About us
Urban Nocturnes is a modular chamber music ensemble made up of six outstanding professional classical musicians, all based in Phoenix, AZ. The group’s aim is to present diverse classical music programming and first-rate performances in a manner that appeals to seasoned music-lovers and newcomers alike.
Formed in 2013, Urban Nocturnes was first presented by Classical Revolution Phoenix in a performance at Lost Leaf Bar in the Roosevelt Row Arts District. Since then, the ensemble has appeared multiple times on a number of concert series in Arizona including “Concerts on the Desert” at Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church, “Arts on the Rocks” at Desert Hills Presbyterian, “St. Andrew’s Bach Society” in Tucson, AZ, the Downtown Chamber Series, Downstairs at The Orpheum Theater, “Musician Encounters” at Mountain View Presbyterian Church, and at the Musical Instrument Museum. Currently Artists-in-Residence at Trinity Cathedral in downtown Phoenix, Urban Nocturnes performs a series of chamber music concerts every season and provides music for a number of the church's liturgical services and cultural events. In addition, they perform at various other venues around town and collaborate with other exceptional musicians from the area. They have established and maintained relationships with several senior living communities across the valley with concert events at Maravilla Scottsdale, Sagewood, and Friendship Village Tempe. The group’s members have also participated in The Phoenix Symphony's outreach programs, playing together at various hospitals, hospice, dementia care, and homeless facilities in the downtown area.
Rooted in the belief that live music performance is essential to a city’s cultural landscape, Urban Nocturnes strives to create experiences that inspire a sense of vitality and unity with concert programs that are aesthetically balanced, thought-provoking, and emotionally stirring. Their repertoire encompasses a wide variety of combinations of their instruments and presents standard masterworks of the classical repertoire, lesser known works, and the music of today’s living composers.
Through artistic ingenuity and collaboration, Urban Nocturnes seeks to demonstrate music’s universal power to engage and enliven the mind and soul.