A Winter's Eve Concert with David Arkenstone and Friends in Scottsdale, Arizona, December 18, 2025! at ASU Kerr

Five-time GRAMMY®-nominated composer, performer, and multi-instrumentalist David Arkenstone returns to Scottsdale this holiday season with A Winter’s Eve with David Arkenstone and Friends for one night only at ASU Kerr Cultural Center in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Thursday, December 18, 2025. As with any David Arkenstone concert, you will experience a rich palette of instruments—guitars, keyboards, flutes, violin, cello, mandolin, bass, viola, drums and percussion—and his world-class band who bring the musical spirit of the season to life. On stage, David and his ensemble create a vibrant holiday soundscape that blends neo-classical crossover, pop, new age, Celtic, orchestral, and world music. The festive atmosphere and virtuoso musicianship set the tone for a magical night.

“Each winter I try to paint the season in sound,” says Arkenstone. “This concert is a joyful gathering—familiar carols and festive new pieces that bring people together to share the excitement and wonder of the holidays."

"David Arkenstone and his fantastic band absolutely wowed the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts audience last year with their amazing sold-out Christmas concert event!”— Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts in Palmer Lake, Colorado

This concert performance is part of a 16-date U.S. Western States holiday tour across Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

About David Arkenstone:
Since his breakthrough album Valley in the Clouds (1987), David Arkenstone has become one of instrumental music’s most prolific and imaginative composers, earning five GRAMMY® Award nominations to date (2022, 2020, 2004, 2000, 1992). His expansive body of work includes chart-topping albums, film and television scores, sports themes (The Kentucky Derby, US Women Figure Skating, Premiere League soccer), gaming scores for World of Warcraft, and sold-out holiday concerts and holiday recordings that have become Yuletide tradition.

Recent Highlights (2024–2025):
Composed music for World of Warcraft —The War Within: Undermine(d) and Ghosts of K’aresh; performed at the GRAMMY® Museum (Los Angeles); Clouzine International Music Awards winner for Best New Age Video (“Ancient Magic Awakens” from Quest for the Runestone), Best Fantasy Album (Fairy Fantasy) and Best Fantasy Song (“Gathering in the Glade”), and Best New Age Video ("Woodland Pixies" from Fairy Fantasy); World Entertainment Awards winner for Best Instrumental Album (Quest for the Runestone); New Age Notes Radio Music Awards winner for Best Cinematic Soundtrack Album (Quest for the Runestone) and Best Cinematic Soundtrack Song (“Path of the Mountain’s Bones”); InterContinental Music Awards Best of North America in Contemporary Instrumental for “Reann Reawakened” and “Ancient Magic Awakens”; two Hollywood Independent Music Awards nominations (Best New Age/Ambient, Best Instrumental); Arkenstone Swiss Tour 2025 presented by Helvepic (Swiss music production company that produced the “World of Warcraft: 20 Years of Music” concert series in Switzerland); and currently nominated for two World Entertainment Awards (Best New Age Song “Fairy Kingdom,” Best New Age Album Fairy Fantasy; awards ceremony to be held in February 2026).

Media and Booking
For radio or print interviews, in-studio radio/TV performances, EPK/press kit, and media passes to the concert, please contact Cynthia Gage. We invite media as our guest to experience a live performance of A Winter’s Eve with David Arkenstone and Friends. Please include your interest via email to cindygagecsr@gmail.com

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Artist: David Arkenstone

Time: 19:00 - 21:00