Nigel Foster is the founder, director, and pianist of the London Song Festival, an annual event promoting song repertoire. In addition to featuring internationally known artists, the Festival acts as a major showcase for young up-and-coming singers. Nigel’s musical interests range from the baroque to contemporary music, though his main love and passion is the […]
Collaborative pianist and Founding Director of the London Song Festival, Nigel Foster, leads a masterclass with singers from the UA School of Music. Nigel’s musical interests range from the baroque to contemporary music, though his main love and passion is the song repertoire. Born in London, he studied piano at the Royal Academy of Music […]
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 USA and has worked and recorded with incredible musicians including Christine Jensen, Pat LaBarbera, Jocelyn Gould, Ira Coleman, Bryn Roberts, and Joe LaBarbera, to name […]
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 symphony. Organized over six movements, the work is the composer’s hymn to nature and one of his most complete musical statements. José Luis Gomez, conductor. […]
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 USA and has worked and recorded with incredible musicians including Christine Jensen, Pat LaBarbera, Jocelyn Gould, Ira Coleman, Bryn Roberts, and Joe LaBarbera, to name […]
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. Her performing career has taken her throughout the United States as well as tours in Italy, China, and Australia and additional concert performances in Germany, […]
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 rebirth. Set in a swanky 1930s Chicago hotel, this emotionally uplifting story features 26 of the hottest torch numbers by blues and jazz icons like […]
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 symphony. Organized over six movements, the work is the composer’s hymn to nature and one of his most complete musical statements. José Luis Gomez, conductor. […]
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. Kristin Dauphinais. Free Admission
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 rebirth. Set in a swanky 1930s Chicago hotel, this emotionally uplifting story features 26 of the hottest torch numbers by blues and jazz icons like […]
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 distinguished cast featuring Caitlin Gotimer, Mimì; SeokJong Baek, Rodolfo; Benjamin Taylor, Marcello; Emma Marhefka, Musetta.; Peter Barber, Colline; and Yichen Xue, Schaunard. In the vibrant […]
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 through the League of American Orchestras Toulmin Commissions Program, also has its world premiere. Maestro Gomez continues his Schumann cycle with the composer’s Symphony No. […]
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 through the League of American Orchestras Toulmin Commissions Program, also has its world premiere. Maestro Gomez continues his Schumann cycle with the composer’s Symphony No. […]
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 through the League of American Orchestras Toulmin Commissions Program, also has its world premiere. Maestro Gomez continues his Schumann cycle with the composer’s Symphony No. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Joint Is Jumpin’! This three-time Tony Award-winning revue is a jubilant tribute to Fats Waller’s legacy and the enduring charm of swing and jazz. Get ready to jump, jive, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
