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Sons of Orpheus—The Male Choir of Tucson


Tucson Ambassadors

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

 


Welcoming New Singers

Click here to download the poster

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!

Look here for more information.

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.
Admission: A donation to the Food Bank or a non-perishable food item
Click here to see a sampler video of our 2018 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.

Sons of Orpheus Holiday Concert
Location: The Clubhouse at The Highlands at Dove Mountain, 4949 W. Heritage Club Blvd., Marana, 85653 (click for map).
Orpheus presents a mix of Holiday favorites from past and present.
Admission: $20 at the door
For more concert information, call Grayson Hirst at 520-403-1445.

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.


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Tickets are $25 each or 5 for $100.

Millions for Tucson Raffle


Purchase tickets at our concerts, through a Sons of Orpheus member, or by mailing payment to us.
Make your check out to Sons of Orpheus, with "Millions for Tucson" on the memo line.
If ordering by mail, send your check to Sons of Orpheus, P.O. Box 31552 Tucson, AZ 85751-1552,
and include your name, email address and phone number. We’ll mail your tickets back to you.

Click here to learn more about the Millions for Tucson Raffle!
Click here to see the full-sized flyer.


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


Mass at the Vatican, 2012
photo by Kathleen Schumpert

San Xavier with the Tucson Boys Chorus, 2012, photo by Gary Smyth


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


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

[White House]


Chinese New Year Festival with the Tucson Sino Choir, 2013

The Gazebo at Trail Dust Town, 2012, photo by Gary Smyth

The Gazebo at Trail Dust Town, 2012
photo by Gary Smyth

Tucson Estates with Del Pueblo Brass Quintet, 2011, photo by Alan McDonald

Tucson Estates with Del Pueblo Brass Quintet, 2011
photo by Alan McDonald

[White House]

The White House, 1998

[Director Grayson Hirst]

Director Grayson Hirst

[Baseball game]

Baseball & Patriotic

[Covered Wagon]

Cowboy & Western

[San Xavier Mission interior]

Christmas & Holiday
Sacred & Secular

[Russian Costume]

Music From
Around the World

[Llangollen, Wales]

The Welsh Eisteddfod
2002

[Alta Pusteria, Italy]

Alta Pusteria, Italy
2004

[Leipzig]

Leipzig, Germany
2008

Click on pictures to enlarge

See our Gallery for more photos


Listen to music from our CDs with the streaming Flash audio player below.
Click on any of the tracks to start the player

or click here to stream the playlist to a music player on your computer instead,
such as Windows Media Player or Apple Quicktime.
You can also listen to individual clips on our CDs & Audio page.

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If you do not have Flash installed on your computer, you can download it here.


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.
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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