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Arizona Opera's 2009-2010 performances
KBAQ's Katrina Becker talks with Arizona Opera Artistic Director Joel Revzen about the company's upcoming production of Richard Strauss's Salome and the rest of the 2009-2010 season.
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Paul Taylor Dance Company
Paul Taylor, one of the founding choreographers of American modern dance, brings the Paul Taylor Dance Company to perform in Scottsdale next week, and KBAQ's Katrina Becker talks with him about how he started dancing and why his style breaks new ground.

Paul Taylor danced for George Balanchine, Merce Cunningham, and Martha Graham, and members of his company have included Twyla Tharp and David Parsons.
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The Spaghetti Western Orchestra
Katrina Becker talks to members of the Spaghetti Western Orchestra, riding into town Halloween weekend to perform soundscapes created by Ennio Morricone for westerns like "A Fistful of Dollars," "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," and "Once Upon a Time in the West."
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Doc Severinsen Bids Farewell to The Phoenix Symphony
During his final set of concerts the first weekend in April, trumpeter Doc Severinsen said goodbye to The Phoenix Symphony after 22 years as Principal Pops Conductor – hear Katrina Becker's interview with this American icon.
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After 45 years, the Guarneri Quartet retires
With its final Valley performance on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, the Guarneri Quartet says farewell after 45 years of glorious music-making. Hear excerpts from a backstage interview when violinists Arnold Steinhardt and John Dalley and violist Michael Tree talked with Katrina Becker.
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