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Designed with Arizona students and teachers specifically in mind, our 2024/2025 Season Symphony for the Schools Field Trips will be an unforgettable experience. For generations, composers have been inspired by culture, individual history and background. Join the Phoenix Symphony in exploring different composers and how their stories shape their music. Discover how these composers use music to tell their unique history, and how it brings us together through collaboration. Thanks to generous support from the community, admission is free! Recommended for Grades K-8.
Students and teachers are invited to a unique, behind-the-scenes opportunity to watch the Phoenix Symphony Musicians at work during a rehearsal. Observe how a professional orchestra works and prepares for a concert. Before the rehearsal, the students will participate in a Q&A session with musicians and guest artists. Recommended for Grades 4-12.
Join Phoenix Symphony Associate Conductor Alex Amsel as he hosts and moderates these working, open rehearsals. Experience your Phoenix Symphony as they prepare for an upcoming concert and participate in a Q&A. These events are also ticketed for the general public so students have the opportunity to attend a concert-like program. Thanks to generous support from the community, admission is free! Recommended for Grades 7-12.
Designed with Arizona students and teachers specifically in mind, our 2024/2025 Season Symphony for the Schools Field Trips will be an unforgettable experience. For generations, composers have been inspired by culture, individual history and background. Join the Phoenix Symphony in exploring different composers and how their stories shape their music. Discover how these composers use music to tell their unique history, and how it brings us together through collaboration. Thanks to generous support from the community, admission is free!
Recommended for Grades K-8.
Teacher Resource: Collaboration Inspired by Differences Field Trip Need to Know
10:00 AM FIELD TRIP AGENDA (approximately 1 hour):
11:45 AM FIELD TRIP AGENDA (approximately 1 hour):
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
TEACHER RESOURCES:
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 – Symphony Hall 10:00 AM or 11:45 AM
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 – Orpheum Theatre 10:00 AM or 11:45 AM
Thursday, March 6, 2025 – Orpheum Theatre 10:00 AM or 11:45 AM
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 – Symphony Hall 10:00 AM or 11:45 AM
Students and teachers are invited to a unique, behind-the-scenes opportunity to watch the Phoenix Symphony Musicians at work during a rehearsal. Observe how a professional orchestra works and prepares for a concert. Before the rehearsal, the students will participate in a Q&A session with musicians and guest artists.
Recommended for Grades 4-12.
FIELD TRIP AGENDA (Approximately 90 minutes):
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
Repertoire:
Guest conductor Julian Rachlin leads the Orchestra in Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony, one of the greatest orchestral works ever written. Rachlin also conducts the folk music-flavored Sinfonietta No. 1 of Mieczysław Weinberg, a Polish, Soviet, and Russian composer who flourished in post-war Soviet Union. Colombian cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia, winner of the Silver Medal at the 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition, joins the orchestra for Tchaikovsky’s graceful and charming Variations on a Rococo Theme, a tasteful and refined work inspired by the music of Mozart.
Featuring iconic music from the most famous film composer of all time, A John Williams Celebration kicks off the Phoenix POPS enhanced and extended holiday series of family-friendly concerts and joyful music-making. This spectacular of John Williams music will be conducted by special guest conductor Bob Bernhardt. From Superman, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park and of course, the Star Wars saga, the music of John Williams has accompanied the holidays for generations. Come hear it all at Symphony Hall! The Phoenix Symphony Chorus and Phoenix Boys Choir will not be present for this rehearsal.
Few singer-songwriters have enjoyed the success and influence of Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Carly Simon. Fifty years ago, these talented musicians channeled the changing role of women into pop music classics that have endured across generations. Join us as we celebrate these incredible artists and their indelible catalog of music in exciting new arrangements for symphony orchestra. Ted Sperling brings his unique touch to curating the program including “Both Sides Now,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” “You’re So Vain,” and many other favorites.
Repertoire:
Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique, an epic work for large orchestral forces, tells the tale of an artist, suffering from unrequited love, who imagines he takes opium and goes on a fantastic, hallucinatory trip. Mexican-American conductor Robert Treviño leads the orchestra in this audience favorite, and in Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz’ Téenek, named for the indigenous Huastec people. Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin joins the orchestra for Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G, a work influenced by Basque folk music and American jazz that begins with the crack of a whip and ends with a rush to the finish line.
Join Phoenix Symphony Associate Conductor Alex Amsel as he hosts and moderates these working, open rehearsals. Experience your Phoenix Symphony as they prepare for an upcoming concert and participate in a Q&A. These events are also ticketed for the general public so students have the opportunity to attend a concert-like program. Thanks to generous support from the community, admission is free!
Recommended for Grades 7-12.
FIELD TRIP AGENDA (times are approximate):
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
TEACHER RESOURCES
Thursday, October 17, 2024 at Symphony Hall
Thursday, November 21, 2024 at Symphony Hall
Thursday, January 9, 2025 at Symphony Hall
Thursday, January 30, 2025 at Symphony Hall
Thursday, March 13, 2025 at Symphony Hall
Thursday, May 15, 2025 at Symphony Hall
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