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UA Gets Another $20M Gift, This Time for Music School

Couple contribute in honor of Fred Fox, music teacher and French horn player.

Puerto Rican Musician Blends Caribbean Rhythms, Southwest

William Portela says his motivation is to touch audience at a "personal level."

High School Tucson Jazz Musicians Win Top at Natl Competition

This was the fourth year Jazz at Lincoln Center invited TJI Ellington Big Band to New York City; band also won last year.

USC Music Director Sings, Pays it Forward for Music Ed

Tucson native Kathleen Grace recently returned to the Old Pueblo for a one-night performance at Plush.

All Souls Attracts Participants Beyond Local Community

One-time intimate expression of loss becomes collective cultural tradition in Tucson; All Souls weekend kicks off Nov. 2.

Border Contrasts Shape New Musical Aesthetic

Academics explore how Tijuana served as the foundation for the musical hybrid of Nortec Collective

Acclaimed Fusion Percussion Band Red Baraat Coming to Tucson

A Q&A with Sunny Jain, who DownBeat magazine describes as a rising star of the percussion world.

Flamenco Culture Takes Center Stage in Tucson Fest

Fifth annual festival kicks off Thursday with guest artists from around the world, Spanish wine, food.

Festival Showcases Historic Neighborhood

The Armory Park neighborhood event used porches and music to highlight the area.

Tucson Jazz Band Wins Top Honors

Local institute's high school musicians win 'Essentially Ellington'

Traveling Busker Shares His Music, Philosophy

Mikee Pruitt, aka 20,000 Strongmen, plays Appalachian blues on streets of America.

Web Feature: The Balladeer

A former folk music star devotes himself to saving Arizona’s songs

Song, Dance Man Vereen Seeks Up and Comers

Visiting Tucson for concert, he stops at Tucson High, offers his help

Singing That Never Goes Out of Style

Barbershop quartet Touch of Grey shares close vocal harmonies

Exhibit Tunes In to Guitarmaking History

"Good Vibrations" offers glimpse at the instrument and its construction, from 16th-century Europe to present-day Tucson

Web Feature: Raising a Joyful Sound

One Arizona band is changing the face of bluegrass—and the lives of its players

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