Date: November 10, 2012
Location: Mesa Arts Center – Piper Theater
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Join the SSW and cello soloist Thomas Landshoot for a brilliant program of classical favorites: Rossini’s delightful overture to the opera Cenerentola, Saens Saints cello concerto in a minor, Poppers flashy Hungarian Rhapsody and the Beethoven 7th symphony.

Start Time: 7:30 pm

Date: December 8, 2012
Location: Mesa Arts Center – Ikeda Theater
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We are pleased to present the poignant and moving opera Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti.This wonderfully imaginative story of a crippled boy who meets the three wise men on their way to see the Holy Child was originally created for television. Don’t miss this concert performance of Menotti’s masterpiece.

Start Time: 7:30 pm

Date: February 9, 2013
Location:Mesa Arts Center – Piper Theater
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Take a musical journey with as we travel to Scotland as seen through the musical genius of Felix Mendelssohn, the colorful Haydn variations by Brahms and the thrilling gypsy dances from Galanta by Zoltan Kodaly.

Start Time: 7:30 pm

Date: March 30, 2013
Location:Mesa Arts Center – Ikeda Theater
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The Youth Symphony of the Southwest joins forces with the SSW for a blockbuster program: Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Strauss Death and Transfiguration, and Mussorgsky-Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition.

High School art students from Mesa Public Schools are producing original art to be displayed on a video screen during the performance of “Pictures at an Exhibition.” A silent auction will be held in the lobby. Join us for an especially entertaining evening.

Start Time: 7:30 pm