music composition

Summer in Tucson can be, well, let's face it, quiet.The winter visitors are all back in their cooler Midwest and East Coast climates, and University of Arizona college kids are scattered in the wind.No traffic jams. No long…

After canceling several shows and fears that more would be shelved, the chart-topping pop-country band Old Dominion was back on stage Friday resuming its "No Bad Vibes" tour that was paused after lead singer Matthew Ramsey…

The University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music will remember one of its own with a performance Sunday, April 30, of Brahms’s comforting “Ein Deutsches Requiem” (German Requiem), a large-scale work for orchestra and…

Country singer Jordan Davis spent a day in Tucson late last month filming a music video for his newest single, "Tucson Too Late."Here's the thing: Before that trip, the Nashville country singer who broke out big with his…

Members of Tucson’s religious communities are coming together with a trio of Tucson-tied musicians and a prolific local composer on Tuesday, April 25, to celebrate Israel’s 75th birthday. “A Celebration of Israel at 75,”…

Arizona Friends of Chamber Music wraps up its 2022-23 season on Wednesday, April 19, with the Tucson debut of an award-winning trio known for performances that invigorate audiences emotionally and intellectually.Meanwhile,…

Boris Karloff made for a scary Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 black and white horror film.But Frankenstein's monster as a leading man in an opera?We're about to find out when Arizona Opera mounts the world premiere of…

Mahler's behemoth Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" is not something orchestras the size of the Tucson Symphony can program very often.It requires a big choir, two soloists and nearly 100 musicians to make it worth the…

Tucson's largest free outdoor music festival is returning this weekend for its 38th year with 125 performances by more than 300 musicians at downtown’s Jácome Plaza.There will be six stages, including one inside the Roy…

Jackson R. Kimball For the Arizona Daily Star Indie rock band Built to Spill has just begun a seven-week tour across the United States that will touch down in Tucson on Monday, April 3, at 191…