Cheers! Have some beer with your Brahms at choir's concert

Tucson’s unaccompanied Helios Ensemble choir is toasting Brahms with beer on Sunday, June 18, and not just ordinary, mass-produced brew available at your corner convenience store.

They’re pairing Brahms love songs and requiem with Dragoon, one of Tucson’s fine microbrews.

The 3-year-old Helios Ensemble, a 50-voice choir led by founder and conductor Benjamin Hansen, is billing “Brahms and Beer” as a “hearty celebration” of the 19th century German composer and his music. It’s also a chance to see Hansen lead the group in a piece that has become a Helios favorite, Stephen Paulus’ “Pilgrim’s Hymn.”

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Brahms and Beer starts at 7 p.m. Sunday at Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St. Helios also will perform the Brahms concert sans the beer at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 17, at Good Shepherd United Church of Christ, 17750 S. La Cañada Drive in Sahuarita. Tickets are $18, $30 for two at mkt.com/heliosensemble or at the door.

Details: heliosensemble.org