Sons of Orpheus—The Male Choir of Tucson

proclaimed

Tucson’s Ambassadors of Song

by Tucson Mayor Robert E. Walkup
June 27, 2008

click to see full proclamation

Upcoming engagements in our 2026–2027 season:


Saturday, December 12, 2026 11:30 A.M. & 12:30 P.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 520-809-5042 for more information.
Wednesday, December 16, 2026 7:00 P.M.	28th Annual Gala Holiday Concert Benefitting the Community Food Bank in partnership with the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. Location: Catalina United Methodist Church, 2700 E. Speedway Blvd. Tucson AZ (see map) 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. Charitable contributions made to the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona may qualify the donor for an Arizona charitable tax credit of as much as $506 or $1009 for couples. Read more about tax credits here. Click here to see a sampler video of our 2018 concert.
Saturday, December 19, 2026 7:00 P.M.	Sons of Orpheus Holiday Concert Orpheus presents a mix of Holiday favorites from past and present. Location: Rincon Country West RV Resort, 's Activity Hall, 4555 S. Mission Rd. (see map) Ticket info to be announced. Call 520-809-5042 for more information.
Sunday, December 20, 2026 2:30 P.M.	Sons of Orpheus Holiday Concert Orpheus presents a mix of Holiday favorites from past and present. St. Cyril of Alexandria Church, Nicholson Hall, 4725 E. Pima St., Tucson, AZ 8712 (see map) Tickets: $15, available at the door. Students are free. Tickets will be available for purchase online soon. Call 520-809-5042 for more information.

Rehearsals for our 36th season continue on Wednesdays at 7 PM and Saturdays at 8:30 AM

Nicholson Hall on the St. Cyril of Alexandria Church campus, 4725 E. Pima St., Tucson, AZ 8712

Open House Welcoming Event Saturday, September 19, 9 A.M. to noon, same location

Fall 2026 SOO Open House Welcoming Event
Download the full flyer for more information.

If you have questions,
please contact us at 520-809-5042 or email us at

All voices are welcome!

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

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.

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

Photo by Gary Smyth

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.
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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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