Is This Art Song? Defining a Genre, Hosted by Professor Kristin Dauphinais

UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

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.  […]

Free

Wagner Lieder and Beethoven’s Ninth

Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

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 […]

$18 – $90

Wagner Lieder and Beethoven’s Ninth

Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

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 […]

$18 – $90

Ars Lyrica Houston: Crossing Borders

Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 2331 E Adams St, Tucson, AZ, United States

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 […]

$30.90

New Directions in Song

UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

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.

Free

Susanna Phillips and True Concord: Here I Am

Valley Presbyterian Church, Green Valley 2800 S Camino Del Sol, Green Valley, AZ, United States

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 […]

$27 – $42

Susanna Phillips and True Concord: Here I Am

Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

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 […]

$27 – $42

Tosca

Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

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 […]

$35 – $150

Tosca

Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

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 […]

$35 – $150

Susanna Phillips and True Concord: Here I Am

Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

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 […]

$27 – $52

Susanna Phillips Masterclass

UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

Susanna Phillips will conduct a Masterclass for University of Arizona voice students.  You won't want to miss the opportunity to observe how this Metropolitan Opera star helps develop the talent […]

Free

Susanna Phillips in Recital

UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

The Metropolitan Opera star, with pianist Christopher Cano, tells the story of the Schumann circle through songs of Robert and Clara Schumann and their dear friend Johannes Brahms. Along with […]

$35

Dreamers: Brooklyn Rider with Magos Herrera

Centennial Hall 1020 E University Blvd, Tucson, AZ, United States

Born in Mexico City, Magos Herrera is a dazzling jazz singer-songwriter, producer, and educator. She is best known for her bold style and eloquent vocal improvisation in Spanish, English, and […]

$39 – $64

Recital: Justin Austin and a Ricky Ian Gordon Premiere

UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

The Fred Fox School of Music presents Justin Austin, a rising young Metropolitan opera baritone who appeared recently in the Met HD Hamlet and who will sing a full recital […]

Free

Baroque Festival: Across the Alps

Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 2331 E Adams St, Tucson, AZ, United States

Acclaimed early music expert Avi Stein has put together three concerts of Baroque gems in a festival that celebrates Arizona Early Music's 40th season. This first program features a cantata […]

$30.90

Baroque Festival: Heaven and Earth — Music of J.S. Bach

Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 2331 E Adams St, Tucson, AZ, United States

The second concert in Arizona Early Music's baroque festival has at its center Bach's moving Cantata No. 82, featuring bass Tyler Duncan. Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052 […]

$30.90

Baroque Festival: Handel’s “Apollo and Daphne”

Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 2331 E Adams St, Tucson, AZ, United States

Arizona Early Music's baroque festival culminates in a dramatic Handel oratorio about love and jealousy, supplemented by other works. Soprano Nola Richardson and bass Tyler Duncan star in this pastoral […]

$30.90

Ballet: Love and Legends

Leo Rich Theater 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

Ballet Tucson's winter concert program includes dances set to the music of Tchaikovsky, Bach and Prokofiev and the world premiere of Himiko, based on the legend of that Japanese queen. […]

$30 – $50

Ballet: Love and Legends

Leo Rich Theater 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

Ballet Tucson's winter concert program includes dances set to the music of Tchaikovsky, Bach and Prokofiev and the world premiere of Himiko, based on the legend of that Japanese queen. […]

$30 – $50

Ballet: Love and Legends

Leo Rich Theater 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

Ballet Tucson’s winter concert program includes dances set to the music of Tchaikovsky, Bach and Prokofiev and the world premiere of Himiko, based on the legend of that Japanese queen. […]

$30 – $50

Rachmaninoff Vespers

St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church 1902, 600 South La Cañada Drive, Green Valley, AZ, United States

Vespers, also known as The All-Night Vigil, has been praised as Rachmaninoff’s finest achievement. In an explosion of creativity this glorious work poured out of the composer in less than […]

$27 – $52

Rachmaninoff Vespers

Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

Vespers, also known as The All-Night Vigil, has been praised as Rachmaninoff’s finest achievement. In an explosion of creativity this glorious work poured out of the composer in less than two […]

$27 – $52

Rachmaninoff Vespers

Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

Vespers, also known as The All-Night Vigil, has been praised as Rachmaninoff’s finest achievement. In an explosion of creativity this glorious work poured out of the composer in less than two […]

$27 – $52

Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony

Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

The Tucson Symphony Orchestra's season culminates in one of the greatest of symphonic musical journeys from grief, following the death of a friend, to resolution, peace, and the beauty of […]

$18 – $90

Recital: Angel Blue

UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

Angel Blue is a leading American opera soprano and classical crossover artist. She won the Grammy for Best Opera Recording for the Metropolitan Opera production of Porgy and Bess in […]

$35

Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony

Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

The Tucson Symphony Orchestra's season culminates in one of the greatest of symphonic musical journeys from grief, following the death of a friend, to resolution, peace, and the beauty of […]

$18 – $90

Guitar Ensemble Concert with Mack Wolz, David Sewell and Corey Denham

UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

The Tucson Guitar Society Orchestra spring concert includes a new work commissioned from Grammy-nominated Olga Amelkina-Vera that sets poetry of Ofelia Zepeda, a member of the Tohono O’Odham nation, to […]

Free

Fatma Said, soprano and Rafael Aguirre, guitar

UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

We are extremely sorry to announce that Fatma Said has withdrawn from the Thursday’s performance, due to illness. We are pleased, however, that celebrated guitarist Rafael Aguirre is coming and […]

$35

Blue Heron: Portraits In Song – Music from Renaissance Italy

St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church 4440 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

Originally conceived as a musical complement to the exhibition The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 2011–March 2012), this program offers portraits […]

$30.90

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Centennial Hall 1020 E University Blvd, Tucson, AZ, United States

MacArthur Fellow and three-time GRAMMY winner Cécile McLorin Salvant has a gift for storytelling and curating layered, evocative programs that draw connections between vaudeville, blues, international folk traditions, theater, jazz, […]

$35 – $75

Mozart & Hagen: Two Important Encores

Valley Presbyterian Church, Green Valley 2800 S Camino Del Sol, Green Valley, AZ, United States

Mozart's powerful C-Minor Mass was the first major work performed by True Concord and particularly appropriate for the 40th anniversary year of the award-winning film Amadeus. A new classic, Hagen’s Notebooks of […]

$23.50 – $63.50

Cecilia Duarte Masterclass

UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States

Singers from the UA School of Music participate in a masterclass led by celebrated mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte. Free and open to the public.

Mozart & Hagen: Two Important Encores

Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

Mozart's powerful C-Minor Mass was the first major work performed by True Concord and particularly appropriate for the 40th anniversary year of the award-winning film Amadeus. A new classic, Hagen’s Notebooks of […]

$23.50 – $63.50

Mozart & Hagen: Two Important Encores

Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States

Mozart's powerful C-Minor Mass was the first major work performed by True Concord and particularly appropriate for the 40th anniversary year of the award-winning film Amadeus. A new classic, Hagen’s Notebooks of […]

$23.50 – $63.50

New Directions In Song

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 Dr. Kristin Dauphinais. Free and open to […]

Rossini’s The Barber of Seville

Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

Considered one of the greatest opera buffa of all time, Rossini's The Barber of Seville has maintained its popularity for over two hundred years. Count Almaviva falls hopelessly in love with […]

$30 – $145

Rossini’s The Barber of Seville

Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States

Considered one of the greatest opera buffa of all time, Rossini's The Barber of Seville has maintained its popularity for over two hundred years. Count Almaviva falls hopelessly in love with […]

$30 – $145

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