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Knecht, 'licorice stick' in limelight
The clarinet will be the featured instrument when Ashley Knecht performs a lunchtime concert Tuesday at the Arizona Senior Academy.
UA Horn Studio sets Tues. show at Academy
The great 19th century French horn player Anton Horner once said, "God made some people horn players; others are not so fortunate."
'Ancient Music' lecture to include sound of lyre
Academy Village resident Anne Kilmer will speak on "Ancient Music" at a special Arizona Senior Academy presentation Wednesday.
Tues. show to be 'concert you'll not soon forget'
Drums are the oldest musical instruments known to mankind, and they may not be through evolving. On Tuesday, the UA Percussion Studio will present a concert at the Arizona Senior Academy that promises, according to Prof. Norman Weinberg, "to push the envelope of defining percussion and even,…
Romanticism talk will cover music
Following earlier sessions on literature and art, James Reel's course on Romanticism will conclude Wednesday with a focus on the music of Vienna and Paris as the 19th century gave way to the 20th and the segue of romanticism into the modern.
'Cultural Decadence' is next in lecture series
The Arizona Senior Academy, at Academy Village, is in the midst of offering a four-session course on "The Decline and Fall of the Romantic Empire: Cultural Decadence in Paris and Vienna."
Learn about Romantic Empire art
The second installment of James Reel's four-part lecture series at Academy Village focuses on the painters who gained prominence at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century in Vienna and Paris.
Romantic Empire is focus of talks
Beginning Aug. 8 and continuing for three subsequent Wednesdays from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. the Arizona Senior Academy will offer a course, "The Decline and Fall of the Romantic Empire; Cultural Decadence in Paris and Vienna."
Colonel recounts fall of Saigon
The fall of Saigon, which happened 37 years ago Monday, was a chaotic and ignoble conclusion to America's involvement in Vietnam. But the U.S. Army scored a largely unheralded victory by the time that day was over by saving the lives of 135,000 Vietnamese citizens and Cambodian refugees.
Acclaimed troubadour to play free concert
The Southwest folk music of Teodoro "Ted" Ramirez will fill the great room of the Arizona Senior Academy on Tuesday.
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Luminaries to present free recital
Aaron Boyd, concertmaster of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and Paula Fan, principal pianist with the symphony, will return to perform at the Arizona Senior Academy Tuesday.
Americana/folk singer to perform free concert at Academy Village
Members of the Arizona Senior Academy and their guests from the greater Tucson area enjoy all types of music, including classical, instrumental, vocal, ensemble and choral. At 11:30 a.m. Tuesday the Academy's weekly concert will feature Kort McCumber, an Americana/folk singer from Colorado.
UA professor to discuss Sinatra at Academy Village
Frank Sinatra will come to Academy Village today, at least in spirit.
Hanson to discuss upcoming TSO season
Tucson Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Conductor George Hanson will make his annual season's preview visit to Academy Village at 4 p.m. Friday in the Great Room of the Arizona Senior Academy.
Learn all about Mexican culture
Popular KUAT-FM personality James Reel is the latest expert scheduled to teach this fall at the Arizona Senior Academy.
Academy Village hosts 'Ugly Duckling' players
Three musicians from the Tucson Symphony Orchestra will present their piano-trio version of "The Ugly Duckling" and other music at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Academy Village.
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