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Upcoming Concerts
Sep. 30 - Oct. 1 Fabulous violinist Jennifer Frautschi performs the Florence Price Violin Concerto No. 2 and the orchestra performs Respighi's massive Pines of Rome BUY TICKETS
Oct. 3 Music from Beethoven, Poulenc, Seiber, and Greenstein. BUY TICKETS
Oct. 21-22 Experience watching this epic movie while listening to John Williams' iconic score with a live orchestra! © 2018 & TM LUCASFILM LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © DISNEY. BUY TICKETS
Nov. 11-12 Sensational pianist Conrad Tao returns to Little Rock to perform one of the greatest works in the piano repertory: Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto. BUY TICKETS
Nov. 14 Artist of Distinction Conrad Tao performs solo and with ASO musicians. BUY TICKETS
Dec. 15-17 Your ASO invites you to bring family and friends to the Robinson Center for a fun-packed holiday music extravaganza! BUY TICKETS
Jan. 16 Music from Laténas, Khachaturian, and Rochberg. BUY TICKETS
Jan. 27-28 Piazzolla's passionate tango-inspired melodies, CPE Bach's Concerto for Flute, Saint-Saëns' Earth-shaking Organ Symphony BUY TICKETS
Feb. 10-11 Enjoy iconic James Bond songs from almost six decades of box office blockbusters with your ASO and amazing guest singers. BUY TICKETS
Feb. 24-25 Christopher Theofanidis' The Wind and Petit Jean - commissioned and premiered by ASO musicians - opens a concert featuring Beethoven's Violin Concerto and more. BUY TICKETS
Feb. 27 Artist of Distinction Kerson Leong performs solo and with ASO musicians. BUY TICKETS
Mar. 9-10 ASO will join forces with Capathia Jenkins' powerhouse voice to perform the soulful hits of Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Toni Braxton, Adele, and many more! BUY TICKETS
Apr. 6-7 Gustav Holst's magnificent tribute to the cosmos will be performed on the weekend preceding the totality of the 2024 eclipse's passing through Little Rock! BUY TICKETS
Apr. 16 Music from Larsen, Moszkowski, Liebermann, and Flackton. BUY TICKETS
May 4-5 Romantic masterpieces close the season with Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde Prelude, Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor, and Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 4. BUY TICKETS
May 7 Music from Koetsier, Dvořák, Takemitsu, and Shaw. BUY TICKETS
May 11-12 For the first time ever, your ASO will host a singing competition, featuring Bonnie Montgomery, Rodney Block, and American Idol's Season Eight winner Kris Allen as our guest celebrity judges. Watch performers go head-to-head alongside the orchestra to win your votes for the grand prize! BUY TICKETS
One Year of Bedtime with Bach
By: Kendall Carwile
March 12, 2021
It has officially been one year since Concertmaster Drew Irvin went live on Facebook for our first Bedtime with Bach. The goal was to bring peace and comfort during a hard time. Over the past year, Arkansas Symphony musicians and friends of the ASO have created 111 videos ...
From the U.S. to the U.K.: Meet the Composers of "A Lyric Return"
By: Kendall Carwile
January 14, 2021
From New York City to Paris the composers featured on ASO's first Masterworks concert of the season come from unique and diverse backgrounds. Did you know that George Walker was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music? Or that Claude Debussy worked for Tchaikovsky's patroness, giver her kids piano lessons? ...
Guest Feature - Little Rock Soirée: The Show Must Go On(line)
By: Todd Traub, contributing writer, Little Rock Soirée
October 28, 2020
Pay cuts, rescheduling, deficits and uncertainty. It sounds like today’s headlines, but for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra it’s history. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to...
Stella Stories: A Legacy of Philanthropy
By: Scott Carter, Public Affairs and Creative Economy Advisor for the City of Little Rock
October 16, 2020
When Stella Boyle Smith died at the age of 100 on July 9, 1994, she was well known for her love of music and philanthropy. It is a lasting connection of her to a building in which she spent so many hours as an arts patron.
Stella Stories: From the Beginning
By: Kendall Carwile
October 2, 2020
You see her name attached to our Masterworks series, but did you know that the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra wouldn't exist without her?
Musician Spotlight: Katherine Williamson
By: Kendall Carwile
February 19, 2020
Katherine Williamson is in her seventh season with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, where she spent six seasons as an Arts Partner with the Rockefeller Quartet. She is now in her first season as Assistant Concertmaster and Director of the ASO String Academy. The Academy will have put violins and cellos in the hands of just under 400 Pulaski County schoolchildren by the end of the 19/20 season.
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