The University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music Concertlist

November/December 2022

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Faculty Artist Series Recital – John Milbauer, piano

November 29, Tuesday, 7:00p.m.

Holsclaw Hall, $10 Box Office

Mariachi Arizona

November 30, Wednesday, 7:30p.m.

Crowder Hall, $10 Box Office

The University of Arizona Philharmonic Orchestra

Thomas Cockrell, music director

María Fátima Corona del Toro and Yudai Ueda, graduate conductors

December 1, Thursday, 7:30p.m.

Crowder Hall, $10 Box Office

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“Kenton in Blue”

UA Concert Jazz Band and UA Studio Jazz Ensemble

Directed by Gerhard Guter and Jason Carder

December 2, Friday, 7:30p.m.

Crowder Hall, $10 Box Office

String Project Community Student Concert

December 3, Saturday, 3:00p.m.

Holsclaw Hall, $Free

The String Project is dedicated to the partnership of teaching and learning in music. This outreach program is designed to inspire and foster creativity among young musicians and cultivate a learning environment to enable the development of future string teachers. While future teachers gain experience, elementary and middle school students in the Tucson community are able to study music at a low or no cost. The String Project is directed by Dr. Theodore Buchholz and taught by masters and doctoral teaching assistants and music education majors.

UA Jazz Combos

December 3, Saturday, 3:30 p.m.

Crowder Hall, $Free

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The University of Arizona Wind Ensemble

Chad R. Nicholson, music director and conductor

A Tribute to the Life of Professor Gregg Hanson

December 3, Saturday, 7:30p.m.

Crowder Hall, $10 Box Office

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The University of Arizona Wind Ensemble will honor the memory of Professor Emeritus Gregg I. Hanson, who served as the Director of Bands for 26 years before retiring in 2016. The concert, a celebration of Professor Hanson’s impact on his students and colleagues, will feature several guest conductors and speakers, as well as pieces of music that held special meaning throughout his life. Music by Mozart, Dvořák, David Maslanka, Carter Pann, and others will serve as a centerpiece for this special event. We truly hope that all whose lives were touched by Professor Hanson will be able to join us online or in person.

Percussion Ensemble

December 4, 2022 11:30 am

Crowder Hall, $Free

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Holiday Card to Tucson

Arizona and Symphonic Choirs, University Community Chorus, Collegium Musicum, Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus, Tucson Girls Chorus

Sunday, December 4, 3:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

St. Augustine Cathedral (192 South Stone Avenue)

$25 Admission

Tickets can be purchased through the Arizona Arts Box Office – either by calling (520) 621-3341) or in person. There will be a limited number of free vouchers, which can be reserved at the Arizona Arts Box Office.

Box Office Hours:

Tuesday – Friday 12:00pm – 6:00pm

Saturday – 12:00pm – 5:00pm

PLEASE NOTE: The Box Office observes limited hours or is closed during most university recognized holidays. If purchasing tickets in person, please call ahead to confirm hours.

Holiday Card to Tucson is a multi-generational celebration of the season. UA’s gift to the Tucson community, these annual sell-out concerts are a perfect fit for the sublime splendor and reverberant acoustics of the cathedral. These concerts fill quickly, so be sure to reserve your seats early!

William Wolfe Guitar Award Recital

Sunday, December 4, 3:00 pm

Holsclaw Hall, $Free

William Wolfe Guitar Award

More and more, during recent years, public and private studio recitals by guitar students at The University of Arizona have deeply impressed and moved me. They have won my high and continual admiration for their shared enthusiasm, perseverance, and devotion in study of this wonderfully fine, fascinating instrument on which they so heartily and intently focus their talent and energy, the classical guitar.

Clearly the learning and ever greater mastery of it, under Professor Tom Patterson’s exemplary teaching, stimulates and nurtures their innate intelligence. Beyond that, they give ample evidence of having developed a powerful, refined articulateness of expression through musical dedication and wholehearted performance.

Enjoying results of funds at the UA Foundation, I’ve been immeasurably thrilled to see students of guitar become encouraged by scholarships to move always forward in their laudable aspirations and endeavors. Based on a pass-through scholarship endowment, each of these yearly recitals draws attention, by audition with graduate student judges, to four outstanding student guitarists who delight in sharing their joy of musical inspiration with recital audiences and among their performing fellow scholars as well.

The equal awards they receive in monetary form are intended primarily as tokens of the honor they have earned together by their very evident and exceptional diligence.

William J. Wolfe

Tucson New Horizons Band

December 4, Sunday, 3:30p.m.

Crowder Hall, $Free

New Horizons Music programs provide entry points to music making for adults, including those with no musical experience at all and also those who were active in school music programs but have been inactive for a long period. The Tucson New Horizons Band is open to adults over the age of 50 and meets weekly on Sunday afternoons. If you are interested in joining, please contact Dr. Matthew Williams at mlwilliams@arizona.edu.