Local 33 was superbly represented at the 2011 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (IDRS), held this year in Tempe, Arizona. Bassoonists Cassandra Bendickson, Rebecca Cain, and Jessica Campbell all performed in recital during the five-day double reed blow-out. In addition, Local 33 members Sara Fraker and Melissa Hamilton were among those who premiered […]

Kimberly Toscano, Principal Timpanist of the TSO, has been named the new Orchestral Correspondent for Tomtom magazine, a periodical dedicated to female drummers, and her first article on Sound is available on that publication’s website. Toscano is also serving as Acting Director of Percussion at the University of Arizona and is now an Evans/D’Addario Drumheads […]

Jessica Campbell and Cindy Behmer performed at the 2011 College Music Society International Conference held in Seoul and Gyeongju, South Korea in July. Their duo, the KontraCor Duo, gave a lecture recital on new music that they commissioned for our one-of-a-kind doubling double reed duo entitled, Exploring the Sounds of Doubling Double Reeds: Demonstrating New […]

The devastating Japanese earthquake and tsunami of March 12, 2011 left people all over the world looking for a way to help the nation recover. Local 33 member Laura Tagawa and her husband, Toru, felt compelled to act, so they enlisted the help of other Tucson musicians with ties to Japan to organize a benefit […]

Many of Tucson’s finest musicians joined together on June 3, 2011 to provide a wonderful evening of chamber music, and to support a very worthy local organization. The Academy for Cancer Wellness, founded by Alice Chang, holds this annual event to raise funds for its Under-Insured Cancer Patients’ Endowment Fund. Organized by Carla Ecker, this year’s event […]