The primary purpose of the ARIZONA YOUTH CHAMBER ENSEMBLE (AYCE) is to provide serious young acting singers in Tucson with an opportunity for music and dramatic education and performance.  Membership is open to students from middle school up until age 20. AYCE students are selected through an audition process and represent a cross section of all students in the Tucson area. AYCE is an excellent opportunity for home-schooled and private or charter schooled students who do not have any group performing experiences available through school.

Since 2003, one of the goals of AYCE is to give students equal opportunity to perform music that reflects their own personal tastes while increasing their knowledge of choral and stage music in both contemporary and classical works from the standard repertoire. To that end, AYCE performances exhibit a broad range of styles and languages as well as a variety of different genres of material.

AYCE is a unique organization that fills the need for a professional quality ensemble of Tucson’s young singers, giving them an opportunity to gain performance experience in solo and choral singing as well as staged works allin a positive and nurturing environment.

•            AYCE focuses on the individual as a performer

•          Students in the ensemble are serious about pursuing performing arts at the college level

•          AYCE is a mixed ensemble

•          Students receive one on one vocal & dramatic coaching from private vocal instructors or ensemble directors or both

•          All members are encouraged and given the opportunity to perform solo repertoire in the style of their choice

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ONGOING REGISTRATION AT ANY TIME! 3-MONTH INTERVALS – SIGN UP NOW

WHEN: Every Thursday (7:00 – 8:30 pm) + 1/month on Sunday (3:00 – 5:00 pm)

WHERE:  Catalina Foothills Church,  2150 E Orange Grove Rd

Stephanie Morgan Fox, AYCE Artistic Director

Ms. Fox received both her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from California State University at Fullerton and a Master of Music degree in Voice from The University of Arizona.  Ms. Fox sang at numerous festivals in the United States and Europe.  She was a chorus member and soloist at the Oregon Bach Festival, The San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, The International Bach Akademie and others. In addition, she sang with the Arizona Opera Chorus and performed in the school tour of Cinderella. In 1996, she toured the Baltic Sea countries singing the Verdi Requiem with Helmuth Rilling.  She was privileged to perform in many world premiers and recording projects of contemporary composers including; John Harbison, Arvo Pärt and a Grammy-award winning recording of Krzystof Penderecki’s Credo.  She also taught public school and held a number of church music positions including soloist, section leader and director. She has worked with toddlers and Octogenarians and everything in between. In addition to teaching at the her own music studio, and directing the Arizona Youth Chamber Ensemble, she taught Musical Theatre at the NAU Curry Summer Music Camp.  Ms. Fox is a member of National Association of Teachers of Singing and the Tucson Teachers of Singing.

Tom Brower, AYCE Associate Director

Tom Brower studied music at Citrus College for six years. He played the trumpet in their nationally ranked Jazz Ensemble as well as their Concert Band, Jazz Combos, Dixieland Band, and Pop Band.  Tom completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ in December of ’98. During his education, he made five albums and toured through the United States, Europe, and China.  Tom has been teaching at Wilson K-8 since August of ’99 and Walker Elementary since ’00.  He has been a featured soloist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra.  In addition, he sang with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Chorus for two seasons and sang with Arizona Opera for a season and currently serves in the music ministry at his church.