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- Genre:
- Classical
- Hometown:
- Little Rock, AR
Events
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- ASO presents Ravishing Ravel
Clinton Presidential Library
Tuesday, December 1 at 7:00pm - Holiday Pops!
Robinson Center Music Hall
Friday, December 18 at 8:00pm - Jingle Bell "Little" Rock
Robinson Center Music Hall
Saturday, December 19 at 2:00pm
Photos
2 of 12 albumsSee All
The Music of Pink Floyd - May 8, 2009Updated about 7 months ago
The Magical Music of Disney April 10 & 11, 2009Created about 7 months ago
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
Dancers, Singers, Jazz and more! Join the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra this holiday season for an all new variety show. Ballet Arkansas, gospel and children's choirs, the Ted Ludwig Jazz Trio and others join forces with the ASO to celebrate the holidays.
Featuring
Geoffrey Robson, conductor
Ballet Arkansas
Arkansas Gospel... Mass Choir
Ted Ludwig Jazz Trio
Diane Kesling, mezzo-soprano
Meshugga, AR’s premier Klezmer band
Central Arkansas Children’s Choir
Mt. St. Mary’s Girls Choir
and the ASO!
Ali Calling all ASO fans! Become a fan of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Guild today and support our $300 for 300 Challenge. If the Guild's page reaches 300 fans, we have donors willing to pledge $300! Everything the Guild does supports the ASO, so please help and become fans of us today!
For more than 40 very productive years, the Guild has supported the renowned Arkansas Symphony Orchestra with enthusiasm, a broad range of talents, and generous philanthropy. Made up of nearly 300 volunteers, the Guild has donated nearly $2 million to the Symphony's operating budget, as well as funding an endowment. ... Our volunteers' commitment is proudly reflected in our national award-winning fundrasing, education, and audience development projects. Join us today and play your part in supporting the ASO and all that it does to improve the quality of life in Arkansas. To learn more about joining the Guild, please call 501-217-8019 or email us at info@asoguild.org
Non-Profit:177 fans
Ali Do you support the ASO and its efforts to spread music appreciation and education across Arkansas? Join the ASO Guild's new Facebook page and become a "Fan" of their efforts to support the ASO!
For more than 40 very productive years, the Guild has supported the renowned Arkansas Symphony Orchestra with enthusiasm, a broad range of talents, and generous philanthropy. Made up of nearly 300 volunteers, the Guild has donated nearly $2 million to the Symphony's operating budget, as well as funding an endowment. ... Our volunteers' commitment is proudly reflected in our national award-winning fundrasing, education, and audience development projects. Join us today and play your part in supporting the ASO and all that it does to improve the quality of life in Arkansas. To learn more about joining the Guild, please call 501-217-8019 or email us at info@asoguild.org
Non-Profit:177 fans
David Gerstein check out the new fan page for the Sturgis Quartet!!
Jirmichael Best spot acousticaly is somewhere in the middle; one of the worst spots acousticaly is up front where the sound goes over your head and its hard to hear brass and woodwinds.
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
PICK 2 SALE
Get your tickets for the upcoming season now! All tickets are on sale for only $19 when you select 2 or more concerts*
Learn more at http://www.ArkansasSymphony.org/Pick2
Use the Discount Coupon Code 1010 when ordering online, or call us at (501) 666-1761.
* Offer does not include SuperPOPS The Beach Boys or Ballet Arkansas' The Nutcracker
Hurry, ends Sept. 4
Time:5:00PM Wednesday, August 19th
Location:Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Tickets to all concerts are on sale now! Beethoven's Fifth, The Beach Boys, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Motown, and much more. Reserve the best seats now! http://www.ArkansasSymphony.org
Jirmichael Definitely will be there for all five performances, my bets on hanson.
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
River Rhapsodies Series
Quapaw Quartet
Sturgis Quartet
Andrew von Oeyen, piano
HAYDN String Quartet No. 30, “The Joke”
MENDELSSOHN Streichquartett Nr. 4 e-moll Op. 44 No. 2
FRANCK Piano Quintet
Savor music that encompasses a century of creative genius—from Haydn’s “Joke” Quartet, nicknamed for its playful finale, to the musi...c of Mendelssohn, to Franck’s stormy quintet for piano and strings, whose bold harmonies and emotional sweep propel it to near-symphonic dimensions.
Adults $28, Students $6
Andrew von Oeyen, piano
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, October 20th
Location:Clinton Presidential Library
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
Time: 8:00 PM Saturday, 3:00 PM Sunday
Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks Series
GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Without a doubt, Beethoven’s “Emperor” is one of the most imaginative, compelling, and difficult of piano concertos; but it e...lectrifies with its majesty and grandeur. Our superstar-pianist, Andrew von Oeyen, brings elegance, muscular technique, and sheer exuberance to his performance of this iconic masterpiece. Philip Mann’s interpretation of a rousing Russian curtain raiser and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth is are sure to have you on your feet and cheering!
“Indisputable gifts [and] an extravagantly thorough and effortless technique” Los Angeles Times
Philip Mann, conductor; Andrew von Oeyen, piano
Time:8:00PM Saturday, October 17th
Location:Robinson Center Music Hall
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
Time: 8:00 PM
ACXIOM Pops LIVE! Series
From Smokey Robinson and The Supremes to Gladys Knight and Marvin Gaye, this music is the soundtrack of your life; and on this concert Jeans ’n Classics celebrates the Golden Anniversary of Motown and the unique sound of its legendary stars! Some of the Top 40 hits you’ll love heari...ng again include “My Girl,” “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg,” and “Reach Out, I’ll Be There.” You be there, too, on this soul-filled journey down memory lane!
Geoffrey Robson, conductor
Time:8:00PM Friday, September 18th
Location:Robinson Center Music Hall
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
Sturgis Quartet
Beth Wheeler, oboe
John Dahlstrand, bass
Carl Anthony, harpsichord
Melita Hunsinger, cello
David Belcher, piano
Mary Ann Robinson, soprano
BACH Cantata No. 202, “Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten” (“Depart, Sad Shadows”), BWV 202, “Wedding Cantata”
RACHMANINOFF Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19
No matter what th...e season, the time is always ripe for love. Bach’s festive “Wedding Cantata” celebrates the joys of spring and the pleasures of a young couple newly united. Rachmaninoff pairs two instruments in an impassioned sonata featuring the cello in its most eloquent range, the piano intoning exquisitely melancholy themes.
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, September 15th
Location:Clinton Presidential Library
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
Time: 8:00 PM Saturday, 3:00 PM Sunday
NIELSEN Saga Dream
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
Our exciting season begins with a grand, romantic gesture: the beloved Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, whose ravishing beauty, graceful melodies, and dizzying virtuosity have thrilled generations of adoring audiences..., and which Karen Gomyo performs it brilliantly on her rare Stradivarius violin. Arthur Post also conducts Sibelius’s most popular symphony, filled with dark-hued sonorities and expansive brass chorales.
“Ms. Gomyo is a disciplined, poised player with a commanding technique.” New York Times
“Gomyo’s big sound, excellent tone, rich lyricism and, above all, compelling authority made her performance very pleasurable.”Houston Chronicle
Prices: $17-$58, $6 student rush ticket
Arthur Post, conductor; Karen Gomyo, violin
Time:8:00PM Saturday, September 12th
Location:Robinson Center Music Hall
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Hop in your "Little Deuce Coup" for some "Fun Fun Fun" with The Beach Boys! With their sunny vocal harmonies, and ofter referred to as "America's Band," the California quintet is known for their tremedous impact on the music scene in the 1960's. Hear your favorite tunes--like "Good Vibrations," "Barbara Ann," "Califo...rnia Girls," "Surfin U.S.A." and many more--complete with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra...a musical treat not to be missed!
