Competition Shuts Down Arizona Youth Orchestra

The Arizona Youth Symphony is shutting down after only six seasons. Its founder cites the establishment of the new Mesa Youth Symphony Orchestra as the cause. “Wal-Mart moved in next door to TrueValue; that’s basically what happened,” he said. “We’ve had such good seasons, the idea of not being able to be as good as I was, I thought I’d better not. That’s why I didn’t.”