Concerts at the Arizona Senior Academy at the Academy Village
From chamber music to boogie woogie, our concert series is guaranteed to satisfy just about every musical taste.
Weekly concerts on the Academy’s Great Room stage are free and draw audiences from all over Tucson.
The variety is limitless, but the quality is always high.
Musicians from the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and other outstanding chamber groups are regulars in our concert schedule. In addition, the ASA serves as a valuable teaching aide for young people enrolled in the University of Arizona’s School of Music. Student recitals give the young musicians a chance to perform before live audiences, and ASA members get the opportunity to preview and appreciate the next generation of musical talent.
View the monthly calendar of ASA events here!
Friday, July 31, 11:30 p.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – “The Van Dykes” bring familiar Arizona Blues Hall of Famers in a new combination for the ASA – Guitarist Danny Krieger, bassist Larry Lee Lerma, and drummer Ralph Gilmore play and sing oldies, rock, blues, country, British Invasion, Americana and more!
Friday, August 7, 11:30 a.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – The McCallion Family Band returns with sister/brother Nancy & Neil McCallion, Nancy’s husband Danny Krieger, and good friend, drummer Les Merrihew, for rockin’ Americana and originals that look back on lives fully lived.
Tuesday, August 11, 11:30 a.m. *Note this is on a Tuesday**
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – The Tucsonics are Arizona’s favorite Western Swing band, playing tunes from the 30’s through 50’s – Bob Wills, Spade Cooley, Gene Autry and more – with fiddler Nick Coventry, console steel player Alvin Blaine, guitarist Matt Mitchell, upright bassist Evan Dain, and drummer Fred Hayes.
Friday, August 21, 11:30 a.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – Tucson-based duo “Rosewood & Ivory” pairs Tucson Symphony principal percussionist Trevor Barroero and pianist/vocalist Kathryn Lieppman, performing contemporary works for marimba and piano, a marimba & voice duet, and a novelty ragtime medley of xylophone tunes re-imagined for marimba and piano.
Friday, August 28, 11:30 a.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – Percussionist Homero Ceron returns to the ASA for a solo program, “All Alone by the Vibraphone,” playing an eclectic program of music by Bach, Schubert, Debussy, Richard Rodgers, Victor Young and others, including some originals.
Thursday, September 3, 7:00 p.m. **Note this is a Thursday evening concert**
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – The University of Arizona’s newest faculty wind quintet, the Arizona Reed Quintet, features Sara Fraker (oboe), Jackie Glazier (clarinet), Edward Goodman (saxophone), Daniel Becker (bass clarinet) and Marissa Olegario (bassoon), reprising their inaugural program featuring music by Renaissance master Josquin des Prez and contemporary innovators Becky Turro, Octavio Vazquez and Jeff Scott.