Samantha makes her debut with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, conducted by José Luis Gomez, on Sunday, November 5. Here she sings the beloved Schubert Ave Maria to close the annual All Souls Procession.
The Procession is an enormous community-created, non-commercial event to creatively honor and celebrate our dead. Open to all cultures, all traditions, all art forms, all people. Free to participate.
The Finale Ceremony is a collaboration between close to 100 volunteer amateur performers & students from Tucson Circus Arts; the professionals from Flam Chen who donate their time to lead the performance crews; our musical guest Tucson Symphony Orchestra; the various technical companies and professionals who contribute time, expertise, and equipment; and dozens of backstage technical volunteers. It is a community-created artistic ceremony intended to explore themes of death and grief and to culminate in the release of all our shared hopes, loves, losses, prayers, messages, and remembrances during the burning of the Urn.