Our 17th Season

Four weeks of the finest music begins Wednesday evening, February 6, 2008 and ends 14 concerts later on Sunday afternoon, March 2.

Our Festival features Classical, Broadway, Jazz and Opera with exciting Guest Artists, The Arizona Opera, and the larger-than-ever, fuller-sounding Musicfest Festival Orchestra, and the debut of the Musicfest Festival Chorus. Many of our concerts showcase young musicians on the launching pad to fame in a series called Tomorrow’s Stars Today.

This season, we are pleased to offer Premium Seating. For a nominal surcharge, patrons can be seated in a reserved section in our large venues, Pinnacle Presbyterian Church and the Scottsdale First Assembly Dream Center. Only a limited number of these choice seats will be offered at each concert, so we urge you to order your tickets early to take advantage of this new opportunity.

Tickets are available now! Call 480.488.0806 to order or click on the “Buy Tickets” button next to each event to purchase your tickets online.

KT Sullivan & Mark Nadler
Wednesday, February 6 at 7:30 pm
Scottsdale First Assembly Dream Center

Quintessential Broadway entertainers perform Porter, Bernstein, Comden & Green and more, backed by a small combo. The personalities and talent are over the top! It’s Carnegie Hall, the Rainbow Room, and Broadway wrapped into one dynamic concert.

Tickets: $30 – Premium seating available.

Charlie Parker with Strings… and More
ASU Jazz Repertory Band, ASU Jazz String Orchestra, Mike Kocour Trio & Eric Schneider, saxophone
Friday, February 8 at 7:30 pm
Scottsdale First Assembly Dream Center

Features Grammy Award winning saxophonist Eric Schneider, with the ASU Jazz Repertory Band, ASU Jazz String Orchestra, and Mike Kocour Trio. The program recreates Charlie Parker’s famed 1949 “With Strings” recording, and includes Big Band standards and jazz combo classics.

Tickets: $30 – Premium seating available.

Grand Opera Favorites
Sunday, February 10 at 3:00 pm
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church

Arizona Opera Director Joel Revzen conducts the 30-piece Arizona Opera Chamber Orchestra and four soloists in a program of opera favorites. It’s an evening at the Grand Opera, in the afternoon.

Tickets: $30 – Premium seating available.

Bill Charlap Trio
Bill Charlap, Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
Tuesday, February 12 at 5:00 pm & Wednesday, February 13 at 7:30 pm
Fairway House at Grayhawk

A premier interpreter of the Great American Songbook, Grammy nominated artist Bill Charlap gives voice with a poet’s touch. Expect to hear Bernstein favorites and tunes by Harold Arlen in a relaxed cabaret setting.

February 12 Tickets: $30 

Optional Buffet following February 12 performance
Tickets: $35 

February 13 Tickets: $30 

Valentine’s Day with Bob Moody
Robert Moody & Friends
Thursday, February 14 at 5:30 pm
Fairway House at Grayhawk

This cabaret style concert featuring Bob Moody and some of his best and most talented musician friends is a fun and romantic way to celebrate Valentine’s Day with friends or that very special someone. Dinner is served along with an eclectic menu of music. Musicfest events like this that highlight the off-the-podium talents of Bob Moody sell out quickly, so call early for tickets.

Tickets: $85, includes Dinner

**Due to the limited number of tickets remaining for this concert, we request that you contact the ticket office directly to order: 480.488.0806.

Organ, Brass & Vocal Spectacular!
featuring James Jones, organist; Carla Lefevre, soprano; and Charles Berginc, trumpet
Sunday, February 17 at 3:00 pm
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church

Organist James Jones has been playing professionally since age 11 and was a featured performer at the 2006 Spoleto Festival. This unique concert takes full advantage of the magnificent, three-story organ at Pinnacle Presbyterian Church. Jones’ skills at the organ are complimented by soprano Carla Lefevre and Charles Berginc, Principal Trumpet of The Phoenix Symphony, and others. Together, these fine musicians will perform thrilling works that showcase the beauty and range of the organ, brass and singers.

Tickets: $30 – Premium seating available.

Opening Night!
The Festival Orchestra, Robert Moody conducting
Tuesday, February 19 at 7:30 pm
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church

This exciting opening night concert by the largest Festival Orchestra in Musicfest history includes the Southwest premiere of Dan Locklair’s “Phoenix for Orchestra” commissioned by Arizona Musicfest and the Winston-Salem Symphony. The program opens with Haydn’s “Symphonie concertante” and concludes with Saint Saens monumental “Organ Symphony” featuring soloist James Jones.

Tickets: $30 – Premium seating available.
Opening Night Reception following the Concert at Pinnacle Peak Country Club

Gotta Dance!
The Festival Orchestra, Robert Moody conducting
Thursday, February 21 at 7:30 pm
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church

Music from Bernstein’s “On The Town” and the Beatles are just the start to an evening of dance-themed works that include “The Chairman Dances” from John Adams’ opera “Nixon in China” and Stravinsky’s exciting “Firebird Suite.”

Tickets: $30 – Premium seating available.

Choral Masterworks
The Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Robert Moody conducting
Friday, February 22 at 7:30 pm
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church

Bach’s “Sleepers, Wake!” and Vaughan Williams’ “On Wenlock Edge” share the program with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Grammy Award winning “Requiem” which includes the Top 40 hit, “Pie Jesu.”

Tickets: 30 – Premium seating available.

Andre Watts in Concert
The Festival Orchestra, Robert Moody conducting
with special guest soloist, Andre Watts
Sunday, February 24 at 3:00 pm
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church

Music by Bach (“Brandenburg Concerto #2”), Brahms (“Variations on a Theme by Haydn”) and Beethoven is showcased in this very special concert which climaxes in a performance of “Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto” with soloist, the world-renowned Andre Watts.

Tickets: $40

Time for Three
Zachary DePue, Nicolas Kendall, Ranaan Meyer
Tuesday, February 26 at 7:30 pm & Wednesday, February 27 at 5:00 pm
Fairway House at Grayhawk

Classical, crossover and charismatic, this young dynamic string trio transcends traditional performance genres, offering bluegrass, popular hits, classical favorites, and their own compositions.

February 26 Tickets: $30 

February 27 Tickets: $30 

John Pizzarelli Quartet plays Sinatra & More
with special guest Bucky Pizzarelli
Friday, February 29 at 3:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Scottsdale First Assembly Dream Center

Grammy nominated jazzman John Pizzarelli and his Quartet swing Sinatra. According to John, “We’re not digging up old arrangements; we’re creating new ideas. That’s what’s so beautiful about interpretation.” It’s a jazz lover’s paradise when special guest Bucky Pizzarelli joins John on stage. Let the musical fireworks begin!

3:30 pm Tickets: $30 – Premium seating available.

7:30 pm Tickets: $30 – Premium seating available.

The Ying Quartet
Timothy, Janet, David & Phillip Ying
Sunday, March 2 at 3:00 pm
Desert Hills Presbyterian Church

Simply the best young string quartet in America. Siblings David, Janet, Phillip, and Timothy Ying are known for championing a distinctly American repertoire, celebrating their own heritage, and delighting audiences with their genre-blending programs. The Yings were awarded the 2006 Grammy for Best Classical Crossover Album.

Tickets: $30

Festival Previews – Not included in the Series
*Please call the office to reserve your seat at these events: 480.488.0806.

Organ Encounter
Monday, February 4 at 5:00 pm
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church Sanctuary
25150 North Pima Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85255

A Tour & Demonstration of the Pinnacle Presbyterian Church Organ with the church’s organist and Director of Music, Brent Hylton.
Tickets: $15

Who’s Afraid of Choral Music?
Monday, February 11 at 5:00 pm
Terravita Country Club
34034 North 69th Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85262

A Preview of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Requiem”.
Tickets: $15

Lunch with Ludwig & Ted
Wednesday, February 20 at 12:00 noon
Desert Mountain Cochise-Geronimo Clubhouse
37700 North Desert Mountain Parkway, Scottsdale, AZ 85262

A Preview of “Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto” with renowned Beethoven scholar and musician Theodore Albrecht.
Tickets: $40, includes Luncheon

Piano Master Class with Andre Watts
Monday, February 25 at 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church Chapel
25150 North Pima Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85255

At a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you’ll eavesdrop as one of the world’s most renowned pianists passes on his knowledge to the next generation of musicians. Students admitted free.
Tickets: $10

**Order your tickets today by calling: 480-488-0806.