Thomas Leleu Hailed as “absolute tuba genius”, French tubaist Thomas Leleu is an unconventional artist at the height of his creative powers. The 35-year-old prodigy is equally at home performing as a classical soloist in…
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The Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra presents a season of musical serendipity
The 2022-23 season begins October 8 and 9 with guest violinist Steven Moeckel. The Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra begins their 2022-23 season with Maestro Linus Lerner on the podium, kicking off a season of musical…
SASO’s 2022 Dorothy Vanek Youth Concerto Competition winners announced after the largest competition in the organization’s history
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 The Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra recently welcomed 32 young musicians to the Fred Fox School of Music at the University of Arizona to compete before a panel…
The Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra kicks off the 2021-22 season with a celebration of movement in Verdi, Beethoven and Grieg
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org The Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra opens its season on October 16 and 17 with a selection of works that celebrate the power of music to connect us and make us…
Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra debuts animated opera in collaboration with the Mexico-based San Luis Opera Festival
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 Join us for the Watch Party Premier on February 25th @ 7pm on our YouTube channel In recent years, the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra has traveled to…
SASO Presents Mostly-Mozart Season Finale
Orchestra joined by six soloists and SASO Chorus in regal program
Eclectic Orchestra Concert Features Mime, Youth Competition Winner, and World Premiere
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 Eclectic Orchestra Concert Features Mime, Youth Competition Winner, and World Premiere TUCSON, AZ – The Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra presents an eclectic and dazzling concert on March…
Renowned Conductor and Two Award-Winning Soloists to Join SASO in Concert of Classics
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 Tucson – In February, the sweeping, evocative music of Mendelssohn and Brahms will fill the music halls at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian and SaddleBrooke. SASO is privileged to…
Winners of SASO’s 2019 Dorothy Vanek Youth Concerto Competition Announced
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 TUCSON, AZ – Students ranging in age from 7 to 18 gathered on January 5th and 6th to perform well-prepared concerto movements for a panel of judges…
SASO Presents Orchestral Gems and Trumpet Showpieces
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 TUCSON, AZ – On November 17 & 18 the Southern Arizona Symphony presents a program of pieces that combine symphonic power with melodic grace and lyricism in…
Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra Opens Season with Flare
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 TUCSON, AZ — The Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra performs a riveting program of Mexican and French masterpieces in their season-opening cycle on October 20th and 21st, led…
SASO Makes Fifth Annual Appearance at Mexican Independence Day Celebration
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 TUCSON, AZ – The Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra and winners of the 3rd Annual Linus Lerner International Voice Competition will present a free public concert in celebration…
SASO Welcomes Tuba, Violin and Harp Soloists Plus Tucson Junior Strings
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 TUCSON, AZ – Expect the unexpected at the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra’s April concerts. SASO welcomes tuba, violin and harp soloists plus the talented young players of…
Harpist, Violinist, Pianist Win SASO’s Dorothy Vanek Youth Concerto Completion
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 TUCSON, AZ – Harpist Claire Thai, age 18, won first place and $1,000 in the 2017 Dorothy Vanek Youth Concerto Competition sponsored by the Southern Arizona Symphony…
SASO Presents Pete Fine’s Concerto for Electric Guitar March 10 & 11
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 TUCSON, AZ – Rare indeed. Mix together electric guitar and a symphony orchestra for a musical experience seldom heard. Tucson composer and guitarist Pete Fine will perform…
SASO Presents a Chinese New Year Celebration with the Tucson Sino Choir
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 TUCSON, AZ – The Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra will present four concerts with the Tucson Sino Choir to celebrate the 2018 Chinese Lunar New Year, the Year…
Sánchez Haase conducts SASO in November
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 Paraguay’s globe-trotting Diego Sánchez Haase will guest conduct the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra in a program showcasing Beethoven’s evocative Pastoral Symphony and Rachmaninov’s technically challenging third piano…
SASO Begins the 2017-2018 Season
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 TUCSON, AZ – On Oct. 14 and 15 the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra presents a lively program inspired by folk rhythms, poetry and joyous celebrations of the…
SASO performs Glazunov concerto March 17-19
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 The single-named Ashu is the first and only full-time concert saxophone soloist in the world and he’s coming to Tucson. This young virtuoso will perform Alexander Glazunov’s…
Music students invited to enter Youth Concerto Competition
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 TUCSON, AZ – Talented young musicians age 13 to 18 are invited to apply for the 2017 Dorothy Vanek Youth Concerto Competition sponsored by the Southern Arizona…
Virtuoso Edwin Kim Returns to SASO for Elgar’s Violin Concerto on Jan. 27-29
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 TUCSON, AZ – Violin virtuoso Edwin Kim returns to Tucson for his third solo appearance with the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra, this time to perform Elgar’s Violin Concerto…
SASO presents Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, Gershwin’s Piano Concerto
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 William Levi Dawson’s under-the-radar Negro Folk Symphony and the very popular Piano Concerto in F by George Gershwin open the season of the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra…
SASO, Enrique Toussaint, Festival Soloists Perform Free Concert Sept. 15
Contact Fox Theatre Tucson at 547-3040 or Consulate of Mexico in Tucson at 882-5595 The Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra and vocalists from the San Luis Potosí Opera Festival join forces to perform a free public…
SASO musicians to play in Mexican opera festival
Contact Kevin Larkin at manager@sasomusic.org or (520) 308-6226 For the fourth consecutive year, members of the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra are going to Mexico to participate in an opera festival. In 2013, 2014 and 2015,…