Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Stella Boyle Smith Music Center
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra opened its new $11.75 million Stella Boyle Smith Music Center in Little Rock’s East Village in September 2024, a first-of-its-kind music-focused headquarters for the state. This 20,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility is the Symphony’s first permanent home in its 60-year history.
This music center is a radically welcoming hub of musical activity for all Arkansans, serving youth and adults of all ages with an array of musical offerings. The building provides access to music education, music performances, and music making to residents of all corners of the state through new spaces and a broadcast and recording studio.
It boasts state-of-the-art features for children and adults who participate in the E. Lee Ronnel Music Academy programs, including music classrooms and practice spaces, ensuring a conducive environment for musical growth and creativity. The space also includes Morgan Hall, named in honor of long-time ASO supporters Susie and Charles Morgan, which serves as a versatile space for rehearsals and concerts, fostering an immersive musical experience.
Thank you to our design and contracting partners
A Radically Welcoming Hub of Musical Activity for All Arkansans
E. Lee Ronnel Music Academy
ASO Youth Ensembles, the ASO String Academy, Summer Strings Camp, ASO Community Orchestra, the annual Children’s Concert and other programs.
SBS Music Center Press
Press about of the new music center, from fundraising to groundbreaking and continuing coverage.
SBS Music Center Supporters
View the dedicated supporters of the Crescendo and Encore campaigns who helped make the new center possible, along with our Grand Opening Task Force, whose efforts made the celebration unforgettable.
Photos and Videos
Browse photos and videos of the music center, including highlights from past events held in the space.
Important Directions To Music Center
The official address to the music center is 1101 East Third St., Little Rock, AR 72202. However, if you use Apple Maps, it does not show the correct directions to our building. We recommend getting directions to 1 World Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72202, which will get you to the parking lot near our building.
Parking
You can access our free parking lot next to Heifer International by taking Third Street and turning onto World Avenue. Please park in the gravel lots and not on the street.
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra would like to recognize that the Stella Boyle Smith Music Center, and it’s activities, are located on the ancestral lands of the Opaxpa (Quapaw) and Osage peoples. The ASO acknowledges the history of this land and invites visitors to join them as they pay their respect. We honor the fortitude, commitment and dedication the Quapaw people demonstrate to maintain their culture, develop new communities and overcome challenges after being removed to a new land. We acknowledge the benefits we receive through the use of land that the Quapaw people were dispossessed of and the negative effects this loss had on the people. This land acknowledgment challenges us to learn about the Quapaw people, their history, culture, contributions to and continued presence in our community.
