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!
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.
Sunday, August 30, 3:00 p.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
Pausing temporarily from his European residency, saxophonist Don-Paul Kahl is relocating to Tucson to fill the University of Arizona faculty saxophone position while Edward Goodman is on sabbatical. Don-Paul continues to pursue European performance opportunities, and will present an ASA recital to preview his audition program for a position in Vienna. Performing 2 demanding solo saxophone pieces plus orchestral excerpts, he will also discuss details about the audition process and the selected pieces of music.
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.