This year's Civic Orchestra of Tucson season is one filled with magic.  The orchestra is playing four free concerts this year, and one will be in the Green Valley area.  In addition, the orchestra will play concerts in Oro Valley and SaddleBrooke sponsored by the Greater Oro Valley Arts Council and SaddleBrooke TWO respectively. There is an admission charge for those concerts.

 

The season opens at the Armory Park Senior Center with a little bit of October magic. In cooperation with the Tucson Children's Museum, the Civic Orchestra will play a free concert for children featuring such magical numbers such as Tam O'Shanter by Malcolm Arnold, Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain. There will also be a visit from the Phantom of the Opera. Cookies and veggies and punch will be featured in a post-concert reception and a musical instrument petting zoo will also be offered.

 

Holiday Magic will fill Canyon del Oro High School as the COT is the featured orchestra in GOVAC's annual concert. The Civic Orchestra will play a mixture of seasonal music and conclude with that old favorite White Christmas. Call 797-3959 for information on tickets for this sponsored concert.

 

February is the time to discover some string magic. Two popular soloists, Evan Drachman and Linda Rosenthal will join with the orchestra play Brahms’ Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in Crowder Hall on the UofA campus. The orchestra will also perform a symphony by Dvorak or Rachmaninoff. The selected symphony will be repeated in Green Valley, and Noel DaSalla will be the featured soloist playing Bottesini’s Concerto for String Bass. Both of these are free concerts.

 

SaddleBrooke TWO will again sponsor COT for a pops concert at their DesertView Theater Performance Center. Ticket information is available at 818-1000 or http://www.tickets.saddlebrookemvcountryclub.com. We hope to have at least one Young Artists' Competition winner join us for this concert.

 

The magic of spring returns as the Civic Orchestra plays its Pops in the Park free concert for the 31st time in May.

 

It will be a magical season. Mark your calendars, grab your Nimbus 2000, and enjoy the ride.