Tucson Weekly: Listings: Music (September 18

MUSIC

Upcoming

HOLY HANCOCK. UA Centennial Hall, east of the Main Gate on University Boulevard. Jazz masters Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter perform at 8 p.m. Friday, September 26. Tickets are $23 to $36, with discounts for students and children. Call the Centennial Hall box office at 621-3341 for tickets and information.

Performances This Week

Listings GOSPEL BENEFIT. Berger Performing Arts Theatre, 1200 W. Speedway. The Arizona Kidney Foundation presents An Evening With Ms. Dorothy Reid at 7 p.m. Saturday, September 20. Tickets are $5, children 12 and under are free. Proceeds benefit the Arizona Kidney Foundation. Call 882-7604 for information.
MEMORIAL SERIES. UA Holsclaw Recital Hall, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway Boulevard east of Park Avenue. Jeffri Sanders will perform the opening concert for the second year of the Roy A. Johnson Memorial Organ Concert Series at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, September 21. Program will include works by Howells, Sweelinck, Bach, Pinkham, King and Messiaen. Sanders will be joined by music faculty member Edward Reid on trumpet for "The Other Voices of the Trumpet." Tickets are $10 general, $8 UA faculty/staff, and $5 for students and seniors. Call the UA Fine Arts box office at 621-1162 for tickets and information. Call MusiCal at 621-2998 for recorded information on this and other UA concerts.
PLAZA JAZZ. St. Philip's Plaza, 4380 N. Campbell Ave. The Tucson Jazz Society presents a snazzy concert series featuring blues to bebop, Dixieland to Brazilian, and everything in-between. On September 21, pianist Danilo Perez and his Trio perform. Concerts are from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday evenings. Tickets are $8, $4 for TJS members, available at the door. Call the Jazz Hotline at 743-3399 for information.
TOHONO TUNES. Tohono Chul Park, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Tohono Chul Park continues its Everything But The Kitchen Sink concert series with The Hot Desert Love Toads on Thursday, September 25. Concerts begin at 7 p.m. Admission is $3 for members and children, $6 for non-members. Reservations are required. Call 742-6455 for information.
UNDER THE STARS. The Tucson Pops Orchestra concludes its Music Under the Stars series at the DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center at Reid Park, Sunday, September 21. Performance begins at 7 p.m., and admission is free. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy!

Announcements

AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT. The Catalina Chamber Orchestra and the University of Arizona Community Choir announce the Camil Van Hulse memorial Vocal Competition from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, September 27. The four winners (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) will perform Part I of Hendel's Messiah, as well as music by Van Hulse and Holst, at three holiday concerts, and will receive a stipend. Call 327-4721 to schedule an audition.
AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT. The Catalina Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Enrique Lasansky, announces auditions for the 1997-'98 season. Experienced musicians can call 327-4721 to schedule an audition, or email lasansk@azstarnet.com for information.
DESERT DRUMMERS. C 'n' J Ranchette, 2085 S. San Joaquin Road. Relax and enjoy this drumming celebration for women at 6 p.m. Sunday, September 21. Bring a chair, a percussion instrument and a snack. Call 578-5679 or 883-0377 for directions and information.
GOOD CONDUCT. UA Crowder Hall, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway, east of Park Avenue. Join George Hanson, Conductor and Musical Director of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, at 3 p.m. Sunday, September 21, for a free Master Class entitled Being A Conductor. Hanson will work at the podium with some of the UA's finest graduate students in an open rehearsal with the UA Symphony Orchestra on Beethoven's "Prometheus Overture." The master class will provide an up-close and personal look at the process of blending musicians into a unified symphonic orchestra. Though free, reservations are recommended by calling 621-1655. Call MusiCall at 621-2998, or log on to http://www.arts.arizona.edu/music, for information.
THE OLD WEST. Celebrate the lore, literature, and music of the American West at the Ninth Annual Western Music Festival, November 12 through 16. This year's festival will host between 60 to 80 individual and group performers. There will be free children's activities; a chuckwagon dinner, concert and dance at Old Tucson Studios; nightly impromptu jam sessions; daily workshops; and more. Call 825-6621 or 744-9484 for information.