Cecile Licad, who thrilled Tucson Symphony Orchestra performing Piano Concerto No. 2 by Camille Saint-Saens, will return to Tucson in the 2008/09 season. Ms. Licad will perform Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, one of the most popular and demanding piano concertos ever written, on a Classic Special program one night only, Saturday, February 7, 2009 at the Tucson Music Hall. The opening became available when Horacio Gutierrez had to withdraw from the TSO 2008/09 season.
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Four of the top students from the 2007/08—79th Season Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artists Competition will perform with guest conductor Lawrence Golan and the TSO at the Celebrate the Future concert on Thursday, May 1 at 7:00 pm at the Tucson Music Hall. Mr. Golan and the TSO will also perform two works by students from the Young Composers Project.
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The stars have aligned for a special Tucson Symphony Orchestra presentation of Gustav Holst's astronomical and musical tour de force and one of the most popular orchestral pieces ever written, The Planets.
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Very sad news comes from Tucson as mom dies having triplets. Andrue Smith, the husband and now the father of three children, does not know whether to celebrate the birth of his new three infant children or to mourn the loss of his wife.
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Music Director and Conductor George Hanson will conduct the Tucson Symphony Orchestra in the MasterWorks Chamber Orchestra Special, Messiah! on Friday and Saturday December 7 and 8 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, December 9 at 2:00 pm at Catalina Foothills High School, 4300 E. Sunrise Dr. An additional performance is scheduled for Thursday, December 6 at Desert View Theater in SaddleBrooke.
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The Tucson Symphony Orchestra reaches a new milestone with the release of its first commercial recording. It will contain three works by French Canadian composer André Mathieu and will be released by the Canadian-based label, Analekta. The recording will take place at the Tucson Music Hall during the final TSO Classic Series concert of the 2007/08 season, GERSHWIN AND MATHIEU on Thursday and Friday, May 8 and 9 at 8:00 pm.
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Visit a Haunted (But Not Too Scary) House With The Tucson Symphony Orchestra Flute, Viola, Harp Trio At Just for Kids on Saturday, March 17, 2007. The big old house across the street had been abandoned for years. But very late one night Emily heard the sound of a flute. What could it be? Where could it be coming from? Find out in the scary (but not too scary!) Emily and the Ghost Flute by TSO violinist and composer Michael Fan.
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Film buffs are in for an evening of great music and film clips when Guest Conductor Albert-George Schram leads the TSO Pops! in HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD, a salute to the music of Oscar and Grammy winning composer, John Williams. The HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD performances are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, March 16 and 17 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, March 18 at 2:00 pm at the Tucson Music Hall.
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Grammy Award-winning violin virtuoso Hilary Hahn will make her debut with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra in a one-night-only Classic Concert Special, HILARY HAHN AND PICTURES! on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 8:00 pm at the Tucson Music Hall. Music Director and Conductor George Hanson will lead Ms. Hahn and the TSO in a performance of the Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 by Jean Sibelius.
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Silent Auction, Music by Members of the TSO, Dinner & Live Auction Set for Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa on Saturday March 3, 2007. How does a violin become a cactus, a cello an ant hill, a sousaphone a man-eating reptile? When prominent artists of the Southwest let their imaginations run wild to transform donated instruments into one-of-a-kind works of art to be auctioned at Art of Music, a benefit to raise funds for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra.
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Silent Auction, Music by Members of the TSO, Dinner & Live Auction Set for Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa on Saturday March 3, 2007.
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The Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and bandleader from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson was scheduled to perform a TSO Pops! Special one-night-only concert on January 13 at the Tucson Music Hall. The TSO Pops! concert with Doc has now been rescheduled for April 14 at 7:30 pm at the Tucson Music Hall. All tickets purchased to date are valid for the rescheduled date of April 14th, 2007. Patrons should keep their tickets to use on the new date.
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