MUSIC Performances This Week BACH MARATHON. St. Philip's In The Hills. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. The following concerts are scheduled as part of the fifth annual J.S. Bach Marathon March 22 through 24. The event features musical performances and lecutres. A solo Partitas and Concertos recital is at 8 p.m. Friday, March 22. Admission is free. Local oraganists perform from 5 to 7 p.m. and The Arizona Repertory Singers are joined by the St. Philip's choir for a performance at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 23. Admission is free. The Arizona Early Music Society presents a performance by organist Joan Lippincott at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24. Tickets are $10, $5 children 13 years and under. Call 299-6421 for information. BERGER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. 1200 W. Speedway. 770-3690. Internationally known pianist and UA alum David Syme performs selections ranging from Bach to boogie woogie at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24. Advance tickets are $10, $12 at the door. Call 298-5213 for tickets and information. CENTENNIAL HALL. 1020 E. University Blvd. 621-3341. The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performs at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 25. Call the Centennial Hall box office at 621-3341 for tickets and information. FINE STREAM GAMELAN. UA Student Union Ballroom. The Indonesian Students Association presents an evening of song, dance and music by Fine Stream Gamelan from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 23. An Indonesian dinner is served at 7 p.m. Reservations and advance payment required. Cost is $10, $8 for students. Call 743-9879 for information. HOLSCLAW RECITAL HALL. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-2998. The following free performances are offered this week: 11 a.m. Friday, March 22, a wind area recital; 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, the Fernandez Piano Studio recital; and double bassist Bert Turetzky gives a guest recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27. Call the UA Fine Arts box office at 621-1162 for information. PROSCENIUM THEATRE. PCC West Campus Center for the Arts. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 884-6909. Desert Voices, Tucson's gay and lesbian chorus, presents With Joyful Tongue at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 23. The chorus is joined by the Derivative Duo, Susan Nivert and Barb Glenn, who illuminate both the comic and bittersweet sides of lesbian/gay life in opera parodies. Tickets are $10 and $12, $7 for seniors and students, available at Antigone Books, Tucson Trunk and the PCC West Campus cashier's office . Call 884-6458 for information. Rialto Theatre. 318 E. Congress St. 740-1986. Son Volt performs with guests Blue Mountain at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 21. Tickets are $6 at the door. Blues musician Doug MacLeod headlines a benefit concert for Rainer at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 23. Suggested donation is $5 at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m. Call 740-1986 for information. SCOTTISH REVUE. Berger Performing Arts Center. 1200 W. Speedway. 770-3690. The Seven Pipers Scottish Society presents a Scottish Revue at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 23. The evening features a full bagpipe and drum band, Highland dancing and traditional Scottish ballads and aires. Advance tickets are $8 and are available at Scot Photo, 2000 E. Speedway. Tickets are $9 at the door. Call 798-6980 for information. SOUTHWEST CENTER FOR MUSIC. 2175 N. Sixth Ave. 884-1220. Chris Smither gives his debut headlining appearance in Tucson at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 23. Advance tickets are $11, $9 for TBS, KXCI and TKMA members, and are available at Hear's Music, Loco Music, Zip's University, Antigone Books and the SWCM. Tickets may be charged for a $1 fee by calling 881-3947. Tickets are $11 and $13 at the door. SYMPHONIC WINDS. Breger Hall. Congregation Anshei Israel. 5550 E. Fifth St. 745-5550. Laszlo Veres and the Arizona Symphonic Winds perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24. Featured music includes works by Verdi, Elgar and Puccini. There's a $5 suggested donation at the door. Call 577-2410 for information. TSO. TCC Music Hall. 260 S. Church Ave. 791-4266. The Tucson Symphony Orchestra presents Operas Greatest Hits, featuring soprano Christine Akre, mezzo-soprano Hillary Nicholson and baritone David Majoros, at 8 p.m. March 21 and 22, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24. Tickets range from $12 to $26 for evening performances, $7 to $17 for the matinee, and are available at Dillard's and the TCC and TSO box offices. Call 791-4266 for reservations and information. TUBA/EUPHONIUM WORKSHOP. Crowder Hall. UA campus. 621-2998. The following free concerts are offered in conjunction with the Tuba/Euphonium workshop on March 22 and 23: guest artist Tom Ashworth performs at 8 p.m. Friday, March 22; R. Winston Morris, the UA Tuba Euphonium Jazz Band and the UA Tuba Euphonium Ensemble highlight a studio recital at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23; and guest artists Sam Pilafian, Tom Ashworth, Hank Feldman and Frank Vignola perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 23. Continuing BROWN BAG CONCERTS. Greasy Chicken plays from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at the Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave. NOON-TIME CONCERTS. Enjoy live music from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday at La Placita Village Gazebo, 110 S. Church Ave. Gerry Glombecki performs March 21; guitarist William Allen Martin plays March 26; and classical guitarist Don Reeve performs March 28. Call 623-2748 for information. Announcements LA BOHEME PREVIEW. The Opera Guild of Southern Arizona hosts a preview of Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme at 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 22, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 1949 E. Helen St. Narration and aria selections are given by Prof. John Roscigno and Prof. Charles Roe of the Arizona Opera Theatre. Cost is $1, free for guild members. Call 742-4935 for information. BACH'S SARABANDES. Meredith Little, co-author of Dance and the Music of J. S. Bach presents Bach's Amazing Sarabandes at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at St. Philip's in the Hills, 4440 N. Campbell Ave. Little traces the development of the Sarabande from its roots in Spanish guitar music on through to examples from the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Admission is free. Call 299-6421 for information. GUITAR SEMINAR. Country guitarist Albert Lee conducts a free seminar from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at Rainbow Guitars, 2512 N. Campbell Ave. Lee demonstrates his combination of rock, country and blues styles. Call 325-3376 for information. SOUNDS GOOD. The UA Activities Board hosts the Right Sound Listening Party at 7 and 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, in the Arizona Ballroom, UA campus. People can check out the latest, soon-to-be-released music, win free CDs and receive free product samples. CELTIC JAM. The Folk Shop. 2525 N. Campbell Ave. 881-7147. Join in the fun from 8 to 11 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at this weekly Celtic music jam. Everyone is welcome, with practiced players invited to join in.

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