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Past Lifelong Learning Events

Listen Up: MORE of the Greatest Songs from Film, part 2

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Listen Up: MORE of the Greatest Songs from Film

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Listen Up: Breaking Boundaries: MORE Music 'Round the World

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Club Musicfest: Dom Moio and the Latin Jazz All-Stars

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Listen Up: Carousel (Rodgers/Hammerstein)

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Music Alive! Open House

Friday, April 11, 2025

Musical Theatre Matinees: The Ring & the Razor - Music Drama of Wagner & Sondheim with Brian DeMaris

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Listen Up: Breaking Boundaries - Symphony No. 4 (Ives)

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Music and the American Experience w/ Dr. Jeff Kennedy

Friday, April 4, 11, 18, 25, 2025

Women of Jazz Piano w/ Nicole Pesce: Dorothy Donegan

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Listen Up: Breaking Boundaries - The Metropole Orchestra

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Who'll Stop the Rain: Respect, Remembrance, and Reconciliation in Post-Vietnam America with Doug Bradley

Friday, March 21, 2025

Club Musicfest: Desert Rose Project - A Celebration of Sting

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Listen Up: Symphony No. 3 (Copland)

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Pizza-cato Chamber Music Series: Urban Nocturnes

Friday, March 14, 2025

Musical Theatre Matinees: The Director's Cut with Mark Stoddard

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Listen Up: Breaking Boundaries - Jacob Collier

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Singer-Songwriter Series: Lyle Lovett

Friday, March 7, 2025

Women of Jazz Piano w/ Nicole Pesce: Marian McPartland

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Listen Up: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Creative Aging: The Neuroscience of Music in Your Everyday Life with Suzanne Oliver

Friday, Feb. 28, 2025

Musical Theatre Matinees: Something Wonderful - The Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein

Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025

Listen Up: The Songs of Steve & Eydie

Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025

Pizza-cato Chamber Music: AZ Opera Pullin Studio Artists

Friday, Feb. 21, 2025

Listen Up: Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky), part 2

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025

Singer-Songwriter Series: Paul Simon

Friday, February 14, 2025

Rhythms of a Nation, part 2: Syrian Music in the U.S. Southwest with Dr. Andrea Shaheen Espinosa

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025

Listen Up: Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky), part 1

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025

Singer-Songwriter Series: Elton John

Friday, Feb. 7, 2025

Club Musicfest: The Hot Beignets

Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025

Listen Up: Tony Bennett - A Century of Songs

Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025

Pizza-cato Chamber Music: Mill Ave Chamber Players

Friday, Jan. 31, 2024

Listen Up: Carnival Overture (Dvořák)

Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025

Rhythms of a Nation, part 1: The Story of Syrian Music with Dr. Andrea Shaheen Espinosa

Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025

Listen Up: Whitney Houston, the Voice

Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025

Club Musicfest: Josh Condon Quartet & The Music of Oscar Peterson

Friday, Jan. 17, 2025

Listen Up: Oscar Peterson, Maharajah of the Keyboard

Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025

Music Theory & Composition

Jan. 13 - March 31, 2025

Singer-Songwriter Series: Billy Joel

Friday, Jan. 10, 2025

Musical Theatre Matinees: What Makes a Great Performance? with Toby Yatso

Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025

Listen Up: Breaking Boundaries: Music 'Round the World

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025

Club Musicfest: Reimagining Holiday Classics with Union32

Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024

Pizza-cato Chamber Music Series: Anna Han, piano

Wednesday, Dec. 18th, 2024

Listen Up: Most Outrageous Holiday Songs of All Time

Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024

Swinging in the Holidays! Party with Josh & Lexy Condon

Friday, Dec. 13, 2024

Listen Up: Requiem (Mozart), part 2

Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024

Women of Jazz Piano w/ Nicole Pesce: Lil' Hardin Armstrong

Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024

Listen Up: Requiem (Mozart), part 1

Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024

Listen Up: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (Ibert)

Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024

Club Musicfest: Beth Lederman & Jazz Con Alma

Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024

Listen Up: Toccata Festiva (Barber)

Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024

Pizza-cato Chamber Music: Tetra String Quartet

Friday, Nov. 15, 2024

Musical Theatre Matinees: The "Wicked" Music of Stephen Schwartz

Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024

Listen Up: The "Genius" of Brian Wilson

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024

Singer-Songwriter Series with Dr. Dan Puccio: America

Friday, Nov. 8, 2024

The Women of Jazz Piano with Nicole Pesce: Mary Lou Williams

Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024

Listen Up: From Satchmo to Botti - Jazz's Greatest Trumpeters

Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024

Singer-Songwriter Series with Dr. Dan Puccio: Neil Diamond

Friday, Oct. 25, 2024

The Cello Still Sings: A Generational Story of the Holocaust with Janet Horvath

Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024

Listen Up: The Maestro's Notes with Bob Moody

Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024

Music Theory 101

Oct. 21 - Dec. 9, 2024

Music Alive! Open House

Friday, Oct. 18, 2024

Listen Up: The Music of Space, part 2 - Star Wars (Williams)

Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024

Listen Up: The Music of Space, part 1 - The Planets (Holst)

Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024

Listen Up: MORE of Your Favorite TV Show Themes!

Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024

Musicfest at the Movies: Dreamgirls (2006)

Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024

Songs of Summer: Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Simon)

Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024

Musicfest at the Movies: Grease (1978)

Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024

Songs of Summer: Pure Imagination (Bricusse/Newley)

Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024

Musicfest at the Movies: Cabaret (1972)

Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024

The Summer of Love, part 3: Woodstock

Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024

Songs of Summer: Send in the Clowns (Sondheim)

Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024

Musicfest at the Movies: Funny Girl (1968)

Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024

Songs of Summer: Natural Woman (Goffin/Trexler/King)

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Musicfest at the Movies: A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

The Summer of Love, part 2: Sounds of Psychedelia

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Songs of Summer: Your Favorite Songs to Hate

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Musicfest at the Movies: Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Songs of Summer: Summertime (Hayward/Gershwin)

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Musicfest at the Movies: Kiss Me Kate (1953)

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Songs of Summer: Yesterday (Lennon/McCartney)

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

The Summer of Love, part 1: San Francisco, 1967

Thursday, June 13, 2024

Musicfest at the Movies: Oklahoma! (1955)

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Songs of Summer: Mack the Knife (Weill/Brecht)

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Musicfest at the Movies: Shall We Dance (1937)

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Coffee & Classics: Second Rhapsody (Gershwin)

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Music & Muffins: Your Favorite TV Show Theme Songs

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Coffee & Classics: Finlandia (Sibelius)

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Music & Muffins: Music of the Eagles, Part 2

Wednesday, Apr. 24 2024

Music Alive! Open House

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Coffee & Classics: Pines of Rome (Respighi)

Wednesday, Apr. 17 2024

Celebrating the Great American Songbook with Nicole Pesce

Thursday, Apr. 11, 2024

Music & Muffins: Music of the Eagles, Part 1

Wednesday, Apr. 10 2024

Masters of Musical Theatre: Finishing the Hat - The Music of Stephen Sondheim

Tuesday, Apr. 9 2024

Coffee & Classics: Symphony No. 3 (Copland)

Wednesday, Apr. 3, 2024

Arizona Arts & Medicine Symposium

Monday, Apr. 1, 2024

Piano Day 2024

Thursday, March 28 2023

Music & Muffins: A Century of Country Music

Wednesday, Mar. 27 2024

Rhapsody in Depth, Part 3: The Legacy

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Key Note: Bobby Freeman, AZ Sports Organist

Monday, March 25 2024

Coat of Many Colors: Country, Blues, and Jazz

Thursday, Mar. 21 2024

Coffee & Classics: Concerto in F (Gershwin)

Wednesday, Mar. 20 2024

We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War

Monday, Mar. 18 2024

Celebrating the Great American Songbook with Nicole Pesce

Thursday, Mar. 14, 2024

Music & Muffins: The American Folk Music Revival

Wednesday, Mar. 13 2024

Masters of Musical Theatre: Steps to Storytelling - Integrating Dance with Music & Lyrics

Tuesday, Mar. 12 2024

Coffee & Classics: Symphony No. 3 (Harris)

Wednesday, Mar. 6 2024

Music & Muffins: Greatest Songs from Film

Wednesday, Feb. 28 2024

Modern Jazz Meets Modern Broadway

Thursday, Feb. 22 2024

Coffee & Classics: The Grave of Couperin (Ravel)

Wednesday, Feb 21 2024

Music & Muffins: Your Favorite Love Songs

Wednesday, Feb. 14 2024

Masters of Musical Theatre: Operetta, Revue, & The Jukebox Musical

Tuesday, Feb. 13 2024

Coffee & Classics: My Homeland (Dvořák)

Wednesday, Feb. 7 2024

Rhapsody in Depth, Part 2: The Aeolian Hall Premiere

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024

The Music of Henry Mancini (a 3-part series)

Fridays, Feb. 2, 9, & 16 2024

The Sixties: The British Invasion

Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024

Music & Muffins: Discourse on Doo-wop

Wednesday, Jan. 31 2024

In My Life: Jazz Re-Imaginings of The Beatles

Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024

Coffee & Classics: Resurrection Symphony (Mahler), Part 2

Wednesday, Jan. 24 2024

Rhapsody in Depth, Part 1: Birth of “Rhapsody in Blue”

Tuesday, Jan. 23 2024

Beatles Recording Innovations

Thursday, Jan. 18 2024

Music & Muffins: Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys

Wednesday, Jan. 17 2024

Chuck Berry: Hail Hail Rock n’ Roll

Monday, Jan. 15 2024

Celebrating the Great American Songbook with Nicole Pesce

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024

Coffee & Classics: Resurrection Symphony (Mahler), Part 1

Wednesday, Jan. 10 2024

Masters of Musical Theatre: What Makes a Great Performance?

Tuesday, Jan. 9 2024

Music & Muffins: Musical Theatre Showstoppers

Wednesday, Jan. 3 2024

Make Music Day – A Room Full of Pianos

Thursday, Dec. 21 2023

Coffee & Classics: The Nutcracker Suite (Ellington)

Tuesday, Dec. 19 2023

Music & Muffins: Your Holiday Favorites

Tuesday, Dec. 12 2023

Coffee & Classics: The Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky)

Tuesday, Dec. 5 2023

Music & Muffins: The Christmas Song Symposium

Wednesday Nov. 29 2023

The Beatles: From Liverpool to Abbey Road

Friday, November 3, 2023 10:00 am

Copland’s Appalachian Spring

May 16 & 23

Hanson’s Second Symphony

May 2 & 9

Still’s First Symphony

April 18 & 25

Gershwin’s “An American in Paris”

April 4 & 11

Piano Day 2023

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 1:30 pm

Mozart’s Fourth Violin Concerto

March 14 & 21

Mahler’s Fourth Symphony

February 21, 28, & March 7

Musicfest U: John Williams

February 10 - March 3

Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto

February 7 & 14

Pre-Concert Talks

One Hour Before Festival Orchestra Concerts

Musicfest U: The Firebird

January 20 - February 3

Chartrand on Laurel Canyon

Wednesday, January 18, 2023 3:00 pm

Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite

January 17 & 24

Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto

January 3 & 10

Tchaikovsky’s Second Symphony

December 20 & 27

Brahms’ Second Symphony

December 6 & 13

Fantastic Chopin: The Op.49 Fantasie

Friday, April 15, 2022 10:00 am

Piano Day 2022

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 2:00 pm

Musicfest U:

March 11-25, 2022 at 10:00am

Pre-Concert Talk

Sunday, February 27, 2022 2:00 pm

Pre-Concert Talk

Friday, February 25, 2022 6:30 pm

The Rhythm and Soul of Piano

Friday, February 25, 2022 10:00 am

Pre-Concert Talk

Thursday, February 24, 2022 6:30 pm

Pre-Concert Talk

Tuesday, February 22, 2022 6:30 pm

Pre-Concert Talk

Sunday, February 20, 2022 1:00 pm

Musicfest U:

Fridays at 10am, Feb 4-18, 2022

Celebrating the Great American Songbook

Thursdays at 10:00am in January, March, April and May!

Beethoven’s Mysterious Lock of Hair

Monday, January 10, 2022 3:00 pm

Gospel Music in Brother Ray’s Soul

Friday, November 5, 2021 10:00 am

A Beethoven Celebration!

Tuesday, March 3, 2020 3:00 pm

Karl Jenkins’ “The Armed Man”

Tuesday, February 11, 2020 3:00pm

Music Inspired by Ellis Island

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 3:00pm

Elvis: The Music & The Machine

Friday, January 17, 2020 10:00am

The American Radio Songbook:

Friday, December 13 10:00am

Un-Ravel-ing Orchestration:

Friday, November 15, 2019 10:00am

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