Tucson Weekly: Listings: Music (October 22

MUSIC
Performances This Week
Listings UA OPERA. Crowder Hall, UA Music Building. South end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Continuing through October 25: The Barber of Seville, a comic opera by Gioacchino Fossini, presented in English by the UA School of Music and Dance. Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $12, $10 UA faculty/staff, $6 students/seniors. Call the UA Fine Arts box office at 621-1162 for tickets and information.
KING AND I. UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. UApresents brings the classic musical The King and I at 8 p.m. Friday, October 23, and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, October 24. Tickets are $26, $32, and $38, half-price for children 18 and under and all students with ID. Call 621-3341 for information.
TRIO VORONEZH. Russia's lively young chamber music group, Trio Voronezh, play two free mini-concerts at Ric's Café (5605 E. River Road) at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, October 28, and at the Main Library at noon on Thursday, October 29, followed by their full length performance at 7:30 p.m. that evening at the Catalina United Methodist Church, 2700 E. Speedway Blvd. Cost is $20, half-price for children 18 and under and students with ID. Call 621-3364 for information.
ARIZONA FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC. TCC Leo Rich Theatre. 260 S. Church Ave. The Arizona Friends of Chamber music present their second concert of the season, featuring the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra with Stephen Prutsman, pianist, at 8 p.m. Thursday, October 22. Tickets are $14, $4 for full-time students, and are available at the TCC box office. Call 577-3769 for reservations and information.
FRASER AND SKYEDANCE. ASDB Berger Performing Arts Center. 1200 W. Speedway Blvd. Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and Skyedance, a six-piece band with piper, take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 22. Tickets are $17 and $15. Call 327-4809 for reservations.
GERSHWIN CENTENNIAL CONCERT. Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson. 4831 E. 22nd St. Mike Palter and Lynne Jackson, musical duo from Boston, sing and play on piano and bass the songs of George and Ira Gershwin. The George Gershwin Centennial Concert begins at 8 p.m. Saturday, October 24. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children, and may be obtained by calling the church office at 748-1551 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
OUR TOWN CONCERT SERIES. Tohono Chul Park Performance Garden. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Arm and Hammer, the duo of Stefan George and Anna Duff, perform original instrumentals and traditional world music on hammered dulcimer and guitar at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 22. Cost is $6, $3.50 for TCP members and children 12 and under. Reservations are required. Call 742-6455 for information.
PLAZA SUITE FALL SERIES. St. Philip's Plaza. 4380 N. Campbell Ave. 'Round Midnight features singer John Ronstadt, with Jed Paradies on sax and flute, from 5 to
8 p.m. Sunday, October 25. Call 743-3399 for information.
SEVEN PIPERS BENEFIT. The Molly's throw their musical weight behind the annual Seven Pipers Society fundraising bash with a performance at 9 p.m. Saturday, October 24, at The Hut, 305 N. Fourth Ave. Call 623-8600 for information.
UA VISITING COMPOSER SERIES. UA Music Building, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. American composer and pianist Larry Bell kicks off the first in a series of six visiting composer lectures presented by the UA School of Music and Dance, and the Arizona Commission on the Arts. The series features composers' unique expression of their music and its genesis and development over time. Bell is in concert from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, October 22. Admission is free. Call MusiCall at 621-2998 for information.
ZEITGIST. Mat Bevel Institute. 530 N. Stone Ave. Zeitgist presents the Joe McPhee-Michael Bisio Duo at 8 p.m. Monday, October 26. Tickets are $10 the night of the concert and $8 in advance at CD Depot (1712 E. Spedway Blvd.) and Last Wax Records (402 N. Fourth Ave.). Call 882-7154 for information.
Out Of Town
GREEN VALLEY SHOWCASE. Valley Presbyterian Church. 2800 S. Camino del Sol, Green Valley. The UA School of Music and Dance and the Green Valley Concert Association present the Green Valley Faculty Showcase, featuring UA faculty, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 23. Feature players include: Ed Reid on trumpet; Pamela Decker on organ; Jeffrey Showell, viola; Patrick Neher, string bass; Nancy Green, cello; Tom Ervin, trombone; and Jeffrey Haskell, piano. Program includes Kornauth's "Viola Sonata op. 3, Concerto in A-flat," by Alexander Arutiunian, a Gershwin tribute, and original compositions by Decker, Neher, and pianist Suzanne Knosp. Admission is $7 at the door. Call Cal Turner at 648-5961 for information.
Announcements
MALE A CAPPELLA SINGERS. Established, four- to six-man a cappella singing group seeks soulful group singers who can harmonize on the spot. Rock, soul, R&B, doo-wop, folk-rock, etc. Bass and/or tenor especially needed. Experience/training preferred, but not necessary. Call Mike at 628-3125, or Jay at 887-5246, for an appointment.
FEMALE A CAPPELLA SINGERS. Tune Catchers Women's A Cappella Chorus seeks new members. Chorus meets at 7 p.m. Mondays in the Music Room at Fountain of Life Lutheran Church, 710 S. Kolb Road. Call 325-0655 for information.
BAND CLASSES. Desert Dove Christian Church. 6163 S. Midvale Road. Desert Dove School of Music offers band, orchestra, keyboard, guitar, voice and preschool music and movement classes (for all ages). Cost ranges from $25 to $40 per month, plus enrollment and materials. Private instruction on piano, strings, guitar and band instruments is also available. Call 888-3352 or 887-4266 for information.
CALL FOR COMPOSERS. Desert voices invites young women, ages 16 to 30, to submit their original choral compositions. The new work is to be written for a 50-member SATB chorus, not exceed five minutes in length. Deadline for entries is November 15, with the winner being notified in January 1999. Send seven copies of the work to: Desert Voices, P.O. Box 270, Tucson, AZ 85702.
CALL FOR MUSICIANS. The Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra invites Tucson-area musicians to join the group and be a part of their 20th-anniversary season. String players and percussionists especially needed. Auditions are not necessary. The orchestra rehearses from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Tucson High Magnet School, 400 N. Second Ave. There are also rehearsals on Saturday mornings prior to Sunday afternoon concerts. Call Sam Kreiling, SASO concert master and president, at 825-4426 for information.
FEMALE SINGERS WANTED. The Tucson Horizon Chorus seeks 50 new members to sing in holiday performances. Holiday rehearsals are from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, October 20 through November 24, at Catalina United Methodist Church chorus room, 2700 E. Speedway Blvd. Call 887-6150 for information.
FOOTHILLS PHIL. Catalina Foothills High School Band Room. 4300 E. Sunrise Drive. The Foothills Phil, a community, intergenerational orchestra conducted by Laszlo Veres, invites musicians of all ages and abilities to join and share their love of music. There are no auditions, but students younger than high-school age should have the recommendation of their music teacher to participate. Registration fee is $30. Call Judi Botwin at 577-5304 for information.
FOOTHILLS WOMEN'S CHORUS. A group of women who love to sing, no auditions required, meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays in the Dove of Peace Lutheran Church, 665 W. Roller Coaster Road. Spring programs include Broadway tunes, pop music and old favorites, performed in front of various organizations and retirement communities. For more information, call 888-1737 or 299-1449.
MUSICIANS WANTED. The Catalina Chamber Orchestra seeks experienced orchestral musicians for the 1998-'99 season. Call 624-0170 to schedule an audition.
STRING PLAYERS WANTED. The Civic Orchestra of Tucson, a 60-piece volunteer symphony orchestra starting its 24th season, needs violin, viola, cello, and especially bass players. Come to a rehearsal and get acquainted at
7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Call the director, Dr. Kreloff, at 325-3002 for information or to audition.
WEST AFRICAN DRUM. Learn the rhythms of Guinea and Mali in a relaxed atmosphere. Beginning and intermediate classes are now forming. Hour-and-a-half classes meet once each week. Cost is $40 per four-week session, or $12 per class. Registration is ongoing. Contact Martin Klabunde (206-9250); or e-mail clockwork@psn.net for information.