Tucson Weekly: Music (February 15

MUSIC
Events This Week
CHARLIE KING AND KAREN BRANDOW. Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. Join Charlie King and partner Karen Brandow for a benefit concert for Arizona Citizen Action, ITZABOUTIME and any group you deem worthy. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. and the concert at 7:30, Sunday February 18. Tickets are $10 and are available at Antigone Books. Call 623-1688 for more information.
CIVIC ORCHESTRA OF TUCSON. Catalina Foothills High School. 4300 E. Sunrise Drive. The Civic Orchestra presents 2001: A Musical Odyssey February 18 at 2 p.m. The free concert features music from Stanley Kubrick's motion picture 2001: A Space Odyssey and selections from Gustav Holst's The Planets and more. Call 791-9246 for more information.
DESERT BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION. Kickstart Grill. 8987 E. Tanque Verde Road. Bring an instrument and join in the jam or just sit back and enjoy the music February 18 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Admission is free. All are welcome.
EL PUEBLO JAM. El Pueblo Neighborhood Center. 101 W. Irvington Road. 622-6973. All instruments, all ages, all kinds of music! All are welcome every Friday from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
FACULTY ARTIST SERIES. University of Arizona. Crowder Hall. The UA School of Music and Dance presents a faculty ensemble concert that includes a performance of Robert Schumann's Spanische Liebes-Lieder, featuring soprano Nicole Lamartine and baritone Joshua Elder. In addition, the Presidio Saxophone Quartet performs Guy Lacour's 1967 Saxophone Quartet February 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range in price from $4 to $10 and are available through the UA fine arts box office at 621-1162.
HEART AND SOUL CONCERT. Christ Presbyterian Church. 6565 E. Broadway Blvd. Robert Robinson performs hymns, spirituals and traditional gospel songs February 17 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is a free-will offering. For more information and to reserve seating call 886-5535.
JOE LOUIS WALKER. Nimbus Brewery. 3850 E. 44 St. 745-9175. Walker performs February 16 at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and $12.
JOHN HOLLOWAY. St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 296-4023. The Arizona Early Music Society and ECM New Series presents Baroque violinist Holloway accompanied by organist Aloysia Assenbaum in a program of virtuoso violin sonatas by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber and others. The concert takes place February 15 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range in price from $5 to $15 and are available at the door.
KINGSMEN. Dustry River Ministries presents an evening of gospel music with the Kingsmen Quartet February 19 at 7 p.m. at Casas Adobes Baptist Church, 10801 N. La Cholla Blvd. and February 20 at 7 p.m. at Christ Community Church, 7801 E. Kenyon Drive. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door and are available at the host church. For more information or to order tickets by phone call (888) 220-0414.
LARRY REDHOUSE/HENRY TURNER JR./JOHN GRANT. Borders Music/Park Place. 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. Redhouse performs a variety of jazz numbers February 16 from 2 to 4 p.m. Later in the day, enjoy reggae and rocking blues with Henry Turner Jr. and Flavor from 5 to 6 p.m. and the John Grant band from 7 to 9 p.m.
LIRA MAKAROVA. Holy Way Presbyterian Church. 4221 W. Ajo Way. Russian concert pianist Makarova and soprano Katarzyna Zdanska perform a program of Classical, Romantic and modern favorites February 16 at 7:30 p.m. Pianist Bill Bolerjack joins Makarova in a performance of Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Night in the Tropics. Other pieces include Chopin's Waltz in C Sharp Minor and Vissi d'arte from Puccini's Tosca. Admission is free, although contributions will be accepted.
MARK HOLDAWAY. Hazy Dayz Lounge Cafe. 187 N. Park Ave. 884-0272. Mark Holdaway performs new music on hammered dulcimer, mandolin and calimba February 22 at 7:30 p.m. Amy Cannon also performs. Admission is free.
MERRIMAKERS. The Manor at Midvale. 6250 S. Commerce Court. 622-6973. The Merrimakers Variety Show features dancing, singing, joke telling and more February 19 at 1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
NANCY BRIGHT. Borders Music/Park Place. 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. Bright belts out a few songs February 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. Admission is free.
OLE GRAND OPRY. Hidden Valley Inn. 4825 N. Sabino Canyon Road. The Opera Guild of Southern Arizona presents a gala event that blends opera with music of the old Southwest February 18. Performers include Raven, Lissa Staples and the Ronstadt Cousins Trio. Dancing and no-host cocktails begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner and music at 7 p.m. In addition, the Fiesta de los Vaqueros rodeo queen and her court present raffle prizes. Admission is $50, half of which is tax-deductible. Priority seating is given to tables of eight. Call 297-1492 for information and reservations.
STEPHEN BUDD. Bookman's Used Books. 1930 E. Grant Road. 325-0241. Singer/songwriter Budd performs introspective songs that focus on traditional themes February 24 from 4 to 6 p.m. Admission is free.
TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. TCC Music Hall. 260 S. Church Ave. Conductor Robert Bernhardt leads the orchestra in a tribute to romance in The Music of Love February 16-17 at 7:30 p.m. and February 18 at 2 p.m. Vocalists Erin Booth and Jack Neubeck will join the orchestra for a program including Gershwin's Someone to Watch Over Me and Rodgers and Hammerstein's People Will Say We're in Love. Tickets range in price from $13 to $32 and are available at the TSO box office at 882-8585.
VIVALDI FESTIVAL. 1946 E. Lee St. Music in the Time of Antonio Vivaldi, a choral concert performed by the Arizona Repertory Singers, includes Vivaldi's Kyrie and In Exitu Israel. The concert takes place February 18 at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $15. Call 792-8141 for more information.
Announcements
BUDAPEST TOURS. The UA music advisory board is sponsoring a tour to Budapest March 20-26. Music lovers will visit the city and the surrounding Hungarian countryside and enjoy a variety of musical experiences including symphony concerts and an opera performance. An English-speaking guide will lead sightseeing tours of the buildings of Pest and the ancient heart of the historic town of Buda as well as visits to the Godollo Royal Retreat and the Danube bend and picturesque towns of Szentendre and Visegard. An optional three-day tour extension to Vienna is available. Cost of the tour is $1,895. Call Linda Ratclifffe at 885-1006 or Joe Swinson at 621-7023 for more information.
OPEN MIC ROUND-UP. Bookman's Used Books. 1930 E. Grant Road. 325-0241. Aspiring performing songwriters and musicians of all levels of ability are invited to showcase their acoustic musical talent each Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Performance times are 15 minutes per person. On the last Tuesday of each month musicians may compete for the top honor of the evening. The winning musician is invited to participate in the Bookman's Open Mic Roundup for a cash prize of $250.
SONS OF ORPHEUS. This male choir is seeking new members. Rehearsals are from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays at the Tucson Boys' Chorus facility, 5770 E. Pima St. Call Grayson Hirst at 621-1649 for information.
TUNE CATCHERS. This women's a cappella chorus is seeking new members. Come to rehearsals at 7 p.m. Mondays at the Fountain of Life Lutheran Church, 710 S. Kolb Road. Call 325-0655 for information.