October 6 - Celebrate Tucson!
“Celebrate Tucson” - featuring guest artist violinist/fiddler Heather "Lil' Mama" Hardy, and other local talents in concert that showcases the world class musical talents who make Tucson their home
Heather “Lil’ Mama” Hardy began studying piano at six and violin at nine. In 1983, she was accepted into the Manhattan School of Music for both instruments but chose violin, studying under Raphael Bronstein.
While at school, she played in the subway and collaborated with blues and rock musicians, developing her unique violin improvisation style. In 1984, she toured with the punk band The False Prophets and worked with Allen Ginsberg and other New York bands. After moving to Tucson in 1990, she joined the Sam Taylor Band, becoming both a violinist and vocalist.
Her soulful violin solos helped the band win the 1995 Arizona Blues Showdown and place second in the International Blues Talent Competition. In 1996, Heather formed the Lil’ Mama Band, returning to New York in 1997.
She was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 2000.
Heather currently plays with her Lil’ Mama Band and her own production “MORE VIOLIN... 100 years of the Violin in Music,” as well as New York artists, Christine Santelli, and Kerry Kearney and others.
Heather “Lil’ Mama” Hardy began studying piano at six and violin at nine. In 1983, she was accepted into the Manhattan School of Music for both instruments but chose violin, studying under Raphael Bronstein.
While at school, she played in the subway and collaborated with blues and rock musicians, developing her unique violin improvisation style. In 1984, she toured with the punk band The False Prophets and worked with Allen Ginsberg and other New York bands. After moving to Tucson in 1990, she joined the Sam Taylor Band, becoming both a violinist and vocalist.
Her soulful violin solos helped the band win the 1995 Arizona Blues Showdown and place second in the International Blues Talent Competition. In 1996, Heather formed the Lil’ Mama Band, returning to New York in 1997.
She was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 2000.
Heather currently plays with her Lil’ Mama Band and her own production “MORE VIOLIN... 100 years of the Violin in Music,” as well as New York artists, Christine Santelli, and Kerry Kearney and others.
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DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center - Reid Park |
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TUCSON POPS ORCHESTRAKhris Dodge, Music Director/Conductor Guest Artist: Heather Hardy PROGRAM |
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| Arizona March | Cadman |
| Prickly Pears, Barrels, and Saguaros, Oh My! from The Catalinas Suite | Khris Dodge |
| On The Trail from The Grand Canyon Suite | Ferde Grofé, arr. Marty Gold |
| “Bésame Mucho” | Consuelo Velázquez, arr. Khris Dodge |
| “The Tree” | Heather Hardy, arr. Khris Dodge |
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Heather Hardy, Violin and Vocals |
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INTERMISSION |
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| Overture to Candide | Leonard Bernstein |
| Tango Jalousie | Jacob Gade, arr. Larson |
| “Habanera” from Carmen | Georges Bizet |
| “Misirlou” | Dick Dale, arr. Khris Dodge |
| “Devil In Your Eyes” | Sam Taylor, arr. Khris Dodge |
| “Over The Rainbow” | Harold Arlen/E.Y. Harburg, Khris Dodge |
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Heather Hardy, Violin and Vocals |
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