MUSICAL MURALS: An Interactive Walking Tour of Downtown Tucson
Event sponsor: Instrumental Music Center
Monday, November 8, 2021
5:15-6:30 p.m.
Start: Hotel Congress courtyard
In collaboration with Meet Me at Maynards, live music and visual art will come together for a night of Musical Murals sponsored by Instrumental Music Center. 10 student chamber ensembles from the Fred Fox School of Music will perform along a walking route that discovers the colorful walls of art in downtown Tucson. Come downtown, get active, and join the fun!
You can register and check in at the registration table located in the Hotel Congress courtyard between 5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Contactless registration and check in is available on your smart phone or computer the day of the event at meetmeatmaynards.com. No prior registration necessary
FEATURING:
7Reed5 Reed Quintet
Beat-Cats! from the UA Percussion Studio
Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet
Creosote Saxophone Quartet
Q’iru clarinet and guitar duo
Arizona and Symphonic Choir Members
Fred Fox Graduate String Quartet
UA Double Reed Ensemble
Fred Fox Brass Ensemble
Fred Fox Jazz Ensemble
Instrumental Music Center, Sonora Winds, Chicago Music Store, True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, Northminster Presbyterian Church, Tucson Repertory Orchestra, Pete Swan Productions, Civic Orchestra of Tucson
Route:
Start: Hotel Congress Patio, Corner of Toole and Congress
Head west on Congress
Music/Mural1: 7Reed5 Reed Quintet/The Cobra & Desert Soul
@ NW corner of Congress/Scott
Continue west on Congress
Music/Mural 2: Beat-Cats! From the UA Percussion Ensemble/Convertible Woman
@ Congress parking Lot
Walk north through the parking lot
Music/Mural 3: Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet / Sagrada Corazón de Tucson @ NE corner of parking lot
Walk west on E Pennington Street. Cross Stone Ave to the NW corner and walk through Jácome Plaza. Walk north on N Church Ave and use the crosswalk. Turn left on W Alameda. Turn right N Court.
Music/Mural 4: Creosote Saxophone Quartet/El Tour de Tucson @ NE corner of Alameda/Court
Walk north on N Court. Turn left on W Washington St.
Musica/Mural 5: Q’iru clarinet and guitar duo/Resting Mexican @ Ceres Pasta building 77 W. Washington
Continue on Washington. Turn left on N Meyer Ave. Continue on to the walking path next to TMA.
Music/Mural 6: Arizona and Symphonic Choir Members /TMA Mosaic
@ TME Education building
Use crosswalk to cross the street. Walk through El Presidio Plaza and Pima County HR Dept. Buildings.
Music 7: FFSOM Graduate String Quartet @ Pima County Bldgs
Cross bridge over Congress and Broadway. Turn left to go down stairs through La Placita Park.
Music/Mural 8: UA Double Reed Ensemble/Alonso Delgadillo @ sidewalk of La Placita Park
Continue down the stairs to walk east on Broadway. Cross Church Ave and turn right to head south on Church Ave. Turn left on W Ochoa St.
Music/Mural 9: FFSOM Brass Ensemble/Ochoa Streetscape @ Ochoa Street
Continue east on Ochoa St. Cross Stone Ave, turn right on S. Scott and immediate left on E 12th St. Cross S 6th Ave. Turn left and head north on S. 6th Ave. Turn right on E Broadway Blvd. Turn left to walk north on S 5th Ave
Music/Mural 10: Fred Fox Jazz Ensemble/To-Ree-Ne Keiser & “Jack and Bill”@ AC Hotel 30 S 5th Ave
Cross Congress and end back at HoCo!