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Tucson Symphony Orchestra

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The Tucson Symphony Orchestra serves the Tucson and southern Arizona communities with world class performances. The concert season extends from September through May and features more than 90 orchestra concerts and 350 chamber ensemble performances each year in Tucson as well as Southern Arizona.

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    Tucson Symphony Orchestra

    2175 North Sixth Avenue
    Tucson, AZ 85705

    Phone: (520) 792-9155   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

    02/10/12- 02/12/12

    Arizona Centennial Celebration - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall Arizona Centennial Celebration - Classic Series Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Music Hall February 10-February 12, 2012 The Tucson Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 100th anniversary of Arizona statehood with a program of music, dance, spoken word and a performance by the world's premier performer of the Native American flute, R. Carlos Nakai. Take a musical tour in a most renowned Arizona feature ? Grofé's exceptionally popular Grand Canyon Suite ? and be inspired by a President's Day observance with a narration of Copland's Lincoln's Portrait. The celebration begins with Copland's stirring Fanfare for the...

  • Upcoming Events

    02/25/12- 02/26/12	Back in the Saddle Again, More Music of the West - TSO Pops! Series Tucson Music Hall Back in the Saddle Again, More Music of the West - TSO Pops! Series Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Music Hall February 25-February 26, 2012 When the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Pops! and the Bill Ganz Western Band first teamed up in 2010 to pay tribute to the golden age of the singing cowboy, performing songs inspired by Southern Arizona, it was an artistic triumph and box office hit. Now they're back with another program of music from the Southwest heritage enhanced with beautiful orchestrations including "Ridin' Down the Canyon" inspired by Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona and "Nightrider's Lament" penned near Sonoita. Favorite classic...
    03/03/12	Just for Kids - If You Could Talk to the Animals Town Hall Just for Kids - If You Could Talk to the Animals Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Town Hall March 3, 2012 Come one, come all and celebrate the lives of animals with the TSO Wind Quintet. Take a wild adventure with them as they meet tigers, crocodiles, a rhinoceros, a gorilla and even a dragon! Dress up in your favorite animal costume or just bring your favorite stuffed friend. Non-stop fun beginning to end!
    03/03/12	If You Could Talk to the Animals - Just for Kids Tucson Symphony Center If You Could Talk to the Animals - Just for Kids Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Symphony Center March 3, 2012 Come one, come all and celebrate the lives of animals with the TSO Wind Quintet. Take a wild adventure with us as we meet tigers, crocodiles, a rhinoceros, a gorilla and even a dragon! Dress up in your favorite animal costume or just bring your favorite stuffed friend. Non-stop fun beginning to end!
    03/03/12- 03/04/12	Mozart and Beethoven - MasterWorks Series Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium Mozart and Beethoven - MasterWorks Series Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium March 3-March 4, 2012 Tucson Symphony Orchestra present Mozart and Beethoven - MasterWorks Series featuring George Hanson, conductor and Laura Stoutenborough, clarinet at Catalina Foothills High School.
    03/09/12- 03/11/12	Missa Solemnis - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall Missa Solemnis - Classic Series Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Music Hall March 9-March 11, 2012 Compared in its form and greatness with Bach's Mass in B-minor, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis has inspired listeners for almost 200 years. Listen to one of today's foremost mezzo-sopranos, Susanne Mentzer, soprano Katie Van Kooten, tenor Roger Honeywell, bass Raymond Aceto and the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Chorus perform Beethoven's supreme achievement.
    03/10/12	Live and Let Die: Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney - Concert Special Tucson Music Hall Live and Let Die: Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney - Concert Special Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Music Hall March 10, 2012 Live and Let Die combines the power of the golden era of pop music with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Pops! to bring a delightful concert experience for Beatles and Paul McCartney fans of all ages. Tony Kishman, with his uncanny resemblance both visually and vocally to the beloved Beatle, is regarded by Beatle connoisseurs as the world's best McCartney look and sound-alike. He is joined by Classical Mystery Tour collaborators Jim Owen, Chris Camilleri and conductor Martin Herman for a...
    03/24/12- 03/25/12	Cirque de la Symphonie - TSO Pops! Series Tucson Music Hall Cirque de la Symphonie - TSO Pops! Series Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Music Hall March 24-March 25, 2012 The best-selling program in the history of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Pops! series returns by popular demand! Welcome back your favorite aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen from Cirque de la Symphonie, some of the most accomplished veterans of exceptional cirque programs from around the world. They include world record holders, gold-medal winners, Olympians and some of the most original talent seen anywhere. A three dimensional entertainment...
    04/13/12- 04/15/12	Russian Masters - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall Russian Masters - Classic Series Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Music Hall April 13-April 15, 2012 Already hailed as one of his generation's most significant artists, he makes his Tucson Symphony Orchestra debut performing the Romantic Russian melodies of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2. The program begins with the complex and lustrous work of Jonathan Leshnoff's Starburst, premiered last year to rave reviews by the Baltimore Symphony, and concludes with Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 with its dramatic, fateful music filled with Russian folk tunes. Israeli Lior Shambadal makes his Tucson...

• Current &
  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    02/10/12- 02/12/12

    Arizona Centennial Celebration - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall Arizona Centennial Celebration - Classic Series Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Music Hall February 10-February 12, 2012 The Tucson Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 100th anniversary of Arizona statehood with a program of music, dance, spoken word and a performance by the world's premier performer of the Native American flute, R. Carlos Nakai. Take a musical tour in a most renowned Arizona feature ? Grofé's exceptionally popular Grand Canyon Suite ? and be inspired by a President's Day observance with a narration of Copland's Lincoln's Portrait. The celebration begins with Copland's stirring Fanfare for the...

  • Upcoming Events

    02/25/12- 02/26/12	Back in the Saddle Again, More Music of the West - TSO Pops! Series Tucson Music Hall Back in the Saddle Again, More Music of the West - TSO Pops! Series Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Music Hall February 25-February 26, 2012 When the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Pops! and the Bill Ganz Western Band first teamed up in 2010 to pay tribute to the golden age of the singing cowboy, performing songs inspired by Southern Arizona, it was an artistic triumph and box office hit. Now they're back with another program of music from the Southwest heritage enhanced with beautiful orchestrations including "Ridin' Down the Canyon" inspired by Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona and "Nightrider's Lament" penned near Sonoita. Favorite classic...
    03/03/12	Just for Kids - If You Could Talk to the Animals Town Hall Just for Kids - If You Could Talk to the Animals Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Town Hall March 3, 2012 Come one, come all and celebrate the lives of animals with the TSO Wind Quintet. Take a wild adventure with them as they meet tigers, crocodiles, a rhinoceros, a gorilla and even a dragon! Dress up in your favorite animal costume or just bring your favorite stuffed friend. Non-stop fun beginning to end!
    03/03/12	If You Could Talk to the Animals - Just for Kids Tucson Symphony Center If You Could Talk to the Animals - Just for Kids Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Symphony Center March 3, 2012 Come one, come all and celebrate the lives of animals with the TSO Wind Quintet. Take a wild adventure with us as we meet tigers, crocodiles, a rhinoceros, a gorilla and even a dragon! Dress up in your favorite animal costume or just bring your favorite stuffed friend. Non-stop fun beginning to end!
    03/03/12- 03/04/12	Mozart and Beethoven - MasterWorks Series Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium Mozart and Beethoven - MasterWorks Series Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium March 3-March 4, 2012 Tucson Symphony Orchestra present Mozart and Beethoven - MasterWorks Series featuring George Hanson, conductor and Laura Stoutenborough, clarinet at Catalina Foothills High School.
    03/09/12- 03/11/12	Missa Solemnis - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall Missa Solemnis - Classic Series Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Music Hall March 9-March 11, 2012 Compared in its form and greatness with Bach's Mass in B-minor, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis has inspired listeners for almost 200 years. Listen to one of today's foremost mezzo-sopranos, Susanne Mentzer, soprano Katie Van Kooten, tenor Roger Honeywell, bass Raymond Aceto and the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Chorus perform Beethoven's supreme achievement.
    03/10/12	Live and Let Die: Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney - Concert Special Tucson Music Hall Live and Let Die: Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney - Concert Special Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Music Hall March 10, 2012 Live and Let Die combines the power of the golden era of pop music with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Pops! to bring a delightful concert experience for Beatles and Paul McCartney fans of all ages. Tony Kishman, with his uncanny resemblance both visually and vocally to the beloved Beatle, is regarded by Beatle connoisseurs as the world's best McCartney look and sound-alike. He is joined by Classical Mystery Tour collaborators Jim Owen, Chris Camilleri and conductor Martin Herman for a...
    03/24/12- 03/25/12	Cirque de la Symphonie - TSO Pops! Series Tucson Music Hall Cirque de la Symphonie - TSO Pops! Series Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Music Hall March 24-March 25, 2012 The best-selling program in the history of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Pops! series returns by popular demand! Welcome back your favorite aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen from Cirque de la Symphonie, some of the most accomplished veterans of exceptional cirque programs from around the world. They include world record holders, gold-medal winners, Olympians and some of the most original talent seen anywhere. A three dimensional entertainment...
    04/13/12- 04/15/12	Russian Masters - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall Russian Masters - Classic Series Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Music Hall April 13-April 15, 2012 Already hailed as one of his generation's most significant artists, he makes his Tucson Symphony Orchestra debut performing the Romantic Russian melodies of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2. The program begins with the complex and lustrous work of Jonathan Leshnoff's Starburst, premiered last year to rave reviews by the Baltimore Symphony, and concludes with Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 with its dramatic, fateful music filled with Russian folk tunes. Israeli Lior Shambadal makes his Tucson...

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    02/11/12	Midori - Concert Special Tucson Music Hall
    02/04/12- 02/05/12	American Portraits - MasterWorks Series Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium
    02/04/12	The Great Grand Canyon Time Train - Just for Kids Tucson Symphony Center
    01/28/12- 01/29/12	Wicked Divas - TSO Pops! Series Tucson Music Hall
    01/14/12	Doc Severinsen and El Ritmo de la Vida - Concert Special Tucson Music Hall
    01/13/12- 01/15/12	The Rite of Spring - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall
    01/07/12- 01/08/12	Variations on Tchaikovsky - MasterWorks Series Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium
    01/07/12	Pip and the Pirate - Just for Kids Tucson Symphony Center
    12/31/11	New Year's Eve - Moveable Musical Feasts Arizona Inn
    12/17/11- 12/18/11	Holiday Spectacular! - TSO Pops! Series Tucson Music Hall
    12/10/11- 12/11/11	Handel's Messiah! - Concert Special Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium
    12/03/11	The Duck is Back! - Just for Kids Tucson Symphony Center
    12/02/11- 12/04/11	Mozart and Prokofiev - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall
    11/11/11- 11/13/11	The New World, Barber and Bernstein - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall
    11/05/11- 11/06/11	Outside of the Bachs - MasterWorks Series Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium
    11/05/11	Sailing the High C's - Just for Kids Tucson Symphony Center
    11/05/11	In the Kingdom of Music, Rhythm is King Town Hall
    10/23/11	Moveable Musical Feast Tanque Verde Guest Ranch
    10/14/11- 10/16/11	Fantastique Opening - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall
    10/01/11	In the Kingdom of Music, Rhythm is King - Just for Kids Tucson Symphony Center
    10/01/11	Sailing the High C's Town Hall
    05/06/11- 05/07/11	Young Composers Project Reading Sessions Tucson Symphony Center
    04/09/11	Kitchen Music Town Hall
    04/08/11- 04/10/11	Classic Series: Pictures at an Exhibition Tucson Music Hall
    04/03/11	Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
    04/02/11	Just for Kids: Flute, Viola, Harp Trio Tucson Symphony Center
    03/26/11- 03/27/11	TSO Pops! Series: Simply Swingin Tucson Music Hall
    03/19/11	Concert Special: Bernadette Peters Tucson Music Hall
    03/11/11- 03/13/11	Classic Series: Scheherazade Tucson Music Hall
    03/05/11	String Quartet - Just for Kids Tucson Symphony Center
    03/05/11- 03/06/11	MasterWorks Series: Virtuoso Violin and Haydn Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium
    02/26/11- 02/27/11	TSO Pops! Series: A Night at the Oscars Tucson Music Hall
    02/12/11	Concert Special: Take it to the Limit - The Music of The Eagles Tucson Music Hall
    02/11/11- 02/13/11	Classic Series: Dancing with Liszt and Ravel Tucson Music Hall
    02/05/11	TSO Brass Quintet - Just for Kids Tucson Symphony Center
    02/05/11- 02/06/11	MasterWorks Series: Schumann Romance Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium
    02/05/11	Just for Kids: Rubato the Rattlesnake Town Hall
    01/22/11- 01/23/11	TSO Pops! Series: OZ With Orchestra Tucson Music Hall
    01/14/11- 01/16/11	Classic Series: Respighi, Rossini and Lalo Tucson Music Hall
    01/10/11	Concert Special: Lang Lang Tucson Music Hall
    01/08/11- 01/09/11	MasterWorks Series: Marvelous Mozart Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium
    01/08/11	Just for Kids: Music in Disguise Tucson Symphony Center
    12/31/10	Moveable Musical Feast Arizona Inn
    12/18/10- 12/19/10	TSO Pops! Series: Holiday Spectacular! Tucson Music Hall
    12/10/10- 12/12/10	Classic Series: Franck and Prokofiev Tucson Music Hall
    12/04/10	Concert Special: Handel's Messiah! Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium
    11/19/10- 11/21/10	Classic Series: Tchaikovsky and Friends Tucson Music Hall
    11/19/10- 11/21/10	Tchaikovsky and Friends Tucson Music Hall
    11/06/10	Percussion Ensemble - Just for Kids Tucson Symphony Center
    11/06/10- 11/07/10	MasterWorks Series: Stars of the Symphony Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium
    10/22/10- 10/24/10	Classic Series: Opening Night! Beethoven and Mozart Tucson Music Hall
    10/02/10	Wind Quintet - Just for Kids Tucson Symphony Center
    05/07/10	Celebrate the Future Tucson Music Hall
    04/25/10	Brass Quintet - Green Valley Community Performing Arts Center
    04/25/10	Piano Trio - Tucson Tucson Symphony Center
    04/22/10- 04/23/10	Classic April - Czech it Out! Tucson Music Hall
    04/08/10- 04/11/10	Classic April - American Romance Tucson Music Hall
    04/03/10	Just for Kids: From Dawn to Dusk in the Sonoran Desert Tucson Symphony Center
    03/26/10- 03/28/10	TSO Pops! March - Saddle Up! Music of the West Tucson Symphony Center
    03/18/10- 03/21/10	Classic March - Beethoven's 9th Tucson Music Hall
    03/13/10- 03/14/10	Video Games Live(tm) Tucson Symphony Center
    03/06/10	Just for Kids: Cat with a Fiddle Tucson Symphony Center
    03/06/10- 03/07/10	Masterworks March - Beethoven Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium
    02/28/10	Flute, Viola, Harp Trio Community Performing Arts Center
    02/19/10- 02/21/10	TSO Pops! February - Great Movies! Grand Piano! Tucson Music Hall
    02/13/10	Moveable Musical Feasts Series - String Orchestra and Piano Trio Tucson Museum of Art
    02/12/10- 02/14/10	Classic February - Tchaikovsky Tucson Music Hall
    02/06/10	Just for Kids: Welcome to Planet Earth Mr. Weeeeeehooooooop! Tucson Symphony Center
    02/06/10- 02/07/10	Mozart and Bryant Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium
    01/29/10- 01/31/10	TSO Pops! January - Cirque de la Symphonie Tucson Music Hall
    01/24/10	Concertmaster Recital - Tucson Tucson Symphony Center
    01/24/10	TSO String Quartet - Green Valley Community Performing Arts Center
    01/16/10	Art Garfunkel Tucson Music Hall
    01/14/10- 01/17/10	Classic January - Nordic Favorites Tucson Music Hall
    01/09/10- 01/10/10	Masterworks January - Magnificent and Glorious! Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium
    01/02/10	Just for Kids: Peter and the Wolf Tucson Symphony Center
    12/31/09	Moveable Musical Feasts Series - String Quartet and TSO Soloists Arizona Inn
    12/18/09- 12/20/09	Holiday Spectacular! Tucson Music Hall
    12/11/09- 12/13/09	Handel's Messiah! Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium
    12/05/09	Yo-Yo Ma Tucson Music Hall
    12/03/09- 12/06/09	Brahms and Flute Fantasy Tucson Music Hall
    11/19/09- 11/22/09	Classic November - Mozart and Schumann Tucson Music Hall
    11/14/09- 11/15/09	Masterworks November - Mendelssohn and Haydn Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium
    11/07/09	Just for Kids: Sam and the Crazy Daisy Tucson Symphony Center
    11/06/09- 11/08/09	TSO Pops! November - Patriotic Pops! Tucson Music Hall
    11/01/09	Concertmaster Recital - Green Valley Community Performing Arts Center
    11/01/09	Recital Series - November - String Quartet and Wind Quintet Tucson Symphony Center
    10/29/09- 10/30/09	Classic October - Strauss, Lizst and Poetry Tucson Music Hall
    10/26/09	Dylan Thomas Songs University of Arizona Poetry Center
    10/24/09	Moveable Musical Feasts SERIES - Brass Quintet and Percussion Quartet Pima Air and Space Museum
    10/03/09	Just for Kids: Magic Bells Tucson Symphony Center
    10/03/09	Just for Kids: Welcome to Planet earth, Mr. Weeeeeehooooooop Town Hall
    10/01/09- 10/02/09	Tucson Symphony Orchestra Opening Night Tucson Music Hall
    08/20/09	Tucson Symphony Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Club Congress
    05/15/09- 05/16/09	Young Composers Project Reading Sessions Tucson Symphony Center
    05/15/09- 05/16/09	Young Composers Project Reading Sessions Tucson Symphony Center
    05/09/09	Flute Viola Harp Trio Tucson Symphony Center
    05/07/09- 05/08/09	River's Edge Tucson Symphony Center
    05/01/09	Celebrate the Future Tucson Music Hall
    04/16/09- 04/19/09	Mahler's Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection" Tucson Music Hall
    04/05/09	TSO Piano Trio Desert Hills Lutheran Church
    04/05/09	TSO Brass Quintet Tucson Symphony Center
    10/23/08- 10/24/08	Mendelssohn and Stravinsky's Firebird - Classic Series Tucson Music Hall

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