MUSIC Performances This Week ARIZONA REPERTORY SINGERS. Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 792-8141. ARS presents its first holiday concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, December 5, amidst the wonderful acoustics of the museum. This light holiday program is presented in conjunction with the Thursday evening Art Walk. Suggested donation is $5 at the door. They'll also perform sacred a cappella works with a Christmas theme at 7:30 p.m. Friday, December 6, at Our Lady of the Valley, 505 N. La Cañada Drive. Suggested donation is $5 at the door. ARS' annual Christmas Concert is at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, December 12 and 13, at the San Xavier del Bac Mission, 1950 W. San Xavier Road. Suggested donation is $5 at the door. Call 792-8141 for information on these and upcoming concerts. BEAUSOLEIL CELEBRATION. Southwest Center For Music. 2175 N. Sixth Ave. 884-1220. KXCI celebrates their 12th anniversary with a special concert with Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet at 8 p.m. Friday, December 6. Get your taste buds tingling with a pre-concert Cajun dinner at 6:30 p.m. Free Cajun dance lessons start at 7 p.m. Advance tickets are $18, $20 day of show, available at Antigone Books, Hear's Music, Loco Music and all Zip's locations. Call 881-3947 for tickets and information. FACULTY ARTIST SERIES. Crowder Hall, UA campus at the south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-2991. The UA Faculty Artist Series continues with Jeffrey Showell on viola, and Paula Fan on piano at 8 p.m. Monday, December 9. Tickets are $10, $8 UA faculty/staff, $5 for seniors/students. Call 621-2998 for information. NAKAI AND FRIENDS. Berger Performing Arts Center. 1200 W. Speedway. 770-3690. Celebrated Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai performs a Winter Celebration Concert with William Eaton and Will Clipman, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 7, and 3 p.m. Sunday, December 8. Proceeds from this concert will benefit the Education Department of the Arizona Historical Society. Tickets are $15, $12 AHS members, students/seniors/children. Call 628-5774 for tickets and information. REVEILLE GAY MEN'S CHORUS. Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church. 2331 E. Adams St. Reveille Gay Men's Chorus opens its 1996-1997 season with A Winter Montage, Reveille's holiday concert featuring carols, classic works and other favorites with a definite twist. Performances are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, December 6 and 7. Tickets are $12, $10 for seniors/students/children under 12, available at Antigone's Books, Tucson Trunk, Jeff's Classical Records, Girlfriends Coffeehouse & Bookstore, Hear's Music and Rainbow Planet Coffeehouse. Call 617-3100 for reservations and information. SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK. Centennial Hall. UA Campus, located on University Boulevard east of the UA Main Gate. Grammy Award-winning act Sweet Honey In The Rock performs at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 11. This concert will be ASL interpreted for the hearing-impaired by Sweet Honey's Shirley Childress Johnson. Tickets are $20 reserved, $16 for students, available at the Centennial Hall box office, all Dillard's outlets, or by calling (800) 638-4253. TUCSON GIRLS CHORUS. TCC Music Hall. 260 S. Church Ave. The Tucson Girls Chorus present their Winter Concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 7, with a pre-concert show featuring the Jr. Training Chorus at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6.75, available at the door or in advance by calling 577-6064. TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Tucson Convention Center. 260 S. Church Ave. The Tucson Symphony Orchestra presents 16-year-old violinist Tamaki Kawakubo with two performances, Thursday and Friday, December 5 and 6. Tickets range from $12 to $26, available from the TCC and TSO box offices. Call 882-8585 for information. UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY CHORUS. SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church. 1436 N. Campbell Ave. Celebrate the holidays with the University Community Chorus, the University Singers, Symphonic Choir, and Chamber Choir in A Holiday Festival of Music, at 3 and 8 p.m. Sunday, December 8. More than 230 singers participate in this free, festive concert, from freshmen to doctoral students. Call 621-2998 for information. Out Of Town LOVE OF MUSIC. The Bisbee Woman's Club continue the For the Love of Music series with the Canta Sonora Madrigal Quartet, performing at 8 p.m. Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday, December 7 and 8, at the Bisbee Woman's Club Hall on Quality Hill in Old Bisbee. Tickets are available at the door for $7. Call (520) 432-7217 for information. Announcements 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. CARE TO PLAY? The Screening Room. 127 E. Congress St. 622-2262. Attention acoustic, jazz, folk, pop, country and "cool breeze" musicians: The Screening Room needs your talents for a new "theater concert series." Interested local musicians are invited to call the theater at 622-2262; or Rachel Sharp at 881-8425 for information.

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