This concert will be held at a later date, it has been postponed due to a death in the family.

The Mill Ave Chamber Players’ 17th season, entitled “Acts of Love” grew out of our long-held believe of growing roots in our community and connecting with causes that are personal to each one of us. This season we have partnered with organizations in Arizona and Mexico to bring awareness to the great work being done to serve our community.

We also have a new location for our concerts! This year we are thrilled to be holding our concerts at Short Leash Hot Dogs, a fixture of the Melrose District in central Phoenix. The owners, Brad and Kat, believe not only in using local ingredients but also partnering with neighbors who share similar values to create a better place to live.

Our first concert falls on Mexican Independence Day! We have partnered with the Secretary of Education and Culture Office of the State of Sonora to hold an instrument fundraiser for the Orquesta Filarmónica Juvenil Fray Ivo Toneck in Guaymas, Sonora. We had the chance to perform for students of the Orquesta and Conservatory this past January when we performed in Alamos and our first concert will featuring the music of Arturo Marquez, music of the Ballet Folklorico in Mexico, and more.

We are collecting instrument donations for the Youth Orchestra of Guaymas, any instruments that you have sitting in your closet that could use a great home, we would be happy to take to Sonora! We are also collecting donations to make sure all the instruments are repaired and purchasing extra reeds, strings, mouthpieces, and music with the donations.

Shout Chorus by Kenji Bunch was scheduled to be performed in April 2020…we’re excited to be able to gather and share this incredible piece with all of you! A shout chorus usually refers to the last chorus of a jazz big band chart, and Bunch’s Shout Chorus ends the same way! Also on the concert will be Arturo Marquez’s Danza de Mediodia, Amy Beach’s Pastorale, William Grant Still’s Miniatures for Woodwind Quintet, and Thomas Breadon’s Impressions.

Each ticket includes a glass of wine to enjoy after the concert!

Tickets can be purchased here.

MACP will be featured artists for the Red Rocks Music Festival in Sedona, Arizona on Sunday, October 8th at 3PM.

Arturo Marquez - Danza de Mediodia; William Grant Still - Miniatures for Woodwind Quintet; Amy Beach - Pastorale for Woodwind Quintet; Kenji Bunch - Shout Chorus; Thomas Breadon - Impressions

Sedona Creative Life Center, 333 Schnebly Hill Rd

General admission - $28, Students with ID - $10

The Mill Ave Chamber Players are delighted to welcome you to an intimate dinner and concert at a private home in Central Phoenix to help launch our next season. Guests will be treated again to the amazing food of Chef Rita French: appetizers, dinner, wine, and dessert, a concert by MACP, and include ceramic gift made by Rose French and gifts from MACP. We will take advantage of the beautiful Arizona evening and hold the dinner and concert outside.

Tickets are now available here.

We’re pairing French wine and French music - what could be tastier! Join us on Friday, February 10th at 7 PM at Faith Lutheran Church (801 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85014) for delightful morsels of some our favorite French music including Debussy’s Syrinx for solo flute, Rustiques pour trio d'anches by Cantaloube, as well as music by Satie, Poulenc, and Francaix for quintet. Your ticket comes with one glass of wine that you can enjoy before or after the concert, additional glasses can be purchased during the concert! Tickets are $25 online/$30 at the door.

The Mill Ave Chamber Players and pianist Cathal Breslin will perform together at the Mesa Arts Center as part of the Mirage Summer Music Series featuring the Downtown Chamber Series.

Program will include the Mozart’s sublime Piano Quintet K. 452, the Poulenc Sextet, If Only I by Jessica Meyer, and works for solo piano.

Tickets start at $11 and are available from the Mesa Arts center.

Cathal Breslin is a concert pianist originally from Derry, Northern Ireland, now living in Phoenix, AZ. He has performed extensively in solo recitals, as a concerto soloist with orchestra, and a chamber musician in major concert halls throughout Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. He is currently Associate Professor of Piano at the Arizona State University School of Music, Dance, and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. His complete biography can be seen on his website, cathalbreslin.com.

The Mill Ave Chamber Players is a professional chamber music ensemble based in Phoenix, Arizona. They have performed throughout the United States, their work has been recognised with several major awards, and they have recorded three albums.

The ensemble is dedicated to bringing engaging music into communities and we would love you to join us for this family-friendly lunchtime performance of Aesop’s Fables.

Aesop’s Fables by Thomas Breadon Jr. is a collection of seven short original compositions for woodwind quintet and narrator which explore and expand on the beloved and well-known tales of the Aesopica from ancient Greece.

The collection includes The Tortoise and The Hare and The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, as well as some lesser-known stories, like The Oak and The Reeds and The North Wind and The Sun.

As well as this performance in St. Augustine’s Church, the Mill Ave Chamber Players will visit eight local primary schools during their time at the Walled City Music Festival this June.

The Mill Ave Chamber Players are delighted to welcome you to an intimate dinner and concert at a private home in Central Phoenix. Guests will be treated to appetizers, dinner, wine, and dessert by Chef Rita French, a concert by MACP, and ceramic tableware made by Rose French. We will take advantage of the beautiful Arizona evening and hold the dinner and concert outside.

Tickets available starting February 7th here. Tableware will be available for purchase at the event to help launch our 16th season.

The Mill Ave Chamber Players will perform a concert suited for children of all ages! This concert will include two works by our bassoonist, and composer, Thomas Breadon. Tom has composed the Aesop’s Fables: "The Oak and the Reeds," "The Fox and the Crow," “The North Wind and the Sun," "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Oak and the Reeds," "The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf," "The North Wind and the Sun," and "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" with artwork by Tiffany Holman. All seven fables have been recorded and can be watched on our Youtube channel. MACP will also perform “North American Folk Tales,” which was awarded the “We Are One” Grant from the City of Glendale, Arizona in 2021.

Concert info TBA.

This concert is free and open to the public thanks to the City of Glendale Performing Arts Partnership Grant.

Everyone’s a Comedian: Did you know that Ben Franklin was a prankster. (Here’s a list of others that might surprise you!) We close our twelfth season with Til Eulenspiegel, a tone poem by Richard Strauss about the Medieval trickster, paired with Comedy for Winds by Paul Patterson and South Chorus by Kenji Bunch.

Tickets available through our website ($15 adults, $10 student/senior) and at the door ($20 adult, $15 student/senior).

We welcome families and children of all ages to join us for a concert created just for you! “How Stories are Made” is part of our newest collection of tales composed by our bassoonist Thomas Breadon.  Paired with other famous children’s tales, we look forward to sharing our love of music, instruments, and a peek into how Tom finds his inspiration for composing for us!

This concert is free and open to the public thanks to the City of Glendale Performing Arts Partnership Grant.

We welcome families and children of all ages to join us on our first family and children’s concert! “How Stories are Made” is part of our newest collection of tales composed by our bassoonist Thomas Breadon. Paired with other famous children’s tales, we look forward to sharing our love of music, instruments, and a peek into how Tom finds his inspiration for composing for us!

Donations accepted.

How Stories are Made: We welcome families and children of all ages to join us on our first concert created just for you! “How Stories are Made” is part of our newest collection of tales composed by our bassoonist Thomas Breadon.  Paired with other famous children’s tales, we look forward to sharing with your family our love of music, our instruments, and a peek into how Tom finds his inspiration for composing for us!

Tickets available through our website ($15 adults, $10 student/senior) and at the door ($20 adult, $15 student/senior).

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Did you know that Cupid carries two types of arrows? One promotes lust, while the other encourages people to flee. Leave your arrows at home and join us for Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream ― music created to accompany Williams Shakespeare’s play.

Donations accepted.

From the Heart: “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Did you know that Cupid carries two types of arrows? Leave your arrows at home and join us for Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night Dream, music created to accompany Williams Shakespeare’s play.

Tickets available through our website ($15 adults, $10 student/senior) and at the door ($20 adult, $15 student/senior).

Chris and Lena Jacome return to the Glendale Public Library! Internationally acclaimed touring company, Jácome Flamenco was formed in 2003 by Chris B. Jácome, Artistic Director & Composer. The company has held concerts in many sold-out theaters from performing to over 6,000 audience members at the Redlands Bowl in California to presenting at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. International performances include Mexico, Canada, Spain and Indonesia. Jácome Flamenco was an invited guest artist to perform for the Ibero-American Association in Jakarta, Indonesia. The company has provided instruction and performances for numerous schools, colleges and dance/music institutions from the Dance Network of South Dakota Conference to creating an extended long term multi-residency dance curriculum for the Baton Rouge, Louisiana dance community.

The company returns frequently to Spain to teach, study and provide immersion programs for dancers & musicians. Jácome Flamenco embodies the true essence of what flamenco is and continues to captivate audiences world-wide.

This concert is free and open to the public thanks to the City of Glendale Performing Arts Partnership Grant.

Wander, or stumble, through history with us. As we travel from a depiction of the Court of Rene, the First King of Provence, to an aural depiction of Thoreau’s Walden, we’ll stop at other points in history along the way. The First Draft Book Bar will have beer and wine pairings fitting for our adventures.

Donations accepted.

Wander, or stumble, through history with us. As we travel from a depiction of the Court of Rene, the First King of Provence, to an aural depiction of Thoreau’s Walden, we’ll stop at other points in history along the way. The First Draft Book Bar will have beer and wine pairings fitting for our adventures.

Le Cheminee du Roi Rêne by Darius Milhaud

Wind Quintet No. 2 “Walden” by Hans Abrahamsen

“Rustiques” by Joseph Canteloube

“Five Poems” by Karel Husa

Tickets available through our website ($15 adults, $10 student/senior) and at the door ($20 adult, $15 student/senior).

Mill Ave Chamber Players is delighted to return to the Glendale Public Library for a concert that will take us through time and history. Join us for music inspired by the first king of Provence, French folk sounds, and an aural depiction of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden.

This concert is free and open to the public thanks to the City of Glendale Performing Arts Partnership Grant.

Colorful, frenzied and irrational. From depictions of a bacchanal from Saint Saens’s opera Samson et Delilah to the frenetic ending of a burlesque in Nancy Galbraith’s “Aeolian Muses,” our twelfth season starts off as hot as Phoenix’s summer weather.

“Cinq Danses Profanes et Sacrees” by Henri Tomasi

“Bacchanal” by Mathieu Lussieau

“Aeolian Muses” by Nancy Galbraith

“Bacchanale” from Samson et Delilah by Camille Saint-Saens

Tickets available through our website ($15 adults, $10 student/senior) and at the door ($20 adult, $15 student/senior).

Colorful, frenzied and irrational. From depictions of a bacchanal from Saint Saens’s opera Samson et Delilah to the frenetic ending of a burlesque in Nancy Galbraith’s “Aeolian Muses,” our twelfth season starts off as hot as Phoenix’s summer weather.

Donations accepted.

The Rhythm Is Life Steel Band formed in 2005 to provide a learning lab for band directors who were teaching steel pan groups in their schools. The sound mixes Caribbean island music (calypso, soca, and reggae) with rock, pop, and other musics from around the world. Thanks to the City of Glendale Performing Arts Partnership Grant, this concert is free and open to the public.