MUSICAL MURALS: An Interactive Walking Tour of Downtown Tucson

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

 

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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

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Sponsors:

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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!