Pops LIVE! Series
A Symphonic Celebration | Yuletide Spectacular IV
Behind the Mask | Stars & Stripes & Pops | Preservation Hall Jazz Band
A fabulous season awaits your enjoyment at the 2007-2008 ACXIOM Pops Live! You will enjoy Broadway hits, movie soundtracks and pop tunes from years gone by, along with well-known, well-loved light classics. From the showstoppers of Phantom to patriotic songs to traditional New Orleans jazz and more, these concerts are all about variety, fun and YOU!
A Symphonic Celebration
October 5 & 6, 2007
Eric Jordan Young, Sal Viviano and Nat Chandler, vocalists
It's hot! It's cool! This international hit celebrates the classic songs of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin, like "Volare," "The Lady is a Tramp," "Mr. Bojangles," and more. Choreographed and performed with the full ASO, you'll think you're swingin' at the Sands Hotel in Vegas.
Presenting Sponsor: Party Time Rentals
Yuletide Spectacular IV
December 21 & 22, 2007
Starring Mary Ann Robinson, Leslie Harper, Matt Newman and J. Craig Wilson
Featuring The Old School Bluegrass Band, the ASO Yuletide Chorale and the dancers of Shuffles and Ballet II
Nothing says "Holidays" in Little Rock like the ASO's amazing Yuletide Spectacular! Your whole family will love the lavish staging, dazzling choreography and beloved carols and songs that are the heart of this annual celebration. This year's show features six ALL NEW musical numbers sure to knock your stockings off!
Presenting Sponsor: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Matinee Sponsor: US Bank
Behind the Mask:
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February 8 & 9, 2008
Israel Getzov, conductor
Teri Dale Hansen, Leah Hocking and Aaron Lazar, vocalists
Three vocalists join the ASO to present favorite show-stoppers from Broadway's greatest hits, including Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Cats, Sunset Boulevard, Les Miserables, Chicago, Beauty and the Beast, and Ragtime. You'll feel like you're on the Great White Way!
Presenting Sponsor: Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield
Stars & Stripes & Pops!
March 14 & 15, 2008
Hosted by General (Ret.) Wesley Clark
with Paul Rowe, baritone
Enjoy a red, white and blue salute to America when special guest General (Ret.) Wesley Clark narrates Copland's stirring Lincoln Portrait. Plus treasured folk songs, marches and melodies right out of America's rich musical tradition -- from "America the Beautiful" to Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever." A concert to delight and inspire!
Presenting Sponsor: JPMS Cox
New Orleans Rising:
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
May 9 & 10, 2008
Israel Getzov, conductor
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
From the heart of the French Quarter comes the authentic sound of traditional New Orleans jazz. Charter members of PHJB played with Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong -- the legacy lives on in today's band with songs like "Tiger Rag," "A Closer Walk With Thee," and "When The Saints Go Marchin' In." Good times are guaranteed to roll!
Come early for a "taste of New Orleans." The ASO will host a pre-concert party on the front steps of Robinson Center Music Hall prior to each performance. Second Line to the sounds of the Happy Tymes Jazz Band. Enjoy red beans and rice, courtesy of Starving Artist Cafe. Then catch a few beads. It will be like Mardi Gras in May!
Click here for a video of Preservation Hall Jazz Band in performance.
Presenting Sponsors: Entergy and Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield
