Phoenix Symphony Grooves to
the Music of the 1960s

Guest Pops Conductor Jack Everly leads 'The Beat Goes On!' October 5 and 6

(PHOENIX) – Guest Pops Conductor Jack Everly opens The Phoenix Symphony's Pop Series with music from the 1960s in a special Pops weekend of concerts entitled “The Beat Goes On!” on October 5 and 6. The weekend of Pops concerts is part of the "APS Pops" concert series and includes music by The Beatles, Burt Bacharach, Frankie Valli, The Supremes, and many more from the tie-dyed decade. The Friday and Saturday evening concerts begin at 8 p.m. at Symphony Hall in downtown Phoenix. Saturday's concert is sponsored by Ryan Companies.

This Pops weekend features Guest Pops Conductor Jack Everly as he leads The Phoenix Symphony and guest vocalists in medleys of music by The Beatles, Burt Bacharach, The Supremes, Sonny and Cher, and other beloved artists from the 1960s. The concert also includes hits from the big screen such as the Theme from Love Story and “Lara's Theme” from Dr. Zhivago alongside a medley featuring music from favorite television shows of the tie-dyed decade.

Tickets to hear “The Beat Goes On!” with Jack Everly are $25, $35, $45, $54, $64, and $74, and can be purchased by calling the Phoenix Symphony Box Office at 602.495.1999 or by visiting the Symphony's website.

This weekend of concerts is the first concert in the Pops Series during The Phoenix Symphony's 2007-08 Season. Future concerts in this series include "Bernstein on Broadway" with Jamie Bernstein on November 9-11, "Christmas Pops Celebration" on November 29-December 2, "Marvin Hamlisch" on January 4-6, "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber" on February 22-24, "The Piano Men: Music of Elton John and Billy Joel" on March 28-30, and "Big Screen Legends Featuring the Music of John Williams" on May 9-10.

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About Guest Conductor Jack Everly: A North American leader in symphonic pops, Jack Everly is Principal Pops Conductor of the Baltimore and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestras as well as of the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa, Canada. This season he will also appear as guest conductor in Baltimore, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Rochester, Toronto, and at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Mr. Everly has also served as the conductor of the American Ballet Theatre and conducted several productions on Broadway collaborating with artists such as Marvin Hamlisch and Carol Channing. In 1998, Jack Everly created the Symphonic Pops Consortium, a collection of five orchestras that produce new theatrical pops programs for orchestras across North America.

About The Phoenix Symphony: Celebrating its 60th Anniversary Season, The Phoenix Symphony has been proudly serving the citizens of the Phoenix metropolitan area and Arizona since 1947. What began as an occasional group of musicians performing a handful of concerts each year (in a city of fewer than 100,000 people) today serves more than 300,000 people annually, with 275 concerts and presentations throughout the greater Phoenix area and beyond.

Under the artistic leadership of Michael Christie as the Virginia G. Piper Music Director and administrative leadership of President Maryellen H. Gleason, the orchestra is overseen by the non-profit Phoenix Symphony Association under Board Chairman Gerald W. Murphy.

The 76-member Phoenix Symphony presents an annual season from September through the beginning of June, featuring full-length classical and pops concerts at Sym­phony Hall in downtown Phoenix, in Scottsdale, in Prescott, and throughout central Arizona. The Symphony performs for more than 50,000 students and children, helping to introduce music to new generations through a variety of education and youth-engagement programs.

THE 1960s" THE BEAT GOES ON!

October 5 - Friday evening at 8:00 p.m.
October 6 - Saturday evening at 8:00 p.m.
at Symphony Hall

THE PHOENIX SYMPHONY
Jack Everly, conductor

Recall the decade when The Beatles took the world by
storm, The Beach Boys made summer endless, The
Supremes put Motown on the map, and Frankie Valli's
falsetto topped the charts. Baby Boomers will take center
stage when conductor Jack Everly leads The Phoenix
Symphony on his high-energy salute to the 1960s.

The Phoenix Symphony Pops Series is sponsored by APS.
Saturday's concert is sponsored by Ryan Companies

TICKETS: $25, $35, $45, $54, $64, $74