Kyndal Collins

Kyndal Collins, vocalist Performs on Arkansas Talent, May 11-12, 2024 Kyndal Collins currently attends the University of Arkansas at Little Rock as a senior vocal music performance major.  Kyndal’s hobbies include composing music, playing piano, participating in various forms of visual arts, and creative writing, all of which have helped her in developing her musical…

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Kim Qualls

Kim Qualls, vocalist Performs on Home for the Holidays, December 20-22, 2024 Kim started singing at 2 years old and recording at the age of 6. With her family, she grew up singing in Churches across the country. Kim has spent the last 23 years as a professional vocalist here in Central Arkansas. Her work…

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Rachel Kamphausen

Rachel Kamphausen, vocalist Performs on Arkansas Talent, May 11-12, 2024 Rachel Kamphausen is a graduate from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with an Associates degree in Vocal Performance.  She currently lives in Sherwood Arkansas with her husband and three boys. Rachel grew up in a family of professional musicians and is grateful for…

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Joseph Young

Joseph Young, conductor Performs on Zee Zee Plays Liszt, January 25-26, 2025 American conductor Joseph Young strikes a commanding podium presence, but it is his sensitive, precise, and deeply emotive performances with major orchestras that firmly establish him as one of the foremost conductors of his generation. Now in his sixth season as Music Director…

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Simone Porter

Simone Porter, violin Performs on Simone Porter Plays Philip Glass, February 22-23, 2025 Violinist Simone Porter has been recognized as an emerging artist of impassioned energy, interpretive integrity, and vibrant communication. After performing last season with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the LA Times declared Simone “on the cusp of a major career.”…

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Zee Zee

Zee Zee, piano Performs on Zee Zee Plays Liszt, January 25-26, 2025 An imaginative and electrifying performer, Zee Zee, is unique among the young generation of pianists. Described as “full of enthusiasm and glamour, radiating the vigor of youth” (Chinese Gramophone), her interpretations and communicative abilities have been praised as “taking us to another reality……

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Andrei Ionita

Andrei Ioniță, cello Andrei Ioniță plays on Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, November 2-3, 2024 “…a fully individual musical personality…with a sparking technique and the priceless ability to respond to what is going on around him while he is displaying it.” – The Guardian The Gold Medal-winner at the 2015 XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, Andrei Ioniță is…

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Aaron Diehl

Aaron Diehl, piano Performs on Aaron Diehl Plays Gershwin, September 28-29, 2024 “Diehl has built his reputation on an elegant pianism outside the contemporary mainstream…upholds a traditional framework while crisply demolishing the usual notions of conservatism” ‍– The New York Times Pianist Aaron Diehl has quietly re-defined the lines between jazz and classical, and built…

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Associate Conductor

Valery Saul, Associate Conductor   valerysaul.com Described as a “powerful presence on the podium” by Marin Alsop, conductor Valery Saul is recognized for her dynamic leadership, technical command, and charismatic rapport with musicians and audiences alike. She is in her second season as Associate Conductor of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and also serves as cover…

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Valery Saul, Associate Conductor

www.valerysaul.com Described as a “powerful presence on the podium” by Marin Alsop, American conductor Valery Saul is recognized for her dynamic leadership, technical command and charismatic rapport with audiences. She is beginning her second season as Associate Conductor of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and also serves as cover conductor for the Minnesota Orchestra, Oregon Symphony,…

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