The musicians of the Arizona Opera Orchestra add musical thrills, excitement and drama to the critically-acclaimed productions at Arizona Opera. This is our mission.
Embarking on outreach efforts has created a ripple effect of other opportunities.
AZOOMA is committed to participating in the “Backstage” concert each year with the opera chorus and making the “Out of the Pit” concert series an annual event.
Arizona Opera made a strong artistic commitment to the cultural life of Phoenix & Tucson. In 1998, it established a dedicated orchestra and principal conductor for the opera.
Since the arrival of Maestro Joel Revzen in 2003, the company and the orchestra has continued to grow and thrive.
In 2007 we surveyed the opera musicians to find out answers to the top 13 questions people ask about us.
This survey was organized into a list of Frequently Asked Questions.
AZOOMA, the Arizona Opera and American Federation of Musicians Local 586 engage in contract negotiations every 3 years.
These negotiations determine working conditions and wages, among other things.
Other places to start:
According to a recent article in Tucson’s Arizona Daily Star written by Cathalena Burch, our esteemed Maestro Joel Revzen has been very busy preparing the Metropolitan Opera over the past few months, getting them primed and ready for upcoming performances of Prokofiev’s mammoth “War and Peace.” As a staff conductor at the Met, Revzen...
In a previous article, some of the hazards of playing in an opera pit were briefly mentioned. Back in December 2004, a fire alarm scare was a real “show stopper.” Twenty minutes into Act...
Negotiations Go Sour Currently Arizona Opera and the American Federation of Musicians Local 586 are negotiating a new contract for the Arizona Opera Orchestra musicians. Contract negotiations can be complicated. Sometimes they can be...
Fitting pieces together into a “Frankenstein” career A section member of the Arizona Opera Orchestra earns anywhere from roughly one to six thousand dollars per opera season. Not every opera production requires a full...
Fitting pieces together into a “Frankenstein” career Pros and Cons As Jason Heath states in his excellent and highly-recommended Double Bass Blog, “a freelancer must stitch all of these gigs together into a Frankenstein...
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