Dawn A. Walker Our trumpet player John Reitz turns 100 on Aug. 7, 2024! At our Fall Concert on Sept. 28 at DesertView Performing Arts Center, we will be performing “Century Overture,” a piece commissioned in honor of John. The piece is inspired by musical references from the year John was born. Other pieces on…
Dawn A. Walker It’s music as usual for the SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings (SBWS) this summer. Weekly rehearsals continue in preparation for two upcoming performances, even with the departure of winter members. The ensemble welcomes summer participants on break from other ensembles or schools. On July 21 the group is collaborating with the Tucson New…
Donna Langwig This year Catalinas Community Chorus is celebrating 10 years of the magic of making music and the joy of community. A community chorus in Oro Valley, a long-time dream of Cyndee Chaffee, began on January 16, 2006, with 16 singers and accompanist Marge Ahlstrand. By the first concert in April 2007 there were…
Punch Howarth Te Deum, a massive choral work for orchestra, soloists and chorus will be a featured work on the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra’s April concerts conducted by Linus Lerner. The massive refers to the full tutti parts especially with brass. However there are numerous relief passages of sublime beauty and passion. Scored for a…
Anne Movalson On Sunday, April 17, 2016, the SaddleBrooke Symphony Guild will have the last event of this season. We will attend the Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s Classic 8 Concert, Sailing with Scheherazade, at the Tucson Music Hall and then have dinner at the Café’ a La C’Art. The conductor is Mei-Ann Chen, one of America’s…
Jessica Carter Kingston Trio Concert will be playing live at the Fox Theater on Sunday, February 14, 2016. Concert begins at 2:00 p.m. VIP tickets are $120 per person and include: meet and greet, up front seating, CD, casual buffet after the concert catered by Rincon Market and a large portion of the ticket will…
Don Bott What’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year? The answer is not when your mother-in-law flies back to Chicago or Minneapolis. It is, of course, Christmastime and all that goes with it – including some of the greatest music ever written. On Friday evening December 11 at 7:00 p.m., SaddleBrooke’s Canada del Oro…
Remember the King – Celebrating the Music of Elvis Presley starring Robert Shaw and The Lonely Street Band will be presented on Saturday, August 29 in the DesertView Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Every August Elvis fans all over the world gather to honor the memory of their favorite legend on the anniversary of his passing and…