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For the first time in 2020, will perform a concert that will be live-streamed from the at .

“People are looking for music,� said Tagawa, who started the volunteer ensemble in 2011 with flutist Linda Doughty-Kneifel. “And the good thing about streaming is you don’t have to be in the city; you can be worldwide.�

Nineteen of his 60 musicians including three guest soloists and a guest conductor for one work will perform at 5 p.m. Dec. 29 with no one in the audience of the Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Arts & Cultural Alliance’s performance and makers space.

It will be the first time the musicians and Tagawa have been in the same room together since March, when state and local officials shut everything down to control the spread of COVID-19; and the first concert since they played in December 2019.

“It’s been so long since we met in March for a reading session. Since then we haven’t met or seen each other,â€� said Tagawa, who also is conductor of the professional Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra and is a finalist to replace longtime ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Pops Orchestra conductor László Veres. “We did a Zoom meeting; I am very excited to make music together. I think it will be an amazing experience because we can share with anybody who has computer access.â€�

The community orchestra, which plays two concerts a year, will play three works in the 40-minute performance including Mozart’s delightful “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik� with its ubiquitous first movement that has been co-opted for everything from car commercials to cartoons.

“When you think of string music, ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik’ comes to mind. And you don’t get to hear it live very often,� said Tagawa, whose full-time job is music director at Canyon del Oro High School in Oro Valley. “We play the first movement often but we don’t get to play the whole piece very often.�

ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Repertory Orchestra is a community ensemble comprised of University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ college students, members of the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Symphony Orchestra and a pair of Tagawa’s former CDO students.

Tagawa, who is one of nine finalists for UA Online’s Amazing High School Teacher of the Year award, is hoping the concert will motivate other ensembles to get their bands back together.

“Hopefully this will inspire others to do similar type performances,� he said. “We can get together in a safe environment.�

ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Repertory Orchestra is the second orchestra to perform a concert from the Catalyst Space since the pandemic upended live performances. Conductor Linus Lerner led the string section of his volunteer Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Symphony Orchestra in two concerts, one in October and the second in November. Both events featured small socially-distanced live audiences and everyone, from the musicians to the audience members, were required to wear masks.