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

 

 

Hot Club

Friday, May 15, 11:30 a.m.

ASA Koffler Great Room

ASA Concert – Hot Club of Tucson plays Django Reinhardt-style gypsy jazz, with violinist Nick Coventry, guitarist Matt Mitchell, and upright bassist Evan Dain.

 

 

 

Jose Luis Puerta and Alfredo Vazquez

Friday, May 22, 11:30 a.m.

ASA Koffler Great Room

ASA Concert – Classical guitarists Jose Luis Puerta and Alfredo Vazquez return to ASA to play duo compositions from their latest album, Intercambio, featuring new works by Latin American composers.

 

 

 

Arizona Women’s Chorus

Sunday, May 31, 3:00 p.m.

ASA Koffler Great 

ASA Concert – The Arizona Women’s Chorus performs their Spring Concert “The Tides of Life,” featuring the newly commissioned work by director of the Tucson Jazz Festival, Khris Dodge, with lyrics by Katherine Byrnes.

 

 

 

Blue Skies Trio

Friday, June 5, 11:30 a.m.

ASA Koffler Great 

ASA Concert – Blue Skies Trio – vocalist/baritone ukelele player Gabrielle Pietrangelo, vibraphone player Ben DeGain, and upright bassist Thoger Lund – perform gems from the 1930’s and 40’s American Songbook.

 

 

Ayla Moreno and Max Tagawa

Sunday, June 7, 3:00 p.m.

ASA Koffler Great Room

ASA Concert – Talented young artists – pianist and violinist Ayla Moreno, and cellist Max Tagawa – present a recital of music by Beethoven, Chopin and Handel.