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RICK WILEY / ARIZONA DAILY STAR Board members representing arts groups in Phoenix and Tucson met on Friday to discuss future Desert Song Festivals, including next year’s Leonard Bernstein birthday celebration. SONG FEST UNITES MANY VOICES Annual concert series draws participation from 10 arts groups in Arizona

By Cathalena E. Burch SONG FESTIVAL STAR POWER ARIZONA DAILY STAR • The artists: Angela Brower, Bernadette ack Forsythe had a crazy idea in early 2010: What if a Peters Cheryl Lindquist, Daniel Montenegro, Bernardo Bermudez, bunch of arts organizations in Tucson — the symphony Elizabeth Futral, Judicaël Perroy, Marco Cammarota, Heidi Stober, Kristin and university, the professional choir and the guitar Dauphinais, Heather Phillips, Kevin J Murphy, Rena Harms, Rebecca Ringle, society — joined hands and put on a big multi-week Nathaniel Olson, René Barbera, Sandra Lopez, Trey Smagur, Tony Arnold, Refus festival focusing on the human voice? Müller, Richard Paul Fink and Victoria Robertson. The festival would insert itself into the groups’ existing • The arts groups: Ravinia Steans Music Institute of Illinois; Arizona Early Music seasons, guaranteeing at minimum an audience of season Society, Arizona Opera, Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, Ballet Tucson, ticketholders. The festival would act as an umbrella to Tucson Guitar Society, University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music, the organizations, giving them grants to bring in higher- Tucson Symphony Orchestra, True Concord Voices & Orchestra and UA caliber singers than their budgets normally allowed. Presents.

See SONG FEST, E5 Unravel gem show confusion at Star discussion

By Ann Brown IF YOU GO Some of the topics to be dis- ARIZONA DAILY STAR cussed include: The tents will soon be dotting • What: A panel discussion on • What the Tucson Gem and Tucson as the annual Tuc- “How to Make the Most of the Mineral Show is and why is it the son Gem, Mineral and Fossil Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show- centerpiece show. Showcase turns the city into a case” • How to pick which shows to giant treasure hunt from Jan. 28 • When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31 attend and when is the best time through Feb. 12. • Where: Casas Adobes Church, to attend them. The trading, collecting and 6801 N. Oracle Road. • What to look for — and what bargain hunting of the showcase, • How much: It’s free, but register to avoid. the largest gem-and-mineral at tucson.com/workshop • How to know if you’re getting event of its kind in the world, can a good deal (or not). be overwhelming and confus- • How to get around among the ing — especially to first-time istrator, Park Tucson Division shows. attendees. department of Transportation, • There will be time for ques- To unravel that ball of confu- city of Tucson tions, too. sion, the Star is offering a free • Mark Marikos, president, Tuc- The Star’s goal is that readers panel discussion “How to Make A.E. ARAIZA / ARIZONA DAILY STAR 2013 son Gem & Mineral Society will walk away with solid ideas the Most of the Gem, Mineral and The Star will hold a panel discussion on Jan. 31 that will cover the best • Jane Roxbury, director of Con- about how they can navigate, par- Fossil Showcase” (and not get ways to navigate Tucson’s long list of gem show events through Feb. 13. vention Services, Visit Tucson and ticipate in and enjoy the shows. ripped off), at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, • Andrew Squire, economic The discussion is free, but Jan. 31 at Casas Adobes Church, Four experts on the multishow insights: development specialist, city of you’re asked to register. 6801 N. Oracle Road. event will share tips, ideas and • Donovan Durband, admin- Tucson Arizona Daily Star / Sunday, January 15, 2017 HOME + LIFE • E5

decades and I’ve seen a lot of IF YOU GO these things come and go,” said Ballet Tucson’s founding Artistic The fifth annual Tucson Desert Director Mary Beth Cabana. “I Song Festival kicks off Wednesday, thought, we’ll give it a shot and Jan. 18, for its 19-day run through see if it has legs. It went very well Feb. 5. and the ‘Passionately Piazzolla’ • 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. was extremely well received.” 18: Opening lecture-recital, Ballet Tucson has been Crowder Hall at the University involved in all but one festival of Arizona Fred Fox School of since. Music, North Park Avenue and “I think that’s what makes it East Speedway; free. exceptional, and I love that the • 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19: board was receptive to groups Tucson Guitar Society recital that were not sort of an antic- with mezzo-soprano Angela ipated fit,” said Guitar Society Brower and French guitarist board chairwoman Julia Pernet, Judicaël Perroy, UA Holsclaw who also chairs the song festi- Hall; $25, $10 for students at val’s artistic committee. “I think tucsonguitarsociety.org that’s a very cool joining in of the • Friday, Jan. 20: Tenor Rufus art forms. It’s a framework that Müller masterclass, 11 a.m. at allows the individual participants UA Holsclaw Hall; free. Tucson to be very creative and do things Symphony Orchestra Brahms that they normally couldn’t have German Requium, 7:30 p.m. done.” at Tucson Music Hall, 260 The festival also can lead to S. Church Ave., $30-$86 at interesting collaborations. True tucsonsymphony.org Concert Concord is teaming up with UA’s repeats at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. MIKE CHRISTY / ARIZONA DAILY STAR Arizona Choir for “Elijah,” bring- 22. Former Tucson Symphony Orchestra conductor George Hanson became the Song Fest’s director in July 2015. ing 45 graduate student vocalists • Jan. 21: Soprano Heidi Stober on stage with another 25 from masterclass, 2 p.m. at Tucson True Concord to create a mas- Symphony Center, 2175 N. SONG FEST sive vocal tour de force, said UA Sixth Ave.; free. Bernadette choral activities Director Bruce Peters with UA Presents, 8 Continued from Page E1 Chamberlain, who also leads the p.m. at Centennial Hall, 1020 TSO Choir. E. University Blvd. on the “When you start a new pro- In late February, Arizona Early University of Arizona campus; gram like this, the hard part is Music Society is teaming up with $35-$100 through ticketmas- building up an audience,” the True Concord to mount Mon- ter.com retired Fortune 500 executive teverdi’s “Vespers” using 17th • Jan. 22: Tenor Rufus Müller said a year before the first festival, century instruments including and lutenist Daniel Swenberg “Song and Beyond” in February sackbuts, cornettos, recorders with Arizona Early Music 2013. “We’re already starting and other rare period instru- Society, 3 p.m. at Grace St. with a built-in audience. The ments. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 idea is to bring in the stars and let COURTESY TUCSON DESERT SONG FESTIVAL COURTESY TUCSON DESERT SONG FESTIVAL “This is an opportunity for E. Adams St. TSO Brahms Ger- these organizations bask in their Heidi Stober Tony Arnold both of us; for us to do something man Requiem, 2 p.m. at Tucson light.” bigger and for True Concord to Music Hall. Bask, indeed. In the five years kind of venture into early music • J an. 26: Kristin Dauphinais since, Tucson Desert Song Festi- instrumentalists,” said Scott hosts “New Directions in Art val has grown from the inaugural Mason, AEMS’s board president. Song” lecture/recital, noon, two weekends to three, with a “That’s a real big deal for us. It’s Holsclaw Hall; free. Soprano guest roster that numbers 19 a much larger scale than we’ve Heidi Stober accompanied from the 13 singers that first year. done before.” by pianist Alan Pierello with The number of participating Hanson said he knows of no Arizona Opera, 7 p.m. at Hols- organizations has grown from the where outside of Europe where claw Hall; $25, $15 students initial seven — Tucson Sym- orchestras, opera houses, ballet through azopera.org phony Orchestra, True Concord companies, music schools and • Jan. 27: True Concord Voices Voices & Orchestra, UA Presents, arts presenters “are coordinating & Orchestra with baritone University of Arizona Fred Fox mutually supportive program- Richard Paul Fink in “Elijah,” School of Music, Ballet Tuc- COURTESY TUCSON DESERT SONG FESTIVAL COURTESY UA PRESENTS ming at this level, anywhere.” 7:30 p.m. at Catalina Foothills son, Tucson Guitar Society and Richard Fink Bernadette Peters “In an American city, the idea High School Auditorium, 4300 Chamber Music Plus — to 10, of the opera and the symphony E. Sunrise Drive; $25-$40 including the prestigious Ravin- being able to program mutually through trueconcord.org ia’s Steans Music Institute from supportive repertoire is almost Concert repeats 7 p.m. Jan. 28 Chicago and Arizona Friends of inconceivable,” he said. “The at Valley Presbyterian Church, Chamber Music, which got on concept was brilliant and unique. 2800 S. Camino del Sol, Green board in year two; and Arizona As it has slowly ramped up and is Valley; and 3 p.m. Jan. 29 at Early Music Society and Arizona now just about to take off like a Catalina United Methodist Opera, which both joined the rocket for next year, I think that Church, 2700 E. Speedway. festival last year. Tucson is going to benefit from • Jan. 28: Tucson Desert Song Next year, they could add three this for years after we’re all gone.” Festival K-12 Songwriting Com- more organizations. Festival “That kind of synergy has petition Finalist Showcase, Director George Hanson said been a really good thing. Getting 2:30 p.m. at Holsclaw Hall; they are in talks with the Jewish some of these players in the same free. Arizona Opera’s “Mad- Community Center, Loft Cinema COURTESY TUCSON DESERT SONG FESTIVAL COURTESY TUCSON DESERT SONG FESTIVAL room can sometimes be difficult ama Butterfly,” 7:30 p.m. at and Arizona Theatre Company to Angela Brower Rene Barbera because you are dealing with egos Tucson Music Hall; $30-$125 put on events for the 2018 festival and (artistic) territory,” said Hol- through tickets.azopera.org celebrating the 100th birthday of birthday on Aug. 25, 2018, said organizations including Ballet tan. “Getting people in the same Performance repeats at 2 p.m. Leonard Bernstein. Segel, who will take over For- Tucson and the Tucson Guitar room and talking about themes Jan. 29. True Concord “Elijah,” 7 “What I really like is the way in sythe’s board president role this Society, both of which are not together and programs together is p.m. in Green Valley. this last year or so (that) every- spring. normally associated with voice. pretty remarkable. This enter- • Jan. 29: Arizona Opera “Mada- body has embraced the concept “This is going to put us on the “It’s just a neat and unique prise has allowed all of us to look ma Butterfly,” 2 p.m. at Tucson not only for this year but for next international map,” said Segel, a thing that Jack and all of Tucson beyond our own organizations Music Hall. True Concord “Eli- year,” said Forsythe, the outgoing former East Coast opera singer has going,” Roberts said. “I think and (realize how) working togeth- jah,” 3 p.m. at Catalina United president of the song festival who has lived in Tucson 20 years. it’s the kind of thing that I hope er can benefit people beyond Methodist Church. board of directors. “We are al- “This is going to put Tucson up can catch on and serve as a model ourselves.” • Jan. 31: Tenor Rene Barbera ready looking at 2018, ’19, which there with other festivals. We elsewhere in the country and the This year’s festival features the recital presented by Arizona was always the plan. We always hope to make the Tucson Desert world.” return of several artists who were Opera, 7 p.m. at UA’s Holsclaw wanted to look three years out.” Song Festival ... a household What makes that model work, involved in past song festivals Hall, University of Arizona Fred The fifth annual song festival name.” arts groups involved say, is the including Mesa native Angela Fox School of Music; $25, $15 kicks off on Wednesday, Jan. 18, Eric Holtan, the founder and synergy created by everyone Brower, who plays the festival’s students at tickets.azopera.org but Forsythe, incoming board music director of the professional working together and including first recital on Thursday, Jan. • Feb. 1: Soprano Tony Arnold president Jeannette Segel and True Concord choir, says the fes- in that circle organizations not 19, with the Guitar Society and joins Enso Quartet with Arizo- Hanson are already finalizing tival is already there. When True normally associated with singing. French guitarist Judicaël Perroy. na Friends of Chamber Music, next year’s festival. Hanson, who Concord — then known as Tuc- Like the Tucson Guitar Society Brower sang with the TSO when 7:30 p.m. at Leo Rich Theater, in summer 2015 was hired for the son Chamber Artists — joined in and Ballet Tucson, which collab- it mounted Richard Strauss’s 260 S. Church Ave. $30, $10 part-time consulting job, said year one, Holtan had to explain orated with Chamber Music Plus, “Der Rosenkavalier” in the 2015 students at arizonachamber- everyone involved in the festival what the event was at length to the classical-music-meets-the- festival. music.org/tickets will present music composed by artists’ agents, and many didn’t ater program run by Harry Clark “Just being a part of the • Feb. 2: Master class with the late New York Philharmonic readily wrap their brain around and Sanda Schuldmann. CMP, concert with the orchestra was pianist Kevin Murphy, vocal conductor who wrote choral, the idea of an expansive winter which ended its 35-year run in amazing,” recalled Brower, who program director at Ravinia’s opera and orchestral works. song festival in the middle of the August 2013, was known for has lived and worked in Germany Steans Music Institute, with Planning for the Bernstein desert. creating theater pieces written for eight years. “The turnout was UA Fred Fox School of Music. 3 festival started in 2015 after “Now when I call up an agent by Clark that were centered on quite good. I hope that people p.m. at Holsclaw Hall; free. Tucson arts patron Dorothy from one of the big booking classical music personalities. The realize this is quite a wonderful • Feb. 3: “Love is Here to Stay” Dyer Vanek — a staunch and agencies and I tell them this is for works were performed by a pro- cultural event we have in Tucson. with Ravinia’s Steans Music generous supporter of the TSO, the Tucson Desert Song Festi- fessional actor with live chamber … I hope it continues. I think Institute vocalists, with UA Fred True Concord and the volunteer val, they know what I’m talking musical accompaniment. it’s a great idea and a wonderful Fox School of Music. 7 p.m. at Southern Arizona Symphony about. They didn’t know two At the inaugural song festival, program.” Holsclaw Hall; free. Orchestra — pledged a matching or three years ago,” said Holtan, Clark introduced a new work, Forsythe couldn’t agree more. • Feb. 3-5: Ballet Tucson’s “Love gift of $150,000. Hanson said the whose True Concord will mount “Passionately, Piazzolla,” and “It’s a darn good idea. I like the and Other Dances” featuring festival already has raised the ad- Mendlessohn’s epic oratoria brought in Argentinian guitarist idea I came up with,” he said with baritone Bernardo Bermu- ditional $150,000 plus some for “Elijah” in three performances and vocalist Brian Chambouley- a chuckle. “It’s been just a good dez and soprano Victoria an event that will be broadcast to Jan. 27-29. ron and actor Robert Beltran. Bal- story all along. I wanted to do Robertson, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3, classical music lovers around the Ravinia’s Stean Director let Tucson choreographed dance this in the Twin Cities, but they 2 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 and 1 world. The festival is finalizing a Anthony Roberts said there are to go along with the performance, looked at me like, ‘Are you nuts!’” and 5 p.m. Feb. 5 at Stevie Eller deal with a major international few song festivals in the United which focused on Argentinian Dance Theatre on the UA cam- classical music radio station to States, and none that he knows tango composer and musician Contact reporter Cathalena E. Burch at pus; $45 at ballettucson.org cover the 2018 festival for later of that operate like Tucson’s, Astor Piazzolla. [email protected] or 573-4642. On broadcast around Bernstein’s involving multiple and divergent “I’ve been in Tucson three Twitter: @Starburch

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