Conversation with Dario Brignoli
TSO Dialogues
José Luis speaks with TSO Principal Clarinet Dario Brignoli about his experiences playing around the world, Beethoven’s music for the clarinet, and more.
Free
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The Up Close, digital way for you to experience the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, curated by José Luis Gomez.Enjoy the archive from the 2020–21 season!
Beethoven’s Ninth Listening Club
TSO Discusses
Celebrating Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday, José Luis will lead a listening club of recordings of Beethoven’s Ninth. Listen to the recordings in the listening list, come up with good questions, and join the discussion. Baking a cake and lighting 250 little candles is completely optional!
Free
Two Aesop Fables
Just For Kids
TSO Wind Quintet:
Music by Paul Taffanel, Paul Hindemith, August Klughardt, and Franz Danzi
When the big, scary lion is trapped, should the tiny mouse consider helping? How could the slow tortoise ever compete in a race against the quick hare? The wind quintet tells two classic Aesop fables: The Lion and the Mouse and The Tortoise and the Hare.
Free
Conversation with Paavo Järvi
TSO Dialogues
José Luis and his conducting mentor Paavo Järvi discuss the life of an international conductor.
Free
Season’s Greetings
TSO Performs
Just in time for the holidays, the TSO Brass Quintet plays a program of holiday favorites, old and new.
This year’s Christmas program is once again being sponsored in loving memory of Kimberlee Allen
James H. & Frances R. Allen Family Foundation
Free
Conversation with Norman Lebrecht
TSO Dialogues
Just two weeks before our book club event, José Luis interviews historian, cultural commentator, broadcaster, and novelist Norman Lebrecht about the music of Gustav Mahler.
Free
Joy, Sadness, Heroism & Color
TSO Performs
TSO Brass & Percussion Ensemble
This program of works by Bach, Purcell, Boulanger, Holst, and TSO composition instructor Betsy Bright shows how musicians can use different performance techniques to express different moods. This is an inside look into TSO Education Programs, as this video is being provided to schools free of charge thanks to your generous support.
Free
Why Mahler? Book Club
TSO Discusses
As part of a monthlong discussion of Gustav Mahler, José Luis will host a book club reading Norman Lebrecht’s Why Mahler? Get the book and follow the reading guide. A series of videos will end with this final book club discussion. Start reading today!
Free
There’s No Place Like… Tucson!
Just For Kids
TSO Percussion Ensemble
Music by Emmanuel Chabrier, Claude Debussy, Francisco Tárrega, Georges Bizet and Dave Walton
Dorothy (no relation to that other Dorothy from Kansas) visits the faraway land of Spain! With the new friends she makes along the way, including her hero the Toreador, she experiences new music to share with her friends back in Tucson.
Free
Conversation with Perry So
TSO Dialogues
Originally scheduled as a guest conductor for February 2021, Perry So and José Luis talk about the life of a traveling conductor and bringing interesting new repertoire to audiences around the world.
Free