For the first time in either groupâs history, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and Tucson Girls Chorus will share a stage for a free concert on Thursday, April 18.
And hereâs the really cool thing, aside from the fact you donât have to buy a ticket: You can come as you are. Jeans, shorts, a ball cap, or dressed to the nines. Itâs up to you.
Thursdayâs concert features TSO Music Director JosÊ Luis Gomez leading a program bookended by Brahmsâ âTragicâ Overture and Elgarâs Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1. In between, the orchestra will perform Young Composers Project composer Rory Briccaâs âLandfallâ and several works that the girls chorus will perform including Zachary Mooreâs âAlways Keep This Closeâ and Jocelyn Hagenâs âMoon Goddess.â
Thursdayâs concert, sponsored by John and Adrienne Utley and supported by Rio Nuevo, begins at 7:30 p.m. at Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave.
The concert is a warm-up of sorts to next monthâs three-day Young Composers Festival May 17-19 at Catalina Foothills High School. For details, visit tucsonsymphony.org.



