The State of Classical Music
At classical music concerts I attend, one thing is a constant: the age of the audience. Nearly everyone is 50-plus, with an emphasis on the 70-plus set. There are...
Classical Music to Make Us Feel
Composer Michael Torke minced no words before an audience at the Tucson Music Hall about the effect of 'modern' classical music on the public.
“If you see a program for...
Tanque Verde: Best Dude Ranch in Arizona
Whether you are getting married or just have an outdoor Cowboy BBQ, Tanque Verde Ranch at the far eastern point of Speedway Blvd. in Tucson has it all. And...
Humanities Festival in Tucson
The 10th annual Tucson Humanities Festival (through the month of October and ending Nov. 1) will offer a range of talks and a film to explore how the humanities...
Van Cliburn Gold Medallist Dazzles at Tucson Symphony
He won the gold medal at the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2017. This weekend Yekwon Sunwoo dazzled an audience at the Music Hall of the Tucson...
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The Integrated Man
Imagine there is a man without eyes; his world is a very strange world. Though he cannot see it, the landscape is spanned by...
Fictions of Certitude
“Quite a long, long time ago, when huge shadows were thrown upon the earth but their sources were unknown and men still wandered in...
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The mob is now iconoclast. It is a very frightening evolution point to have reached because iconoclasm always is the philosophy adopted just before...
