On display through Sept. 15, 2024, the Musical Instrument Museum’s latest special exhibition, “Acoustic America: Iconic Guitars, Mandolins and Banjos,” showcases more than 90 historic acoustic stringed instruments played by the heroes of folk, blues and bluegrass music.
Pianist Avery Gagliano will take the stage Nov. 18 at Christ the Lord Lutheran Church, kicking off the Living Music Performance Series’ 10th anniversary season of concerts.
On Saturday, Nov. 11, 83-year-old pop culture icon Frankie Avalon will deliver a memory-inducing — and memory-making — concert as a kick-off performance of Arizona Musicfest’s 2023–24 concert season.
At the Musical Instrument Museum, conservator Rodrigo Correa-Salas protects and preserves some of the world’s rarest instruments.
In downtown Phoenix, the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery provides an education in building and repairing guitars.
Each of Ravenscroft Pianos’ luxurious instruments is handcrafted by Michael Spreeman and his son, Andrew, in their state-of-the-art headquarters in North Scottsdale.
The Ravenscroft in North Scottsdale raises the bar on the traditional jazz club.
Scottsdale music artist Jenna Rae was a finalist in Alice Cooper’s Proof is in the Pudding Music Contest in 2021 and, shortly thereafter, she began gigging professionally as an acoustic soloist at venues across the Valley.
Music in May returns this month, delivering the diverse sounds of Arizona bands to residents.
This month, chorale groups and orchestras across the Valley will perform concerts that reflect the thoroughfare that music has in our lives.
