Flute Fridays:Flute Choir Extravaganza!
Friday, February 20, 2026 | 2:15 p.m.
Included with paid museum admission;
free for members
Tickets for The Magical Flute: Beauty, Enchantment, and Power are $7 for ages 20 and up, $4 for ages 4–19, and free for ages 3 and under.
Event Details
Experience the dynamic talents of Arizona-based flutists during Flute Fridays, a series of pop-up performances at MIM on select Friday afternoons from January through April. Explore the history and enduring impact of the flute even further with a visit to MIM’s breathtaking special exhibition The Magical Flute: Beauty, Enchantment, and Power.
Flute Fridays performances take place in central El Río. Seating is limited; first come, first served.
All performances begin at 2:15 p.m. and last around 30 minutes. Programming is subject to change.
Flute Choir Extravaganza!
Central Arizona Flute Ensemble (CAFE)
Repertoire:
- George Frideric Handel, “Hornpipe” from Water Music (arr. Gudrun Hinze)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber, “Music of the Night” from The Phantom of the Opera (arr. Phyllis Louke)
- Scott Joplin, “The Cascades” (arr. Kenley Inglefield)
- James Horner, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil, “Somewhere Out There,” from An American Tail (arr. Lisa Ochoco)
- Hughie Cannon, “Bill Bailey” (arr. Ricky Lombardo)
- Freddie Mercury, “Bohemian Rhapsody” (arr. Lisa Ochoco)
About the Artists
The Central Arizona Flute Ensemble (CAFE) is a seven-member traveling flute choir that enriches, enlightens, and inspires central Arizona residents by presenting interactive concerts and educational programs that showcase the diversity of the flute family’s instruments, including the 10-foot contrabass flute. Since 2014, it has performed more than 250 concerts at various venues, including the Desert Botanical Garden, Mesa Arts Center, Tempe History Museum, Arizona Broadway Theatre, and the Peoria Center for Performing Arts.
CAFE musicians are top professional and semiprofessional flutists who have played in major orchestras and bands throughout the Valley of the Sun.