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Sons of Orpheus—The Male Choir of Tucson

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If you are interested in singing with us in the coming season, please contact Director Grayson Hirst at 520-809-5042.

All voices are welcome!

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For prospective members, a simple, informal “audition” is used to assess voice quality and section placement.

Información en español sobre el coro
Information about the choir in Spanish

Our Next Engagements

A variety of

Holiday Concerts

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 7:00 P.M.	26th Annual Gala Holiday Concert Benefitting the Community Food Bank in partnership with the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind for the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. Location: Berger Center for the Performing Arts, ASDB Campus, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd., Tucson AZ (see map) Sons of Orpheus will be joined by children of the Arizona State School for the Blind. All proceeds from the event will directly benefit the Food Bank, helping to provide essential support to families and individuals during this special time of the year. Admission: Audience members are asked to offer a free will donation of cash or nonperishable food items as admission. If you wish to donate online at https://donate.communityfoodbank.org/give/645100/#!/donation/checkout in advance, a printout of your receipt will provide you a ticket to attend. Charitable contributions made to the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona may qualify the donor for a maximum tax credit of as much as $421 or $841 for couples. Read more about tax credits in the “Questions” box at the above link. Click here to see a sampler video of the 2018 concert, or click on the above link to see a video of the entire Sons of Orpheus portion of the 2013 concert.
Saturday, December 14, 2024 11:30 A.M.	Sons of Orpheus Holiday Concert Orpheus presents a mix of Holiday favorites from past and present. Admission: Free Main Courtyard, Plaza Palomino, 2990 N. Swan Rd. ((SE corner of Swan & Ft. Lowell Rd.) Call Grayson Hirst at 520-809-5042 for more information.
Sunday, December 15, 2024 2:30 P.M.	Sons of Orpheus Holiday Concert Orpheus presents a mix of Holiday favorites from past and present. Tickets: $15, available at the door. Students are free. St. Cyril of Alexandria Church, Nicholson Hall, 4725 E. Pima St., Tucson, AZ 8712 (see map) Call Grayson Hirst at 520-809-5042 for more information.
Monday, December 16, 2024 7:00 P.M. CANCELLED	Sons of Orpheus Holiday Concert CANCELLED Location: The Clubhouse at The Highlands at Dove Mountain, 4949 W. Heritage Club Blvd., Marana, 85653 (click for map).
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 7:00 P.M.	Sons of Orpheus Holiday Concert Community Performance and Art Center Foundation, 1250 W. Continental Rd, Green Valley AZ 85622 (see map) Orpheus presents a mix of Holiday favorites from past and present. Admission for $15 either at the door, online at PerformingArtsCenter.org or by calling 520-399-1750. For more concert information, call Grayson Hirst at 520-403-1445.

Videos

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The 3:10 to Yuma with Tenor Jim Hogan

The Anvil Chorus by Giuseppi Verdi

Ave Maria, by J. S. Bach and Charles Gounod, with soprano Lindsey McHugh and the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus

December Rose, arranged by Tom Fettke and Thomas Grassi, with violinist Kai Skaggs

Mass at the Vatican, 2012 photo by Kathleen Schumpert	San Xavier with the Tucson Boys Chorus, 2012, photo by Gary Smyth	Holiday Concert fundraiser for the Tucson Food Bank, with the students of Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, 2011 photo by Gary Smyth
Chinese New Year Festival with the Tucson Sino Choir, 2013	The Gazebo at Trail Dust Town, 2012 photo by Gary Smyth	Tucson Estates with Del Pueblo Brass Quintet, 2011 photo by Alan McDonald
The White House, 1998	Director Grayson Hirst	Baseball & Patriotic
Cowboy & Western	Christmas & Holiday Sacred & Secular	Music From Around the World
The Welsh Eisteddfod 2002	Alta Pusteria, Italy 2004	Leipzig, Germany 2008

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The Sons of Orpheus choir was founded in 1991 by the distinguished American tenor, Grayson Hirst. It is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian, non-affiliated, community-based choral organization comprised of men from all walks of life. Members include professional and amateur musicians, businessmen, retirees, scientists, scholars, students, engineers, teachers, and others.

Sons of Orpheus provides an opportunity for men to sing selections from the rich repertoire written for men’s voices. It parallels such other Tucson groups as choruses for boys, girls, women, and mixed voices.

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Sons of Orpheus outside Mahler Hall, Dobbiaco, Italy
7th Annual Alta Pusteria Choir Festival, June 26, 2004

Photo by Gary Smyth

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Our mailing address: Sons of Orpheus P.O. Box 31552 Tucson, AZ 85751-1552 Our phone: 520-809-5042

Sons of Orpheus is a member of the Arizona Choral Arts Association and is supported in part by grants from
the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona funded by the City of Tucson and Pima County
and the Arizona Commission on the Arts with funding from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Visit www.thechoiceisart.org to discover arts programs in your community,
learn about the value of the arts and to support and protect the arts in Arizona.

Sons of Orpheus prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, color, creed, religion,
sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preference
regarding choir and board membership, staff, volunteers, and guest musicians.

 

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