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 Portuguese. Magos joins Brooklyn Rider to take you on a musical journey that explores the artistry of Violeta Parra, Federico Garcia Lorca, Gilberto Gil, Joao […]

Composer Ricky Ian Gordon, baritone Justin Austin and pianist Howard Watkins discuss the creative process and how Ricky’s new work 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.   This event is free and open to the public.

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 accompanied by assistant Metropolitan Opera conductor Howard Watkins. The artists will give a world premiere of a song cycle by renowned opera composer Ricky Ian […]

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 and opera arias by Handel with soprano Nola Richardson. Georg Muffat: Concerto, "Grosso Propitia Sydera" Francesco Durante: Concerto in G Minor Antonio Vivaldi: Trio in […]

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 Bach: Cantata, Ich habe Genug, BWV 82 Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068   Click HERE to obtain tickets for this […]

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 oratorio.   Click HERE to obtain tickets for this event. Ticket price: $30.09  

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. Created in partnership with the Tucson Desert Song Festival, this new work features the internationally acclaimed Duo Chinoiserie, which combines the Chinese guzheng, played by […]

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. Created in partnership with the Tucson Desert Song Festival, this new work features the internationally acclaimed Duo Chinoiserie, which combines the Chinese guzheng, played by […]

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. Created in partnership with the Tucson Desert Song Festival, this new work features the internationally acclaimed Duo Chinoiserie, which combines the Chinese guzheng, played by […]