MUSIC Performances This Week BROWN BAG CONCERTS. Enjoy lunch time tunes Tucson Arts District style every Tuesday through Thursday. From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. October 22, get ready for a steel jam with Kris Dodge at the gazebo in La Placita Plaza; enjoy the El Centro Cultural de las Americas concert from noon to 1 p.m. at 40 W. Broadway on October 23; Sandy Sanford plays organ tunes from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on October 24 at the gazebo in La Placita Plaza. These concerts are free and open to the public. Call the Tucson Arts District at 624-9977 for information. EASTSIDE ARTIST SERIES. Christ Church United Methodist. 655 N. Craycroft Road. 327-1116. The Eastside Artist Series continues with a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, October 20, featuring Jacquelyn Sellers on horn, Nancy Davis Booth, soprano, and Angeline Goltz, on piano and organ. Admission is $5 at the door. Call 299-7189 for information. NEAR AND GILBERT. TCC Leo Rich Theatre. 260 S. Church Ave. First ladies of song and activism, Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert, return to Tucson for one performance only, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 20. Tickets are $20, $24 at the door, available in advance from Antigone Books, Bentley's and The Folk Shop. Call 327-4809 for tickets and information. NO STRINGS ATTACHED. Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. No Strings Attached, the celebrated string ensemble, performs at 8 p.m. Friday, October 18. Tucson's own Arm & Hammer will warm up the stage. Tickets are $11, $12 at the door, with discounts for KXCI, TKMA and TFTM members. Outlets include Antigone Books, The Folk Shop, Hear's Music, Loco Records and Rainbow Moods. Call 327-1779 for information. PLAZA JAZZ. St. Philip's Plaza. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. The Tucson Jazz Society continues the Plaza Suite Fall Jazz series at 8 p.m. Saturday, October 19, with TanaReid. Tickets are $8, $4 for TJS members, available at the door. Café Terra Cotta will have a full bar and picnic dinners on sale. Gates open at 7 p.m. Call the TJS hotline at 743-3399 for more information. REQUIEM CONCERT. UA Centennial Hall. Main Gate on University Boulevard east of Park Avenue. More than 300 musicians and singers from the Arizona Chamber Choir, the UA Symphonic Choir, the University Community Chorus and the University Symphony Orchestra will perform Ein Deutsches Requiem, by Johannes Brahms, at 3 p.m. Sunday, October 20. Tickets are $10, $8 for UA employees and $5 for students/seniors. Call the Fine Arts box office at 621-1162 for tickets and information. SOLAS. The Berger Performing Arts Center. 1200 W. Speedway. 770-3690. Take the five of the best Irish musicians in the U.S. today, put them together and you have Solas. This group of ultra-talented Celtic musicians perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 23. Tickets are $12 and $14, with $1 discount for TFTM, TKMA, and seniors. Tickets are available at Hear's Music, Piney Hollow, Loco Records or the Harp & Shamrock. Charge by phone at 881-3947; or call 327-4809 for reservations and information. SONGS IN THE FOOTHILLS. St. Francis in the Foothills. 4625 E. River Road. 299-9063. The hills come alive with the sounds of Cynthia Stacey, Jenny Bird, and special guest Celtic /jazz guitarist Michael Mandrell, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 22. Tickets are $10. Tickets are available at Hear's Music, Antigone Books, or the St. Francis Book Store. Announcements BAND DAY. The University of Arizona Band Department presents its 44th UA Band Day, beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, October 19 at Arizona Stadium. Approximately 42 high school bands from across Arizona, as well as the UA's own Pride of Arizona will perform. Food and refreshments will be available throughout the day. Admission is $4, $2 for seniors and music lovers 8 and under are free. Complementary parking is available in designated stadium lots. BISBEE CABARET. The 55 Main Gallery hosts an informal Coffee House "Cabaret Unplugged" from 8 to 10 p.m. every Friday. This free, open mike event provides musicians, poets, vocalists, entertainers and listeners with a relaxed atmosphere. Format is acoustic. Call for information or to reserve a performance time slot. Call (520) 432-4694 for information. ORO VALLEY JAZZ FEST. Come on out for the second annual Oro Valley Jazz Fest beginning at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, October 19, at Dennis Weaver Park. There will be live performances until 7:30 p.m. featuring Crawdaddy-O, The Gardner/Ulman Quartet, The University of Arizona Jazz Ensemble, The Jeff Haskill Quintet and The Tucson Latin Jazz Orchestra. Lawn chairs or blankets are recommended. Master bassist from New York, Rufus Reid, will give a free lecture at 3:30 p.m. in the CDO High School Band Room. Call 544-8589 for information. MAKING MUSIC. The Desert Dove School of Music offers a plethora of music classes for students of all ages and abilities for the keyboard, recorder, guitar, singing, band and more. There are also movement classes for young children. Scholarships are available with partial funding provided by PRO Neighborhoods. Call Judith Richardson at 888-3352 for information. STELLAR MUSIC. Stellar Cellar Tea Room. 3335 E. Grant Road. 881-7559. Bring your favorite acoustic instrument to the cellar at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays for their open mike acoustic night. Arrive early to sign up. Beverages and snacks are available. Call 881-7559 for information. TRIBUTE TICKETS AVAILABLE. Tickets are now on sale for the Opera Guild of Southern Arizona's annual scholarship luncheon, honoring founding president and grand dame of Arizona Opera, Ruth Booth. The luncheon is at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, October 26, at the First Congregational Church, 824 N. Second Ave. Tickets are $20. Reservation deadline is October 19. Call 297-1492 for reservations and information.

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