ASO Children's Choir
We are so excited to announce the ASO’s first vocal music education program, the ASO Children’s Choir! Intended for treble singers in grades 3-6, this Choir will perform on the main stage as part of ASO’s production of Carmina Burana in Spring 2026 as well as other performances throughout the concert season. Auditions for the Fall 2025 semester will take place on Saturday, Oct. 25th. Come share your voice with us!
Registration is closed!
Details
Audition Information
Date: Saturday - October 25, 2025
Location: Stella Boyle Smith Music Center (1101 E. Third, Little Rock, 72202)
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Cost: There is no cost for participation during the inaugural year of the ASO Children's Choir.
Age: This choir is intended for treble singers ages 8-12. Boys' voices should be unchanged.
Deadline: Registration closes on October 20th!
Rehearsal and Performance Dates
November - December 2025 - Monday rehearsals from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
December 21, 2025 - ASO's Holiday Pops Children's Fair from 2:00 PM - 2:45
*January - February 2026 - Weekly Monday rehearsals begin for Carl Orff's Carmina Burana (ASO Masterworks IV Concert) from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
**February 27, 2026 - Carmina Burana rehearsal with ASO at Robinson
**February 28, 2026 - Carmina Burana dress rehearsal with ASO at Robinson
**February 28, 2026 - Carmina Burana performance at Robinson (concert at 7:30 PM)
**March 1, 2026 - Carmina Burana performance at Robinson (concert at 3:00 PM)
*7 of 8 weekly rehearsals are required
**Required participation
Meet The Co-Directors!
Satia Spencer
Spencer is a multidisciplinary arts educator with more than 20 years of teaching and leadership experience. She is a certified PreK-12 music specialist with a BA in Music Education from the University of Arkansas–Little Rock. She currently serves as an elementary music specialist at Forest Heights STEM Academy, where she founded the FHSA Treble Choir and Music Club and co-directed the LRSD Honor Choir, Voices Without Borders.
Spencer has held leadership roles with arts organizations, including Wildwood Academy of Music and the Arts, MT Stage, and the Arkansas Repertory Theater. A sought-after performer, Satia is recognized regionally and internationally for her versatility across opera, gospel, jazz, and musical theater, including performances with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.
Shea Barham
A multidisciplinary teaching artist with over two decades of experience performing, guiding, and creating with young artists, Barham is a certified PK-12 music teacher with a master’s of music in opera performance from Oklahoma City University’s Wanda L. Bass School of Music and a background in piano instruction.
Barham teaches at Pulaski Academy, where she will continue to work full-time. She directs the sixth-
grade choir and serves as both a middle school music teacher and an upper school piano lab instructor. An
active performer in local theater, she has appeared in productions at Wildwood Park for the Arts,
Argenta Contemporary Theatre and Actors Theatre of Little Rock.
