Guest Artists

 

Each year, The Phoenix Symphony features a wide variety of instrumental and vocal soloists and performing ensembles for its classical, pops, and family concerts. Artists include classical and popular music stars as well as up-and-coming young artists and distinguished members of the Symphony.

Opening Night! Sarah Hicks Conducts Beethoven's Violin Concerto

• Sarah Hicks, conductor
• Elena Urioste, violin

Wicked Divas

• Alli Mauzey, vocalist
• Nicole Parker, vocalist

Michael Christie Conducts Vivaldi's Four Seasons

• Karen Gomyo, violin

Tito Muñoz Conducts Ravel's Piano Concerto

• Tito Munoz, conductor
• Benjamin Hochman, piano 
  

The Texas Tenors

• The Texas Tenors, vocalists
  

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

• Ballet Folklorico Ollin Yoliztli 
• Puppets Amongus
• Willa Eigo, narrator 
• Ashleigh Guida, narrator

Ignat Solzhenitsyn Conducts Stravinsky's Petrushka

• Ignat Solzhenitsyn, conductor
• Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola 

Michael Christie Conducts Carmina Burana

• Celena Shafer, soprano
• Javier Abreu, tenor
• Craig Irvin, bariton

Joseph Young Conducts Holiday Pops

• Debby Rosenthal, vocalist
• Jason Fleck, vocalist
• Lyssa Horney, narrator
  
• Jonathan Ramirez, narrator
  

Family Holiday Celebration

• Jason Fleck, vocalist
• Spencer Dooley, narrator
• Samuel Moyle, boy soprano
• Lyssa Horney, narrator
• Jonathan Ramirez, narrator
  

Handel's Messiah 

• Yulia Van Doren, soprano
• David Trudgen, countertenor
• David Portillo, tenor
• Robert Pomakov, tenor
  

New Year's Eve Celebration

• Amber Wagner, soprano

Michael Christie Conducts Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

• Steven Moeckel, violin

Michael Christie Conducts The Planets

• Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
• Mason Bates, composer
  

Rex Allen Jr. in An Arizona Tribute

• Rex Allen Jr., vocalist

Tubby The Tuba

• Joseph Young, conductor
• David Pack, tuba
• Toby Yatso, narrator
• John Haubner, narrator
  

George Benson: An Unforgettable Tribute to Nat King Cole

• George Benson, vocalist 
  

Joseph Young Conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 4

• Laura Wilde, soprano

Thomas Wilkins Conducts Brahms' Violin Concerto

• Thomas Wilkins, conductor
• Miriam Fried, violin 

Andreas Delfs Conducts Bach and Barber

• Andreas Delfs, conductor
• Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
• Steven Moeckel, violin

TRIO

• Ari Pelto, conductor
  

Daniel Meyer Conducts Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 2

• Daniel Meyer, conductor
• Chu-Fang Huang, piano

Mei-Ann Chen Conducts Elgar's Cello Concerto

• Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
• Amit Peled, cello

Phoenix Youth Symphony Side-by-Side with The Phoenix Symphony

• Keitaro Harada, conductor  
• Phoenix Youth Symphony 

Natalie Merchant

• James Bagwell, conductor
• Natalie Merchant, vocalist

Patti Austin Sings Ella and "The Duke"

• Patti Austin, vocalist 

A Pirate's Adventure

• Joseph Young, conductor
• Toby Yatso, narrator

Michael Christie Conducts Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony

• Paul Jacobs, organ 

Robert Moody Returns to The Phoenix Symphony

• Robert Moody, conductor
• Ronaldo Rolim, piano

Andrew Constantine Conducts Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2

• Andrew Constantine, conductor
• David Shifrin, clarinet
  

A Big Band Celebration

• Matt Catingub, conductor

Carnival of the Animals

• Joseph Young, conductor
• Christi McLain, soprano
• Kristin Roney, mezzo soprano
• Puppets Amongus

Michael Christie Conducts Liszt's Dante Symphony

• Daniel Montenegro, tenor
• José Adán Peréz, baritone

Edwin Outwater Conducts Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5

• Edwin Outwater, conductor
• William Wolfram, piano

From Broadway to Symphony Hall

• Phoenix Theatre 

Salute to the Troops

• Stuart Chafetz, conductor
• Michelle Ragusa, soprano
  
• Robert J. Puskar, narrator