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, June 19, 11:30 a.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – Grams & Krieger, Arizona Blues Hall of Fame members, guitarist/slide guitarist Danny Krieger, bassist Steve Grams, and drummer Ralph Gilmore, play “roots music” and their special brand of blues.
Friday, June 26, 11:30 a.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – The husband-wife team of harpist Christine Vivona and trombonist/pianist Rob Boone present “Travel the US with Rob and Christine-a musical journey” – mixing classical, jazz and pop music.
Friday, July 3, 11:30 a.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – The Tucson Duo Project plays music by living composers plus reimagined classics, performed by Mindi Acosta (flute, piccolo) and Cassandra Bendickson (bassoon, contrabassoon), with Meily Mendez (piano).
Friday, July 10, 11:30 a.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – Vocalist Sheryl Ann McKinley and Pianist Sly Slipetsky play and sing a magical array of jazz, American Songbook & more!
Friday, July 17, 11:30 a.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – University of Arizona faculty artists, bassoonist Marissa Olegario and pianist Rie Tanaka, showcase the bassoon’s unique voice in a Bassoon Sonata by St. Saens, and contemporary works by Amanda Harberg and Jessie Montgomery.
Friday, July 24, 11:30 a.m.
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – The “Blue Dream Trio” debuts at ASA with vocalist Chelsee Hicks, saxophonist Brian Hicks, and jazz guitarist Joshua Rhoades, performing traditional jazz standards with exciting instrumental colors.
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.