Stuart Chafetz
Stuart Chafetz is a conductor with an affable podium demeanor and a keen sense of audience engagement. Increasingly in demand with orchestras across the continent, this season Chafetz will be on the podium in Phoenix, Houston, Milwaukee, Detroit, Hawaii, Columbus, Jacksonville, Buffalo, Louisiana, Grand Rapids and others. Previous conducting appearances include the orchestras of Buffalo, […]
Rob Fisher
Rob Fisher conducts The Phoenix Symphony in Best of Broadway, November 11-13, 2022 – Tickets and Information Rob Fisher is an internationally recognized music director, conductor and pianist, and a leading figure in American music and musical theatre. He has been a guest of virtually every major orchestra in the country as conductor or pianist. […]
Michael Christie
The 2012/2013 season marked Michael Christie’s eighth and final season as the Virginia G. Piper Music Director of the Phoenix Symphony. Christie also continued into his thirteenth season as Music Director of the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder. This season also marked the beginning of Maestro Christie’s tenure as the first-ever Music Director of the […]
Lauren Cook
Lauren Cook sings Handel’s Messiah with The Phoenix Symphony December 15-18, 2022 – Tickets and Information Praised for her captivating stage presence, “full bodied” (Indie Opera) and “nuanced voice” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), mezzo-soprano Lauren Cook is quickly establishing a name for herself in repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to Mazzoli. In 2021, Cook made her company debuts with Virginia […]
Larry Loeber
A native of Ohio, Larry is currently in his 16th season as freelance principal pianist for The Phoenix Symphony, and has also been a member of the Arizona Musicfest orchestra for the past six seasons. He has appeared as soloist in Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” with both of these orchestras. He has been heard frequently in […]
Geoffrey Owens
Geoffrey Owens narrates Lincoln Portrait on Dancers, Dreamers, and Presidents, November 18-20, 2022 – Tickets and Information On stage, Mr. Owens recently appeared on Broadway in Romeo and Juliet (with Orlando Bloom). Other credits include Oscar Wilde’s Salome (with Al Pacino), the Chicago premiere of David Mamet’s Race (at the Goodman Theatre), Opus and As You Like It (as ‘Jaques’) at Two River Theatre, and Julius […]
Enrico Lopez-Yanez
Enrico Lopez-Yañez conducts The Phoenix Symphony for the following performances: Holiday Pops, December 2-4, 2022 – Tickets and Information Latin Fire, April 21-23, 2023 – Tickets and Information Enrico Lopez-Yañez is the Principal Pops Conductor of the Nashville Symphony where he leads the Symphony’s Pops Series and Family Series. Lopez-Yañez is quickly establishing himself as one of […]
Constantine Kitsopoulos
Constantine Kitsopoulos has established himself as a dynamic conductor known for his ability to work in many different genres and settings. He is equally at home with opera, symphonic repertoire, film with live orchestra, music theatre, and composition. His work has taken him all over the world where he has conducted the major orchestras of […]
Brad Bickhardt
Tenor Brad Bickhardt sings Handel’s Messiah with The Phoenix Symphony December 15-18, 2022 – Tickets and Information Praised for his “healthy and soaring tenor voice” (Herald Times), Korean-American tenor Brad Bickhardt is vibrant and versatile in both opera and musical theatre. His 2021 season saw a company debut with Opera Naples as Gastone in La traviata and Big […]
Amanda Izzo
Viviana Cumplido Wilson
Leave of Absence Powell Artist Viviana Cumplido Wilson has served as principal flute of The Phoenix Symphony since 2006, and the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder since 2010. Prior to her appointment in Phoenix, Viviana served as principal flute of the Tucson Symphony for three seasons. Ms. Cumplido Wilson keeps busy with an active teaching […]
Douglas Brown
Douglas Brown joined the Phoenix Symphony as Principal Bassoon in September of 2018 and has served as Instructor of Bassoon at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff since the fall of 2020. Prior to moving to Arizona, Doug resided in the San Francisco Bay Area performing and recording frequently as a guest with the San Francisco […]
Erik Ludwig
Erik Ludwig, contrabassoon, has been a member of The Phoenix Symphony since 1987, and has spent summers as a faculty member of the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina since 1988. From 1981-1984, Ludwig served as assistant principal bassoon with the Orquestra Filharmonica of Santiago, Chile. In 1985, he joined the Pittsburgh-based Con Spirito […]
Cristina Cutts Dougherty
Chris Wolf
Originally from Maryland, Chris Wolf recently completed his Master’s degree at The Juilliard School studying with former Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal Trombonist Per Brevig. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, where his teachers included Baltimore Symphony trombonist Chris Dudley and National Symphony trombonist Milt Stevens. As an orchestral musician Chris […]
Brian Gordon
Brian Gordon began as the Assistant Principal Flutist and Piccoloist with The Phoenix Symphony in 1981, (later becoming Associate Principal Flutist and Piccoloist) and has played piccolo and flute at the Eastern Music Festival in the summer months since 1986. Brian earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Eastman. While pursuing his Masters of Music […]
Alex Amsel
Argentinian-Mexican conductor Alex Amsel has quickly established himself as a conductor equally at home on orchestral and operatic podiums, as well as a music educator for students of all ages. Amsel’s hope is to integrate music into the fabric of every community he works with to reshape how we think about society and our place […]
Tito Muñoz
Praised for his versatility, technical clarity, and keen musical insight, Tito Muñoz is internationally recognized as one of the most gifted conductors on the podium today. Now in his tenth season as the Virginia G. Piper Music Director of The Phoenix Symphony, Tito previously served as Music Director of the Opéra National de Lorraine and the Orchestre […]
