POSTPONED Bag Size Policy: The City of Phoenix is postponing the Symphony Hall and Orpheum Theatre bag size policy until our 2023/2024 season.

Phoenix Symphony Chorus

The Phoenix Symphony Chorus was outstanding—robust and riveting.” – Herbert Paine, BWW Reviews

The Phoenix Symphony Chorus… displays an excellent sense of sustained lines with cohesive power and precision.” – Christian Dalzon, ConcertoNet.com

The chorus, especially, has become in recent years one of the gems of Phoenix’s cultural scene. It is a great chorus.” – Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic

About the Chorus

Founded in 2001, the Chorus serves as a professional-level performing partner for Arizona’s only full-time orchestra. The Chorus is comprised of over 100 volunteers and is governed by its own members in partnership with the Chorus Master and The Phoenix Symphony. Chorus members collectively donate more than 12,000 hours of service to music and The Phoenix Symphony each year.

The Chorus joins the Symphony for numerous concerts each season with performances ranging from audience favorites such as Orff’s Carmina Burana and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 to exciting works rarely performed in the U.S. such as Estevez’s Cantata Criolla and Kodaly’s Psalmus Hungaricus. The Chorus also regularly participates in the Symphony’s pops series as well, helping bring to life music from Broadway, Hollywood, and even video games. Annual highlights for the Chorus include the Symphony’s Holiday Pops concert and Handel’s Messiah. The Chorus has twice performed with the Symphony in concert with Andrea Bocelli.

The Chorus has recently performed at Carnegie Hall, where it premiered Dan Forrest’s Psalm of Ascension, and as far away as Vienna and Salzburg, Austria. The annual solo performance by the Chorus has become a local highlight of the Phoenix Symphony season.

The Phoenix Symphony Chorus has been led by Chorus Master Dr. Thomas Bookhout since 2012, and is joined in rehearsals by Larry Loeber, a regular pianist for The Phoenix Symphony.

2022-23 Season Auditions

Visit The Phoenix Symphony Chorus website for 2022-23 audition details.

The Staff

Thomas Bookhout

Chorus Master

Larry Loeber

Collaborative Pianist

The Phoenix Symphony Chorus

Altos
Bass
Soprano
Tenor
Christina Anderson
Wayne Baxter
Pam Banning
Ken Ackley
Lisa AutreyDarrin BergstadMaria BartoliScott Alexander
Marilou BaxterTim BruntyMelanie BristolJoel Auernheimer
Jeanne BookhoutMarcus ChildsMary BrockmeierJaspreet Bains
Jane CalhounDenny CoiroMelanie BrownJerry Cook
Maria CepedaTom CunninghamMarilyn CageRodale Cooley
Jean CutlerEllwood CushmanTia CoatesBill Cooper
Annette EconomidesPeter DeckerSara CooperJoseph David
Christine FergusonRuss ErnstLeslie EllingsonMatt Denison
Sarah FeuerbornJoel GarciaErin EntringerStephen Donohue
Amy FriesenSean GardnerSusan ErnstBen Ebel
Maria GarciaDavid GettsKaylynne FoxLynn Havens
Emily HosnerDana GraybealJennifer FranzMichael Hegeman
Kelsey Ishimatsu JacobsonJohn HalliburtonEmma GiffenCaleb Heithoff
Melinda IyerPatrick HartleyWendy GouldSteve Hwang
Claudia KennedyGary HubartInice HahnkeLynn Jech
Jane KniffenRodney JeeColleen HickeyJoshua McCarthy
Susan KujawskiDavid KahrsMidge HolleyTaylor McMurray
Erica LewisBrian MatasGina HuptonMichael Millis
Kari LitteerCasey MickelsonKatie JonesGerald Palmer
Karen MartinVic QuirosLorna KertészDaniel Russ
Mindy NollsDan RueJoanne LawsonJosiah Sanchez
Karissa NoonanMatthew SiebertCarah MollerupDavid Schwarz
Suzannah ParksMark SimsMarjorie ReiterJesse Schwarz
Susie PhillipsBill StinnettJenn SchaefferCraig Spaulding
Dawn RollandBill TrejbalRachel SchroederAndy Vaught
Lisa Rolland-KeithCharles VallelongaStephanie SeiglaPatrick Williams
Jennifer SchwarzAaron VillalobosRyann Spake 
Ivylyn ScottJohn VousdenSusan Starbuck 
Grace ShermanRick WilliamsRobin Stinnett 
Diana Stocker Paula Strano Isobe 
Lynne Traverse Katherine Stremel 
 Kari Weldon Norma-Jean Strickland 
  Jodi Swanson 
  Diane VanDyke 
  Barbara Welsh 
  Kirsten Wolpert 
  Diane Woodyard