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Performing Arts Season Highlights Jerusalem Quartet performs for the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music Evening Series.
Arizona Repertory Singers has fall and spring concerts for its 30th Anniversary, 2013-2014, seaon.
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Arizona Friends of Chamber Music Nested in the 511-seat Leo Rich Theatre are the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music performances, which showcase the “world’s finest chamber musicians” playing both classic pieces and new, commissioned works. AFCM offers a three-part season: the Evening Series, Piano & Friends and the 21st Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival. Evening Series’ highlights include: two concerts by the Jerusalem Quartet (Oct. 15-16), Vienna Piano Trio (Nov. 13) and Imani Winds with Anne-Marie McDermott on piano (Feb. 19). The Piano & Friends series hosts Hye Jin Kim (violin) & Ieva Jokubaviciute (piano) on Nov. 10, Jonah Kim (cello) & Sean Kennard (piano) on Jan. 12, Ravinia on the Road Voice Concert on Feb. 1, and Nikita Mndoyants (Finalist of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition) on April 13. The Chamber Music Festival runs March 16-23. Visit ArizonaChamberMusic.org or call 577-3769 for more details. - Zócalo
Arizona Repertory Singers Celebrate with the Arizona Repertory Singers as they inaugurate their 30th anniversary season with performances of J. S. Bach’s Magnificat in D major and Respighi’s distinctive yet seldom-heard work, Laud to the Nativity, on Dec. 8 (St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, 5150 N. Valley View Rd., 2 p.m.), Dec. 13 (Benedictine Monastery, 800 N. Country Club, 7:30 p.m.) and Dec. 15 (Benedictine Monastery, 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m.) ARS will perform a choral music and artistic multimedia celebration for the 30th Anniversary of ARS in late April/early May of 2014 with the Voices at an Exhibition, featuring original commissioned compositions that demonstrate the relationship between choral music, written text and visual media. Call 792-8141 or visit ARSingers.org for further details and ticket information. - Zócalo
Tucson Symphony Orchestra Tucson Symphony Orchestra, per its norm, is presenting Tucsonans with a full schedule of excellent shows in a variety of programs from classics to pops. No discussion of the 2013-2014 season can begin without first mentioning the performance of violin master Itzhak Perlman, performing with the TSO for the first time in 30 years. That performance — one night only — is Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. The eight Classic Works concerts will feature world-class soloists and works by the likes of Beethoven, Mozart, Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff. The Masterworks series features iconic works by Schubert, Strauss, Beethoven and others. Neil Sedaka will join the symphony on March 15. Additionally, the symphony’s award winning Just For Kids! Series continues with free, intimate gatherings at TSO’s HQ, 2175 N. 6th Ave., that expose children to the instruments and music of a symphony. Visit TucsonSymphony.org for more details on the company’s robust schedule, and its performance venues. - H.S.
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