Imagine you owned a gourmet restaurant with a loyal following but the patrons only paid $15 for a meal that cost you $45 to produce. Hard to survive on that, right? That is the case with orchestras. To survive with lower-than-average COVID ticket sales, and fixed costs like venues and musicians, … [Read more...] about Understanding the Business of Orchestras Like Arizona Philharmonic
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Arizona Philharmonic Brings Out the Brass
Arizona Philharmonic (AZ Phil) Brass Quintet makes its debut at 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 27, at Yavapai College Performance Arts Center, with a full complement of trumpet, horn, trombone and tuba players. The newly formed brass quintet allows the audience to experience the brilliance of brass … [Read more...] about Arizona Philharmonic Brings Out the Brass
Bringing Together Professional Musicians and Grade-School Composers
Arizona Philharmonic’s Jan. 9 performance of ¡Andalusia!, the Music of Southern Spain, has taken on a special Prescott community involvement. Not only is Maestro Peter Bay leading the orchestra with three exceptional soloists (Maria Flurry on marimba, and flamenco artist husband and wife team Chris … [Read more...] about Bringing Together Professional Musicians and Grade-School Composers