MIM Summer Series Concert Lineup | Phoenix Summer Concerts

The Musical Instrument Museum has an incredible lineup of concerts this summer.  If you haven't experienced the MIM, put this on your must-do list this summer!

MIM quickly won accolades from both the public and the critical eye of museum professionals when it opened in April 2010. CNN.com recently listed MIM as number one of top five destinations in Phoenix!

Here is a sneak peak of some upcoming concerts .... call 480-478-6000 to buy your tickets today. 

Jace Everett
Sunday, July 10 | 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $25–$30
Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jace Everett is a new talent to watch. Best known for “Bad Things,” the penetrating song that underscores the opening montage of HBO’s True Blood, he delivers primal power with every note of his boundary-defying blend of country, rockabilly, and blues.

The Good Lovelies
Sunday, July 17 | 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $25–$30
Swinging harmonies, hilarious tales, and infectious joy make these three Juno Award-winning Canadian ladies the perfect antidote to the cabin fever of an Arizona summer.

A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Friday, July 22 | 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $25
Sparkling with Gypsy and Balkan influences, this New Mexico–based duo’s music straddles their adopted home of Eastern Europe and their true home in the Southwest. Featuring Jeremy Barnes (formerly of the bands Beirut and Neutral Milk Hotel) and Heather Trost.

Geeta Novotny: Homage to the Powerful Human Spirit
Saturday, July 30 | 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $25–$30
A thrilling evening of opera favorites, Broadway showstoppers, and classical repertoire. This award-winning mezzo-soprano has performed at Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera House. Novotny will be accompanied by pianist Soo-Yeon Park Chang.

Michael Kaeshammer
Saturday, August 6 | 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $30–$35
Kaeshammer gets the joint jumpin’ with the next generation of stride and boogie-woogie piano. He has been acclaimed as Canada’s hottest “triple-threat combo” of piano virtuosity, vocal ability, and charisma. Said Jazz Times recently, “The guy isn’t just enormously talented and marvelously entertaining, but also exceedingly cool.”

Mariachi Mystery Tour
Saturday, August 13 | 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $25–$30
What if you reimagined the music of the Beatles through the lenses of a mariachi? Led by a National Heritage Fellow from New Mexico who’s also a fan of four lads from Liverpool, the result is a seamless artistic and cultural collision. The Albuquerque Journal raves, “Mariachi Mystery
Tour doesn’t just make classic songs fresh, the group makes them new.”

Red Rocks Music Festival: Elizabeth and Sonya Schumann
Tuesday, August 30 | 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $28
Pianists and sisters Elizabeth Schumann and Sonya Schumann appear together in a performance for four hands.
Co-presented by Red Rocks Music Festival

Nancy Buck, viola, and Larry Loeber, piano
MIM Musical Interludes, featuring ASU School of Music
Wednesday, August 31 | 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, August 31 | 1:00 p.m.
Tickets: Free (no museum admission required)
A concert of English music for viola and piano, including the 1919 Sonata by Rebecca Clarke and arrangements of songs by Clarke and Percy Grainger.
Seating is limited and offered on a first-come, first-seated basis.

Red Rocks Music Festival: String Ensemble
Thursday, September 1 | 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $38
This concert includes a U.S. premiere by Arizona centennial composer James DeMars, with solo violinists Borivoj Martinic-Jercic (at right) and David Ehrlich. Includes pre-concert talk by James DeMars at 6:30 p.m.
Co-presented by Red Rocks Music Festival