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TU Symphony – President’s Concerto-Aria Concert

Lorton Performance Center 550 South Gary Place, Tulsa, OK

The University of Tulsa Symphony Orchestra will conclude its 2022 performance season with the President’s Concerto-Aria Concert. The concert will feature TU Concerto-Aria winners Alina Ryzhkova, piano; Jessi Rhinehart, soprano; Madyson Mitchell, soprano; and Ben Reyes, cello. Conductor Richard Wagner will also lead the orchestra in music by Copland and Bizet. The concert is free […]

Free

TU Opera presents Divas, Divas, Divas!

Lorton Performance Center 550 South Gary Place, Tulsa, OK

The TU Opera Theatre presents Divas, Divas, Divas! This concert will feature performances of The Impresario by W.A. Mozart and La Divina by Thomas Pasatieri. Brady McElligott will direct. This […]

Free

Arts and Humanities Festival

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

Visit the Zarrow Center for Art & Education for an evening of fine art, live performances, documentary film-making, custom poetry and much more, all created by arts and humanities students at The University of Tulsa.

Free

Dylan and the Beats

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

This three-day symposium will feature presentations from some of the world's leading experts on Dylan's music, art and influences. Discussion panels, keynote lectures and concerts will help us better understand Dylan's long-standing fascination with the Beat poets and writers, including Ginsberg, Kerouac, Waldman and others. This event will run in partnership with the opening of […]

Chamber Orchestra Series: Haydn’s Symphony No. 83

Lorton Performance Center 550 South Gary Place, Tulsa, OK

Tulsa Symphony Orchestra presents Chamber Orchestra Series: Haydn’s Symphony No. 83, featuring: Matthew Halls, guest conductor Brinton Smith, cello Joseph Bologne – Chevalier Symphony 1 Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto […]

$15 – $65

Joseph Rivers – Dreams, Elegies and Cat Fights

Lorton Performance Center 550 South Gary Place, Tulsa, OK

J. Donald Feagin Professor of Music and Film Studies Joseph Rivers, Ph.D., will present "Dreams, Elegies and Cat Fights," a concert of his music in Gussman Concert Hall at the Lorton Performance Center. The concert will include original instrumental and vocal music and will feature a performance of Every Man’s Land, commissioned by Kathryn LaFortune, […]

Free

A Conversation with Béla Fleck

Lorton Performance Center 550 South Gary Place, Tulsa, OK

Through the David Waters Trust TU/Tulsa Symphony program, we welcome Grammy-winning recording artist and musical icon Béla Fleck to the Gussman Concert Hall stage for a Q&A. The event is free and open to the public.

Free

Musical Legacies of the Dust Bowl: Dust-to-Digital keynote

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

Join us for a talk with April and Lance Ledbetter, the owners of Dust-to-Digital, on the history of their work with music, music restoration and music mediums. Directed by the husband-wife team in Atlanta, GA, Dust-to-Digital began its mission of creating access to hard-to-find music by producing high-quality books, box sets, CDs, DVDs and vinyl […]

Free

Musical Legacies of the Dust Bowl – Lecture Series

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

Join us Saturday, Oct. 8 for a series of public talks and a gallery exhibition on Musical Legacies of the Dust Bowl. These public talks will feature historians, authors, musicians and music producers, discussing the factors that went into (and legacies that arose from) Oklahoma music. The first panel, Sharing Oklahoma Music, features an Oklahoma […]

Free

TU Chamber Orchestra with Ron Pearson, organ

First Presbyterian Church 709 S. Boston Ave., Tulsa, OK

The University of Tulsa Chamber Orchestra will perform with Ron Pearson, TU organ professor and director of music ministries at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Tulsa, 709 S. Boston Ave. TU Symphony Conductor Richard Wagner will lead the orchestra. The concert is free and open to the public.

Free

Concerts with Commentary – Piano for Two

Lorton Performance Center 550 South Gary Place, Tulsa, OK

Everyone is welcome at this free concert featuring performances by Dana Maher, piano, and Allison Eskitch, piano. The performance will take place on Thursday, Oct. 20, in Meinig Recital Hall.

Free

Canceled: TU Jazz Ensemble concert

Lorton Performance Center 550 South Gary Place, Tulsa, OK

Note: This event has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience. Join the TU School of Music for a jazz concert. The concert will take place on Thursday, Oct. 20, in Gussman Hall. For more information, please contact katy-gallagher@utulsa.edu. The concert is free and open to the public.

Free

Tulsa Chorale performance

Lorton Performance Center 550 South Gary Place, Tulsa, OK

Join the TU School of Music for a performance by the Tulsa Chorale. The Tulsa Chorale will sing pieces by composers Eric Whitacre and Johannes Brahms. Maureen O’Boyle is the featured violin soloist. William Roger Price and Cathy Venable are the featured pianists. The conductors will be Dr. Kim Childs, interim artistic director, and guest […]

TU Symphony Orchestra Concert

Lorton Performance Center 550 South Gary Place, Tulsa, OK

Begin Homecoming Week with a University of Tulsa Symphony Orchestra performance in the Lorton Performance Center’s Gussman Concert Hall. The concert will feature Coronation from the ballet suite The Exiles Return in honor of retiring TU composer Joseph Rivers; Overture to The Magic Flute by Mozart; and music by J.S. Bach and Gustav Holst. TU Professor […]

Free