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Celebrate the Holidays with the TSO
It's hard to believe that the holidays are almost upon us once again. The TSO holiday celebration encompasses shopping, music, dance and dining at a variety of locations around Tucson. |
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TSOL Holiday Bazaar
You can start your holiday shopping Saturday, November 19 at the Skyline Country Club when the Tucson Symphony Orchestra League hosts a Holiday Bazaar. There will be over 25 vendors with lots of great items for everyone on your gift list. A lavish lunch will be served at food stations throughout the bazaar. Send your reservations to Suzette Davis, 5791 N. Paseo Otono, 85750. For questions either email hdavisfam@gmail.com or call Maggie Kosinski at 520-791-0898. |
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Handel's Messiah
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Bruce Chamberlain |
Then treat you and your family to the awe-inspiring Hallelujah Chorus when the TSO and TSO Chorus give their annual performances of Handel's Messiah at Catalina Foothills High School on Saturday, December 10 at 8:00pm and Sunday, December 11 at 2:00pm. Click here for more info or here to purchase tickets. |
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A Southwest Nutcracker
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Tucson Regional Ballet Chili Pepper |
That same weekend you will also be able to enjoy the TSO performing the music at the Tucson Regional Ballet's production of A Southwest Nutcracker. Featuring guest dancers formerly with the Joffrey Ballet, this original, full length classical ballet translates the traditional Nutcracker to Tucson in the 1880s complete with the battle of the coyotes and the U.S. Cavalry. Travel with young Maria (Clara) and the Nutcracker General over the glistening, falling snow of Mt. Lemmon to a Desert Dream of Chili Peppers, Mama Pinata and the waltzing Desert Poppies. Click here for more details... |
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 TSO Pops! Holiday Spectacular
You can also see excerpts from A Southwest Nutcracker when Michael Hall returns as guest conductor for the TSO Pops! Holiday Spectacular on Saturday, December 17 at 7:30pm and Sunday, December 18 at 2:00pm at the Tucson Music Hall. Click here for details and here to purchase tickets. |
Moveable Musical Feast:
New Year's Eve at the Arizona Inn
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The TSO Percussion Ensemble has just been announced for the Moveable Musical Feast New Year's Eve at the Arizona Inn. The evening will also feature TSO soloists and the SwingN' the New Jazz Ensemble for dancing your way into 2012. Click here for more info and here for tickets. |
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Become a Member of the TSO Chorus
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It is still possible to audition for the TSO Chorus and sing Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. Download the audition excerpts form at www.tucsonsymphony.org and call 260-7810 to schedule an audition. |
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Save the Date
November 11: Check out the premiere of Mozart's Sister at noon at the Loft Film Fest at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway. Variety calls the film about Wolfgang's big sister "a stunner...a treat for classical music lovers and cinephiles alike."
November 13: the last day to bring in your old, unworn, broken or unwanted pieces of gold and platinum jewelry to one of the two Marshall's Jewelers stores for ON Media's Golden Encore fundraising campaign for the TSO. The pieces will be melted down and sold and the proceeds given to the TSO. All jewelry donors will receive a receipt to be used for tax purposes. For more information bring your items into one of the two Marshall's Jewelers stores or, contact Rita Marshall at 520-325-9955.
December 2 and 4: December Classic Series program, Mozart and Prokofiev. Mozart's glowing Symphony No. 39, the first of his final musical triptych, cheers the listener with its novel, melodious use of the wind section while Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5, one of his most performed works, follows with the rousing, exciting optimism of humanity over tyranny. Purchase tickets here.
December 3 The Piano Trio performs "The Duck is Back" at the Just for Kids program at 10:00a.m. and 11:15a.m.at the Tucson Symphony Center. After a ten-year absence "The Ugly Duckling" returns. "The Ugly Duckling" is Michael Fan's retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale. As a special treat, the TSO Piano Trio will perform the enchanting "Pas de duck" and the exciting "Ducklorico." |
