Today is ASO Giving Day!

New Match to Raise $215,000 to Grow ASO's Music Education Programs!

We are thrilled to announce that, with your generosity, we have raised $208,919.19 toward our goal of $215,000 on ASO Giving Day 2025! Thank you to ASO Board of Advisors members and staff for the afternoon matching challenge.

Board members Nikki & Paul Parnell, Lisa & John Hayes, and Melanie & Clif Christopher are challenging us with a $4,500 match until 6 pm to help us reach the finish line! Will you give a gift to ASO today to allow a quartet to showcase a demonstration for a school, host an instrument petting zoo, or perform one of their many recitals? Thank you!

ASO depends on donations from people like you who see the value of music and music education in our community. Through violin and cello lessons in the String Academy, performances by the ASO Youth Ensembles, the Children’s Concerts – which are streamed to over 10,000 students each year - and the Masterworks and Pops concerts, your ASO is serving the state through the power of music. None of this would be possible without your support. Donations from supporters like you are an investment in your community.

This thermometer will be updated periodically throughout Giving Day on April 16, 2025.
Rockefeller Quartet performing a Quartet Demo in a classroom
Rockefeller Quartet performing a Quartet Demo in a classroom
student violinists on a wood-floored stage
ASO String Academy student musicians performing in a recital
young boy playing a simulated yellow cello
Students participating in Orchestra & You
kids with instruments
Summer Strings students
children performing in orchestra
ASO Academy Orchestra performing during intermission at an ASO concert
kids in classroom learning about the violin
Students participate in an ASO Violin in Your School program

Whether giving online, mailing a check, donating stock, or any number of other ways to give, the ASO welcomes you to give in the way that is right for you. Please visit our Donor Info page for giving levels details and other FAQs.

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization: Federal Tax ID# 71-6059542.

The ASO does not provide tax or legal advice. Please consult with your tax advisor on the tax implications of your charitable gifts and the benefits you may receive.