1986 – Year incorporated as a 501(c)3 called Arizona Repertory Singers
45 – Number of members mid 20s and late 70s – Ages of youngest and oldest ARS members
3 – Hours of rehearsal each week August through May
350+ – Number of pieces in ARS’ performing choral repertory
9 – Number of original choral compositions commissioned
65+ – Venues performed at in the past 30 years
7 – Nations in which ARS has performed: France, Germany, Austria, Canada, Hungary and Yugoslavia
40+ – Number of pieces ARS learns each season
Professional-quality choral ensemble
- 45 members ranging in age from mid 20s to late 70s
- Rigorous singing and sight-reading audition required
- Weekly 3-hour rehearsals August through May
- Has one of the largest performing choral repertories in the nation
Performed at over 65 venues in Southern Arizona and around the world
- UA Poetry Center dedication of Helen S. Schaefer Building
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum dedication of Harris hawk sculpture honoring Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut Laurel Clark
- Pima Council on Aging headquarters opening reception
- Educational Enrichment Foundation awards luncheon
- Interfaith Community Services’ Music for the Soul
- Carondelet Hospice Holiday Tree of Memories gathering
- UA Stevie Eller Dance Theatre for the ARS 25th Anniversary Gala Concert
Performed with major musical organizations and performers
- The Tucson Symphony Orchestra
- Tucson Pops Orchestra
- Tucson Masterworks Chorale
- The Sonoran Bells
- Music Professors at the UA Faculty Artist Series • Barry Manilow
Supports many original choral compositions written specially for ARS
- Knave of Cups by Paul Richards
- Desert Songs by G. Bradley Bodine & Byrd Baylor
- Songs for Braithwaite by Vijay Singh for ARS’ 25th anniversary
- Beauty has the Coldest Heart by Anthony Constantino
- O magnum mysterium by Grant Jahn
- 30th anniversary concerts featured four original commissioned compositions
Raises public understanding and appreciation of the choral art
- Collaborative concerts with high school choirs educates and excites students about life-long music participation.
- AZPM Classical 90.5 broadcasts ARS concerts in its Community Concert Series
Contributes a portion of concert proceeds to community organizations
- The San Xavier Mission Restoration Fund
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters Children’s Concert
- Churches in which ARS performs during the annual concert season