They'll play to 1 tough crowd: kids

Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star

Samantha Cormier is about to face her toughest audience:

Guitarist Ayala creates new sound, 'JazzMenco'

Chuck Graham Special To The Arizona Daily Star

There's a new sound brewing in the jazz world of classically trained guitarist Gabriel Ayala, a Tucson native and member of the Pascua Yaqui T…

Choir recording 9/11 oratorio

Tucson Chamber Artists has been working all week on a recording project that could put it on the classical music map.

Spotlight on 'The Magic of Musicals'

A bit of "Mary Poppins." A touch of "Annie Get Your Gun." A sampling of "Oklahoma!"

Tucson's Sullivan's Steakhouse putting on 'Gatsby' party

Cathalena E. Burch Arizona Daily Star

Dress up in your favorite Roaring Twenties outfit.

Fox Tucson Theatre bringing comics, legends to town

Cathalena E. Burch Arizona Daily Star

Fall lineup kicks off with shows in August.

UA Poetry Center names new executive director

Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star

Poet Tyler Meier can barely contain himself.

San Francisco newspaper says Tucson is cool

Cathalena E. Burch Arizona Daily Star

Chronicle compares Tucson's hipness to Portland, Ore.

Tucson musicians to back crossover quartet Il Divo

Cathalena E. Burch Arizona Daily Star

Several Tucson Symphony Orchestra players, jazz pianist tapped for Friday concert.

A Fine piece of music for SASO CD

Cathalena E. Burch Arizona Daily Star

Pete Fine is the latest Tucson composer whose work will be featured on the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra's debut CD.

Tucson's Invisible Theatre to mix mystery, music, mayhem in 2013-14 season

Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star

Invisible Theatre's 2013-14 season mixes a little music, a touch of mystery and even a miracle.

Tucson composer brings 'The List' to Fox stage

R. Clark Jewett believes music is a sort of magic.

Please allow semi-pro choir AwenRising to introduce itself

Cathalena E. Burch Arizona Daily Star

Tucson's upstart semi-professional choir AwenRising is calling its concert Sunday an introduction of sorts.

Music in the Park 4-concert series begins Saturday in Udall Park

Arizona Symphonic Winds will perform its 184th free concert at Udall Park when it opens its 2013 Music in the Park series Saturday.

'Dog Whisperer' cancels UApresents show

Cathalena E. Burch Arizona Daily Star

Was penciled in for October.

Tucson composer R. Clark Jewett directs his dream - "The List: The Musical"

Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star

R. Clark Jewett is giving his mother the gift she really wants.

A movie theater in your own backyard

Dan Sorenson Special To The Arizona Daily Star

To some of us, watching a movie outdoors is like cooking on a barbecue grill: It might be an average movie or a cheap cut of meat, but some th…

11th annual Music & Memories Concert to benefit underinsured artists with cancer

Cathalena E. Burch Arizona Daily Star

Violist Ilona Vukovic-Gay uses the words "bubbly" and "upbeat" to describe Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violas.

Arts notes

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CYT is ready to hit the Yellow Brick Road

Solid music trumps a thin script in rock 'n' roll musical 'Million Dollar Quartet'

Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star

Talk about your dream team.

If timing is everything, Arizona Onstage Productions show has it

Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star

The timing is perfect in "All in the Timing," which Arizona Onstage Productions opened Friday.

Live Theatre Workshop's production of 'Two Into One' is sublimely silly

Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star

Have no doubts about it: Ray Cooney's "Two Into One" is sublimely silly.

Photos: Cirque du Soleil to open 2nd Michael Jackson show in Vegas

Michael Jackson spent his life breaking music industry records. Four years after his death, the pop star's estate has delivered another first:…

Foothills Phil celebrates 20 musical years today

Cathalena E. Burch Arizona Daily Star

In May 1993, the upstart Foothills Phil played its first public concert.

Grammy nominee Linda Chorney making Tucson debut

Cathalena E. Burch Arizona Daily Star

Indie folk rocker is on the lineup for Tucson Folk Festival on Sunday.