Join us for an evening of the blues with Steve Jonas (harmonica and vocals) & Mike Blommer (guitar and vocals).

Steve Jonas:
Steve Jonas has played professionally for 20 years taking his love of the blues from Boston to Toronto, from Osaka to Tokyo and from Austin to Dallas. He now lives in Tucson and enjoys playing the blues with some of Tucson's very best musicians.


Mike Blommer:
Mile Blommer has played professionally for over 25 years. He was inducted to the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 2003 and recently the Tucson Musicians Museum. He has toured nationally and internationally taking his Arizona Blues guitar to audiences all around the world.

Please join us for an evening of delightful classical violin and piano duets from Mozart to original Tango compositions.

About the performers:

Samantha Bounkeua // Classical violinist gone rogue, Samantha Bounkeua aka RogueViolin, is a queer experimental musician, composer and producer specializing in non-traditional violin performance. A graduate from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, she's performed internationally as a guest artist with the Southern Arizona Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Britten-Pears New Music Festival, Festival de Opera San Luis, the Rogue Theatre and more. She also appears regularly with Tucson, Arizona music projects including Two-Door Hatchback, Sapphocracy & ChamberLab. In Fall 2019, Samantha was awarded a stART mini-grant from the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona to complete an album about queer subculture, and has been commissioned to write music for the Binational Encuentro (an event about the female migratory experience), ChamberLab, LuftBassoon, Hawkins Dance Company and more. In 2015, Samantha began her position as the personal assistant and project manager to Tim Collins, one of the world's most recognized rock band managers and former manager to Aerosmith and Steven Tyler. In January 2020, Samantha is planning to launch Harbor Lighthouse Studios, an all-inclusive music publishing company, with her business partner, Jeffrey Anthony, a nationally esteemed drummer, producer, and original Music Genome Project team member.

Russell Ronnebaum//Russell Ronnebaum holds a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Kansas and a Masters Degree in collaborative piano from the University of Arizona where he studied under Dr. Paula Fan
For the 2019-20 season, Russell was named Music Director and Composer in Residence of The Rogue Theatre in Tucson, AZ. He also serves as the assistant director of music at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Oro Valley.
Russell has served as the staff accompanist for the Tucson Masterworks Chorale since 2015. For the 2017 Masterworks Chorale series, Mr. Ronnebaum performed as
soloist for Beethoven’s 2nd Piano Concerto, Op. 19.
Past performance and compositional engagements include Artifact Dance Project, The Rogue Theatre, and the University of Arizona. Other performance engagements have been with acclaimed organizations such as the Tucson Symphony Orchestra (TSO), American Wind Symphony Orchestra, and Tucson Masterworks Chorale. His music has been played on 90.5 FM Arizona Public Media, and 91.3 KXCI ‘Locals Only’ program. Russell made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2016 performing the music of composer Dan Forrest.
Recent composition commissions and premieres include music for voice, choir, piano, string orchestra, and live theatre. Recordings, videos, sheet music, and upcoming concert dates can be found at: www.RRonnebaum.com

Join us for a classical evening of romantic and virtuosic duos as Samantha Bounkeua (www.rogueviolin.com) is joined by guest performer Laura Tagawa (www.lauratagawa.com) presenting compositions from Bartok to Teleman for a violinistic evening of delight. 6-8pm