Toru Tagawa, Conductor、田川徹、指揮者

January 12, 2019

Space Exploration

Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Wagner/Sheffer: Ride of the Valkyries

Horner/Moss: Apollo 13

Liszt: Les Preludes

Anderson: Bugler’s Holiday

Giacchino/Custer: Star Trek: Through the Years

Holst: Mars and Jupiter from the Planets

Williams/Smith: Star Wars, Epic 2

The Program

February 15-16, 2019

AMEA All Regional Orchestra, South East Region at Eastern Arizona College

March 9,10, 2019: Performing Violin in Bisbee.

https://www.bisbeewomansclub.com/love-of-music

Wieniawski: Polonaise Brillinate

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.5 Spring

Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, Trout

Violin: Toru Tagawa, Viola: Emily Chao, Cello: Robert Marshall, Bass: Mike Geddes, Piano Shiho Takeda.

April13, 2019

 At Last  With Crystal Stark as vocal soloist.  With Khris Dodge Entertainment

Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla

Natural Woman (I Feel Like a), Aretha Franklin/King

Stop in the Name of Love Diana Ross

You Keep Me Hanging On Diana Ross

Proud Mary, Tina Turner

Webber/Custer: Phantom of the Opera

When You Wish Upon a Star

Time after Time, Ella Fitzgerald.

I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, Dionne Warwick.

At Last, Etta James

Faure: Pavane (with Mixed choir)

Over the Rainbow, with Choir and the Band/Orchestra

If There is Music There, Donna Summer

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina

Kander+Ebb/Richett: Chicago

MacArthur Park

Last Dance

October 27, 2018

Teacher and Apprentice

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture

Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No.3. Kai Skaggs, Violin

Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain.

Wittry: Leaves

Bizet: Carmen Suite No.2

The CODA December Honor Orchestras, November 30-December 1, 2018; University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

CODA Honors String Orchestra, Toru Tagawa, Conductor

Academic Festival Overture by Johannes Brahms, arr. by Robert D. McCashin

Romance for String Orchestra by Gerald Finzi

Irish Legend by Robert Kerr, arr. by Soon Hee Newbold

December 29: Tucson Repertory Orchestra, Music of the Masters.

January 12,13, Sierra Vista Symphony, Children’s Concerts and Movie and Music Concert.

January 19, 21, Performing Violin in the Orchestra, Tucson Symphony Orchestra. (Beethoven, Fidelio, Mahler Symphony No.10, Bernstein: Symphony No.3, Kaddish)

January 27, 28(Tucson), February 3,4,5(Phoenix), Performing Violin in the Arizona Opera Orchestra, Bernstein’s Candide.

February 16, 17, Conducting: the AMEA Southwest Regional Orchestra at McClintock High School, Tempe, AZ. Verdi; La Forza del Destino Overture, Gould: American Salute, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 last movement (Concert starts at 3pm, February 17th, Orchestra is last on the program)

February 20, Conducting: Tucson Repertory Orchestra, Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Brahms: Symphony No.4, Finzi: Romance.

March 14@7pm Conducting: Canyon del Oro High School Concert. Canyon del Oro High School Auditorium, 25 W. Calle Concordia, Oro Valley AZ

March 15-18, Canyon del Oro High School Trip to Anaheim, CA. Worldstride Heritage Music Festival.

March 20, Conducting: Tucson Repertory Orchestra, Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Shu-Ching Chen, piano, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Jose Leonardi Moore, Violin, Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture

March 24, Men Who Cook, fundraising event for the Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra. I will be judging the decoration of the tables this year.  (Last year, I was a chef), Tickets and info: http://sierravistasymphony.org/events/men-who-cook/

April 21, Conducting: Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra in concert. 7pm at Buena Performing Arts Center. Borodin: Prince Igor Overture, Stravinsky: Firebird 1919, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4, Tickets and Info:  http://sierravistasymphony.org/concerts/fall-concert/

April 24, Conducting: Tucson Repertory Orchestra. Mahler: Symphony No.5

October 7@7pm (Sat), Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra Concert, Buena Performing Arts Center, Sierra Vista, AZ. (Pre-Concert Talk at 6pm).  Beethoven: Leonore No.3, Mozart: Oboe Concerto, Sara Fraker, Oboe, Mendelssoh: Symphony No.5 “Reformation”, Handel: Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah. Tickets starting at $25.  http://sierravistasymphony.org/concerts/fall-concert/

October 9@7pm (Mon), Canyon del Oro High School Orchestra Concert, Canyon del Oro High School Auditorium. 25 W. Calle Concordia, Oro Valley, AZ. Grieg: Holberg Suite and more. https://cdoorchestra.wordpress.com/  Admission: Free and open to the public

November 11@2pm (Sat), Toru Tagawa and Friends, Chamber Music Performance at Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St. Tucson, AZ. Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.1, Brahms Piano Quartet No.1. Toru Tagawa, Violin, Emily Chao, Viola, Rahsan Apay-Durdag, Cello, Sheryll McManus, Piano. $10 Adult, $5 Student.  Fundraising Concert for the Canyon del Oro High School Orchestra Booster.  For Tickets, call Tina (CDO Orchestra Booster Treasurer) at 520-405-3838.  Tickets will also be available at the door on the day of. 

December 11@7pm(Mon), Canyon del Oro High School Orchestra Concert, Canyon del Oro High School Auditorium. 25 W. Calle Concordia, Oro Valley, AZ. Admission: Free and open to the public.

December 30@3pm (Sat) Tucson Repertory Orchestra, Music of the Masters XII.  Dvorak: Cello Concerto, Rahsan Apay-Durdag, Cello, Beethoven: Symphony No.6.  Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St. Tucson AZ. Admission by Donation. (Suggested Donations $10 per person). tucsonrepertoryorchestra.org

July 9 (Sunday), In Nagoya from 5pm.  Violin: Toru and Laura Tagawa, Piano: Shiho Takeda.
親和楽器　（名古屋市千種区茶屋ヶ坂1-21-27 地下鉄茶屋が坂駅１番出口出てすぐ。）http://www.m-shinwa.co.jp/

July 12(Wednesday), In Hiroshima from 7pm.  Aster Plaza, Dai Ongakushitu. (Need RSVP as seating is limited)

With Musicians from Hiroshima with Toru and Laura Tagawa.  Special Guest: Martin Stanzeleit, Cello, Principal Cellist: Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra. (Haydn: Cello Concerto in C major, 1st movement) and more.

July 16(Sunday), In Hayashima(Okayama) from 2pm. Performing with Jazz Violinist, Sei Takahashi and my teacher, Mikio Ejima

Toru made his Carnegie Hall debut on March 20,2017.  https://cdoorchestra.wordpress.com/

April 22@7pm at Buena Performing Arts Center, Sierra Vista, AZ: Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra Performance.  Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture, Bizet: L’Arlessiene Suite No.2, Tchaikovsky No.5.  Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-concert-tickets-31257634426

May 15@7pm at Canyon del Oro High School, Auditorium 25 W. Calle Concordia, Oro Valley.

June 3@3pm at Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams Street. Tucson Repertory Orchestra, Music of the Masters XI. Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Jose Leonardi Moore, Violin, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6

February 9-12, Toru will be a conducting fellow with Allentown Symphony, PA, Music Director Diane Wittry. http://www.millersymphonyhall.org/symphony/about/conducting-fellows/

February 17-18, Toru is conducting AMEA All-Region Orchestra, West Region at Corona del Sol High School.  Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture, Bernstein/Mason: West Side Story, Marquez: Danzon No.2.

March 4, Toru will be a celebrity chef at Men Who Cook Fundraiser for the Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra. http://sierravistasymphony.org/

March 17-21, Toru is taking the Canyon del Oro High School Orchestra to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City on March 20, 2017.  Tickets available at https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/3/20/0900/AM/Symphonic-Series-for-Bands-and-Orchestras/