Lectures and concerts are now presented live in the ASA Great Room, and are open to the public and ASA members. ASA-sponsored concerts are also available to view on-line: Video Concerts; and the video lectures are available here.
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APRIL 2025
FRIDAY CONCERT, APRIL 18TH, 11:30am-12:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room
The Duane Reilley Trio returns with straight-up jazz favorites by Cole Porter and George Gershwin, featuring Duane Reilley (sax, flute & clarinet), Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky (piano), and Evan Dain (upright bass).
“Biographies of Power & Culture in Colonial Mexico: Early Colonial Elites, the Common Man, and the Push for Evangelization”
Michael Brescia, Ph.D.
2:30pm – 4:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
NO WEDNESDAY LECTURE, April 23
FRIDAY CONCERT, APRIL 25th, 4:00pm-5:00pm, ASA Koffler Great Room
The Tango Guitar Project is a tango trio of classical guitarists from Tucson – Maxi Larrea (Argentinian native), Andres Pantoja (Chilean native), and Misael Barraza-Diaz (Mexican native) – who join talents to perform new compositions and arrangements of traditional and contemporary tango pieces.
“Biographies of Power and Culture in Colonial Mexico: The Long Seventeenth Century, Part I: Bishop-Viceroys and Collective Biography”
Michael Brescia, Ph.D.
2:30pm – 4:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
NO Wednesday, Lecture, April 30
MAY 2025
FRIDAY CONCERT, MAY 2nd, 11:30am-12:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room
Diane Van Deurzen & Lisa Otey return with their collections of songs and stories behind the songs, trading vocal solos with harmonies, backed by Lisa’s powerful piano playing, varying from lyrical to boogie woogie.
Biographies of Power and Culture in Colonial Mexico: The Long Seventeenth Century, Part II: “Foolish Men” and the Tenth Muse
Michael Brescia, Ph.D.
2:30pm – 4:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
NO Wednesday, Lecture, May 7
FRIDAY CONCERT, MAY 9th, 11:30am-12:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room
The Tucsonics return with their special style of Texas and West Coast Swing, featuring fiddler Nick Coventry, guitarist Matt Mitchell, multi-instrumentalist (dobro, console steel, accordion) Alvin Blaine, upright bassist Evan Dain, and drummer Fred Hayes.
“Biographies of Power and Culture in Colonial Mexico: The Enlightenment Comes to Mexico: Late Colonial Stress and Independence”
Michael Brescia, Ph.D.
2:30pm – 4:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
NO Wednesday, Lecture, May 14
FRIDAY CONCERT, MAY 16th, 11:30am-12:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room
“Music for Low Brass” features Tucson Symphony and University of Arizona faculty artists Michael Becker (trombone), Matt Tropman (tuba,euphonium), and Rie Tanaka (piano).
“Tumamoc Saguaros through time: 117 years of saguaro surveys and the future(s) of the saguaro”
Dr. Peter Breslin
2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
FRIDAY CONCERT, MAY 23rd, 4:00pm-5:00pm, ASA Koffler Great Room
Flutist Sandy Schwoebel and harpist Christine Vivona join forces to mix classical and jazz selections from the turn of the 20th century – Debussy, Gershwin, and more.
“Pioneering Jews of Southern Arizonans”
Lori Shepherd
2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
FRIDAY CONCERT, MAY 30th, 11:30am-12:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room
The Heather Li’l Mama Hardy Band returns with violinist, singer-songwriter Heather Hardy, guitarist Alvin Blaine, bassist Larry Lee Lerma, and drummer Justin Donaldson, to play some rocking, jazzy blues and Americana.