Phoenix Symphony Tickets On Sale August 3rd

2008-09 Season Brings Superstars to the Valley and Inaugurates World Music Festival

PHOENIX - Individual tickets for The Phoenix Symphony's 2008-09 Season will go on sale Sunday, August 3rd. Tickets can be purchased through The Phoenix Symphony Box Office by phone at 602-495-1999 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or online at www.phoenixsymphony.org beginning at midnight. This exciting season includes the Classics, Pops and Family series, as well as the inaugural Target World Music Festival and superstar performers such as Joshua Bell, Lang Lang and Doc Severinsen. The year encompasses a staggering diversity of music with more than 275 concerts and presentations in downtown Phoenix, throughout the Valley and across central Arizona.

Season highlights include the inaugural "Target World Music Festival" (September 11-21), "Pictures at an Exhibition" (November 28-29), "Handel's Messiah" (December 10-21), "Doc Severinsen - El Ritmo de la Vida" (January 30-February 1), "Stravinsky: The Firebird" (February 19-21), "Mahler: Symphony No. 4" (April 9 and 11), "Carmina Burana" (April 23 and 25), "A Salute to Rodgers & Hammerstein" (May 15-17) and "Joshua Bell in Concert" (May 23). The season also offers a number of unique offerings such as puppeteer Basil Twist performing in "Stravinsky: Petrushka" (November 6-8), the audience-favorite "Bugs Bunny on Broadway" (January 3-4) and the energetic string trio Time for Three performing on "Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances" (April 2-4).

More information about the upcoming 2008-09 season can be found at www.phoenixsymphony.org and a free concert guide detailing the 2008-09 season is available by calling the Box Office at 602-495-1999.

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About The Phoenix Symphony: 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 Ed Wolf.

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, as well as concerts in Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, 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.