Tucson Weekly: Listings: Music (June 18

MUSIC
Events This Week
Listings ALISON KRAUSS. Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. Nine-time Grammy award winner Alison Krauss, with her Union Station band, perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 24. See this week's Music section for details. All seats are reserved. Tickets are $ 22 and $25, available at Hear's Music, all Dillard's outlets and the Centennial Hall box office. Call 621-3341 for information.
CHORUS FESTIVAL. Temple of Music and Art.
330 S. Scott Ave. Desert Voices presents A Southwest Fest!, featuring performances by Desert Voices and guests the Reveille Gay Men's Chorus, Sons of Orpheus, New Mexico Gay Men's Chorus, TLC Women's Ensemble of Phoenix, and the South Coast Chorale of Long Beach, CA. Shows are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20. Tickets are $12 per performance, $10 for students and seniors, available in advance at Antigone Books, Tucson Trunk, The Allergy Vacuum Store and Unique on Central. Call
791-9662 for tickets and information.
COURTYARD CONCERT SERIES. Plaza Palomino. Fort Lowell and Swan roads. The Courtyard Concert Series features traditional, world-folk, Cajun and blues artists performing selected Saturdays though September. Bayou Seco opens the series with a performance at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 20. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 the day of the show, available in Plaza Palomino Suite 219, Hear's Music and Piney Hollow. Call 297-9133 for information.
FATHER'S DAY CONCERT. UA Hosclaw Recital Hall. South end of the pedestrian underpass at Park Avenue and Speedway. The Arizona Repertory Singers present À La Carte, their second annual Father's Day concert, at
2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 21. Tickets are $8, $5 for students and seniors. Call 792-8141 for information.
GRAND OPENING PARTY. Arizona Gallery & Event Center. 5101 N. Oracle Road. Mary Bouley and company entertain with Celtic songs, along with performances by acoustic jazz guitarist Riki Newell, Native American flutist Saggio, and reggae with Bass Culture. Events are from 4 to 10 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, June 18 through 20. Call 888-8788 for information.
LA PERICHOLE. UA Crowder Hall, southeast corner of Speedway and Park Avenue. UA Opera Theatre presents La Perichole, by Jacques Offenbach. Performances are at
8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, June 25 though 27, with a 3 o'clock matinee on Sunday, June 28. Tickets are $10 general, $8 for UA faculty and staff, $5 for seniors and students. Tickets are available at the UA Fine Arts box office or through the Centennial Hall box office. Call Musicall, 621-2998 for more information.
MUSIC AT THE MALL. 4500 N. Oracle Road. The Tucson Mall presents the summer music series Hot Jazz--Cool Nights every Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in Center Court. Diana Lee and Donnie Dean perform on June 23. Call 293-7330 for information.
TWILIGHT CONCERT. Old Tucson Studios. Rio Lobo Concert Stage. 201 S. Kinney Road. The Tucson Concert Band performs as part of the Budweiser Summer Concert Series at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 21. Admission is free with a paid park admission. Call 883-0100 for information.
MUSIC OF SAMUEL BARBER. Southside Presbyterian Kiva. 317 W. 23rd St. Tenor Mark Gordon Allen and Pianist Nicola Nine perform The American Songbook of Samuel Barber: The Romantic, The Pastoral, The Sacred, at
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20. Tickets are $6 and $8, with proceeds benefiting the Sean Kelly Ball Double-Bass Scholarship Fund, UA School of Music. Call 624-3880 for information.
SUMMERSET SUITE. St. Philip's Plaza. 4380 N. Campbell Ave. The Tucson Jazz Society's Summer Suite series features live performances from 8 to 11 p.m. each Saturday through July 4. This week's featured artist is Phoenix jazz diva Margo Reed, with the Margo Reed Band. Tickets are $10, $5 for TJS members, available at the door. Series tickets are $21, available to TJS members only. Call the TJS hotline at 743-3399 for recorded information.
WILLIE & LOBO. Berger Performing Arts Center.
1200 W. Speedway. Willie & Lobo perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 20. All seats are reserved. Tickets are $16, available at Hear's Music; charge by phone at
319-9979, or (888) 278-9212. Call 319-9979 for information.
Announcements
WEST AFRICAN DRUM. Learn the rhythms of Guinea and Mali in a relaxed atmosphere. Beginning and intermediate classes are now forming. Hour-and-a-half classes meet once each week. Cost is $40 per four-week session, or $12 per class. Registration is ongoing. Contact Martin Klabunde 206-9250 or email [email protected] for information.
FOOTHILLS WOMEN'S CHORUS. A group of women who love to sing, no auditions required, meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays in the Dove of Peace Lutheran Church, 665 W. Roller Coaster Road. Spring programs include Broadway tunes, pop music and old favorites, performed in front of various organizations and retirement communities. For more information, call 888-1737 or
299-1449.
TUNE CATCHERS. The Tune Catchers, an a cappella women's chorus, meets at 7 p.m. Mondays in the music room of the Fountain of Life Lutheran Church, 710 S. Kolb Road. New members are welcome. Call 325-0655 for more information.