Thursday, May 15, 2025 9:30 AM

COFFEE, CONVERSATION & CLASSICS SERIES | SYMPHONY HALL

Join Alex Amsel, Phoenix Symphony Associate Conductor, as he hosts and moderates these Phoenix Symphony working, open rehearsals for “Coffee, Conversation & Classics.” Experience your Phoenix Symphony as they rehearse and prepare for an upcoming concert. Participate in a Q&A after the rehearsal with the guest conductor and musicians. Some pieces of music listed may not be rehearsed on that particular date. The seating is general admission. Enjoy a casual and intimate experience with the Phoenix Symphony.

Coffee, Conversation & Classics – Grand Canyon Suite

Thomas Wilkins, conductor 
Francisco Fullana, violin 

CONCERT REPERTOIRE 
Copland: El Salón México 
Márquez: Fandango Violin Concerto 
Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite 
To be announced: Mystery Piece 

The magnificence of the Southwest landscape is portrayed in the Phoenix Symphony’s final classical concerts of the season. Conductor Thomas Wilkins leads the orchestra in Grofe’s cinematic Grand Canyon Suite, which offers five musical scenes of one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Wilkins also conducts Aaron Copland’s popular El Salón México, and Spanish violinist Francisco Fullana joins the orchestra for Fandango Violin Concerto, a mariachi-flavored work by contemporary Mexican composer Arturo Márquez.