Ed,
I checked the
Cactus League web site, and while it doesn’t have specific dates yet, Spring Training is usually the entire month of March. I checked my concerts around that time, and unfortunately the Mesa Symphony concert is on April 8th:
Prometheus Overture by Beethoven
Concerto #1 in D Major by Paganini
Symphony #5 by Tchaikovsky
The wind ensemble that I play with is giving a concert on March 27th, Monday evening at 7:30 PM if you happen to be here for a game. It looks like a good program:
Candide...............................Bernstein
Aspen Jubilee........................Nelson
Japanese Folk Song Suite.......Kaneda
Tatarian Dances.....................Lucas
March from 1941...................Williams/Lavender
Caribbean Hideway................Barnes
Clarinet Candy......................Anderson
Broadway Curtain Time..........Krance
Stars & Stripes Forever..........Sousa
I’m guessing that you would have a much better time coming over on March 8-9 for the Hickman, Vizzutti, Lindemann concert and master classes, and squeeze a game in before the concert on the 8th.
I'm sure we'll have the chance to meet one of these days, and if it happens to be at one of my concerts that would be awesome!
Happy New Year!