Recent Posts Tagged With 'azooma.org'

• Meet the Press

  Posted on Friday March 7th, 2008 at 15:21 in american federation of musicians, arizona opera, azooma, azooma.org, drew mcmanus, hembd

  As the Arizona Opera season moves ahead and the musicians of the Opera Orchestra continue to work under "talk and play" terms, our publicity efforts are getting lots of attention. Orchestra management guru, Drew McManus has posted an online article a...

• A Magical Flutist

  Posted on Monday March 3rd, 2008 at 06:26 in mozart, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, azooma.org, magic flute

  Arizona Opera is currently engaged in performances of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute." In a recent review in the Arizona Daily Star, reviewer Cathalana Burch commented:As a whole, "The Magic Flute," absent from Arizona Opera's repertoire for a dozen...

• All the World's a Stage

  Posted on Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at 15:26 in support, musicians, contract negotiations, arizona opera, orchestra pit, labor dispute, azooma.org

  All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players... William Shakespeare - from "As You Like It" AZOOMA is openly soliciting our patrons to become involved in supporting the orchestra as members of an AUDIENCE ASSOCIATION. We are cur...

• A Brave New World

  Posted on Thursday February 21st, 2008 at 12:03 in myspace, musician, opera, outreach, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, azooma.org

  Since its launch last November, AZOOMA.org has generated a wave of support and interest in both Arizona Opera and the Arizona Opera Orchestra. As a part of its three-pronged mission, AZOOMA aims to reach out to the community and spread the word, both...

• A YouTube Invitation

  Posted on Wednesday January 30th, 2008 at 07:22 in opera, contract negotiations, american federation of musicians, arizona opera, azooma, pit musicians, azooma.org

  As a part of its outreach initiatives, AZOOMA has a new promotional video on YouTube. This video, produced in-house, is the first in a series that will further propagate the AZOOMA mission of promoting Arizona Opera and the Arizona Opera Orchestra. T...

• Getting Dressed Up (and Spreading the Word)

  Posted on Friday January 25th, 2008 at 11:01 in musician, outreach, afm, contract negotiations, american federation of musicians, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, azooma, artistic operation, pit musicians, azooma.org

  Reaching out to our community with an outreach initiative. (January 24, 2008) - The Arizona Opera Orchestra Musicians Association (AZOOMA) began an Informational Outreach Initiative at the Arizona Opera "Gems" concert in Phoenix Symphony Hall in dow...

• Reflections

  Posted on Friday January 4th, 2008 at 09:09 in myspace, network, update, arizona, metropolitan opera, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, azooma, azooma.org

  The AZOOMA.org site has been online for over two months now, and as is the tradition this time of year, a review -- of where we are, what has been accomplished and where we are going -- is due. Our Network In the article "The Expanding Universe of AZ...

• "Opera is Hot"

  Posted on Friday December 28th, 2007 at 12:37 in fire, pit, rossini, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, pit musicians, azooma.org

  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 II of Arizona Opera’s matinee performance of Giaocchino Ros...

• A Clean Sweep and Our "Fine Flutist"

  Posted on Friday December 21st, 2007 at 11:40 in musicians, flute, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, azooma, orchestra pit, pit musicians, azooma.org

  From AZOOMA WebMaster, Bruce Hembd: After reading an article on blogging written by the originator of the weblog, I have decided to do some housecleaning. Jorn Barger of Robot Wisdom coined the term "weblog" about 10 years ago to describe the daily ...

• State of the Arts

  Posted on Tuesday December 18th, 2007 at 18:43 in musician, musicians, arizona, janet napolitano, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, azooma, azooma.org

  Until the 1960's Phoenix was mostly known for the state's "four C's" - copper, cattle, cotton, and climate. "Culture" was almost unheard of. Today in Arizona the scene is much different. The Valley's rapid growth spawns new art and culture venues a...

• Our New Web Site

  Posted on Monday November 19th, 2007 at 12:10 in web site, musicians, arizona opera, azooma, azooma.org, freelance. musician

  AZOOMA makes its presence known. AZOOMA has a new web site designed to reach out to the general public and let everyone know who we are and what we do. The official URL is http://www.azooma.org/. Besides presenting entertaining, live music performed...