● The divide between faculty and students comes down when the UA School of Music faculty ensemble invites students to join their ranks.
The Arizona Wind Quintet — faculty members Brian Luce on flute, Neil Tatman on oboe, Jerry Kirkbride on clarinet, William Dietz on bassoon and Daniel Katzen on horn — will join the the student group, the Arizona Graduate Winds, Thursday in a performance of Jean Francaix's "Neuf pièces caractéristiques."
The faculty group also will perform works by Jiri Pauer, Alvin Etler and Charles Lefebvre as part of its annual spring concert.
The Arizona Wind Quintet has been around since 1975 and performs regularly on campus and in the community. It also tours in the Western states. The newest member is Katzen, a horn player who joined last fall.
Thursday's concert begins at 7 p.m. at Holsclaw Hall, North Park Avenue and East Speedway. Admission is free; 621-2998.
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● Here's one not to miss, and you have three chances not to miss it: Reveille Men's Chorus' "Dim Sum & Then Some: A Foreign Affair."
Why you don't want to miss it: Fourteen diverse groups — dancers and singers among them — including Reveille's fine ensemble celebrating diversity and unity. Talk about your perfectly timed message of hope.
The particulars: 8 p.m. today and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday at the Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway. $15 in advance through Reveille, 304-1758, or Antigone Books on North Fourth Avenue; $20 at the door, with discounts available.
See a review of Friday's performance at www. azstarnet.com on Saturday and in Sunday's ¡Vamos! section.
● Talk about your quick returns: celebrated pianist Cecile Licad will return to Tucson for a one-night-only concert with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra next Feb. 7. She will replace pianist Horacio Gutiérrez, who was set to perform Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1.
Licad wowed audiences in concerts April 10, 11 and 13 with her sheer virtuosity on Camille Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 2. It had been nearly 20 years since she had last performed with the TSO.
Tickets for the 2009 concert are $28 for TSO subscribers. Single tickets won't go on sale until Aug. 25 through the TSO, 882-8585 or online at www.tucsonsymphony.org.
● The Civic Orchestra of Tucson will pull out the pops in a concert up north.
The volunteer orchestra will perform "All Kinds of Pops" as part of SaddleBrooke's DesertView Performing Arts Center season. The program mines Broadway, Hollywood and Shakespeare. (In his day, Shakespeare was a pop star.)
The concert also features a guest pianist, Jason Xu, a winner in the orchestra's young artists' competition, performing Grieg's Piano Concerto Opus 16
Saturday's concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at DesertView Performing Arts Center, 39900 Clubhouse Drive, SaddleBrooke. Tickets are $15 through DesertView, 818-1000. For more information, call 730-3371.
● Pima Community College faculty members Michael Keepe (saxophone) and Allen Rodriguez (piano) are teaming up as the Rodriguez & Keepe Duo for a concert Sunday.
They will perform works that vary from the romantic leanings of Tchaikovsky and Glazounov to one of the first pieces ever written for saxophone by Jules Demersseman circa 1860.
Rodriguez and Keepe have performed as a duo since 1992, elegantly mixing classical and contemporary music.
Sunday's concert begins at 3 p.m. at the PCC Center for the Arts Recital Hall, 2202 W. Anklam Road. Tickets are $6, with discounts available; 206-6986.
● The Milanese early music group Ensemble Lucidarium will present a concert that crosses a diverse swath of Jewish music from the Renaissance — works in Judeo-Italian, Judeo-Spanish, Hebrew and Judeo-German.
Lucidarium was founded in 1991 and specializes in medieval and Renaissance music. The group is in residence at the Abbey of Royaumont in France.
Tuesday's concert begins at 7 p.m. at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, 3800 E. River Road, at Dodge Boulevard. Admission is free.
– Cathalena E. Burch
