Talented young competition winner Ryan Chen will enthrall you with his virtuosity in today’s concert. In addition to his prize-winning awards, Ryan, a first-year undergraduate at the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music, has already performed with the Arizona Symphonic Winds, Tucson Philharmonia...
Maxi Larrea, guitarist and composer and Jennie Gubner, violinist and Latin American music scholar join guest artist Andrés Pantoja, guitarist/charango player from Chile, for a concert of original and traditional works from the Latin American cultural repertoire. Classical, tango, flamenco and folk music highlight the...
We are delighted to welcome 2022 with the violin duo of Grace Nakano and Emily Chao. Colleagues at the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Grace and Emily have prepared a most intriguing program for a unique pairing of strings, including selections from Bartok’s 44 Duos for 2...
We are delighted to welcome Emily Chao, Juan David Mejia and Carla Fabris back to the Opera House. These gifted musicians have prepared a most intriguing program for this combination of stringed instruments, beginning with a solo performance of the Cello Suite No.1 by J.S.Bach,...
Presenting music for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos performed by Emily Chao, Juan Mejia, Zoran Stilin, Ann Weaver and David Rife on instruments handcrafted by a master luthier. Not only will you enjoy the sounds of these treasures in the program, you will also be treated to...
A Conversation Without Words featuring Timothy Kantor, Laura Casarez, Emily Chao and Juan Mejia Imagine hearing a spirited conversation without words! Today’s program is one of the highlights of our concert season. It features two composers: Franz Josef Haydn, whose contributions to the development of...
Our final concert of the 2021-2022 season features two exceptional musicians Amanda Zory and Walter Aparicio in a program that includes both solo performances and partnered duets of voice and piano. As superb soloists and dedicated music collaborators, Amanda and Walter have perfected the art...
We are indeed fortunate to be presenting this special encore concert featuring Yasmin Alami and Joseph Rousos- Hammond, superb musicians with impressive concertizing backgrounds. The program includes works by Chopin, Prokofieff and Beethoven and a unique collaborative work written by three composers - the Sonatensatz...
In 2015, a small group of military musicians stationed at Fort Huachuca started a jazz ensemble known as the Cannonball Jazz Combo. They would provide music for a wide variety of events hosted by the commanding general that were attended by various dignitaries from across the...
Canciones & Canzoni Please join us in the courtyard of the Opera House to discover the musical treasures of Italy and Mexico embodied in the love songs and romantic ballads of Paolo Tosti, Augustin Lara, and Manuel Ponce performed by Edgar Ricaud, tenor, Martin Marquez,...
Please join us in the courtyard of the Opera House for sensational latin jazz performed by the Cool Breeze trio, Matt Mitchell , Mike Levy, Homero Ceron who play the steel pans, nylon string guitar and electric bass guitar. They will play a program of short...
We are pleased to open the 2022-2023 season by welcoming back the Monsoon Brass quintet featuring Betsy Bright - trumpet, Jason Carder - trumpet, Victor Valenzuela - horn, Joseph Muñoz - trombone and David Morgan - tuba. Five outstanding musicians return this season to present a...
The Benderly-Kendall Opera House is transformed into an intimate bistro setting for a private event open to the members of the Friends of the Opera House (FOH) program. Tonight’s program features the voices of tenor Edgar Ricaud and guitarist Martin Marquez with pianist Christina Wilhelm...
Evan Kory (piano) and friends Juan Mejia (cello), Emily Chao (violin), Laura Casarez (violin) and Rafael Lizama (viola) grace the stage to showcase the extraordinary 1881 Bluthner grand piano that was donated to SCFPA by Torrey and Sandy Johnson. Fully restored in 2003 the Bluthner piano is one...