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, October 16, 11:30 a.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – Fleet-fingered guitarist/songwriter Ryan David Green returns to ASA for a solo show, introducing his new album “Guitar Dreams.” His music has been described as virtuosic acoustic guitar that is always in service of unmistakable melodies, blending instrumental guitar and delicate vocal tunes.
Sunday, October 18, 3:00 p.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – Violinist Yixuan Lai and pianist Chia-Chun Ko present a program of music for violin and piano, including music of Beethoven, Dvorak, Sarasate and Amy Beach.
Friday, October 23, 11:30 a.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – University of Arizona faculty composer-pianist John Muniz and violinist Emily Chao present Windows to Eternity: Musical Icons from the Baroque to the Present, a lecture-recital featuring music for violin and piano by Heinrich Biber, Arvo Paert, Franz Schubert, and an original work by Dr. Muniz.
Friday, October 30, 11:30 a.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – The Bad News Blues Band returns for another rocking good time with West Coast jump blues – Mike Blommer (guitar), “Hurricane Carla” Brownlee (tenor & baritone sax), Alex Flores (tenor sax), Steve Grams (bass), and Glen Velardi (drums).
Friday, November 6, 11:30 a.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – Oboist Sara Hammelef and pianist Woan Ching Lim present music for oboe and piano by contemporary composers Eric Ewazen, Pavel Haas, Jenni Brandon, and Miguel del Aguila.
Sunday, November 15, 3:00 p.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – The Vail Chorale presents its Fall Concert – “Celebrating 15 Years of Choral Harmonies” – featuring favorites including “Stronger” from “Finding Neverland,” the spiritual “Wade in the Water,” Elaine Hagenberg’s “O Love,” “Sabbath Prayer,” from “Fiddler on the Roof,” Mozart’s “Lacrimosa” from his “Requiem,” Kyle Pederson’s “Exsultate! Jubilate!”- and a special reprise of “Heart” from “Damn Yankees.”