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Arizona PBS, First Things First Navajo Nation Region, PNC Foundation to host free little library ribbon cutting April 3

Navajo Nation’s Teec Nos Pos Trading Post to house permanent little free library; celebration will include a visit from PBS Kids’ Clifford the Big Red Dog.

Contemporary Chamber Music

This week: the Catalyst Quartet performs Jessie Montgomery’s “Strum” from the Grand Canyon Music Festival on a program showcasing contemporary trio and quartet works

Cupid’s guide to love-infused learning

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024

Here are three concepts you can incorporate into the classroom to celebrate love, kindness, and learning this February.

Florence Price – Re-Air!

This week, a re-air from September 2022. Florence Price was a perfect combination of talent, hard work, and ambition. But nothing would be handed to her. Both her sex and race marked her from the start. On this program, we will hear how she chose, with her soaring, intricate compositions, to rise above the obstacles that society imposed on her. We dedicate this evening to composer and musician Florence Price.

Why recruitment in pediatric medical and research fields is so important

Dr. Stewart Goldman discussed why recruitment is so important in the pediatric medical and research fields.

Psyche mission

The quest to understand the secrets of Earth’s metallic core is leading to a daring adventure in outer space.

The String Quartet: From Haydn to Today

On this episode of Arizona Encore, the Catalyst Quartet guides us through musical innovations. We’ll start with the creator of the string quartet, Franz Joseph Haydn, and his piece String Quartet Op. 76, No. 4 “Sunrise”. Catalyst Quartet began in 2010 in a rather unique way. Originally, all four members of the quartet were previous […]

Manhattan Chamber Players at the Grand Canyon Music Festival

On this episode of Arizona Encore, the Manhattan Chamber Players trade in the soaring, glistening skyscrapers of New York for the rugged and profound beauty of the Grand Canyon Music Festival. We’ll hear two of their outstanding performances from the 2022 season. The program starts with a well-known and well-loved string quartet by Mozart and […]

A Return to the Grand Canyon Music Festival

We begin Arizona Encore‘s 2023-2024 season with music from the Grand Canyon Music Festival. On this episode of Arizona Encore, we’ll celebrate the festival’s 40th anniversary. What started almost as a fluke flute performance during a canyon hike in 1982 has now become a forward-thinking institution with equal commitments to music education and to outstanding performances by professional […]

This week on ‘Arizona Encore:’ A Return to the Grand Canyon Music Festival

Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023

We begin Arizona Encore‘s 2023-2024 season with music from the Grand Canyon Music Festival. On this episode of Arizona Encore, we’ll celebrate the festival’s 40th anniversary. What started almost as a fluke flute performance during a canyon hike in 1982 has now become a forward-thinking institution with equal commitments to music education and to outstanding […]