School is back in session, which for many 蜜柚直播ans signifies the end of summer and the anticipation of cooler fall weather.
For music lovers, it means that the fall performing arts season is just around the corner.
Caliente will publish its annual fall arts preview on Sept. 22 鈥 the first day of fall! 鈥 which means if you run a theater company, art gallery, music group, dance troupe or present Broadway plays, you should email us (caliente@tucson.com) with your fall schedules and photos by no later than Sept. 7.
Some groups have been in fall mode for weeks and even months, but , the University of 蜜柚直播 arts presenter, isn鈥檛 waiting until fall to get started.
It鈥檚 getting a head start when it co-sponsors with Sept. 1-4. The annual Labor Day boutique festival features dozens of local and national bands performing at Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Visit for tickets, lineup and more information.
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蜜柚直播 Arts Live also is teaming up with UA Athletics to host a tailgate concert Sept. 10 with country singer before the plays its first home game of the season against Mississippi State. On Sept. 16, it鈥檚 presenting Grammy-nominated with guest vocalist at Hotel Congress.
Other season highlights include 鈥淚mpulse鈥 Oct. 4-Nov. 8, a teeter-toter follow up to last year鈥檚 popular monthlong interactive swings exhibit 鈥淢i Casa, Your Casa 2.0鈥; and a free screening Oct. 6 of 鈥淭he Thief Collector,鈥 a new docudrama about the 1985 theft of Willem de Kooning鈥檚 famous painting, 鈥淲oman-Ochre,鈥 from the UA Museum of Art. The painting, which has been restored, finally comes home to the UA when the museum opens 鈥溾 on Oct. 8; the exhibit runs through May 2023.
Sergio Mendoza鈥檚 mamba band opens the season Sept. 17 with their first-ever appearance with their hometown orchestra. 鈥淥rkesta Mendoza & the Magic of Mexico鈥 will feature Mendoza, Salvador Duran, Brian Lopez and other guests joining TSO Conductor Jos茅 Luis Gomez and the orchestra in an all-Latin program.
Other early season events, to be held at the Linda Ronstadt 蜜柚直播 Music Hall, include the return of violinist on Sept. 23 to perform Arturo M谩rquez鈥檚 Violin Concerto 鈥淔andango鈥 and the Oct. 29 鈥淐oco鈥 cineconcert, the first of two cineconcerts this season. Tickets are on sale now for the second, 鈥淪tar Wars: Return of the Jedi,鈥 which will be held in May as a follow up to last year鈥檚 sold out 鈥淪tar Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.鈥
opens its season Sept. 30 with the Southwest premiere of a work penned by one of the professional choir鈥檚 longtime vocalists. Timothy Takach, who has sung with True Concord for years, penned 鈥淗elios,鈥 described as 鈥渁 heavenly display of the human voice.鈥 The performance will feature visuals of the universe, something that was not included in previous performances, True Concord Music Director Eric Holtan said.
鈥淗elios鈥 is the first of two True Concord premieres this season. In January, as part of the 2023 蜜柚直播 Desert Song Festival, True Concord will premiere Jocelyn Hagen鈥檚 鈥淗ere I Am,鈥 with soprano Susanna Phillips. The pair were set to perform the world premiere at the 2022 song festival but the event was postponed courtesy the pandemic.
True Concord commissioned the work from Hagen, who is married to Takach.
鈥淭rue Concord has always been committed to new works,鈥 said Managing Director Welz Kauffman. 鈥淭im and Jocelyn are rock stars.鈥
Singer-songwriter Andy Grammer had to rediscover his own joy after pandemic shutdown, 鈥渙ne of the hardest seasons of my life."
Four of 蜜柚直播's finest musicians will perform movements from Mozart, Beethoven, Dvor谩k quartets at the Bach Society's summer series finale.聽
The Borderlands Ensemble performs before the mezcal tasting event featuring agave distillates from four distilleries.