Tucson, Arizona

===Music===
[[Music of Tucson, Arizona|Musical organizations]] include the [[Tucson Symphony Orchestra]] (founded in 1929) and [[Arizona Opera]] (founded as the Tucson Opera Company in 1971). The [[Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus]], founded in 1939 and performing a wide-ranging repertoire that incorporates [[Trick roping|rope tricks]], has represented the city as "Ambassadors in Levi's" at local, national, and international concerts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movingimagearchivenews.org/t-model-hank-rides-and-tucson-boys-sing/|title=T-Model Hank Rides and Tucson Boys Sing|date=July 28, 2015|access-date=January 14, 2019|work=Moving Image Archive News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115181926/http://www.movingimagearchivenews.org/t-model-hank-rides-and-tucson-boys-sing/|archive-date=January 15, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1QdKfWZ2W4| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/q1QdKfWZ2W4| archive-date=October 28, 2021|title=Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus (video)|date=December 8, 2016|access-date=January 14, 2019|work=[[KGUN-TV]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The [[Tucson Girls Chorus]] runs six choirs and numerous satellite choirs which perform locally, nationally, and internationally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tucsongirlschorus.org/Home/about-us/history|title=History|publisher=Tucson Girls Chorus|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117070151/http://www.tucsongirlschorus.org/Home/about-us/history|archive-date=January 17, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Tucson is considered an influential center for [[Mariachi]] music and is home to a large number of Mariachi musicians and singers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tatum|first=Charles M.|title=Chicano Popular Culture: Que Hable el Pueblo|series=The Mexican American Experience|date=August 2, 2001|publisher=[[University of Arizona Press]]|isbn=978-0-8165-1983-5|page=46}}</ref> The Tucson International Mariachi Conference, hosted annually since 1982, involves several hundred mariachi bands and folklorica dance troops during a three-day festival in April.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue/2007/04/26/49160-mariachi-25-years-of-greatness/|title=Mariachi: 25 years of greatness|last=Rosendtadt|first=Jose|date=April 26, 2007|work=[[Tucson Citizen]]|page=Calendar|access-date=December 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011060957/http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue/2007/04/26/49160-mariachi-25-years-of-greatness/|archive-date=October 11, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Norteño (music)|Norteño]] Festival and Street Fair in the [[enclave]] city of [[South Tucson]] is held annually at the end of summer.

Tucson is also known nationally for its [[Punk subculture|punk]] scene. Since the late 1970s [[punk subculture]] has flourished in Tucson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trialanderrorcollective.com/rockindieexperimental/they-called-it-thc-a-glimpse-into-tucsons-punk-history|title=They Called It T.H.C.: A Glimpse into Tucson's Punk History|last1=Gonzales|first1=Greg|last2=Eshrati|first2=Parisa|date=November 17, 2016|website=Trial and Error Collective|access-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428093558/http://www.trialanderrorcollective.com/rockindieexperimental/they-called-it-thc-a-glimpse-into-tucsons-punk-history|archive-date=April 28, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> At present there are multiple punk bars downtown and house venues in the surrounding neighborhoods.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2017/12/punk-the-lost-music-in-tucson|title=Punk, the lost music in Tucson|last=Spooner|first=Steven|date=December 4, 2017|work=the Daily Wildcat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428093554/http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2017/12/punk-the-lost-music-in-tucson|archive-date=April 28, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Prominent musicians based in Tucson or with ties to the city include [[Linda Ronstadt]], [[Lalo Guerrero]], [[The Dusty Chaps (band)|The Dusty Chaps]], [[Howe Gelb]], [[Bob Log III]], [[Calexico (band)|Calexico]], [[Giant Sand]], [[Hipster Daddy-O and the Handgrenades]], [[The Bled]], [[AJJ (band)|AJJ]], [[Ramshackle Glory]], and Tucson's official troubadour Ted Ramirez. The Tucson Area Music Awards, or TAMMIES, are an annual event.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/critics-choice-awards/Content?oid=1084553 |title=Critics' Choice Awards: Best Band or Artist: Calexico |publisher=[[Tucson Weekly]] |date=June 29, 2006 |access-date=March 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406104255/http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/critics-choice-awards/Content?oid=1084553 |archive-date=April 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>