The Phoenix Symphony Initiates New Student Program

$30 College Club Card Allows Students to Attend Unlimited Classics Concerts Throughout the 2008-09 Season

PHOENIX - The Phoenix Symphony announces a new College Club program that allows area college students to attend unlimited Symphony Classics concerts with a $30 season pass. College Club Cards are on sale now by visiting www.phoenixsymphony.org/collegeclub or by calling 602-495-1999. To redeem for tickets, students can visit the Symphony's website each week to confirm ticket availability for upcoming performances. Upon choosing their performance, College Club Cardholders can order their seats using the promo code COLLEGE or by calling the Symphony Hall Box Office from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. College Club tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Limit one ticket per concert, per cardholder and student ID is required. The College Club program will begin with the November 6^th performance of Igor Stravinsky's magical Petrushka, featuring the astounding puppetry of acclaimed puppeteer, Basil Twist. The College Club Card is valid during the 2008-09 Season only.

College Club participants can also take advantage of The Phoenix Symphony's new interactive Glow in the Dark program. This new program broadcasts Michael Christie's concert commentary Keeping Score^TM as well as detailed program notes via a high-speed wireless internet connection in Symphony Hall. Students can bring laptops or iPhones to the theater to view concert commentary while simultaneously listening to the concert. College Club Cardholders who would like to sit in the Glow in the Dark section should call the Phoenix Symphony Box office at 602-495-1999 for further assistance.

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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, Scottsdale, 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.