Includes admission to all concerts in the 2026–2027 Series, including the TUCSON BAROQUE MUSIC FESTIVAL, and FRONT SEATING for Chanticleer ($45 savings)

Saturday, November 7, 2026 ~ 3 p.m.

The Butter Quartet | Scintilla, Early Italian String Quartets

St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church | 4440 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ

2027 Tucson Baroque Music Festival | Avi Stein, festival director

• Friday, January 15 at 7:00 p.m. | At the Court of Versailles 
  St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church | 4440 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ
• Saturday, January 16 at 3:00 p.m. | Bach Among Friends
  Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | 2331 E. Adams St., Tucson, AZ
• Sunday, January 17 at 3:00 p.m. | Handel’s London
  Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | 2331 E. Adams St., Tucson, AZ

Sunday, February 21, 2027 ~ 3 p.m.

Chanticleer | Machaut, Messe de Nostre Dame

Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | 2331 E. Adams St., Tucson, AZ

Sunday, March 14, 2027 ~ 3 p.m.

QUADRANT, featuring Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano | Through Fire and Beauty, A Musical Passport through 17th-century Europe

Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | 2331 E. Adams St., Tucson, AZ

Sunday, April 4, 2027 ~ 2 p.m.

Ensemble Constantinople | Nordic Lights, A Musical Dialogue of Scandinavian and Persian Traditions

La Rosa Arts Center | 800 N. Country Club Rd., Tucson, AZ 85716

Includes admission to concerts on January 15, 16, and 17, 2027.

Join Festival Director and keyboardist Avi Stein and his ten-piece orchestra for an all-instrumental weekend of stunning chamber music, orchestral selections, and virtuosic concerti.

2027 Tucson Baroque Music Festival | Avi Stein, festival director

• Friday, January 15 at 7:00 p.m. | At the Court of Versailles 
  St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church | 4440 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ
• Saturday, January 16 at 3:00 p.m. | Bach Among Friends
  Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | 2331 E. Adams St., Tucson, AZ
• Sunday, January 17 at 3:00 p.m. | Handel’s London
  Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | 2331 E. Adams St., Tucson, AZ

Scintilla: Early Italian String Quartets

Saturday, November 7 at 3:00 p.m.
St. Philip's in the Hills

4440 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ

The Butter Quartet

Anna Lester, violin

Chloe Prendergast, violin

Isabel Franenberg, viola

Evan Buttar, cello

Musical life throughout the 18th-century was dominated by touring Italian virtuosi. Their music and extroverted showmanship were characterized by gorgeous tone, operatic sensibilities, and brilliant ornamentation. In this program, The Butter Quartet puts Felice Giardini (1716–1796), Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen (1745–1818), Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), and Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798) in the spotlight, highlighting the intersections between Baroque virtuosity and the emerging genre of the string quartet.

The Butter Quartet first formed during their studies at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, but soon developed a passion and dynamic that extended beyond their conservatory years. They have been featured in festivals such as the York Early Music Festival, the Utrecht Early Music Festival, Mozartfest Würzburg, and the Beethoven Academy at the National Forum for Music in Poland. Their performances have also been broadcast on national classical radio in the Netherlands (NPO4), the UK (BBC3), France (France Musique), and Slovenia (RTV Slovenija).

Friday, January 15 at 7:00 p.m.
St. Philip's in the Hills

4440 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ

At the Court of Versailles (Concert No. 1 of the Tucson Baroque Music Festival)

Lavish works by Lully, Couperin, Rameau, and Rebel

Saturday, January 16 at 3:00 p.m.
Grace St. Paul's

2331 E. Adams St., Tucson, AZ

Bach Among Friends (Concert No. 2 of the Tucson Baroque Music Festival)

Masterpieces by J. S. Bach—including the Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066—and his contemporaries

Sunday, January 17 at 3:00 p.m.
Grace St. Paul's

2331 E. Adams St., Tucson, AZ

Handel's London (Concert No. 3 of the Tucson Baroque Music Festival)

A tour through 18th-century London, featuring works by Handel, Geminiani, Avison, and others

*Front Seating*

Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame

Sunday, February 21 at 3:00 p.m.
Grace St. Paul's

2331 E. Adams St., Tucson, AZ

Known around the world for its eclectic repertoire and dazzling virtuosity, the Grammy Award winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer—under the leadership of Music Director Tim Keeler—has been hailed by the Boston Globe as “breathtaking in its accuracy of intonation, purity of blend, of color and swagger of style.” Founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis Botto, Chanticleer quickly became one of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, an “orchestra of voices” performing thousands of live concerts and selling more than one million recordings. 

Chanticleer returns to its roots with Guillaume de Machaut’s (c. 1300–1377) Messe de Nostre Dame. This seminal work of liturgical composition is believed to be the first setting of the Ordinary of the Mass by a single composer, creating a path for generations of composers for whom the mass setting was a requisite achievement.

*General Seating*

Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame

Sunday, February 21 at 3:00 p.m.
Grace St. Paul's

2331 E. Adams St., Tucson, AZ

Known around the world for its eclectic repertoire and dazzling virtuosity, the Grammy Award winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer—under the leadership of Music Director Tim Keeler—has been hailed by the Boston Globe as “breathtaking in its accuracy of intonation, purity of blend, of color and swagger of style.” Founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis Botto, Chanticleer quickly became one of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, an “orchestra of voices” performing thousands of live concerts and selling more than one million recordings. 

Chanticleer returns to its roots with Guillaume de Machaut’s (c. 1300–1377) Messe de Nostre Dame. This seminal work of liturgical composition is believed to be the first setting of the Ordinary of the Mass by a single composer, creating a path for generations of composers for whom the mass setting was a requisite achievement.

Through Fire and Beauty

Sunday, January 17 at 3:00 p.m.
Grace St. Paul's

2331 E. Adams St., Tucson, AZ

QUADRANT

Arash Noori, plucked strings

Stephanie Noori, viola da gamba and violin

Jesús Pacheco, percussion

Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano

Through Fire and Beauty is a musical passport through 17th-century Europe. Inspired by the nuove musiche of Giulio Caccini, this concert brings together a dazzling collection of gems—true 17th-century “chestnuts”—each one capturing the unique flavor of its homeland. QUADRANT invites you to experience the bold, expressive then-new sound world of basso continuo as it swept across the continent through works by Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), Henry Purcell, (1659–1659), Michel Lambert (1610–1696), Juan Hidalgo de Polanco (1614–1685), and others.  

Nordic Lights

Sunday, April 4 at 2:00 p.m.
La Rosa Arts Center

800 N. Country Club Rd., Tucson, AZ 85716

Benedicte Maurseth—champion of the Hardanger fiddle—joins Constantinople for a program celebrating the beauty of nature and a borderless musical world. Blending musical traditions from the Hardanger region of Norway and Persia, Nordic Lights features selections of historical and folk music performed by a trio of Hardanger fiddle, Persian setar, and percussion. 

Inspired by the ancient city bridging East and West, Constantinople was founded in 2001 in Montreal by its artistic director, Kiya Tabassian. Since its founding, the ensemble has produced 25 albums, created 63 pieces of music, and travelled to more than 296 cities in 59 countries.