Special guest Jamie Bernstein, daughter of legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, returns to Phoenix to host a program of her father’s blockbuster music from Broadway November 9-11. Resident Conductor Lawrence Golan leads The Phoenix Symphony in a concert featuring music from Bernstein’s hit Broadway musicals such as On the Town and West Side Story.

In celebration of The Phoenix Symphony’s 60th Anniversary, the orchestra has commissioned a work combining symphonic music with the traditions of the Southwest in Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio. The work for chorus, orchestra, and baritone soloist composed by Music Alive Composer-in-Residence Mark Grey explores a contemporary retelling of an ancient but timeless Navajo epic.

The Phoenix Symphony celebrates the holiday season with special offerings beginning this November. The concerts begin with " Christmas Pops Celebration" (November 29-December 2) at Symphony Hall followed by "Baroque Christmas" (December 7-9) presented at local churches across the Valley.

The Phoenix Symphony Orchestra performs two weeks of Classics concerts featuring the music of Johannes Brahms with performances on October 18-20 and October 25-28 at Symphony Hall in downtown Phoenix. Both weeks highlight the music of Brahms as part of The Phoenix Symphony’s Composer Narratives that focus on the music of three composers selected each season.

Guest Pops Conductor Jack Everly opens The Phoenix Symphony's Pop Series with music from the 1960s in a special Pops weekend of concerts entitled "The Beat Goes On!" on October 5 and 6. The weekend of Pops concerts is part of the "APS Pops" concert series and includes music by The Beatles, Burt Bacharach, Frankie Valli, The Supremes, and many more from the tie-dyed decade.

The Phoenix Symphony Orchestra takes a musical journey across the United States in a Family Concert entitled "America the Beautiful" on October 6 at Symphony Hall. The fun-filled afternoon begins with pre-concert activities at 1:30 p.m. featuring the Great Arizona Puppet Theatre, a musical petting zoo, and musical crafts.

The hallways at Phoenix Theatre have been anything but quiet over the summer as it preps one of its largest productions to date. Phoenix Theatre is excited to unveil its 2007/2008 Mainstage Season opener with the Gershwin musical spectacle, Crazy for You, running September 19 – October 14, 2007.

On Tuesday, September 4, 2007, Arizona Opera, Tucson Children’s Museum and the historic Fox Theatre launch a joint week-long celebration, TUCSON OPERA WEEK. Through educational and hands-on activities designed by Arizona Opera Education and Outreach educators and Tucson Children’s Museum administration children will experience the fun of music making and share in the craft of opera stage work.

The Bentley Gallery Opera Film Series is in its third year and is presented in partnership with Phoenix Art Museum's "Movies at the Museum." The summer series is composed of three films that relate to the company’s upcoming season, which begins in October.

Michael Barnard, Producing Artistic Director of Phoenix Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona, has announced that the world musical premiere of Dream a Little Dream, The Nearly True Story of The Mamas and The Papas will be performed May 9 through June 3, 2007.

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has achieved a breakthrough in imaging electron-carrier paths and impurities in semiconductors that allows analysis at the 1-nanometer (nm) level for the first time. This major advance, based on scanning spreading resistance microscopy (SSRM) is an essential step toward achieving LSI at the 45nm generation and beyond.

Arizona Opera and Arizona Opera League of Phoenix hosts its annual Opera Ball on Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 6:30 pm in the McArthur Ballroom at the Arizona Biltmore. This year's prestigious affair is expected to draw over five-hundred guests including many of the Valley's community leaders and corporate officers.