17:18:19:21 >>> Coming up next on "Arizona
17:30:12:21 Horizon," a new report shows
17:30:15:09 de facto segregation in Arizona
17:30:17:03 public schools.
17:30:18:03 >>> A new international
17:30:19:18 biomedical diagnostics school
17:30:21:24 involving ASU is set to open.
17:30:22:27 >>> and a local all-volunteer
17:30:25:00 orchestra is working to keep the
17:30:26:15 music going.
17:30:27:18 >>> Those stories next, on
17:30:28:27 "Arizona Horizon."
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17:30:40:24 >>> Good evening, and welcome
to
17:30:41:24 "Arizona Horizon."
17:30:42:06 I'm Ted Simons.
17:30:43:09 >>> It's been 60 years since the
17:30:45:03 U.S. Supreme Court ruled that
17:30:47:03 school segregation was
17:30:48:03 unconstitutional.
17:30:49:21 But de facto segregation
17:30:50:27 continues, including here in
17:30:52:03 Arizona.
17:30:52:21 That's according to ASU
17:30:54:03 associate education professor
17:30:55:27 Jeanne Powers, who is here to
17:30:57:15 discuss her research into the
17:30:58:24 clustering of races in Arizona
17:31:00:15 schools.
17:31:01:12 Good to have you here.
17:31:02:06 Thanks for joining us.
17:31:03:06 >> thanks, Ted, for having me.
17:31:04:21 >> What exactly did your
17:31:06:12 research focus on?
17:31:07:27 >> What I wanted to do is look
17:31:09:09 at what's going on in Arizona's
17:31:11:03 public schools, and I think the
17:31:12:27 60th anniversary of brown V
17:31:14:24 board of education is a good
17:31:17:03 opportunity for us to understand
17:31:19:00 what are the patterns,
17:31:20:09 contemporary patterns of
17:31:21:15 segregation in public schools,
17:31:22:24 because segregation has
17:31:24:00 persisted, despite the Supreme
17:31:25:12 Court's decision.
17:31:26:12 >> And we're talking when we say
17:31:28:12 de facto segregation, we mean
17:31:31:15 what?
17:31:32:03 >> Segregation that's not
17:31:33:00 mandated by law, and so really
17:31:36:24 the Supreme Court's decision in
17:31:38:21 brown struck down segregation
by
17:31:40:18 law.
17:31:41:06 And we had segregation by law
in
17:31:43:15 Arizona, state law required the
17:31:46:00 segregation of African-American
17:31:47:15 students until approximately the
17:31:49:24 time of brown V board.
17:31:51:12 There were some court decisions
17:31:52:27 that struck it down, actually
12
17:31:54:24 days before the brown V board
17:31:58:06 decision.
17:31:59:18 But in addition to that, I think
17:32:02:06 what's really important for
17:32:03:27 viewers to know is that Latino
17:32:06:03 students were also quite
17:32:07:00 segregated.
17:32:07:24 And this was a form of de facto
17:32:09:15 segregation because it wasn't
17:32:11:00 required by state law.
17:32:12:15 >> So with that in mind, let's
17:32:13:27 go to 1954, let's go pre-1954,
17:32:16:27 what did we see in Arizona
17:32:18:27 regarding segregation, de facto
17:32:20:18 or otherwise, what are we seeing
17:32:22:03 now?
17:32:22:21 >> Well, many districts in
17:32:24:00 the --
17:32:25:00 Around in the '20s, many
17:32:26:18 districts set up separate
17:32:28:03 Mexican schools, and required
17:32:29:18 Mexican-American students to
17:32:31:00 attend those schools.
17:32:32:18 This happened all over the
17:32:33:18 state, and also throughout the
17:32:34:24 southwest.
17:32:35:24 And so Mexican-American parents
17:32:38:15 challenged this segregation and
17:32:40:24 we have a court case in Arizona
17:32:43:06 that was decided three years
17:32:44:27 before the brown V board of
17:32:46:15 education that was actually
17:32:48:12 relatively speaking it was
17:32:51:06 really kind of the most clear
17:32:54:00 and unequivocal court statement
17:32:55:24 against segregation.
17:32:56:21 And that was three years before
17:32:58:15 brown V board of education in
17:33:01:15 1951.
17:33:02:06 >> So that's 1951, and again,
we
17:33:04:15 got up to 1954, let's move to
17:33:06:15 2014.
17:33:07:06 What are we seeing out there and
17:33:08:21 why are we seeing it?
17:33:10:12 >> Well, what we're seeing is
17:33:12:00 continuing segregation in our
17:33:13:12 public schools.
17:33:13:27 And that has a lot to do with
17:33:16:12 housing segregation.
17:33:18:15 So when housing segregation is
17:33:22:12 associated with school
17:33:24:03 segregation, and so when our
17:33:26:03 residential areas are segregated
17:33:27:12 and our schools are also going
17:33:29:00 to be segregated.
17:33:30:09 But I should probably also back
17:33:31:27 up and let you know that Arizona
17:33:33:15 has really undergone a huge
17:33:35:18 demographic shift in the past
20
17:33:37:18 years.
17:33:38:03 And so in 1990, which is where
I
17:33:41:24 started my research, Arizona's
17:33:44:12 public schools were 64% white.
17:33:46:06 And about 27% Latino.
17:33:48:09 And currently they're 41% white
17:33:50:09 and 42% Latino.
17:33:52:03 So we're one of the few
17:33:53:03 majority-minority states in the
17:33:55:18 country.
17:33:56:00 >> With that in mind, as far as
17:33:59:06 school kids are concerned, is
it
17:34:02:09 a surprise that we see more
17:34:05:03 predominantly minority schools?
17:34:07:18 >> Well, we've had an up
17:34:09:15 creasing number of Latino
17:34:11:00 students in the state, but those
17:34:12:18 students aren't distributed
17:34:15:09 evenly throughout our schools.
17:34:16:15 So what we have are schools that
17:34:19:03 are increasingly segregated, so
17:34:22:15 that, for example, even though
17:34:26:24 whites are a minority of our
17:34:28:09 public school population, the
17:34:29:24 average white student is more
17:34:31:09 likely to go to school with a
17:34:32:24 majority of white students.
17:34:34:03 >> Indeed.
17:34:34:18 I saw your research, whites
17:34:36:00 typically attend 60% white
17:34:39:00 schools, this despite 41% as you
17:34:41:06 mentioned, public school
17:34:42:15 enrollment.
17:34:43:03 >> Right.
17:34:43:24 So despite these demographic
17:34:45:21 shifts, kids aren't being evenly
17:34:48:09 distributed across schools.
17:34:50:12 That has a lot to do with
17:34:51:27 housing patterns.
17:34:53:18 >> Education in Arizona, there's
17:34:54:15 a lot of talk about choice, is
17:34:58:09 that impacting at all de facto
17:35:01:00 segregation?
17:35:02:03 Because you'd think it might
17:35:03:15 ease it a little bit.
17:35:04:24 >> It actually hasn't really
17:35:06:03 eased de facto segregation.
17:35:07:24 So in some of my other research
17:35:09:24 I've looked at school choice,
17:35:11:09 and I didn't address school
17:35:12:15 choice in this report, to be
17:35:13:24 honest.
17:35:14:24 That's something I plan to do
17:35:16:06 later as I dig into the data.
17:35:18:06 But school --
17:35:19:15 Now, what you have to remember
17:35:21:27 about Arizona is we have had
17:35:23:15 school choice for about 25 years
17:35:25:09 now, and so we're pretty much
a
17:35:28:12 state with public school choice
17:35:30:24 policies.
17:35:31:12 In general, what we have now is
17:35:33:00 when students are choosing
17:35:34:12 schools now, it's not really
17:35:35:27 altering the underlying
17:35:37:12 demographics of school.
17:35:38:18 >> Is there --
17:35:39:09 I don't know if you studied
17:35:40:03 this, but the impact on the
17:35:41:15 quality of education received.
17:35:43:24 Is there anything that suggests,
17:35:45:24 you would think that a
17:35:46:27 clustering of low-income kids
at
17:35:48:21 one school might make for
17:35:51:06 problems in terms of education
17:35:52:27 levels, you never know.
17:35:53:27 What do we know about that?
17:35:55:18 >> What we know is that
17:35:57:15 predominantly poor minority
17:35:59:27 schools tend to be under
17:36:00:18 resourced.
17:36:01:21 They have less experience
17:36:02:24 teachers, in general those
17:36:04:15 students have access to less
17:36:07:12 academically challenging
17:36:08:21 curricula, and so it's really
17:36:10:09 important that we think about
17:36:11:12 those things when we think about
17:36:13:00 the patterns of segregation in
17:36:14:12 our schools as well.
17:36:15:27 What are the patterns of
17:36:16:27 resources that are associated
17:36:19:09 with segregated schools?
17:36:21:12 >> Low-income students and
17:36:22:06 rationally isolated schools,
17:36:24:09 American Indians, most
17:36:25:06 segregated kids in Arizona?
17:36:27:06 >> They're the most segregated
17:36:28:15 group in Arizona.
17:36:29:15 >> That's because --
17:36:30:00 I would imagine because of
17:36:31:03 location.
17:36:32:06 Correct?
17:36:32:18 >> Yes.
17:36:33:00 I believe it's because most --
17:36:35:03 A lot of American Indians are
17:36:37:03 attending schools in
17:36:38:21 reservations, so they tend to
be
17:36:40:24 the most racially isolated group
17:36:42:27 of students in Arizona.
17:36:43:24 >> When you went into this
17:36:45:00 research, what were you looking
17:36:46:15 to find, and what did you find?
17:36:49:00 >> Well, I don't know if I was
17:36:50:06 looking to find, I just wanted
17:36:51:27 to document what's out there,
17:36:53:06 because I think if we want to
17:36:55:00 understand educational policy
17:36:55:27 today this, is something we need
17:36:57:12 to think about.
17:36:59:06 And I think it's really
17:37:00:09 important as we move forward,
17:37:02:18 this is an increasingly
17:37:03:27 multicultural global society,
so
17:37:06:12 it's really important that kids
17:37:08:00 be exposed to a wide range of
17:37:12:12 students with a wide range of
17:37:14:06 backgrounds in public schools,
17:37:15:24 and as segregation increases or
17:37:18:21 intensifies, that's not going
to
17:37:20:12 happen.
17:37:20:27 >> So what do you want people
to
17:37:22:03 take from the report?
17:37:23:12 >> What I want people to take
17:37:24:18 from the report is that it's
17:37:25:21 really important I think when
we
17:37:27:09 think about educational policy
17:37:28:15 to think about encouraging
17:37:29:21 policies that will encourage
17:37:32:00 desegregation.
17:37:33:00 This might not just involved
17:37:34:06 schools, but it might also
17:37:36:00 involve housing, immight involve
17:37:38:06 solutions across school
17:37:39:18 districts, and so that's what
we
17:37:41:09 need to think about.
17:37:42:15 Because really, public schools
17:37:44:24 are an important institution and
17:37:46:03 that's one of the things the
17:37:48:18 Supreme Court pointed out in the
17:37:49:21 brown decision, that schools are
17:37:51:00 the cornerstone of our
17:37:53:00 democracy.
17:37:53:24 So it's important we pay
17:37:54:18 attention to these patterns as
17:37:55:27 we move forward 60 years later.
17:37:58:06 And so I really saw the brown
17:38:00:03 decision --
17:38:00:18 The 60-year anniversary of the
17:38:01:27 brown decision as an opportunity
17:38:04:15 to kind of look more carefully
17:38:06:00 at what's going on at schools
17:38:07:12 and try to better understand
17:38:08:18 that.
17:38:09:00 >> That's interesting
17:38:09:24 information.
17:38:10:18 Good to have you here.
17:38:11:15 Thanks for joining us.
17:38:12:18 >> thank you.
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17:39:22:00 >>> ASU and Dublin city
17:39:23:27 University are joining forces
17:39:25:03 with Ventana Medical Systems to
17:39:26:27 develop an international school
17:39:28:00 of biomedical diagnostics.
17:39:30:09 The school will be launched this
17:39:31:18 fall.
17:39:32:00 Joining us now is Sethuraman
17:39:33:06 "Panch" Panchanathan, senior
17:39:35:09 vice-president of ASU's office
17:39:36:09 of knowledge enterprise
17:39:37:24 development.
17:39:38:06 And Mara Aspinall, president and
17:39:40:09 CEO of Ventana Medical Systems.
17:39:43:06 Good to have you here.
17:39:44:21 >> Nice to be here.
17:39:45:18 >> Thank you.
17:39:46:12 >> Panch we got a new school for
17:39:47:27 biomedical diagnostics.
17:39:49:21 Sounds great.
17:39:50:06 What are biomedical diagnostics.
17:39:52:18 >> I'll let MARA address that.
17:39:56:24 >> Don't you know?
17:39:57:24 >> Of course I know!
17:39:58:21 It's anything that relates to,
17:40:02:27 if you take blood or saliva,
17:40:04:27 whatever it is, and you're able
17:40:06:09 to understand the health
17:40:07:09 condition of a person from
17:40:09:15 the --
17:40:10:21 To analyzing the samples.
17:40:12:06 >> We're talking diagnostics in
17:40:14:03 what, a new way?
17:40:16:09 >> Diagnostics in and of itself
17:40:18:18 is an area that has tremendously
17:40:20:18 progressed over the last few
17:40:22:09 decades.
17:40:23:06 It is no longer as simple as
17:40:25:03 just understanding a blood test,
17:40:26:21 but looking as Panch said, very
17:40:28:21 articulately, a very different
17:40:31:00 biomedical diagnostics and using
17:40:33:00 those in a much more precise and
17:40:35:18 exacting way.
17:40:36:15 >> How critical to personalized
17:40:38:21 medication which seems to be the
17:40:40:03 focus and seems to be the way
17:40:41:21 some much of medicine is going?
17:40:43:09 >> It is everything.
17:40:45:06 A patient has nothing if they
17:40:46:21 don't have a timely and accurate
17:40:48:12 diagnosis.
17:40:50:00 Despite the huge influx of great
17:40:54:09 drugs that really can make a
17:40:55:15 difference, if the patient does
17:40:57:00 not understand their clear
17:40:58:21 diagnosis, there is no way those
17:41:01:09 drugs can truly make a
17:41:02:21 difference to work towards a
17:41:04:06 cure.
17:41:04:15 >> As far as getting a school,
17:41:06:00 an international school, how did
17:41:07:15 ASU hook up with Dublin city
17:41:09:06 University?
17:41:10:09 >> ASU has been looking at
17:41:12:06 partnerships around the globe.
17:41:13:21 We understand that when you look
17:41:15:00 at our students and they're
17:41:17:06 going to be playing in the
17:41:19:03 global arena, it means they need
17:41:20:27 the exposure.
17:41:21:21 They need to be able to immerse
17:41:23:15 themselves in an environments
17:41:24:21 other than just only ASU.
17:41:26:27 So this is enabled by the fact
17:41:28:12 we can establish strategic
17:41:30:06 partnerships with certain
17:41:31:00 Universities around the globe.
17:41:32:27 Dublin city University, which
is
17:41:34:18 a reasonably young University,
17:41:36:18 is about the kind of University
17:41:38:27 that ASU is.
17:41:41:03 Young, high aspirations,
17:41:43:24 entrepreneurial, and moving
17:41:45:00 forward at rapid speed.
17:41:46:15 So this exemplifies the same
17:41:49:06 qualities.
17:41:50:00 Therefore it's a natural
17:41:50:24 partner.
17:41:51:06 >> The global classroom model,
17:41:52:27 what does that mean?
17:41:54:06 >> Which means that students who
17:41:55:18 are enrolled in ASU, are able
to
17:41:58:09 get access to classes from DCU.
17:42:01:21 They're able to move from here
17:42:02:27 to DCU to be physically present
17:42:05:12 and take classes there being
17:42:07:06 part of that experience.
17:42:08:06 Being able to engage in projects
17:42:10:03 not only at ASU, at the global
17:42:12:27 leader in biomedical dies nos
17:42:15:00 ticks, Ventana Medical Systems,
17:42:16:06 we're fortunate to have them in
17:42:18:03 Arizona, but also have
17:42:19:12 internships in pharmaceutical
17:42:21:06 firms in Europe.
17:42:21:27 And the same is also for
17:42:23:24 students from DCU to immerse
17:42:25:15 themselves in ASU in courses as
17:42:27:12 well as internships at Ventana
17:42:29:27 Medical Systems.
17:42:30:12 >> Talk about Vantana's
17:42:30:15 collaboration.
17:42:34:09 >> I had the chance when I moved
17:42:36:06 to Arizona just three years ago
17:42:38:00 to meet president crowE and to
17:42:40:06 meet Panch and I learned a lot
17:42:42:00 about Arizona state University.
17:42:43:12 I saw what ASU had in terms of
17:42:46:00 tremendous assets in the area
of
17:42:48:03 diagnostics and life sciences
17:42:50:03 broadly.
17:42:50:24 One of my dreams was to have
17:42:53:18 diagnostics as an independent
17:42:55:09 discipline.
17:42:56:06 >> Why?
17:42:56:21 I read about this, and it seemed
17:42:58:09 like that was a very big focus
17:42:59:24 here.
17:43:00:00 Why is that?
17:43:01:03 >> It is critical.
17:43:02:24 Because diagnostics has always
17:43:04:27 been the asterisk.
17:43:06:03 A piece of pharmaceutical
17:43:07:24 science.
17:43:08:09 It's always been a piece of
17:43:10:06 dispensary advise science.
17:43:11:18 But the industry has moved to
a
17:43:12:24 level of sophistication, and
17:43:14:15 importance with personalized
17:43:15:15 medicine that it deserves an
17:43:17:12 independent discipline, and true
17:43:19:03 research and academic study in
17:43:21:00 and of itself.
17:43:22:00 >> And that would separate in
17:43:23:27 the future what's happening now
17:43:25:18 as far as this research, as far
17:43:27:12 as this education?
17:43:28:03 >> It will take what's happening
17:43:29:21 now and bring it to a new level
17:43:31:09 of sophistication.
17:43:32:12 And we believe at Ventana
17:43:36:09 there's no better University to
17:43:37:27 do that than with ASU and that
17:43:39:12 was only enhanced by the
17:43:40:15 partnership with DCU, one of the
17:43:42:12 leaders in life sciences in
17:43:44:00 Europe.
17:43:44:12 >> How do you get a partnership
17:43:46:03 between industry leader, a
17:43:48:27 University in Arizona, and a
17:43:50:09 University in Deb Lynn?
17:43:51:27 How do you get everyone on the
17:43:53:03 same page, and keep them on the
17:43:54:12 same page?
17:43:55:06 >> So this is a very good
17:43:57:06 question.
17:43:57:24 What we have done, because of
17:43:59:00 the alignment of our vision and
17:44:01:21 mission, between Dublin city
17:44:03:12 University and ASU, we have been
17:44:04:21 looking at many different areas
17:44:05:24 of collaboration.
17:44:07:09 When we met with Mara, we
17:44:10:06 immediately struck a chord.
17:44:11:12 Clearly there is an intersection
17:44:12:15 of interest and capacities
17:44:13:21 within ASU and DCU that aligns
17:44:15:24 very well with what Ventana is
17:44:18:24 doing and where they're heading
17:44:21:24 into the future.
17:44:22:12 When she said this, is the
17:44:23:15 future that we're moving into,
17:44:25:06 we need more qualified people
in
17:44:26:24 this area, we also need to take
17:44:28:12 people who are already in the
17:44:29:18 work force and reorient them,
17:44:32:03 retrain them to be focused into
17:44:35:09 biomedical diagnostics.
17:44:37:18 >> You mentioned people already
17:44:38:18 in the work force.
17:44:39:12 Arizona is a leader in
17:44:40:27 diagnostics, is it not?
17:44:42:18 >> It is one of the top cities
17:44:44:06 in the U.S.
17:44:45:18 Certainly with Ventana's
17:44:48:03 leadership, but I'm pleased to
17:44:50:00 say we have more and more
17:44:51:06 companies coming to Arizona to
17:44:52:12 set up their headquarters here
17:44:54:15 and bring that strength with
17:44:56:12 them.
17:44:56:18 And this is critical for what
we
17:44:58:09 see as employment opportunities
17:45:00:00 for the students graduating with
17:45:01:18 this masters degree.
17:45:02:24 >> So if I'm watching the
17:45:04:00 program right now and I'm saying
17:45:05:06 this, sounds great, how does it
17:45:06:21 affect me?
17:45:08:09 How can this affect anyone here
17:45:11:00 in Arizona, the Phoenix area,
in
17:45:13:03 the next five, 10 years?
17:45:15:09 >> Two things --
17:45:16:18 From a literal point of view,
17:45:18:00 we're accepting applications
17:45:19:18 right now.
17:45:20:15 And we would love the strongest
17:45:22:18 possible group of students to
17:45:24:03 start in the fall of 2015.
17:45:27:06 Excuse me, 2014.
17:45:28:27 But in addition, in the long
17:45:30:18 run, we see Arizona as a core
17:45:33:18 place, a center for excellence
17:45:34:27 for diagnostics, that allows us
17:45:37:03 to strengthen our health care
17:45:38:15 institutions, and be a place
17:45:41:00 that companies want to come to
17:45:43:06 access the key people and the
17:45:46:00 technologies that we have in
17:45:47:03 Arizona.
17:45:47:21 >> In order to teach something,
17:45:50:00 you have to be ahead of the
17:45:51:15 curve on that something.
17:45:52:27 How fast is the field of
17:45:55:15 diagnostics changing?
17:45:57:03 >> Pretty fast.
17:45:57:21 So we have a number of experts,
17:46:00:00 as Mara was saying, if you look
17:46:02:03 at our biodesign institute,
17:46:05:06 college of health solutions,
17:46:06:12 engineering, policy, all of
17:46:09:00 these components are exceedingly
17:46:10:15 important, if you want to have
a
17:46:11:27 holistic education and having
a
17:46:14:15 real impact on biomedical
17:46:16:06 diagnostics.
17:46:17:12 We already have faculty members
17:46:18:15 working on this area.
17:46:19:27 We will hire more, and there is
17:46:21:21 a need from the perspective of
17:46:23:00 the industry, but there is also
17:46:24:15 interest in the students in
17:46:25:15 wanting to be engaged in this
17:46:27:03 area.
17:46:27:15 So this is really very exciting.
17:46:29:24 >> Again, it sounds from a
17:46:31:00 distance this is a way to push
17:46:33:09 wellness as opposed to fighting
17:46:35:24 illness.
17:46:36:15 Is that fair?
17:46:38:12 >> Absolutely.
17:46:39:03 And when we look at diagnostics
17:46:40:24 today, it's not just about
17:46:42:15 diagnosing disease.
17:46:44:00 It's about every part of the
17:46:45:27 health care continuum.
17:46:47:03 So it really starts with
17:46:48:09 screening people for disease to
17:46:49:27 look at risk, diagnosing them,
17:46:52:24 monitoring them, and then in the
17:46:54:12 future, predicting what diseases
17:46:57:00 they're susceptible for and
17:46:58:15 using lifestyle programs as well
17:47:00:27 as potential medications to
17:47:02:15 ensure that we have longer
17:47:04:00 healthier lives.
17:47:04:27 >> And again, as far as
17:47:06:03 developing pharmaceuticals, big
17:47:07:18 factor there.
17:47:08:21 We referred to that earlier.
17:47:10:03 >> Without question.
17:47:10:21 And that is a core to
17:47:11:27 personalize medicine.
17:47:13:12 When you look at personalized
17:47:14:21 medicine the role of diagnostics
17:47:16:12 is to help subsection disease,
17:47:19:03 and with that subsectioning, we
17:47:21:03 can use medications in a very
17:47:24:00 targeted way to increase cure
17:47:26:03 rates.
17:47:26:21 >> All right.
17:47:27:18 Panch, were you right.
17:47:28:15 She knows her stuff.
17:47:30:00 >> She's fantastic.
17:47:31:06 An amazing collaboration, we're
17:47:32:24 fortunate to have Ventana
17:47:33:27 Medical Systems in Arizona,
17:47:35:06 fortunate to have Mara as a
17:47:36:21 leader of that institution and
17:47:38:12 it's a fantastic partnership.
17:47:40:00 >> It's good to have you both
17:47:41:12 here.
17:47:42:06 >> Thank you.
17:47:42:18 >> Thanks for having us here.
17:47:51:03 >>> In tonight's edition of
17:47:54:00 "Arizona Artbeat," we meet a
17:47:55:00 local volunteer orchestra.
17:47:56:12 Eight major cities have shut
17:47:58:12 down their symphony es in recent
17:48:00:21 years because of budget issues,
17:48:02:09 but in scale a group of
17:48:03:27 volunteers is trying to keep
17:48:05:15 music alive.
17:48:06:24 Producer Shana Fischer and
17:48:08:09 photographer Ed Kishel introduce
17:48:09:21 us to the Scottsdale
17:48:12:06 Philharmonic.
17:48:12:18 >> By day he crunches numbers
as
17:48:15:21 the owner of an accounting
17:48:17:06 business, but at night --
17:48:20:09 ��
17:48:20:21 >> I'm a ViOLA player.
17:48:23:06 We're the third voice of the
17:48:24:15 orchestra in the string section.
17:48:26:18 >> Joy is the cofounder of the
17:48:28:18 Scottsdale Philharmonic, an
17:48:29:27 all-volunteer orchestra.
17:48:30:27 The 90-piece group performs six
17:48:33:12 teams a year and the tickets are
17:48:35:00 free.
17:48:35:21 >> We wanted to bring classical
17:48:37:09 music back to anybody,
17:48:39:06 everybody.
17:48:40:15 Children, old people, anybody
17:48:41:21 who wanted to hear the classics,
17:48:43:21 yes going to try to make that
17:48:45:00 available for them.
17:48:46:03 >> Conductor Martin province
17:48:48:15 says having all volunteers
17:48:49:24 ensures the music is in the
17:48:51:21 spotlight.
17:48:52:21 >> One thing you're getting
17:48:53:27 people who play just for the
17:48:55:00 love of playing.
17:48:55:21 We don't pay anyone.
17:48:57:21 Everybody volunteers all of
17:48:59:03 their time.
17:49:00:00 And so they're here just because
17:49:01:15 they want to be.
17:49:02:06 No one is here collecting a
17:49:03:24 paycheck.
17:49:06:24 >> Choosing the music for a
17:49:08:03 concert can be difficult.
17:49:09:21 Province works closely with the
17:49:11:15 Philharmonic's board.
17:49:12:27 >> The repertoire is so broad
17:49:14:12 and deep and wonderful, that any
17:49:16:18 time you choose a piece, you're
17:49:18:03 eliminating something else.
17:49:20:03 So what we try to do is find a
17:49:22:06 major work we're going to do on
17:49:23:21 a concert and then build a
17:49:25:06 program around that.
17:49:26:21 Maybe a Beethoven symphony, then
17:49:29:03 we would add a vocal selection,
17:49:31:03 an overture, but we go from the
17:49:33:06 major work on the concert and
17:49:34:24 out from there.
17:49:36:09 >> For the upcoming concert
17:49:37:27 province has gone in a playful
17:49:40:06 direction.
17:49:40:12 He's chosen the William tell
17:49:41:18 overture, the barber of Seville
17:49:43:24 and Beethoven's triple concerto,
17:49:48:09 all featured in Looney Tunes
17:49:50:03 cartoons.
17:49:50:27 While you may recognize these
17:49:52:03 pieces, don't expect to have
17:49:54:03 heard these versions.
17:49:55:21 >> Just because there's printed
17:49:56:27 notes on the page doesn't mean
17:49:58:15 every orchestra is going to play
17:50:00:00 it the same way.
17:50:00:24 If they did there would be no
17:50:02:06 reason for more than one
17:50:03:15 recording of any piece.
17:50:04:27 It would be like traveling from
17:50:06:12 here to the Montana or something
17:50:08:09 and all of us might take a
17:50:09:27 little bit different route.
17:50:11:00 We would get to the same place,
17:50:12:12 but maybe I want to see a few
17:50:14:03 things in Colorado and you want
17:50:15:00 to see a few things in Utah, so
17:50:16:21 we would go by a different route
17:50:18:06 and music is the same thing.
17:50:19:24 When we all get from one edge
to
17:50:21:09 the other, but the route and the
17:50:23:21 path we travel is not always the
17:50:25:06 same.
17:50:25:18 And that's what makes music stay
17:50:27:00 alive.
17:50:27:27 >> To help it stay alive, the
17:50:30:00 philharmonic relies on donors.
17:50:32:09 As they finish their second
17:50:33:24 season, they're in need of help.
17:50:36:21 The violinist and board member
17:50:38:06 says they're hopeful the
17:50:39:06 community will step up.
17:50:41:21 >> It's extremely important.
17:50:44:12 It wouldn't be very meaningful
17:50:46:12 or let's put it this way, it
17:50:48:09 would be partially meaningful
17:50:50:12 for musicians if they had no
17:50:52:12 audience.
17:50:53:09 They'd still have enjoyment and
17:50:54:18 love of the music, but to be
17:50:55:27 able to give this to an
17:50:57:18 audience, to the community, is
17:50:59:15 such an extraordinary
17:51:01:03 opportunity.
17:51:02:15 Philharmonic.
17:51:03:12 >> They all come from different
17:51:05:03 backgrounds.
17:51:05:27 Music teacher.
17:51:07:09 Tax accountant.
17:51:08:03 Business owner.
17:51:09:00 These musicians all share a
17:51:10:15 passion for bringing classical
17:51:13:03 music to the masses.
17:51:14:18 >> I look at the audience and
I
17:51:17:00 look around and see all the
17:51:18:18 faces enjoying the music.
17:51:20:09 And I feel a sense of pride that
17:51:21:27 I'm part of it.
17:51:26:15 >> The philharmonic's final
17:51:32:15 concert of the season is Sunday
17:51:35:15 June 8th.
17:51:36:12 >>> Thursday, a visit 
with the
17:51:38:03 director of the newly formed
17:51:39:06 Arizona department of child
17:51:40:03 safety, and we'll check out a
17:51:41:15 local exhibit of vintage
17:51:42:27 Hollywood costumes.
17:51:43:27 That's Thursday on "Arizona
17:51:44:24 Horizon."
17:51:45:21 >>> That it is for now.
17:51:46:24 I'm Ted Simons.
17:51:47:12 Thank you so much for joining
17:51:48:09 us.
17:51:48:21 You have a great evenings.
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