Tucson Chamber Artists is a versatile ensemble of vocal and instrumental musicians dedicated to enriching lives through the transformational power of classical music. TCA's singers represent the first rank of choral artists in Arizona and from around the country, and its instrumentalists have trained in some of the finest music schools in the world. TCA accomplishes its mission primarily through the performance of masterworks and the diverse music of America. Recent performances of masterworks include Brahms A German Requiem, Bach's Mass in B Minor, Haydn's The Creation, Mozart's Mass in C-minor and Oboe Concerto, and Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony. Committed to regularly premiering new works by America's leading and emerging composers, TCA has commissioned Paul Crabtree and Stephen Paulus, and has premiered new works every year for the last five years by young promising composers. Approaching its ninth season, TCA has quickly become a rising star in the American cultural scene. In 2009, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded funding for TCA's American Masterpieces project, featuring works by some of the great American composers of the 20th century. In 2010, TCA's choir was one of three professional choirs, including Chanticleer and the Incheon City Chorale from South Korea, invited to perform at the Western Conference of the American Choral Director's Association. That same year, the journal of Chorus America, The Voice, published a feature article on TCA for its successes in light of the current economic downturn. In Tucson, the Arizona Daily Star proclaimed as early as 2006 that TCA is "now in the big leagues...and has grown from fledgling newcomer to assuming a seat at the table with Tucson's larger professional arts groups including Arizona Opera, Tucson Symphony Orchestra and Arizona Theatre Company." More recently, TCA was lauded as "arguably the greater Tucson area's finest musicians," in an October 2010 concert review in which the Star characterized TCA's biggest opening concerts to date as "a bold pronouncement." In 2011, TCA joined forces with Tucson Symphony Orchestra and UApresents for a special concert: Remembrance and Renewal: A Concert to Commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of September 11, 2001. The program -- TCA's biggest project in its history -- featured Mozart's Requiem and the premiere of a new oratorio by acclaimed composer Stephen Paulus, commissioned by TCA and sponsored by Mrs. Dorothy Vanek. TCA's meteoric rise in the current economic climate is due in part to its immensely popular and unique programming that fuses professional voices and instruments. It is also because of the generous support of TCA's patrons and donors, for which TCA is thankful.