Arts & Entertainment

Tucson Pima Arts Council

To foster an environment in which arts and culture are recognized as critical to the quality of life in Tucson and Pima County. TPAC is committed to the artistic expression, educational development and economic growth of our diverse community through support, promotion and advocacy of arts and culture.

ARIZONA ROSE Entertainment Online

The ARIZONA ROSE was founded in 1986 in Tucson AZ by Terry & Cynthia Howell. Their initial mission was to establish a community based Theater company that would exist without funding from public sources. They committed to a philosophy of only producing musical properties that were in some way positive. With a lack of funds for royalties and a true shortage of "doable" or released contemporary musicals, the Howells turned to creating their own properties. They had spent more than twenty-two years together working in the Theater, film, TV, & recording industries with experience in most aspects of production, so this was not an unreasonable decision.

• Web Links to the finest cultural, historical, and educational facilities in southern Arizona are all right here for you.
• Field Trips This is your "one-stop shop" for information on educational opportunities offered by Tucson-area museums. 
• What’s Happening Information on events at TAM member institutions & AND SO MUCH MORE!!

From the panoramic historical perspective of the 26 panels of the 15th century Retablo of Ciudad Rodrigo to the flower power of Georgia O’Keeffe’s "Red Canna", the University of Arizona Museum of Art presents the public with a universe of images that inform and inspire.

Where to Go Dancing In Tucson:

This site an attempt  provide a single point of reference for the many dance activities happening in Tucson. 

The Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus is dedicated to providing boys in the community an enriched educational experience through the study and performance of choral music.

The Chorus endeavors to impart musical, social, and leadership skills that build self esteem and have a sustaining impact on its’ members.
Representing and serving the community as an artistic and cultural resource are fundamental to the Chorus mission.

The Arizona Repertory Singers strive to be the Southwest’s premier repertory choral group. By performing and recording music of the highest caliber, members also aim to be the best singers they can be.

Critically regarded as “Tucson’s crown jewel of choral groups” and “the cream of Tucson’s vocal talent,” the Arizona Repertory Singers (ARS) is a 34-voice choral ensemble conducted by Dr. Jeffry A. Jahn, now in his thirteenth season as Music Director of ARS. Members chosen through a rigorous audition process maintain careers in such diverse fields as architecture, business, education, engineering, information technology, medicine, photography, social service and science.

Arizona Friends of Chamber Music is a nonprofit organization presenting the world's finest chamber music. The Evening Series of concerts are generally on Wednesdays at 8PM. Piano and Friends matinee concerts are on Sundays at 3PM. The Festival is a series of five formal concerts and other events the first week of March, including free open rehearsals, a gala benefit dinner with wonderful music by Festival musicians, a children's concert and master classes. 

TUCSON ARTS ODYSSEY

SPOTLIGHTS OLD PUEBLO'S CULTURAL EVENTS ~ Tucson Arts Odyssey (TAO) is a collaboration of the six major arts organizations in Southern Arizona: Arizona Opera, Arizona Theatre Company, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts and UApresents. The goals of the Odyssey are to develop a broader and more diverse audience for the arts, to facilitate cooperation between artists and companies, and to develop funds for their support.

In more than 72 years of existence, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra has grown from a volunteer community orchestra to a professional regional-sized orchestra serving the entire southwestern area of Arizona. In the last 20 years, growth has been apparent through the innovative programming, children’s concerts, community concerts throughout southern Arizona, expansion of repertoire and ever-increasing heights of musical success.

The mission of the Tucson Symphony is to share beautiful, professionally performed music with as wide an audience as possible. During the 1999-2000 season, the symphony will reach over 60,000 through live performances and over 40,000 through in-school and adult education offerings.

Now ending its 34th year, Arizona Theatre Company is the state's leading professional theatre, performing six productions at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson and at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix from September to May each season. (ATC is the only LORT regional theatre in the country to operate in two cities.) Last year nearly 150,000 people experienced a rich variety of theatre at ATC.

University of Arizona's College of Fine Arts:  Our plan is a living document that honors the particular vibrancy that is the hallmark of the arts. As creators, research scholars, and practitioners in the arts, we embrace creative and artistic intuition and connoisseurship as modes of inquiry equal to scholarly research. Our studios, rehearsals, seminars, and classrooms are our laboratories - where we allow our work, and that of our students, to develop and flourish with all the risks and rewards that accompany the creative process.

Arizona Opera has its roots in 1971 Tucson, where it was founded by a dedicated group of opera enthusiasts. Drawing on a mix of local and regional talent, the company's first General Director, James P. Sullivan, presented an inaugural season featuring two performances of Rossini's Barber of Seville at the Tucson Convention Center Music Hall.