Season at a glance Classics series
- ”Classic Gershwin” featuring pianist Joyce Yang, Sept. 23, 25.”The Planets on the Big Screen” with guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen and the women of the TSO Chorus, Oct. 21, 23. “Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2” with pianist William Wolfram and guest conductor Andrew Grams, Nov. 11, 13. “All Beethoven,” including Symphony No. 1 and No. 3, with James Feddeck at the podium, Dec. 2, 4. “Brahms Requiem,” with guest vocalists Heidi Stober and Andrew Craig Brown and the TSO Chorus, conducted by Markus Huber, Jan. 20, 22. ”Rhapsody in Blue and Billy the Kid,” with pianist Conrad Tao and guest conductor James Judd, Feb. 17, 19. ”Prokofiev and ‘Pathétique’,” with guest conductor David Lockington and violinist Angelo Xiang Yu, March 17, 19, 2017.” An Alpine Symphony,” with Gomez at the podium, April 7. 9.
MasterWorks Series
- ”Corelli & Mozart’s Symphony No. 39,” with conductor Andrew Grams who also will play violin, Oct. 8, 9.
- ”Fauré, Bizet & Mozart’s Concertante,” with guest conductor Keitaro Harada, and the husband-and-wife pair of violist Catharine Lees and violinist Timothy Lees, Nov. 5, 6.
- ”Bach & Haydn in Harmony,” with conductor Daniel Hege and TSO flutist Alexander Lipay, Jan. 7, 8. “Schubert, Mozart & Strauss: 3 Major Works,” with Conductor Gomez, Feb. 4, 5. “Youthful Exuberance from Mozart & Dvorák,” with conductor Marcelo Lehninger, March 4, 5, 2017.
TSO Special
- “The Music of the Who,” Oct. 29. The Romero Guitar Quartet, March 9, 2017 (Centennial Hall).
Super Pops
- ”Super Diamond & the TSO Salute to Neil Diamond,” Oct. 15, 16. John Pizzarelli and Combo, Jan. 14, 15. Country Legends, Feb. 11, 12. “Cirque Musica — Crescendo,” March 11 and 12.
Holiday Fun
- “Home Alone in Concert,” Nov. 26, 27. “Messiah,” Dec. 10, 11. “Magic of Christmas,” Dec. 17, 18.
- For tickets:
- Call the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Box Office at 882-8585 or go to tucsonsymphony.org
Venues: Classics concerts are held at Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave. MasterWorks concerts are held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 7575 N. Paseo del Norte, Oro Valley.
Tucson Symphony Orchestra and the Marshall Foundation are giving the gift of music to Tucson area middle and high school music students.
Under a joint program announced early this week, students in band, orchestra or choir at area high and middle schools can get two free tickets to TSO Classics and MasterWorks concerts throughout the 2016-17 season.
The Marshall Foundation is picking up the tab for one of the tickets and the TSO is matching the offer, according to a TSO news release outlining the program.
The tickets are available for students in the Amphi, Ajo, Catalina Foothills, Marana, Oracle, Sahuarita, Sunnyside, Tucson Unified and Vail school districts, as well as students attending private and charter schools, and members of the Tucson Junior Strings, Tucson Philharmonia Youth Orchestra, the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus and the Tucson Girls Chorus.
To be eligible, students have to register at TEAMtix on the TSO website (tucsonsymphony.org) by Sept. 15. The school with the most kids registered will win $500, TSO officials said.
TEAMtix tickets are good for all Classics series performances at Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave., or Friday night MasterWorks concerts at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Oro Valley.
The TSO, under the baton of newly named music director José Luis Gomez, opens the season Sept. 23 with “Gershwin,” featuring the American composer’s “Cuban” Overture and “An American in Paris.” Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G, featuring pianist and Van Cliburn silver medal winner Joyce Yang, and the TSO premiere of Villa-Lobos’s Chôros No. 6 rounds out the program.
TSO has seven music education programs including its nationally touted Young Composers Project. Last year, the organization provided music education to more than 40,000 students, according to orchestra officials.
The Marshall Foundation, founded in 1930, supports Tucson charitable organizations that are involved in education, health and youth projects and services, according to the foundation’s website. The foundation places extra emphasis on organizations that work with youths.
