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The Downtown Chamber Series was founded in 2000 by musicians seeking a new approach to live chamber music in Phoenix, Arizona. Instead of performing in traditional venues like concert halls and churches, our concerts are held in urban galleries and warehouses amidst visual art. The project hosts six chamber music programs each year, exploring a wide diversity of chamber music ranging from string quartets by Beethoven and Bartok to large percussion works by Steve Reich. The concerts are exciting experiences for the performers and audience alike, always unique, changing with different venues, musicians, and exhibitions. In 10 years we have performed over 80 concerts in 14 different galleries, all of which were produced by the musicians and artists involved. A major goal of ours is to keep live music affordable to all, at $10 a ticket, and we now offer free seats to full-time students. The concert goers, musicians, and committed visual artists in our community have defined this series, giving all involved a sense of place and pride in our city. Join us! We have been featured on: PBS KAET TV documentary Catch the Buzz KBAQ Radio broadcasts Performing on Phoenix's new light rail system (See it on traintracks.org) Our recent awards: Phoenix Magazine, Best of the Valley 2009 Best $10 spent on culture "Classical music aficionados rub elbows with urban hipsters and everyone in between at the intimate (and cheap) semi-regular performances organized by the Downtown Chamber Series, which has been serving up a solid program of music and art for almost 10 years. Each performance is staged at a different downtown art venue and ranges from the truly classic (Mozart, Beethoven) to the more contemporary. Intermission gives plenty of time to gawk at the surrounding art — and the crowd." New Times, Best of Phoenix 2009 Best way to hear Phoenix Symphony members play on the cheap "Can't afford a night at Symphony Hall? Don't fret, because you can catch Phoenix Symphony musicians performing in intimate venues for only a 10-spot. Concerts, which take place every few months, are performed at various downtown art spaces. This rules, because there is always an awesome art backdrop for the music. The majority of the compositions — which are programmed by the unflappable Mark Dix, a violist with the Phoenix Symphony — cater toward those who love the classical classics, such as Bartok and Bach. The series does mix in contemporary numbers here and there — including the you-totally-missed-out-if-you-were-not-there interpretation of George Crumb's Black Angels for electric string quartet at the Icehouse, which featured amplified instruments for the first time in the series' 10-year history." For more information: Meet the Musicians Explore the Art Spaces

The Downtown Chamber Series
P.O. Box 2288
Phoenix, AZ 85002
602-254-1491