The $11.75 million, 20,000-square-foot space will open in September, a little over a year after construction began.
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Finals for symphony’s Arkansas Talent singing competition this weekend
Ranging in age from 13-52, only six contestants remain: Rachel Kamphausen, Marcus Murphy and Mya Little, who will compete on Saturday night; and Yni Bernalte, Kyndal Collins and Kim Qualls, who will compete on Sunday afternoon.
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A sneak peek at Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s future headquarters
Eight months after breaking ground on their new headquarters in the East Village, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra invited members of the media to the Stella Boyle Smith Music Center for a “hard hat” tour.
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Perfect 4/20 activity? ‘Harry Potter’ with a live orchestra
Can you really think of a better way to spend 4/20/24 (a palindrome, no less!) than to be gloriously stoned for a screening of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” while the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra performs every note of the film’s iconic score?
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Requiem for a gleam: Tiny totality tales from the editors at the Arkansas Times
While the tourist influx to the state may have fallen flat, the eclipse itself did not disappoint.
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Arkansas Symphony Orchestra announces 2024-2025 season
Aaron Diehl, Andrei Ioniță, Zee Zee and Simone Porter are among the 2024-2025 season’s featured soloists.
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ASO celebrates construction milestone on Stella Boyle Smith Music Center
Scheduled to open this fall, the Stella Boyle Smith Music Center now has a complete frame. Symphony supporters and leaders gathered today to sign the building’s final structural beams.
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Piazzolla, Bach and Saint-Saëns at the symphony this weekend
Bach’s Concerto for Flute in D minor, in this performance, shows off the virtuoso technique of the ASO’s own principal flute Carolyn Brown, the only woodwind candidate at the prestigious Eastman School of Music to be unanimously nominated by the faculty for the school’s Performer’s Certificate.
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Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and pianist Conrad Tao are taking on Rachmaninoff 3
In addition to Rachmaninoff 3, the Russian composer’s daunting and wildly intense third concerto, the program includes Chen Yi’s “Duo Ye” and Aaron Copland’s optimistic “Appalachian Spring Suite.”
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Valery Saul is named associate conductor of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
Valery Saul, who doubles as a professional opera singer, will primarily be in charge of the ASO Community Orchestra.