CLOSE-UP VOCAL RECITALS
JANUARY 16, FEBRUARY 18, APRIL 1, 2025
Each year the intimate Close-Up series highlights several artists—guests and members of the True Concord ensemble—giving you a “front row” experience with their spectacular voices in unique and intimate venues.
THURS, JANUARY 16, 2025 | 7PM
RYAN SPEEDO GREEN,
BASS-BARITONE
in partnership with Tucson Desert Song Festival
HOLSCLAW HALL,
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Acclaimed Metropolitan Opera and Vienna State Opera bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green makes his Tucson debut with a program of works by Mahler, Liszt, Schubert, Wolf and Mussorgsky.
Named “the real showstopper” by The New York Times, two-time GRAMMY Award-winning bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green has quickly established himself as an artist of international demand at the world’s leading opera houses.
Experience the artistry of a singer whose life’s story—a journey from Virginia’s “juvenile facility of last resort” to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera—inspired a book and a feature on 60 Minutes.
TUES, FEBRUARY 18, 2025 | 7PM
NATION: JOCELYN HAGEN & TIMOTHY C. TAKACH
THE CENTURY ROOM,
HOTEL CONGRESS
NATION VOCAL DUO
TRUE CONCORD’S CO-COMPOSERS-IN-RESIDENCE
Nation is a collaborative vocal band from Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, pioneered by composer/performers and married couple, Jocelyn Hagen and Timothy C. Takach. Blurring the lines of pop, classical, a cappella, singer/songwriter, folk and many other genres, Nation’s sound defies definition and commands attention from the stage.
The popular collaborative duo returns for a performance that includes a work by Tucson great Linda Ronstadt.
TUES, APRIL 1, 2025 | 5:30PM
CHELSEA HELM,
SOPRANO
HACIENDA DEL SOL
INNER COURTYARD
Soprano Chelsea Helm presents an uplifting recital celebrating the journey of life and the human soul. The program will feature the beloved Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss, cabaret and art songs by Kurt Weill, and more.
Oratorios, choral masterworks and creative new works—Chelsea Helm’s busy career takes her across the country and the globe. Her voice has contributed to several GRAMMY Award nominations, and we are fortunate to call her one of our own.