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  • January 2025

  • Fri 24

    Caity Gyorgy with her piano trio Anthony D’Alessandro, piano, Thomas Hainbuch, bass, & Jacob Wutzke, drums

    Friday, January 24, 2025 @ 6:30 pm
    The Century Room 311 E Congress St, Tucson, United States

    Caity Gyorgy is a two-time JUNO award-winning Canadian vocalist known for singing bebop and swing music. She has performed at jazz clubs and festivals across Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the […]

    $35 – $45
  • Fri 24

    Mahler’s Third Symphony with Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

    Friday, January 24, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
    Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

    One of the brightest stars on the operatic stage and a Tucson favorite, internationally recognized mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke returns to the TSO for a riveting performance of Mahler’s colossal third […]

    $14 – $95
  • Fri 24

    Caity Gyorgy with her piano trio Anthony D’Alessandro, piano, Thomas Hainbuch, bass, & Jacob Wutzke, drums

    Friday, January 24, 2025 @ 8:30 pm
    The Century Room 311 E Congress St, Tucson, United States

    Caity Gyorgy is a two-time JUNO award-winning Canadian vocalist known for singing bebop and swing music. She has performed at jazz clubs and festivals across Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the […]

    $35 – $45
  • Sat 25

    Recital: Kristin Dauphinais, mezzo-soprano with Nigel Foster, piano

    Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 3:00 pm
    UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Mezzo-soprano Kristin Dauphinais is highly regarded for her artistry and versatility. She has worked in a variety of genres including musical theater, opera, concert, oratorio, chamber music, and solo recitals. […]

  • Sun 26

    Blues In the Night: A Musical Revue created by Sheldon Epps (Previews Jan 26-31)

    Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 12:00 am - Friday, January 31, 2025 @ 12:00 am
    Temple of Music and Art 330 S Scott Ave, Tucson, United States

    A musical celebration of the blues and its influence on American music, this toe-tapping revue weaves the stories of three women and one man as they navigate love, heartbreak, and […]

    $33 – $103
  • Sun 26

    Mahler’s Third Symphony with Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

    Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
    Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

    One of the brightest stars on the operatic stage and a Tucson favorite, internationally recognized mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke returns to the TSO for a riveting performance of Mahler’s colossal third […]

    $14 – $95
  • Wed 29

    New Directions In Song

    Wednesday, January 29, 2025 @ 12:00 pm
    UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Singers from the UA School of Music will present a recital of contemporary art song, featuring new trends and discoveries. Hosted by faculty artist and Chair of Vocal Studies Dr. […]

  • February 2025

  • Sat 1

    Blues In the Night: A Musical Revue created by Sheldon Epps (Performances Feb 1-15)

    Saturday, February 1, 2025 @ 12:00 am - Saturday, February 15, 2025 @ 12:00 am
    Temple of Music and Art 330 S Scott Ave, Tucson, United States

    A musical celebration of the blues and its influence on American music, this toe-tapping revue weaves the stories of three women and one man as they navigate love, heartbreak, and […]

    $33 – $103
  • Sat 1

    Puccini’s La Bohème

    Saturday, February 1, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
    Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Giacomo Puccini’s beloved classic La Bohème transports you to the streets of 19th century Paris for one of the world’s most timeless and moving love stories, as sung by a […]

  • Sat 1

    Mahler & Schumann with Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

    Saturday, February 1, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
    Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Metropolitan Opera star Sasha Cooke will perform selections from Mahler’s five-song cycle based on the poems of Friedrich Rückert. The brilliant young composer Chelsea Komschlies’ new work, a TSO commission […]

    $50 – $88
  • Sat 1

    Mahler & Schumann with Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

    Saturday, February 1, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
    Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Metropolitan Opera star Sasha Cooke will perform selections from Mahler’s five-song cycle based on the poems of Friedrich Rückert. The brilliant young composer Chelsea Komschlies’ new work, a TSO commission […]

    $50 – $88
  • Sun 2

    Mahler & Schumann with Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

    Sunday, February 2, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
    Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Metropolitan Opera star Sasha Cooke will perform selections from Mahler’s five-song cycle based on the poems of Friedrich Rückert. The brilliant young composer Chelsea Komschlies’ new work, a TSO commission […]

    $50 – $88
  • Fri 14

    Winter Concert: From Tucson With Love, featuring a world premiere ballet choreographed by Chieko Imada to the music of Lalo Guerrero with vocalist Carlos Zapién & guitar trio Misael Barraza Díaz, Andrés Pantoja, & Diana Schaible

    Friday, February 14, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
    Leo Rich Theater 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

    In celebration of Tucson’s 250th birthday, Associate Artistic Director Chieko Imada creates another exciting world premiere in partnership with the Tucson Desert Song Festival and Tucson Guitar Society. This vibrant […]

    $34 – $60
  • Sat 15

    Winter Concert: From Tucson With Love, featuring a world premiere ballet choreographed by Chieko Imada to the music of Lalo Guerrero with vocalist Carlos Zapién & guitar trio Misael Barraza Díaz, Andrés Pantoja, & Diana Schaible

    Saturday, February 15, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
    Leo Rich Theater 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

    In celebration of Tucson’s 250th birthday, Associate Artistic Director Chieko Imada creates another exciting world premiere in partnership with the Tucson Desert Song Festival and Tucson Guitar Society. This vibrant […]

    $32 – $60
  • Sat 15

    Winter Concert: From Tucson With Love, featuring a world premiere ballet choreographed by Chieko Imada to the music of Lalo Guerrero with vocalist Carlos Zapién & guitar trio Misael Barraza Díaz, Andrés Pantoja, & Diana Schaible

    Saturday, February 15, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
    Leo Rich Theater 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

    In celebration of Tucson’s 250th birthday, Associate Artistic Director Chieko Imada creates another exciting world premiere in partnership with the Tucson Desert Song Festival and Tucson Guitar Society. This vibrant […]

    $34 – $60
  • Sun 16

    Winter Concert: From Tucson With Love, featuring a world premiere ballet choreographed by Chieko Imada to the music of Lalo Guerrero with vocalist Carlos Zapién & guitar trio Misael Barraza Díaz, Andrés Pantoja, & Diana Schaible

    Sunday, February 16, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
    Leo Rich Theater 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

    In celebration of Tucson’s 250th birthday, Associate Artistic Director Chieko Imada creates another exciting world premiere in partnership with the Tucson Desert Song Festival and Tucson Guitar Society. This vibrant […]

    $34 – $60
  • Wed 19

    SPA Trio featuring Susanna Phillips, soprano, Paul Neubauer, violin, & Anne-Marie McDermott, viola

    Wednesday, February 19, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
    Leo Rich Theater 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Historic recordings of some of the great singers of yesteryear include numerous performances of salon songs that included an obbligato instrument. Some of these pairings included Enrico Caruso with Mischa […]

    $45
  • Fri 28

    The Tucson Spirit, The Love of Flight: An All-American Program featuring Blitzstein’s Airborne Symphony Suite, Coprland’s Lincoln Portrait, Thompson’s Testament of Freedom, & works by Bernstein, Weill, & Gershwin

    Friday, February 28, 2025 @ 4:00 pm
    Valley Presbyterian Church, Green Valley 2800 S Camino Del Sol, Green Valley, AZ, United States

    Celebrate Tucson’s connections to the skies. The fascinating and rarely performed Airborne Symphony is the perfect piece to pay homage to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Davis-Monthan […]

    $23.50 – $63.50
  • March 2025

  • Sat 1

    The Tucson Spirit, The Love of Flight: An All-American Program featuring Blitzstein’s Airborne Symphony Suite, Coprland’s Lincoln Portrait, Thompson’s Testament of Freedom, & works by Bernstein, Weill, & Gershwin

    Saturday, March 1, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
    Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Celebrate Tucson’s connections to the skies. The fascinating and rarely performed Airborne Symphony is the perfect piece to pay homage to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Davis-Monthan […]

    $23.50 – $63.50
  • Sun 2

    The Tucson Spirit, The Love of Flight: An All-American Program featuring Blitzstein’s Airborne Symphony Suite, Coprland’s Lincoln Portrait, Thompson’s Testament of Freedom, & works by Bernstein, Weill, & Gershwin

    Sunday, March 2, 2025 @ 3:00 pm
    Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Celebrate Tucson’s connections to the skies. The fascinating and rarely performed Airborne Symphony is the perfect piece to pay homage to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Davis-Monthan […]

    $23.50 – $63.50
  • April 2025

  • Tue 1

    The Creative Process: A discussion with violinist Joshua Bell, soprano Larisa Martínez, & composer John Corigliano

    Tuesday, April 1, 2025 @ 5:00 pm
    UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Join us for a lively discussion with celebrated American composer John Corigliano and the husband-wife duo of famed violinist Joshua Bell and soprano Larisa Martínez about the world premiere of […]

  • Wed 2

    Recital: Joshua Bell, violin & Larisa Martínez, soprano with pianist Peter Dugan featuring the world premiere of a new song cycle by John Corigliano

    Wednesday, April 2, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
    UA School of Music, Crowder Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

    This recital program will feature the world premiere of a new song cycle by celebrated American composer John Corigliano, commissioned by the Tucson Desert Song Festival, for the husband-wife duo […]

    $75
  • Thu 3

    Recital: Stephen Costello, tenor with Anthony Manoli, piano

    Thursday, April 3, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
    UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Stephen Costello has been hailed as ‘a prodigiously gifted singer whose voice makes an immediate impact’ (Associated Press). The Philadelphia-born tenor quickly established a reputation as a ‘first-class talent’ (Opera […]

    $45
  • Fri 4

    Carmina Burana with Ashley Fabian, soprano, Joseph Tancredi, tenor, & Octavio Moreno, baritone

    Friday, April 4, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
    Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Carl Orff’s singular and powerful work, bringing to life texts from the 11th and 12th centuries, comes to the stage with soloists Ashley Fabian, Joseph Tancredi, and Octavio Moreno plus […]

    $14 – $95
  • Sun 6

    Carmina Burana with Ashley Fabian, soprano, Joseph Tancredi, tenor & Octavio Moreno, baritone

    Sunday, April 6, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
    Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Carl Orff’s singular and powerful work, bringing to life texts from the 11th and 12th centuries, comes to the stage with soloists Ashley Fabian, Joseph Tancredi, and Octavio Moreno plus […]

    $14 – $95
  • Sun 6

    Silkroad Ensemble: Uplifted Voices with special guest Pura Fé

    Sunday, April 6, 2025 @ 6:30 pm
    Centennial Hall 1020 E University Blvd, Tucson, AZ, United States

    GRAMMY-winning Silkroad Ensemble brings together musicians globally to inspire collaboration and promote equity and justice in the world. Conceived by Yo-Yo Ma in 1988, Silkroad continues to break new ground […]

    $10 – $89
  • Sat 19

    Verdi’s Aida

    Saturday, April 19, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
    Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

    The splendor of Egypt comes to life through this visually arresting, projection-based concert production of Verdi’s Aida in its first Arizona Opera performances in over a decade, with a stellar […]

  • January 2026

  • Fri 16

    “Music of the Pioneers” featuring Will Liverman, baritone

    January 16 @ 4:00 pm
    Valley Presbyterian Church, Green Valley 2800 S Camino Del Sol, Green Valley, AZ, United States

    What powerful dream would compel you to travel by wagon and foot across the entire country? Across the Great Plains and deserts, through the Rocky Mountain passes? More than 500,000 […]

    $23.50 – $68.50
  • Sat 17

    “Music of the Pioneers” featuring Will Liverman, baritone

    January 17 @ 4:00 pm
    Catalina United Methodist Church 2700 E Speedway Blvd, Tucson, United States

    What powerful dream would compel you to travel by wagon and foot across the entire country? Across the Great Plains and deserts, through the Rocky Mountain passes? More than 500,000 […]

    $23.50 – $68.50
  • Sun 18

    “Music of the Pioneers” featuring Will Liverman, baritone

    January 18 @ 3:00 pm
    Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

    What powerful dream would compel you to travel by wagon and foot across the entire country? Across the Great Plains and deserts, through the Rocky Mountain passes? More than 500,000 […]

    $23.50 – $68.50
  • Tue 20

    Recital: Will Liverman, baritone

    January 20 @ 7:00 pm
    UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

    In a “breakout performance” (The New York Times) opening the Met’s 21-22 season, “velvet-voiced baritone” (NPR) Will Liverman headlined the widely celebrated Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Terence […]

    $53.50
  • Fri 23

    Debussy’s La Mer & Berlioz’s Cléopâtre featuring Angela Brower, mezzo-soprano

    January 23 @ 7:30 pm
    Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Debussy’s impressionistic symphonic tone poems, La mer and Ibéria, take center stage in this all-French–Iberian Peninsula program. Globe-trotting mezzo-soprano Angela Brower is the soloist for Berlioz’s cantata Cléopâtre, studded with lush orchestral sections and […]

    $18 – $112
  • Fri 23

    Concert: Dee Dee Bridgewater with pianist Bill Charlap

    January 23 @ 7:30 pm
    Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W Congress St, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Dee Dee Bridgewater, a three-time GRAMMY and Tony Award-winning jazz giant, joins forces with GRAMMY-winning pianist Bill Charlap in a rare duo performance. Renowned for her fearless artistry, storytelling, and […]

    $56 – $90
  • Sun 25

    Debussy’s La Mer & Berlioz’s Cléopâtre featuring Angela Brower, mezzo-soprano

    January 25 @ 2:00 pm
    Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Debussy’s impressionistic symphonic tone poems, La mer and Ibéria, take center stage in this all-French–Iberian Peninsula program. Globe-trotting mezzo-soprano Angela Brower is the soloist for Berlioz’s cantata Cléopâtre, studded with lush orchestral sections and […]

    $18 – $112
  • Sun 25

    Recital: Elena Rivera, soprano with guitarist Joaquin Clerch

    January 25 @ 7:00 pm
    UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Mexican soprano Elena Rivera has performed to acclaim in major venues throughout Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas in opera, concert, and recital settings. In 2020, Rivera and the string […]

    $44
  • Wed 28

    New Directions In Song featuring singers from the UA School of Music

    January 28 @ 12:00 pm
    UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Singers from the UA School of Music will present a recital of contemporary art song, featuring new trends and discoveries. Hosted by faculty artist and Chair of Vocal Studies Dr. […]

    Free
  • Wed 28

    Karen Slack, soprano & Miró Quartet (Daniel Ching, violin; William Fedkenheuer, violin; John Largess, viola; & Joshua Gindele, cello) featuring a premiere by Tamar-kali

    January 28 @ 7:30 pm
    Leo Rich Theater 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Heralded composer Tamar-kali—whose work spans contemporary pop, classical, and film music genres—has collaborated with the Miró Quartet and soprano Karen Slack to create this special celebration of the life, times, […]

    $45
  • Sat 31

    Mozart’s Requiem featuring Zoe Allen, soprano; Angela Brower, mezzo-soprano; Omar Najmi, tenor; & Edward Vogel, baritone

    January 31 @ 2:00 pm
    Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Mozart died at the age of 35 before he was able to complete his masterful Requiem. Maestro Gomez has conceived a “completion” by commissioning Tucson composer Dan Coleman to compose […]

    $54 – $99
  • Sat 31

    Mozart’s Requiem featuring Zoe Allen, soprano; Angela Brower, mezzo-soprano; Omar Najmi, tenor; & Edward Vogel, baritone

    January 31 @ 7:30 pm
    Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Mozart died at the age of 35 before he was able to complete his masterful Requiem. Maestro Gomez has conceived a “completion” by commissioning Tucson composer Dan Coleman to compose […]

    $54 – $99
  • February 2026

  • Sun 1

    Mozart’s Requiem featuring Zoe Allen, soprano; Angela Brower, mezzo-soprano; Omar Najmi, tenor; & Edward Vogel, baritone

    February 1 @ 2:00 pm
    Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Mozart died at the age of 35 before he was able to complete his masterful Requiem. Maestro Gomez has conceived a “completion” by commissioning Tucson composer Dan Coleman to compose […]

    $54 – $99
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