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This weekend, the best and brightest from the University of Arizona School of Music will perform at the 28th annual President's Concert.
The concert will feature the Arizona Symphony Orchestra and student soloists Brian Hicks, Elena Miraztchiyska and OrquÃdea Guandique, the winners of the President's Concert Competition.
Saxophonist Hicks will perform the first movement of Richard Rodney Bennett's "Concerto for Stan Getz." Miraztchiyska, a pianist, will perform the first movement of Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26.
And violist Guandique performs the first movement of Ernest Bloch's Suite for Viola and Orchestra. Arizona Symphony Orchestra music director and conductor Thomas Cockrell will share the podium with graduate students Jackson Warren and David Dunbar.
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It's happening at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Crowder Hall in the UA's School of Music, near the southeast corner of North Park Avenue and East Speedway. Tickets are $11, with discounts available. 621-1162.
More music notes . . .
• Musical Collage: Laura and Toru Tagawa - St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church. Violinists present music for the Baroque and modern violin. 7 p.m. today. $15 suggested donation. 299-6421.
• Tucson Symphony Preview Series - Joyner-Green Valley Branch Library, 601 N. La Cañada Drive, Green Valley. Jay Rosenblatt talks about TSO's upcoming performance of "Dancing With Liszt and Ravel." 3-4 p.m. today. Free. 594-5295.
• "The Sopranos" - St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 545 S. Fifth Ave. Musica Sonora, a professional early-music vocal ensemble, presents four sopranos singing their favorites. 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. $15; $5 students. 628-8119.
• "Let There Be Peace" - UA Symphonic Choir and Korean Students' Glee Club - Crowder Hall. Choral works on unity and peace. Presented by the UA School of Music. 7:30 p.m. Monday. Free. 621-1622.
• Third Annual UA Brass Showcase Chamber Music Recital - Crowder Hall. The UA Faculty Brass Quintet, student ensembles from each of the four brass studios (trumpet, horn, trombone and tuba/ euphonium). Reception follows. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Free. 621-1622.
• Desert Melodies - Park Place mall, 5870 E. Broadway. Broadway's classic songs, George Gershwin and Cole Porter favorites, holiday songs and old Western standards. 6 p.m. Thursday. Free. 797-3959.
• Raymond T. Ryder Piano Recital - Pima Community College Center for the Arts Recital Hall, 2202 W. Anklam Road. Solo piano recital by faculty member, featuring works by classic and modern composers. 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday. $6. 206-6986.
Young at art . . .
• Tucson Symphony Orchestra Just for Kids, "Rubato the Rattlesnake" - Tucson Symphony Center, 2175 N. Sixth Ave. The TSO Brass Quintet will perform classical music in a children's story. Two shows: 10 and 11:15 a.m. Saturday. $3 suggested donation. 882-8585.
Elsewhere in the Arts . . .
• Pianist Elizabeth Joy Roe performs Schumann (C2).
• Terrence Wilson performs with Tucson Symphony Orchestra (C1).
