Free community concerts
Visit your neighborhood community college for an opportunity to hear beautiful and exciting string ensemble music. Geared for college students and adults, these concerts will provide a glimpse into the beauty and intricacies of orchestral music. Concerts are free and open to the general public.
April 5 at 2:45 pm Gateway Community College (Main Building- MA)
April 6 at 10:00 am Mesa Community College (Student Union)
April 6 at 2:00 pm Phoenix College (Bulpitt Auditorium)
April 7 at 2:00 pm Glendale Community College (Student Union)
Joseph Young, conductor
Strings from The Phoenix Symphony Chamber Ensemble
PHOENIX SYMPHONY BOX OFFICE: 602-495-1999 or www.phoenixsymphony.org
CloseUps: MEET THE MUSICIANS
Borders Books & Music
2402 E. Camelback Road
Biltmore Fashion Park
Phoenix, AZ
April 11 at 7:00 pm
Mark Deatherage, Acting Principal Viola
This series of free lecture-demonstrations features individual musicians from The Phoenix Symphony (or special guest artists) talking about their lives, backgrounds, and instruments. Each “Close-Up” concludes with a fun and informative Q & A session. “Close-Ups” are held at Borders Books & Music (2402 East Camelback Road, Phoenix), and Mountain View Presbyterian Church (8050 East Mountain View Road, Scottsdale). The Borders evening series is sponsored by Borders Books & Music, and is held on Monday evenings at 7:00 pm. The Mountain View series is presented by the Phoenix Symphony Allegro, and is held on Monday mornings at 10:00 a.m.
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
US Airways Classics Concert No. 12
Friday Morning Coffee Concert No. 7
Thursday’s concert is sponsored by Snell and Wilmer
Known throughout Europe as the greatest trombone virtuoso of our time and heralded as a rising star of new conductors, Christian Lindberg makes his North American conducting debut in a program devoted to works written in Scandinavia. The program features Sibelius’ grandiose Symphony No. 2 and Nielsen’s Helios Overture. Lindberg will delight audiences as he performs his own composition, a concerto for trombone entitled Kindraan’s Karma.
April 14 at 7:30 pm
April 15 at 11:00 am
April 16 at 8:00 pm
Christian Lindberg, conductor and trombone soloist
Nielsen: Helios Overture
Haas: A Study for Strings
Mozart: Serenade for Strings (“Haffner”)
TICKETS start at $18
PHOENIX SYMPHONY BOX OFFICE: 602-495-1999 or www.phoenixsymphony.org
Sibelius Symphony no. 2
Prescott Concert No.6
For program and ticket information, please call the Yavapai Symphony Association at 928-776-4255
April 17 at 3:00 pm
Yavapai Community College
PHOENIX SYMPHONY BOX OFFICE: 602-495-1999 or www.phoenixsymphony.org
REDISCOVERED MASTERS LECTURE:
Music, Assimilation, and Ambivalence
Speaker: Joel Revzen, Artistic Director, Arizona Opera
April 20 at 7:30 pm
Congregation Beth Israel
All lectures at Congregation Beth Israel are at no charge. Lectures at Symphony Hall are included with ticket to the evening’s performance.
The Rediscovered Masters Lecture Series is sponsored by Sheila Schwartz and in part by a grant from the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix.
Mendelssohn’s scottish journey
US Airways Classics Concert No. 13
Rediscovered Masters Series
Thursday’s performance is sponsored by the Phoenix Symphony Board of Overseers
Take a symphonic voyage with talented composers as your tour guides. Mendelssohn composed his “Scottish” Symphony after traveling to the British Isles, while Mahler composed his own music and text when creating his Songs of a Wayfayer. Artistic director of the Arizona Opera, Joel Revzen, makes his conducting debut with The Phoenix Symphony for this stunning night of orchestral power.
April 21 at 7:30 pm
April 23 at 8:00 pm
Joel Revzen, conductor
Phillip Addis, baritone
Verdi: La Forza del Destino (Overture)
Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 (Scottish)
TICKETS start at $18
PHOENIX SYMPHONY BOX OFFICE: 602-495-1999 or www.phoenixsymphony.org
MEET THE MUSICIANS
Mountain View Presbyterian Church
8050 E. Mountain View Road
(South of Shea Boulevard on Hayden)
Scottsdale, AZ
April 25 at 10:00 am
Mark Deatherage, Acting Principal Viola
This series of free lecture-demonstrations features individual musicians from The Phoenix Symphony (or special guest artists) talking about their lives, backgrounds, and instruments. Each “Close-Up” concludes with a fun and informative Q & A session. “Close-Ups” are held at Borders Books & Music (2402 East Camelback Road, Phoenix), and Mountain View Presbyterian Church (8050 East Mountain View Road, Scottsdale). The Borders evening series is sponsored by Borders Books & Music, and is held on Monday evenings at 7:00 pm. The Mountain View series is presented by the Phoenix Symphony Allegro, and is held on Monday mornings at 10:00 a.m.
Dances in the Desert
Wells Fargo Symphony for the Schools
Swing into Symphony Hall for a concert dedicated to music and dance, where students are the stars! Assistant Conductor, Joseph Young and The Phoenix Symphony leads students through dances from around the world complete with Bartók’s Hungarian Sketches, ballet, polka, flamenco and more. Be sure to participate in the annual Paint, Poetry, and Movement to Music competition for a chance to shine live with the orchestra.
Joseph Young, conductor
April 26-27 at 10:00 am & 11:45 am
Most appropriate for Grades K-8. Concerts are only open to school groups.
Teachers may call 602.495.1117 x470 to make a reservation
CHAMBER MUSIC CLASSICS
Composed with he was just 16, Mendelssohn’s Octet features solely strings and requires a compelling, virtuosic energy that is shared amongst the players of the ensemble. This immensely challenging piece is paired with Beethoven’s Septet, one of the composer’s most popular chamber works. Composed when he was just 13, the Septet was written at a turning point in Beethoven’s compositional life. It contains hints of his own Piano Sonata in G major and served as a prelude to his great symphonies.
April 28 at 7:30 pm
MENDELSSOHN: Octect op. 20
BEETHOVEN: Septet op. 20
SCOTTSDALE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
TICKETS start at $33
PHOENIX SYMPHONY BOX OFFICE: 602-495-1999 or www.phoenixsymphony.org
THE ELVIS TRUBUTE
NEW SHOW!
APS Pops Concert No. 8
There’s a whole lotta’ shakin’ going on as The Phoenix Symphony brings a dazzling tribute to the King with this all new show. Hailed as one of the best tribute artists in the business, Kraig Parker has the looks, voice, moves and style of the great Elvis Presley. Hound Dog, Don’t be Cruel, Blue Suede Shoe, Jailhouse Rock. Elvis Presley’s hit list stretches from the Heartbreak Hotel to Blueberry Hill. A smash across the country with sold-out performance, this extravaganza includes all the flash, the swiveling hips and the greatest hits of Elvis all with full symphonic treatment.
April 29 at 8:00 pm
April 30 at 8:00 pm
Bryan English, conductor
Kraig Parket, vocalist
TICKETS start at $18
PHOENIX SYMPHONY BOX OFFICE: 602-495-1999 or www.phoenixsymphony.org
For more information about The Phoenix Symphony visit www.phoenixsymphony.org.
The Phoenix Symphony’s 2010/11 Sponsors are US Airways, APS, Target and The Arizona Republic.
