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SUMMARY:Flamenco Rhythms and Dances
DESCRIPTION:Community Chats with AZ Phil: Flamenco Rhythms and Dances\n\nFlamenco is organized through distinct song-and-dance forms called palos\, each with its own rhythmic character. Chris Burton Jácome and Lena Jácome will explore how different dances use distinct 12-beat and four-beat patterns\, known as compás\, with accents placed on different beats. Through clapping\, guitar\, and dance\, they will demonstrate how these patterns shape movement and how the dancer signals changes that the guitarist follows in real time. Participants will have opportunities to clap the rhythms and try the patterns themselves. \nThis free OLLI class is presented by Yavapai College’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and is open to the public. Advance registration through OLLI is required. \nAdmission \n\n\n\nFree Admission\, Registration Required\n\n\n\n\nThen hear it whole. Jácome Flamenco joins AZ Phil flute and strings for Bach\, Chopin and flamenco\, Sunday November 1 at Ruth Street Theater. \n\nChris B. Jácome is the artistic director and creator\, Jácome Flamenco\, Chris writes the music and lyrics for all of the touring company’s productions and has toured extensively throughout the US and beyond. \nIn November of 2015\, Chris’ first feature film score “Just The Vampire Hunter” was released and is receiving RAVE REVIEWS! Chris’ compositions can be heard scoring the Emmy Award Winning PBS television special: “Flamenco” (broadcast in Arizona by KAET-TV Channel 8: Mike Sauceda\, producer) and on popular TV shows such as “Touch”\, “Kyle xy” and “Greek”. Two of Chris’ original songs appeared in the film “Amreeka” which was a jury selection for the Sundance Film Festival and won the Fipresci Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009. Chris’ flamenco version of the Christmas Classic\, “Joy to the World”\, was included in Coldwater Creek Catalogue’s 2004 Christmas CD. Additionally\, Chris can be heard as the featured soloist in the movie soundtrack of the feature film\, “9/tenths”. \nChris’ music has received critical acclaim from the beginning of his career. From Chris’ debut CD\, Motivación\, the title track “Motivación” finished in the Top 10 in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest World Music Category. Since his first CD’s debut Chris has written and recorded three other original flamenco albums: Pa’lante\, Flamenco and LEVANTO. LEVANTO features the music\, lyrics and even the footwork from the flamenco spectacular by flamenco dance company\, CALO FLAMENCO. TWO of Chris’ original songs from LEVANTO\, “Ritmo-Canix” and “Sin Ti” won the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest! \nLena Jácome is an internationally touring flamenco dancer\, choreographer and instructor with Jácome Flamenco. She performed as\, and choreographed for the role of ‘Flamenco Dancer’\, in Teatro Bravo!’s presentation of ‘Lorca in a Green Dress’. She was an invited guest artist to perform for the Ibero-American Association in Jakarta\, Indonesia and she was an invited guest performer & instructor for the Dance Network of South Dakota. Some performance highlights include Jazz at Lincoln Center\, New York City Center and she guest performed in the World Premiere of the Pangean Orchestra at Symphony Hall. She performed and choreographed for the first symphonic work to include flamenco dance entitled\, ‘Impulso’\, composed by Chris Jácome and Henry Flurry. This work was premiered in St. Louis\, Missouri with The University City Symphony Orchestra. \nShe has assisted in the creation of an extended long term multi-residency dance curriculum for the Baton Rouge\, Louisiana dance community and she has set work on various groups ranging in age and in various facets of programming; from University settings to private dance studios and everything else in between. \nLena attained her B.F.A. Degree in Dance Performance at New World School of the Arts in Miami\, FL and earned her M.F.A. Degree in Choreography and Performance at Arizona State University. She is currently a Roster Artist through Surprise Arts and has been awarded professional study grants through the National Endowment for the Arts to study in Spain. She has studied from such artists as Juana Amaya\, Concha Vargas\, La Faraona and Saray Montoya. She toured with Calo Flamenco under the direction of Martín Gaxiola and worked with Noche Flamenca & with guest choreographers such as Isabel Bayón and Juan Ogalla during their extended summer residency program at Scottsdale Center for the Arts. \nLena returns frequently to Spain to teach\, perform\, study and provide immersion programs for dancers & musicians. She published\, ‘Flamenco!’ a flamenco photography book showcasing Sergio Photography’s images\, based on Jácome Flamenco. \nPhoto of Jácome Flamenco courtesy of Sylvia Hardt.
URL:https://azphil.org/event/olli-flamenco/
LOCATION:Yavapai College Prescott Building 15\, Room 255\, 1100 E. Sheldon St.\, Prescott\, 86301\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,AZ Phil Around Town,OLLI
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SUMMARY:Tierra Flamenca: Guitar\, Dance\, and Classical Roots
DESCRIPTION:Tierra Flamenca: Guitar\, Dance\, and Classical Roots\n\nChris Burton Jácome and Lena Jácome return to the AZ Phil concert stage in Prescott with flamenco guitar and dance in a program that keeps trading places. Lena dances to Johann Sebastian Bach’s unaccompanied Prelude from the Cello Suite No. 1. Chris’s guitar and the ensemble’s improvisation reshape Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D\, while his guitar reinterprets the piano part in Frédéric Chopin’s Nocturne in E-flat and the accompaniment in Jules Massenet’s Méditation from Thaïs. \nThe oldest music is by Diego Ortiz\, a Spaniard who spent his working life in Naples and Rome. His Trattado de glosas of 1553 is a manual for improvising over a written bass\, and the Recercadas sobre tenores italianos heard here come from it\, aligning with Chris’s flamenco improvisation nearly five centuries on. \nClassical instruments take up flamenco as well\, with AZ Phil’s flute and strings joining the guitar and dance in Chris’s own pieces: guajira\, malagueña\, sevillanas\, verdiales\, tonás\, tarantas\, alegrías\, and The Kiss. These forms carry the geography and history of flamenco with them\, from Cuba\, Cádiz\, Málaga\, and Seville to the mining country of southeastern Spain. \nPre-concert talk at 2:00 pm. \nAdmission \n\n\n\nTier 1: $69.00\nTier 2: $54.00\nTier 3: $28.00\nStudent with ID: $10.00\n\n\n\n\nThursday October 29\, free: Chris and Lena Jácome break flamenco into its forms\, where a twelve-beat cycle carries accents you learn to clap\, and show how the dancer cues a change that the guitarist follows on the spot. Watch for it on Sunday. \n\nHave questions about attending a concert? Our Concert FAQs cover parking and entrances\, when to arrive\, what people wear\, and how long the concert runs. \nWorks on the program: \n\nChris Burton Jácome: Guajira · Malagueña · The Kiss · Sevillanas · Verdiales · Tonás · Tarantas · Alegrías\nJohann Sebastian Bach: Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1\nFrédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat\, Op. 9 No. 2\nJules Massenet: Méditation from Thaïs\nDiego Ortiz: Recercadas sobre tenores italianos\, from Trattado de glosas (1553)\nJohann Pachelbel: Canon in D\, arr. Chris Burton Jácome\n\nChris B. Jácome is the artistic director and creator\, Jácome Flamenco\, Chris writes the music and lyrics for all of the touring company’s productions and has toured extensively throughout the US and beyond. \nIn November of 2015\, Chris’ first feature film score “Just The Vampire Hunter” was released and is receiving RAVE REVIEWS! Chris’ compositions can be heard scoring the Emmy Award Winning PBS television special: “Flamenco” (broadcast in Arizona by KAET-TV Channel 8: Mike Sauceda\, producer) and on popular TV shows such as “Touch”\, “Kyle xy” and “Greek”. Two of Chris’ original songs appeared in the film “Amreeka” which was a jury selection for the Sundance Film Festival and won the Fipresci Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009. Chris’ flamenco version of the Christmas Classic\, “Joy to the World”\, was included in Coldwater Creek Catalogue’s 2004 Christmas CD. Additionally\, Chris can be heard as the featured soloist in the movie soundtrack of the feature film\, “9/tenths”. \nChris’ music has received critical acclaim from the beginning of his career. From Chris’ debut CD\, Motivación\, the title track “Motivación” finished in the Top 10 in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest World Music Category. Since his first CD’s debut Chris has written and recorded three other original flamenco albums: Pa’lante\, Flamenco and LEVANTO. LEVANTO features the music\, lyrics and even the footwork from the flamenco spectacular by flamenco dance company\, CALO FLAMENCO. TWO of Chris’ original songs from LEVANTO\, “Ritmo-Canix” and “Sin Ti” won the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest! \nLena Jácome is an internationally touring flamenco dancer\, choreographer and instructor with Jácome Flamenco. She performed as\, and choreographed for the role of ‘Flamenco Dancer’\, in Teatro Bravo!’s presentation of ‘Lorca in a Green Dress’. She was an invited guest artist to perform for the Ibero-American Association in Jakarta\, Indonesia and she was an invited guest performer & instructor for the Dance Network of South Dakota. Some performance highlights include Jazz at Lincoln Center\, New York City Center and she guest performed in the World Premiere of the Pangean Orchestra at Symphony Hall. She performed and choreographed for the first symphonic work to include flamenco dance entitled\, ‘Impulso’\, composed by Chris Jácome and Henry Flurry. This work was premiered in St. Louis\, Missouri with The University City Symphony Orchestra. \nShe has assisted in the creation of an extended long term multi-residency dance curriculum for the Baton Rouge\, Louisiana dance community and she has set work on various groups ranging in age and in various facets of programming; from University settings to private dance studios and everything else in between. \nLena attained her B.F.A. Degree in Dance Performance at New World School of the Arts in Miami\, FL and earned her M.F.A. Degree in Choreography and Performance at Arizona State University. She is currently a Roster Artist through Surprise Arts and has been awarded professional study grants through the National Endowment for the Arts to study in Spain. She has studied from such artists as Juana Amaya\, Concha Vargas\, La Faraona and Saray Montoya. She toured with Calo Flamenco under the direction of Martín Gaxiola and worked with Noche Flamenca & with guest choreographers such as Isabel Bayón and Juan Ogalla during their extended summer residency program at Scottsdale Center for the Arts. \nLena returns frequently to Spain to teach\, perform\, study and provide immersion programs for dancers & musicians. She published\, ‘Flamenco!’ a flamenco photography book showcasing Sergio Photography’s images\, based on Jácome Flamenco. \nPhoto of Jácome Flamenco courtesy of Sylvia Hardt.
URL:https://azphil.org/event/tierra-flamenca/
LOCATION:Ruth Street Theater\, 1050 Ruth Street\, Prescott\, AZ\, 86301
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,Concert,Ruth Street Theater Events,Season Concert
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SUMMARY:Behind Christmas Music
DESCRIPTION:Community Chats with AZ Phil: Behind Christmas Music\n\nASU Professors Katherine McLin\, Professor of Violin and Concertmaster of Arizona Philharmonic\, and Andrew Campbell\, Director of the ASU Collaborative Piano Program\, explore the stories behind a selection of Christmas music. They will discuss familiar carols\, works with unexpected seasonal connections\, and pieces that became associated with Christmas long after they were written. Drawing on Campbell’s extensive experience with Christmas choral music\, they will combine personal stories\, discussion\, and live performance. The class will include music from Arizona Philharmonic’s December 6 concert and opportunities for participants to sing along. \nThis free OLLI class is presented by Yavapai College’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and is open to the public. Advance registration through OLLI is required. \nAdmission \n\n\n\nFree Admission\, Registration Required\n\n\n\n\nThen hear the program itself. Four voices\, one of Bach’s Christmas cantatas and the carols\, Sunday December 6 at Ruth Street Theater. \n\nViolinist Katherine McLin is Concertmaster of the Arizona Philharmonic and maintains an active career as a concerto soloist\, recitalist\, chamber musician\, and orchestral leader. Since debuting with the Oregon Symphony at age 15\, she has made well over 100 solo appearances with orchestras nationwide and released more than 20 recordings on the Summit\, Centaur\, and Opus One labels. She also serves as concertmaster of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra (Columbus\, Ohio) and has collaborated with artists including Gil Shaham\, Bela Fleck\, Rhiannon Giddens\, and Leslie Odom Jr.\, including ProMusica’s May 2024 residency with Jon Batiste that premiered his first piano concerto. McLin is Professor of Violin at Arizona State University and holds the Evelyn Smith Professorship in Music; she has been invited twice by the American String Teachers Association to present national conference master classes. She earned a doctorate in violin performance from the University of Michigan\, with additional degrees from Indiana University and the Oberlin Conservatory\, and performs on a 1709 Gobetti violin on loan from ProMusica. \nPianist Andrew Campbell is a versatile collaborator whose work spans chamber music\, opera\, and orchestral performance. He has appeared internationally across Europe\, South Africa\, and Asia\, and throughout the United States. Campbell has directed summer music programs in Germany\, Luxembourg\, and North Carolina\, and serves as Faculty Artist at Rocky Ridge Music in Colorado. His recordings include Cantando with bassoonist Albie Micklich\, and recent highlights include serving as principal pianist for the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra in summer 2024. As a vocal coach\, he has worked on the music staffs of Washington National Opera and San Diego Opera\, collaborating with conductors Andre Previn and Heinz Fricke and working with composer Carlisle Floyd. Campbell studied with Martin Katz at the University of Michigan and is Professor of Music and Director of Collaborative Piano at Arizona State University.
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LOCATION:Yavapai College Prescott Building 15\, Room 255\, 1100 E. Sheldon St.\, Prescott\, 86301\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Virtuoso Christmas
DESCRIPTION:A Virtuoso Christmas\n\nFour voices and seven musicians bring Christmas down to chamber scale: flute\, oboe\, timpani\, piano and strings\, in beautiful arrangements written for this ensemble by Prescott Valley native Mat Lanning. \nOne of Johann Sebastian Bach’s many Christmas cantatas\, Süßer Trost\, mein Jesus kömmt\, anchors the program\, sung by four voices with flute\, oboe\, strings and piano. Around it come favorites including O Holy Night\, Carol of the Bells\, In the Bleak Midwinter\, and Silent Night\, along with George Frideric Handel’s Hallelujah and excerpts from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. \nViolinist Katherine McLin and pianist Andrew Campbell join AZ Phil’s musicians for this Christmas concert at Ruth Street Theater in Prescott. \nPre-concert talk at 2:00 pm. \nAdmission \n\n\n\nTier 1: $69.00\nTier 2: $54.00\nTier 3: $28.00\nStudent with ID: $10.00\n\n\n\n\nFriday December 4\, free: Katherine McLin and Andrew Campbell on the stories behind the carols\, with music from this program. \n\n\nHave questions about attending a concert? Our Concert FAQs cover parking and entrances\, when to arrive\, what people wear\, and how long the concert runs. \nWorks on the program: \n\nAdolphe Adam: O Holy Night\nJohann Sebastian Bach: Süßer Trost\, mein Jesus kömmt\, BWV 151\nJohann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod: Ave Maria\nPeter Cornelius: Christbaum (Christmas Tree)\, from Weihnachtslieder\, Op. 8\nFranz Gruber: Silent Night\nGeorge Frideric Handel: Hallelujah\, from Messiah\nGustav Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter\nMykola Leontovych and Peter J. Wilhousky: Carol of the Bells\nFelix Mendelssohn: Vaterland\, in deinen Gauen\, from Festgesang (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing)\nArnold Schoenberg: Weihnachtsmusik (Lo\, How a Rose E’er Blooming)\nPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from The Nutcracker\, Op. 71\nTraditional Catalan: Fum\, Fum\, Fum\nTraditional English: The Holly and the Ivy\n\nSingers: Nina Garguilo\, soprano; Holly Sheppard\, alto; Thomas Strawser\, tenor; Thommy Long\, baritone. \nInstrumentalists: Jeannette Hirasawa Moore\, flute; Mary Simon\, oboe; Maria Flurry\, timpani; Andrew Campbell\, piano; Katherine McLin\, violin; Bryn Cannon\, viola; Wesley Skinner\, cello. \nPianist Andrew Campbell is a versatile collaborator whose work spans chamber music\, opera\, and orchestral performance. He has appeared internationally across Europe\, South Africa\, and Asia\, and throughout the United States. Campbell has directed summer music programs in Germany\, Luxembourg\, and North Carolina\, and serves as Faculty Artist at Rocky Ridge Music in Colorado. His recordings include Cantando with bassoonist Albie Micklich\, and recent highlights include serving as principal pianist for the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra in summer 2024. As a vocal coach\, he has worked on the music staffs of Washington National Opera and San Diego Opera\, collaborating with conductors Andre Previn and Heinz Fricke and working with composer Carlisle Floyd. Campbell studied with Martin Katz at the University of Michigan and is Professor of Music and Director of Collaborative Piano at Arizona State University. \nSoprano Nina Garguilo\, originally from Memphis\, Tennessee\, is Coordinator of Vocal Studies and Choirs at Glendale Community College in Arizona. She has performed and taught in the Phoenix area since 2011\, and in 2012 began singing with the Grammy Award-winning Phoenix Chorale\, sharing in the 2015 Grammy Award for Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil. In 2026 she sang Donna Israelita in Lidarti’s oratorio Esther for the Arizona Bach Festival\, and in 2025 she was soprano soloist in the complete Messiah with Arizona Musicfest. Her roles include Despina (Così fan tutte)\, Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi)\, Maria (West Side Story)\, and the title role in Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank at the Mittelsächsisches Theater in Freiberg\, Germany. Nina is in her ninth season with Helios: A Modern Renaissance and earned her Doctorate in Music from Arizona State University in 2017. \nHolly Sheppard has been singing professionally in the Phoenix area for over two decades. She is in her 20th season with the Grammy® Award-winning Phoenix Chorale\, contributing to numerous live performances across the valley and several recording projects. Holly is also a member of the early music ensemble Helios: A Modern Renaissance which focuses on illuminating early vocal music for contemporary audiences. As a versatile soloist\, Holly appears regularly in concert series and operatic productions\, including frequent appearances in concert with Phoenix Opera. Recent highlights include performing as the mezzo-soprano soloist in the Arizona Bach Festival’s Messiah (2025) and Dvořák’s rarely performed Stabat Mater at St. Barnabas. Her stage credits include Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito at the Trentino Music Festival in Italy (2019) and covering Mercédès in Arizona Opera’s Carmen (2022). Alongside her vocal career\, Holly has worked as a 3D and motion graphics artist in the video game and slot machine industries. She lives in Mesa with her husband\, George\, and their birds\, Pico and Olive\, where they enjoy exploring the outdoors. \nTenor Thomas Strawser\, originally from the small town of Selinsgrove\, Pennsylvania\, enjoys a full and diverse career as a performing artist in both the music and theatre communities here in Arizona. His professional choral experience includes The Philadelphia Singers during the organization’s tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra\, The Manhattan Chorale\, a choral residency at St. Alban’s Cathedral in England\, Art Renaissance Initiative\, Canto Vivo\, Sonoran Desert Chorale\, Arizona Bach Festival\, the Grammy-Nominated True Concord Voices & Orchestra\, and the Grammy-Award Winning Phoenix Chorale (6 seasons) including their album Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil\, which received the 58th Grammy’s “Best Choral Performance” award. Tommy was with Childsplay Theatre as both a company actor and music director for local and national tours for 10 seasons. He acts with other Valley organizations including Arizona Opera\, Arizona Broadway Theatre\, The Phoenix Theatre Company\, and Showtune Productions. Tommy currently serves as Music Director for Empowered Theater and Arts\, an organization that provides theatre training and performance training for adults with intellectual\, developmental\, and physical disabilities and as Director of Music Ministries at King of Glory Lutheran Church in Tempe. He is also an adjunct voice professor at Mesa Community College. Tommy holds a Master of Music in Opera/Musical Theatre Performance from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. \nThommy Long is a classically trained baritone specializing in crossover singing. A native of Mesa\, AZ and a proud NAU Lumberjack\, he received his Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Michigan in May of 2025. Thommy has performed many roles\, including Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)\, Escamillo in Carmen (Bizet) and Old Superintendent in Mayo Buckner (Tom Cipullo)\, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte (Mozart)\, Father in Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck)\, Uncle in Elizabeth Cree (Puts)\, Mars in Orphée aux Enfers (Offenbach)\, and Betto di Signa in Gianni Schicchi (Puccini). In the spring\, Thommy will be performing with Arizona Opera in the MainStage productions and perform the role Loco Coyote in The Coyotes and The Rabbits by Héctor Armienta. Thommy is so excited to be back in AZ and to sing with the Arizona Philharmonic.
URL:https://azphil.org/event/a-virtuoso-christmas/
LOCATION:Ruth Street Theater\, 1050 Ruth Street\, Prescott\, AZ\, 86301
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,Concert,Holiday,Ruth Street Theater Events,Season Concert
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SUMMARY:The Nutcracker
DESCRIPTION:The Nutcracker\n\nPerformances \n\nSaturday\, December 12 at 7:00 pm\nSunday\, December 13 at 3:00 pm\nSunday\, December 13 at 7:00 pm\n\nThis holiday season\, Arizona Philharmonic and Yavapai Ballet Theatre co-present a fully staged production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker\, its beloved score played by a live orchestra. On Christmas Eve\, young Clara receives a Nutcracker doll at her family’s lively holiday party. That night she is swept into a dream where the Nutcracker comes to life\, battles the Mouse King\, and transforms into a Prince\, who guides her through a shimmering forest of snow to the Kingdom of Sweets\, where the Sugar Plum Fairy welcomes them with a series of enchanting dances. \nYavapai Ballet Theatre brings the story to life with a full\, vibrant set\, glittering hand-crafted costumes\, and a cast of dancers drawn from across our region\, now joined by live music from Arizona Philharmonic. \nYavapai Ballet Theatre was founded in January 2026 so that Yavapai County’s most serious dancers could find professional-level training and performance opportunities close to home rather than in Phoenix or out of state. The Nutcracker is the company’s first full-length production. \nThe Nutcracker is a special set of performances sold separately from season ticket packages. Tickets are sold by Yavapai Ballet Theatre. \nAdmission \n\n\n\nVIP: $85.00 adult ($90.00 with fees)\, $50.00 child ($53.25 with fees)\nTier 1: $60.00 adult ($63.75 with fees)\, $30.00 child ($32.25 with fees)\nTier 2: $45.00 adult ($48.00 with fees)\, $22.00 child ($23.85 with fees)\nTier 3: $35.00 adult ($37.50 with fees)\, $15.00 child ($16.50 with fees)\n\nTickets are sold by Yavapai Ballet Theatre\, and the price in parentheses is what you pay at checkout with their ticketing fee added. \n\n\nHave questions about attending a concert? Our Concert FAQs cover parking and entrances\, when to arrive\, what people wear\, and how long the concert runs. \nWorks on the program: \n\nPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker\, Op. 71 (complete ballet)
URL:https://azphil.org/event/nutcracker/
LOCATION:Ruth Street Theater\, 1050 Ruth Street\, Prescott\, AZ\, 86301
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,Concert,Holiday,Nutcracker,Ruth Street Theater Events
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SUMMARY:Community Chats with AZ Phil: Wesley Skinner
DESCRIPTION:Community Chats with AZ Phil: Wesley Skinner\n\nArizona Philharmonic principal cellist Wesley Skinner presents this Community Chat\, a free OLLI class\, three days before the Echoes Across Time concert on February 14. The time and topic are to be announced. \nNew this season\, Arizona Philharmonic partners with Yavapai College’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) for a series of free OLLI classes. Each session takes you behind the music with our artists and conductor\, exploring the ideas\, stories\, and techniques that shape a performance. Each class is offered a few days before its companion concert\, so you arrive ready to listen with a deeper ear. \nClasses are held on the Yavapai College campus and are free and open to the public. Advance registration through OLLI is required. Registration is not open yet. The class will appear in the OLLI catalog when it opens. \nAdmission \n\n\n\nFree Admission\, Registration Required\nRegistration is not open yet\n\n\n\nThen hear the trio. Miki Aoki\, Luke Hill and Wesley Skinner play Handel\, Fazıl Say and Tchaikovsky\, Sunday February 14 at Ruth Street Theater. \n\nCellist Wesley Skinner is the principal cellist of Arizona Philharmonic with degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Arizona State University. Wesley explores innovative programming through cross-disciplinary collaboration with female and Latin American composers\, as well as commissioning new works for the cello repertoire. He has won awards internationally as a soloist and chamber musician in addition to his music composition for theater here in Arizona. Wesley works with hundreds of cellists yearly between his private studio\, summer teaching\, and community outreach.
URL:https://azphil.org/event/olli-skinner/
LOCATION:Yavapai College Prescott Building 15\, Room 255\, 1100 E. Sheldon St.\, Prescott\, 86301\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,AZ Phil Around Town,OLLI
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SUMMARY:Echoes Across Time: Music for Piano Trio
DESCRIPTION:Echoes Across Time: Music for Piano Trio\n\nMiki Aoki joins Luke Hill and Wesley Skinner in a different combination for each piece: violin and piano\, then cello and piano\, then all three. George Frideric Handel’s Violin Sonata opens the afternoon. It was his last piece of chamber music\, and its closing dance returned as the sinfonia that opens the third act of Jephtha\, the oratorio he set aside in February 1751 when the sight in his left eye began to fail. \nFazıl Say’s Four Cities takes the cello through four Turkish cities: the melancholy of a saz in Sivas\, a fast Black Sea dance in Hopa\, a wartime protest song in Ankara\, and jazz in the bars of Bodrum\, ending in a pub brawl. Our principal cellist Wesley Skinner calls it one of the greatest cello works written this century. \nPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky once told his patron he could not endure the sound of piano with violin and cello. Then Nikolai Rubinstein died\, and Tchaikovsky wrote his Piano Trio in A minor in Rubinstein’s memory. Rubinstein had been one of the great pianists of the age\, so the piano part grew until it came close to a concerto. \nMountain Artists Guild joins us for the third time\, with a juried show responding to the music\, on stage and in the lobby. \nPre-concert talk at 2:00 pm. \nAdmission \n\n\n\nTier 1: $69.00\nTier 2: $54.00\nTier 3: $28.00\nStudent with ID: $10.00\n\n\n\n\nThursday February 11\, free: cellist Wesley Skinner takes you inside this program. \n\nHave questions about attending a concert? Our Concert FAQs cover parking and entrances\, when to arrive\, what people wear\, and how long the concert runs. \nWorks on the program: \n\nGeorge Frideric Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major\nFazıl Say: Four Cities\nPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor\n\nEqually celebrated as a soloist\, chamber musician\, and collaborative artist\, Miki Aoki brings exceptional versatility and depth to her performances\, which have captivated audiences across Europe\, Asia\, and the Americas. She currently serves as Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano at Arizona State University. \nDr. Aoki made her debut at age 12 at the Royal Festival Hall in London as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra\, and has since performed at Carnegie Hall\, the Barbican\, and festivals including the Salzburger Festspiele and the Menuhin Festival Gstaad. She records exclusively for the German label Hänssler Profil; her four albums include Tokyo Story\, a world premiere of music from the films of Yasujiro Ozu in their original piano manuscript versions. She earned degrees from Indiana University\, Yale University\, and Stony Brook University\, and completed the Konzertexamen with distinction at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Miki Aoki is a Steinway Artist. \nViolinist Luke Hill is the concertmaster of the West Valley Symphony and assistant concertmaster of Arizona Philharmonic. A graduate of Arizona State University\, where he studied with Dr. Katherine McLin\, and the University of Colorado studying under Charles Wetherbee. Mr. Hill has performed internationally at festivals such as Brevard Music Festival and Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival. He has also studied abroad in Florence\, Italy\, and Saarburg\, Germany\, and performs on a 1912 W.E. Hill & Sons violin. \nCellist Wesley Skinner is the principal cellist of Arizona Philharmonic with degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Arizona State University. Wesley explores innovative programming through cross-disciplinary collaboration with female and Latin American composers\, as well as commissioning new works for the cello repertoire. He has won awards internationally as a soloist and chamber musician in addition to his music composition for theater here in Arizona. Wesley works with hundreds of cellists yearly between his private studio\, summer teaching\, and community outreach.
URL:https://azphil.org/event/echoes-across-time/
LOCATION:Ruth Street Theater\, 1050 Ruth Street\, Prescott\, AZ\, 86301
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,Concert,Ruth Street Theater Events,Season Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20270422T140000
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SUMMARY:Community Chats with AZ Phil: Peter Bay
DESCRIPTION:Community Chats with AZ Phil: Peter Bay\n\nConductor Peter Bay presents this Community Chat\, a free OLLI class\, three days before the Beethoven Goes to the Dogs concert on April 25. The time and topic are to be announced. \nNew this season\, Arizona Philharmonic partners with Yavapai College’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) for a series of free OLLI classes. Each session takes you behind the music with our artists and conductor\, exploring the ideas\, stories\, and techniques that shape a performance. Each class is offered a few days before its companion concert\, so you arrive ready to listen with a deeper ear. \nClasses are held on the Yavapai College campus and are free and open to the public. Advance registration through OLLI is required. Registration is not open yet. The class will appear in the OLLI catalog when it opens. \nAdmission \n\n\n\nFree Admission\, Registration Required\nRegistration is not open yet\n\n\n\nThen hear the season close. Laura Arganbright in Grandval’s Oboe Concerto and Beethoven’s First\, Sunday April 25 at Ruth Street Theater. \n\nPeter Bay has served as conductor of Arizona Philharmonic since 2018. He is also Music Director and Conductor of the Austin Symphony Orchestra and Resident Conductor of the Piano Texas Festival. Bay has appeared with more than 80 orchestras\, including the National\, Chicago\, St. Louis\, Houston\, Dallas\, Baltimore\, and Fort Worth symphonies\, and has held music-director posts with the Erie Philharmonic\, Annapolis Symphony Orchestra\, and several music festivals. He is also the primary conductor for Ballet Austin.
URL:https://azphil.org/event/olli-bay-april/
LOCATION:Yavapai College Prescott Building 15\, Room 255\, 1100 E. Sheldon St.\, Prescott\, 86301\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,AZ Phil Around Town,OLLI
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20270425T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20270425T170000
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SUMMARY:Beethoven Goes to the Dogs
DESCRIPTION:Beethoven Goes to the Dogs\n\nMaestro Peter Bay leads the final concert of our season in unexpected company: Ludwig van Beethoven’s first symphony shares a stage with a pack of cartoon dogs. Those dogs are Thurber’s Dogs\, a suite of short orchestral sketches by Peter Schickele\, better known as his satirical alter ego P.D.Q. Bach\, after the drawings of James Thurber. Each movement captures a different personality\, clumsy or noble or distracted\, and each is crafted with charm\, precision\, and Schickele’s sharp ear for musical character. \nOur principal oboist Laura Arganbright is featured in Marie Clémence de Grandval’s Oboe Concerto\, a lyrical and poised work from 1877. Grandval studied with Chopin\, and Paris’s most prestigious orchestra played this concerto in her lifetime. Then it disappeared. Laura proposed bringing it back\, drawn to “a relatively unknown female composer whose music is newly being rediscovered.” \nPeter Maxwell Davies wrote Farewell to Stromness as a protest against a uranium mine proposed for Orkney\, where he lived. Its slow walking bass carries the townspeople out of their homes\, and its gentle\, sometimes sad lyricism understates what the protest won: the mine was never built. Davies later said the piece had almost become a folk tune. The concert concludes with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1\, a bold and youthful entry into the symphonic tradition he inherited from Haydn and Mozart. Playful in its turns and grounded in Classical form\, the finale reveals the personality of a composer just beginning to make his mark. \nPre-concert talk at 2:00 pm. \nAdmission \n\n\n\nTier 1: $69.00\nTier 2: $54.00\nTier 3: $28.00\nStudent with ID: $10.00\n\n\n\n\nThursday April 22\, free: conductor Peter Bay on the program that puts Beethoven’s First Symphony in the company of Schickele’s Thurber’s Dogs. \n\nHave questions about attending a concert? Our Concert FAQs cover parking and entrances\, when to arrive\, what people wear\, and how long the concert runs. \n\nWorks on the program: \n\nPeter Schickele: Thurber’s Dogs\nMarie Clémence de Grandval: Oboe Concerto in D Minor\, Op. 7\nPeter Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness\nLudwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major\, Op. 21\n\n\nThe story behind each work\, a closer look at the music\, artist biographies and a glossary. \n\n\n\nPeter Bay has served as conductor of Arizona Philharmonic since 2018. He is also Music Director and Conductor of the Austin Symphony Orchestra and Resident Conductor of the Piano Texas Festival. Bay has appeared with more than 80 orchestras\, including the National\, Chicago\, St. Louis\, Houston\, Dallas\, Baltimore\, and Fort Worth symphonies\, and has held music-director posts with the Erie Philharmonic\, Annapolis Symphony Orchestra\, and several music festivals. He is also the primary conductor for Ballet Austin. \nDr. Laura Arganbright is the principal oboist of both the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra and the Arizona Philharmonic. A versatile performer\, she has played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic\, Pacific Symphony\, Modesto Symphony\, and Jacaranda Music\, among others. As a soloist\, she has appeared with the Bakersfield Symphony in Oscar Navarro’s Legacy\, with Arizona Philharmonic in Marcello’s Concerto in D minor\, and in the world premiere of Viet Cuong’s Extra(ordinarily) Fancy. \nA dedicated educator\, Laura is the Oboe Teaching Artist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s YOLA program and has worked with The Harmony Project and USC’s Thornton Community Engagement Program. She maintains a competitive private studio and is active in reed-making pedagogy\, having coached reed-making for oboe majors at USC. \nLaura holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California\, where she was honored with the Brandon Mehrle Service Award. She studied with Joel Timm\, Marion Kuszyk\, and Lot Demeyer\, and earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Arizona State University under Martin Schuring.
URL:https://azphil.org/event/beethoven-goes-to-the-dogs/
LOCATION:Ruth Street Theater\, 1050 Ruth Street\, Prescott\, AZ\, 86301
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,Concert,Ruth Street Theater Events,Season Concert
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