Anne Movalson If you are a person who becomes tired of the same old, same old anything, then we have a classical concert on Friday evening, November 13 of three very different and challenging compositions for you. The program begins Tucson Symphony Orchestra premiere performance of Joan Tower’s composition Tambor. Tambor is considered a piece for…
Sam Benjamin Join our happy throng of musicians of all skills at our weekly Jam Sessions held from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesdays at the HOA 2 Mesquite Grill Restaurant. Our group is growing in numbers and skill. All instruments welcome. No pressure, just fun. Come one, come all. Have no fear, don’t be…
TOPS is proud to sponsor a classical music concert to be performed by Dr. James DeMars, R. Carlos Nakai and Dr. Stephen Cook. DeMars, TOPS Artistic Advisory Committee member, will be performing his duo-piano sonata, A Diary of the Seasons with former student Cook, the Artistic Director for TOPS. Nakai, renowned Native American flutist from Tucson,…
Punch Howarth Mr. Pezone will guest conduct the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra on November 8 at SaddleBrooke. He hails from Latina, Italy, where he studied piano and organ. In Rome he was a student of liturgical music and conducting. In Italy he has conducted the Corelli Chamber Orchestra, the orchestras of Teatre San Severo and…
Punch Howarth Before presenting the preview of the opening concert of the 2014-15 SASO season, this writer would like to explain the absence of SASO articles this summer. I have had several health problems and was hospitalized. Hopefully this is behind me and I am back. Conductor Linus Lerner, with the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra,…
Patty Elliott Many among us have enjoyed an evening of music with Ron Aeschliman in the past few years at area restaurants or the clubhouses at MountainView, SaddleBrooke or the Ranch. His karaoke nights are sellouts. His gospel, easy listening or Elvis music performances are wonderfully enjoyable. You and/or a group of your friends have…
Anne Movalson We meet people every day. Some people come into our lives; we lose contact with them and it’s hardly noticed. There are some whom we feel privileged to have met and known and then there are special ones who are a joy to have known but who also leave an imprint on our…
Donna Langwig Southern Arizona’s professional chamber ensemble honors the 200th anniversary of the National Anthem and other folk and spiritual music celebrated as national treasures. Tucson Chamber Artists (TCA), entering its second decade as Tucson’s professional chamber choir, opens the 2014/15 acclaimed Vista Fine Arts series on Sunday, October 12 at 3:00 p.m. at Vista de…
Jennifer Rini Telescopes will be set up on the spacious Kannally Ranch House patio at Oracle State Park for viewing the night sky on Saturday, June 21. Visitors will enjoy live music while viewing the planets Mars and Saturn, the asteroids Ceres and Vesta, plus star clusters, nebulae and galaxies. During the evening the Milky…