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The Burn City String Quartet is a Phoenix-based ensemble dedicated to performing music from the celebrated historical quartet repertoire alongside music created by the current generation of composers and performers. The heart of the quartet is here in the Sonoran Desert, and BCSQ has particularly enjoyed highlighting music with its roots in Arizona. While BCSQ is still a relatively young ensemble, they have been able to realize this vision in recent performances, which have included multiple world premieres of music by contemporary Arizona-based composers. The members of BCSQ strongly believe that everyone should be able to hear and experience music through traditional and non-traditional performances. The quartet can be found playing in a variety of venues for performance, where they strive to increase access and exposure to the music at the heart of the quartet’s vision. BCSQ seeks to build relationships with audiences, experiencing the joy of music making with a community spirit.

Kodachrome is a multi award-winning saxophone quartet founded by four graduate students from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Since forming in 2022, Kodachrome has performed and competed throughout the US receiving 1st Prizes in the 10th Coltman Chamber Music Competition, 10th Plowman Chamber Music Competition, and the Gold Medal at the 50th Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. In August 2023, Kodachrome was invited as an ensemble representing the U.S. to perform in the Chengdu International Sister City Music Festival held in Chengdu, China. In September 2023, Kodachrome performed and taught throughout the Midwest during the Double Gold Tour, which was sponsored by the Fischoff Chamber Music Association. Throughout the tour, Kodachrome performed at universities, colleges, soirees, junior high, and high schools in states including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan. Kodachrome was also a featured ensemble on WFMT as a part of the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series held in Chicago, Illinois. Kodachrome enjoys playing all genres of music, with focus on collaborating with composers that move the instrument forward and provide enriching experiences for audiences. Every fall semester, Kodachrome participates in the annual Prisms Contemporary Music Festival held at ASU, where the quartet collaborates with contemporary composers and premieres new works written for the saxophone quartet and various chamber ensembles with the saxophone. The quartet is dedicated to sharing their music within the Greater Phoenix Area and abroad, building a strong community through music. Kodachrome has upcoming performances in Phoenix and several tours throughout the U.S. for the 2023/2024 season and is looking forward to sharing their music with many audiences. Founding members of Kodachrome are Calvin Wong on soprano saxophone, Jade Deatherage on alto saxophone, Siobhan Plouffe on tenor saxophone, and Bonson Lee on baritone saxophone.

The Salt River Five brass quintet is a premier chamber ensemble performing throughout the Phoenix metro area, including at events for the City of Mesa, the City of Tempe and the Desert Botanical Garden, as well as at private functions. The quintet strives to engage more people in life-long learning and enjoyment through brass quintet music, and features works ranging from classical music to jazz standards and holiday favorites.

Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of sheer talent and musical brilliance with the exceptionally gifted artists of the Marion Roose Pullin Arizona Opera. Selected from a highly competitive pool of over 550 applicants, these rising stars represent the future of opera! This special concert will showcase an exciting and diverse repertoire, offering something for every musical taste. The Lifelong Learning Series audience will be treated to a dynamic selection of styles, ranging from opera favorites, to musical theatre classics and even jazz. Whether you’re a longtime opera lover or simply appreciate extraordinary vocal talent, this is a program you won’t want to miss. Experience the passion, storytelling, and artistry of these remarkable performers as they take center stage in a spectacular celebration of music.

Paradise Winds, a Phoenix, AZ-based reed quintet, met while pursuing advanced degrees in music at Arizona State University and have been performing together since 2005. Paradise Winds appeared to over a million weekly listeners on American Public Media’s Performance Today in 2011 and 2013. In recent past, Paradise Winds was featured in the Phoenix-based award-winning Downtown Chamber Series, collaborated with the Grammy-winning Phoenix Chorale, and have appeared with Classical Revolution PHX. Individual members of Paradise Winds have appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, AIMS Festival Orchestra (Graz, Austria), Wintergreen Summer Music Festival Orchestra (Virginia, USA), and in Arizona with the Phoenix Symphony, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Arizona Opera, and Ballet Arizona. The quintet has performed at annual conferences for the International Double Reed Society (IDRS) held in Arizona, Ohio, California, Tokyo, Georgia, and Wisconsin, and for the 2014 International Clarinet Association conference in Louisiana. They have also performed at North American Saxophone Alliance conferences in 2011, 2012, and 2015. Active teachers, members of Paradise Winds hold positions at Arizona State University, the Maricopa Community Colleges (Phoenix-area), and have served in positions and given residencies abroad in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Ecuador, and Qatar. Agents of new repertoire, Paradise Winds has commissioned works by Deborah Kavasch, John Marvin, Robbie McCarthy, Kurt Mehlenbacher, Alyssa Morris, and Kincaid Rabb, and premiered the first-ever North American concerto grosso for reed quintet and orchestra by Graham Cohen during the 2014-2015 season with MusicaNova Orchestra.