Pizza-cato Chamber Music Series Intimate Concert: AZ Opera Pullin Studio Artists Opera, Musical Theatre, and more!

Friday, March 13, 2026 at 12:00 pm

The Pizza-cato Chamber Music Series, features some of the Valley's best classical musicians performing in special intimate lunchtime concerts. Join us for delicious pizza and great music! 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.

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Club Musicfest Series Intimate Concert: Kelli James - Stages of Life with Josh Condon, piano

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 6:00 pm

Kelli James has a career that spans over 47 years and includes leading roles on Broadway, National Tours and on international stages. On Broadway, Kelli was in the Tony Award winning original company of Les Misérables, later taking over the role of Eponine as the first North American actor to play the role. Kelli has been seen around the country in several award winning productions including the LA revival of Hair and the San Francisco production of The Rocky Horror Show as Columbia. Playing the role of Peron’s Mistress, Kelli was featured in the LA production and First National tour of Evita, directed by Hal Prince. She was also in the Toronto companies of Aspects of Love as Giulietta Trapani and Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as The Narrator starring opposite Donny Osmond. Other notable productions include Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hand-picked cast for his premiere concert tour The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Chess In Concert in Toronto, The Tribute To Hal Prince in Munich, Germany and The Night of 1000 Voices at Royal Albert Hall in London. Arizona audiences have seen her in Gypsy as Mama Rose, Beauty And The Beast as Mrs. Potts, Cinderella as The Fairy Godmother and Follies as Carlotta Champion. She won an Arizoni Award for her direction and been nominated for 3 Arizoni Awards as a performer. She has been coaching and teaching musical theater performance for over 20 years at her studio called The Broadway Advantage Performing Arts Studio in Scottsdale, Arizona

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Pizza-cato Chamber Music Series Intimate Concert: Paradise Winds Reed Quintet

Friday, April 17, 2026 at 12:00 pm

The Pizza-cato Chamber Music Series, features some of the Valley's best classical musicians performing in special intimate lunchtime concerts. Join us for delicious pizza and great 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.

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