Sultry saxophonist Marion Meadows is cool, and we're not just talking about his Bob Marley-esque dreadlocks or seriously sexy physique that he struts during his live shows.
He's the poster child for cool in the contemporary jazz scene, of which he has had a strong presence since the early 1990s. The former East Coaster, who now calls Phoenix home, will join his ensemble - Chip Shearin, Will Brock, Rachel Eckroth and Adam Armijo - for what is being billed as an "outside the box" concert at Westin La Paloma Resort on Saturday. "Smooth Home for the Holidays" will include many of Meadows' original works, some holiday favorites and some highlights from the nine albums he has released in his solo career.
The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. at the resort's Spa Ballroom, 3800 E. Sunrise Drive. Tickets are $30 for general admission, $75 for VIP, through www.azentertainmentandevents.com.
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Fresh from last weekend's performance of Robert Ward's "The Crucible," the UA Opera Theater will stage "Scenes of Myth and Fantasy" on Tuesday.
Kristin Dauphinais will direct the cast of distinguished undergraduate and graduate voice students in fully staged scenes from Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"; Offenbach's "Orpheus in the Underworld"; Ravel's "L'enfant et les sortileges"; Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte"; Massenet's "Esclarmonde"; and Gluck's "Alceste."
The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Crowder Hall, North Park Avenue and East Speedway. Admission is $5 through arizona.tix.com.
UA piano faculty member Tannis Gibson will play Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" during Thursday's UA Wind Ensemble and Philharmonic Orchestra concert.
The UA Philharmonic, led by James E. Rogers Conducting Fellow Keitaro Harada, opens the evening with Franz von Suppé's popular and sprightly "Dicter und Bauer" (Poet and Peasant) Overture. Charles Bontrager will then lead the 50-member philharmonic string section in Bach's "Air on the G String" and the finale from Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor.
Thursday's concert begins at 7:30 p.m at Crowder Hall, North Park Avenue and East Speedway. Admission is $5 through arizona.tix.com.
Pima Community College's Jazz Ensemble will groove to a little Herbie Hancock on Tuesday in a concert that will span swing to modern jazz.
Led by Mike Kuhn, who also will pipe in on tenor sax, the 18-piece big band will perform Hancock's "Maiden Voyage," Dexter Gordon's "Cheesecake" and works by Sammy Nestico, Greg Yasinitsky and Les Hooper. Other guest performances include Glen Gross on trumpet and vocalist Lali Smith.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at the PCC Center for the Arts Proscenium Theatre, 2202 W. Anklam Road. Tickets are $6, with discounts available through the Center for the Arts box office, 206-6986.
Mozart and Haydn will kick off Dove of Peace Lutheran Church's sixth season of free classical music concerts on Sunday.
The concert will feature professional musicians and vocalists from the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and Tucson Chamber Artists in a program that includes a pair of choral pieces - Haydn's "Little Organ Mass" and Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus".
TCA music director Eric Holtan will conduct choral works.
Sunday's concert starts at 2 p.m. at Dove of Peace, 665 W. Roller Coaster Road, just west of Oracle Road. Admission is by donation. Details: www.doveofpeacetucson.org.
More music notes …
• Friends of Chamber Music Piano and Friends series - Leo Rich Theatre. Violinist Denise Djokic, with pianist David Jalbert, perform Beethoven, Britten and Rachmaninov. 3 p.m. Nov. 29. $25; discounts available. Also, a free master class with Djokic will be presented at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Leo Rich Theatre. 577-3769.
• SaddleBrooke Singers Holiday Concert - DesertView Performing Arts Center. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. $15 in advance; $17 at the door. 825-2818.
• Silverwood Duo - Bookmans, 1930 E. Grant Road. Flute and guitar ensemble. 1-3 p.m. Saturday. Free. 325-5767.
• Batucaxé - Abounding Grace Sanctuary, 2450 S. Kolb Road. Afro-Brazilian-influenced music. 7 p.m. Saturday. $10. 647-3234.
• Domingo DeGrazia - DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, 6300 N. Swan Road. Spanish guitar music from the new CD "Live at the Paramount." 2 p.m. Sunday. Free. 299-9191.
• "Traditional to Contemporary - The Sound of Steel" - Crowder Hall. The university's two steel drum bands, UA Steel and Blue Steel, perform traditional Caribbean songs. 7:30 p.m. Sunday. $9; discounts available. 621-2998.
• World AIDS Day - Club Congress, 311 East Congress St. Musical lineup includes Parasol Project, Batucaxé, Namoli Brennet, Sebastian and MetalHead. 21 and over. 4 p.m. Tuesday. Free.
• Alexander Lipay solos with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra (Page C1).
• Chamber Music Plus Southwest opens its season with Gershwin (Page C3).
