​Arizona Wind Symphony

Thursday, October 9th, 2025

Celebrate! | A Season Kickoff of Classics and Contemporary Favorites

Featuring internationally acclaimed clarinetists, Joshua Gardner and Stefanie Gardner. Musical highlights include Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, Mendelssohn’s Concertpiece No. 2 in D minor, Grainger’s Shepherd’s Hey, and phenomenal new selections by Michael Markowski, Pinkzebra, Rossano Galante, Viet Cuong, and Katahj Copley. The combination of familiar classics paired with exciting contemporary music sets the perfect tone for an exciting 25th season and will inspire you to come back for more!​

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Thursday, November 20th, 2025

Around the World in 80 Minutes| A Musical Tour Across the Continents

Featuring world-class trumpetist, Joe Burgstaller. Travel with the Arizona Wind Symphony and experience the spectacular musical journey that includes Strauss’s Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare, Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Texidor’s Amparito Roca, Chance’s Variations on a Korean Folk Song, Giroux’s Italian Rhapsody, and Respighi’s, Appian Way from the Pines of Rome. Also included are special guest performers that will leave you moved beyond measure. Make plans today to attend this must-see concert.

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Thursday, February 5th, 2026

Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue| Marvelous Music Fitting for a Revered Rhyme

Featuring the incredible and internationally acclaimed Irish Pianist, Cathal Breslin. Musical highlights include a premiere performance composed by the eminent composer, Michael Markowski, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Shostakovich’s Galop, Bennett’s Suite of Old American Dances, W.C. Handy’s Beale Street Blues, and electrifying new music by Jonathan Bartz and Brian Balmages. Make plans to attend an evening that promises to be impressive and exciting!

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Thursday, March 26th, 2026

Colorful Collections| The Many Moods of Color

Featuring one of history’s most celebrated tuba soloists, Patrick Sheridan. Musical highlights include Sway y Sting (Flight of the Bumblebee), a stunning Sheridan arrangement of Pure Imagination and Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Verdi’s Dies Irae from Requiem, a marvelous Mancini medley including Pink Panther, Anderson’s The Irish Washerwoman, From the “Irish Suite”, Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever, and more. Experience the pure joy of how colorful music evokes a rainbow of beautiful feelings throughout the night and beyond!

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Thursday, May 7th, 2026

Festivities!| A Special Evening to Close the 25th Season

Featuring the distinguished flutist and winner of the Arizona Wind Symphony Soloist Competition, Robert Heiligenberg. Musical highlights include outstanding repertoire from prominent composers, including Nelson’s Sonoran Desert Holiday, Hazo’s Solas Ane, Chaminade’s Concertino, Bernstein’s Mambo, Sheldon’s Rhapsodic Celebration, Grainger’s Spoon River, and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. Consider this the closing ceremonies of a fantastic 25th season celebration!