Tucson Weekly: Listings: Music (June 25

MUSIC
Events This Week
Listings THE CREATION. UA Crowder Hall, southeast corner of Speedway and Park Avenue. The UA Community Chorus, with conductor Stephen Zielke, present Franz Joseph Haydn's The Creation at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 1. Dr. John Brobeck gives a pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. in Crowder Hall. Tickets are $10, $8 for UA faculty and staff, $5 for students and seniors. Call the UA Fine Arts box office at 621-21162 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, and 3 p.m. 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 and Centennial box offices. 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. Ed Delucia and Liz Fletcher perform on June 30. Call 293-7330 for information.
SUMMER JAZZ. CFA Proscenium Theater. 2202 W. Anklam Road. PCC Jazz Improv, various student jazz ensembles under the direction of Mike Kuhn, perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 29. Tickets are $4 general, $3 for students and seniors. Call 206-6988 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. Saturdays, through July 4. This week's featured artist is Latin jazz ensemble Descarga. 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.
Announcements
BAND CLASSES. Desert Cove Christian Church. 6163 S. Midvale Road. Desert Cove School of Music offers band, orchestra, keyboard, guitar, voice and preschool music and movement classes for all ages. Cost ranges from $25 to $40 per month, in addition to enrollment and materials. Private instruction on piano, strings, guitar and band instruments is available. Call 888-3352 or 887-4266 for information.
BLUEGRASS JAM. Pizza Hut. 2943 N. Campbell Ave. Pickers of all skill levels are invited to come, play and sing along at the Desert Bluegrass Society's free jam session at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 27. Call 743-7086 for information.
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 clockwork@psn.net 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.
SINGERS WANTED. Mountainview Social Center. Saddlebrook, AZ. Male singers of all ages are wanted to audition for an all-male barbershop-style chorus. Auditions are at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 30. Contact George Peters at (520) 825-7579 for information and directions.