Music
Musical groups include the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1929, the Arizona Opera Company, founded as the Tucson Opera Company in 1971, the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus, founded in 1940, Tucson Girls Chorus, Catalina Chamber Orchestra, Southern Arizona Symphony and Civic Orchestra of Tucson.
Mariachi music is popular and influential in Tucson, and the city is home to a large number of Mariachi musicians and singers. Mariachi is celebrated annually at the Tucson International Mariachi Conference.
Tucson is also home to a small but committed independent music scene, nearly all of which is concentrated in the city's downtown area. Calexico, Giant Sand, Left For Dead, Flagrante Delicto, Andrew Collberg and Chango Malo are among the many bands based in Tucson. Local performers also receive some airplay (and occasionally play live) on the community radio station KXCI. The Tucson Area Music Awards, or TAMMIES, are an annual event.
(Source: Wikipedia.org)
