There’s nothing quite as enduring as the Tucson Pops Orchestra’s Music Under the Stars park concert series.
Well, except the Arizona Symphonic Winds Music in the Park series.
Both have been around long enough to qualify for Tucson institution status — events that herald the changing of the season far more reliably than the temperature gauge in your car.
It might not be fall-chilly yet, but you know it’s fall when the two ensembles — the volunteer Winds and the professional Pops — hit the stage.
This is season 31 for the Winds, 63 for the Pops. Conductor László Veres leads both.
Contact reporter Cathalena E. Burch at cburch@tucson.com or 573-4642. On Twitter @Starburch
If you go
Arizona Symphonic Winds Music in the Park
Where: Udall Park's László Veres Amphitheater, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road.
When: 7 p.m. Saturdays through September beginning Sept. 9.
Season highlights:
• Sept. 9 — “Musical Potpourri” featuring the music of John Williams, Tchaikovsky, Paul McCartney and others.
• Sept. 16 — “Tucson’s Future Stars” with tuba soloist Phoenix Hanes and internationally ranked young Irish dancer Liam Boyd.
• Sept. 23 — “More Future Stars” featuring artists 12 and younger including cellists Sarah Roland and Neomi Turner, and violinist Joshua Tahii.
• Sept. 30— “An Evening with Elena Galbraith, Vocal.”
Cost: Admission is free; donations are accepted.
Details: facebook.com/ArizonaSymphonicWinds
Tucson Pops Orchestra Music Under the Stars
When: 7 p.m. Sundays through September; first concert is Sunday, Sept. 10.
Where: DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center in Reid Park, East 22nd Street and South Country Club Road.
Season highlights:
• Sept. 10 — Maestro Veres dusts off his clarinet to play Mozart's Concerto for Clarinet in observation of the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
• Sept. 17 — Pops concertmaster Michael Fan joins violist Joseph Pagan for the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante.
• Sept. 24 — Flutist Alexandar Lipay will perform Chimanad's Concertino for Flute.
Cost: Admission is free; donations are accepted.
Details: facebook.com/tucsonpops
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