‘Picturesque’ a free orchestra concert in Scottsdale

Get ready to be transported! The Women’s Orchestra of Arizona (WOA) kicks off its 2025-2026 season with the spectacular concert, “Picturesque.” This is a performance you absolutely won’t want to miss!

• The afternoon begins with the playful energy of Rossini’s “Barber of Seville Overture.” This piece is famous for its energetic crescendo that builds excitement and anticipation, a perfect start to a magnificent afternoon.
• Following this, WOA will perform “Suffolk Suite” by the renowned female composer, Doreen Carwithen. A child prodigy who began her musical training at age four, Carwithen became the first woman to be awarded a J. Arthur Rank Film Scholarship.
• The winner of the most recent “Pass the Baton” drawing will lead the orchestra in a stirring arrangement of Samuel A. Ward’s “America the Beautiful.”
• The feature of the afternoon’s program will be Mussorgsky’s timeless classic, “Pictures at an Exhibition,” a vibrant and dramatic masterpiece that brings an entire art gallery to life through sound. Inspired by a posthumous exhibition of his friend Viktor Hartmann’s art, Mussorgsky composed this suite to musically represent ten of the artworks. The famous “Promenade” theme, which recurs throughout the piece, acts as a musical depiction of a visitor walking from one painting to the next.

TICKET TYPES:

• Free General Admission
• VIP Seating – Immerse yourself in the beauty of orchestral music from the best seats in the house. $10 each
• VIP Seating – FREE For Veterans! (Available to all branches of currently-serving Military and Veterans, including immediate family of troops KIA.) Use Discount Code: STRINGSOFHONOR

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