn from the rich repertoire of 17th- and 18th-century colonial and Latin American cultures. Musical selections […]

University of Arizona voice professor Kristin Dauphinais presents students in the annual recital featuring more recent additions to the art-song repertory. This event is free and open to the public.

This concert's music expresses the power and beauty of giving voice to those who have been silenced.  The program includes the highly anticipated world premiere of Jocelyn Hagen’s work celebrating women’s voices plus music by or inspired by African Americans and Native Americans.   Click HERE to purchase tickets for this event. Ticket prices range […]

This concert's music expresses the power and beauty of giving voice to those who have been silenced.  The program includes the highly anticipated world premiere of Jocelyn Hagen’s work celebrating women’s voices plus music by or inspired by African Americans and Native Americans.   Click HERE to purchase tickets for this event. Ticket prices range […]

A political thriller set in Rome in June 1800, Tosca tells a story of passionate yet tender love, jealousy, betrayal, lust and self-sacrifice. The story’s action takes place over a span of less than 24 hours during the Napoleonic wars and amid great political unrest, making it one of the most dramatic thrill rides in […]

A political thriller set in Rome in June 1800, Tosca tells a story of passionate yet tender love, jealousy, betrayal, lust and self-sacrifice. The story’s action takes place over a span of less than 24 hours during the Napoleonic wars and amid great political unrest, making it one of the most dramatic thrill rides in […]

This concert's music expresses the power and beauty of giving voice to those who have been silenced. The program includes the highly anticipated world premiere of Jocelyn Hagen’s work celebrating women’s voices plus music by or inspired by African Americans and Native Americans.   Click HERE to purchase tickets for this event. Ticket prices range […]