The Tucson Junior Strings Chamber 1 Orchestra will perform at 2:30 p.m. Sunday as part of the Fine Art Series at Vista United Methodist Church in Catalina.
Chamber 1 is the top level of a six-level city-wide junior strings orchestral training program directed by Dennis Bourret. It consists of 26 advanced high school string players from across the Tucson area.
The group is unique in that it performs without a conductor in true chamber orchestra style.
The program will feature works by Tchaikovsky, Schubert and Copland, as well as selections from the light classics repertoire including Viennese waltzes and pieces by George Gershwin and Leroy Anderson.
The concert is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted.
Vista United Methodist Church is at 3001 E. Miravista Lane, on the west side of Oracle Road a little more than three-and-a-half miles north of Tangerine Road.
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For more information call 1-520-825-1985.
About the orchestra
Chamber 1 tours every summer to be coached by famous musicians. It has worked with members of some of the best chamber orchestras in the country including Orpheus, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the New York String Soloists, the Philadelphia and Los Angeles chamber orchestras and Tafelmusik in Toronto.
The group has played in the Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the American Embassy in Paris.
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