As a programmer, I am struck by how profoundly sounds can influence our emotions and state-of-mind. With that in mind, I am thrilled to introduce to this season’s Composer of the Year, Adam Schoenberg, and the opener to our first concert, Go. Fast and furious, it is a musical depiction of a race, complete with revving…

By: Rebecca Kirkpatrick It’s that time of week again– time for our Mid-week Musician in the Spotlight. Each week we will highlight a musician with a few fun facts our patrons wouldn’t have otherwise known. Since it was his birthday this week, we will highlight Associate Concertmaster, Eric Hayward. Happy Birthday, Eric! Let’s get to know this…

by: Rebecca Kirkpatrick It’s time for our mid-week Musician in the Spotlight! Each week we will highlight a musician with a few fun facts our patrons wouldn’t have otherwise known. This week our Musician in the Spotlight is Carl Mason. Carl currently serves as 3rd Trumpet for the ASO. Here are a few things to…

By: Heather Honaker “Next week, we will learn to play along with a new song,” Ms. Mariana Aun tells the 6 through 11 year-olds of the Arkansas Symphony’s new bucket band. Today’s lesson is coming to an end and the students are recapping what they learned. “Will it have a cool beat like this the…

By: Tze-ying Wu Hello, my name is Tze-ying Wu and I am the director of the ASO’s newly founded education program-the ASO String Academy. First of all, I would like to thank the ASO for offering me this wonderful opportunity to create this program for them. Building this program is meaningful to me considering my passion for…

By: Justin Craig On June 16th, 2016, SHARP will be hosting its second official Recruitment Party at Rock Town Distillery from 6 pm to 8 pm. This event will feature free food, drinks, and musical entertainment. The most important aspect of this event, however, will be the opportunity to join SHARP. Why should someone join…

By: Ashley Jones I left the final River Rhapsody Chamber Music Series performance of this season excited by the new people that I had the opportunity to meet at the SHARP Event, and excited by the vast array of music that I had the opportunity to enjoy. The evening began with a SHARP Event in…

By: Ashley Jones This week the Arkansas Symphony performed Meditation on the Old Bohemian Chorale “Saint Wenceslas” by Czech composer Josef Suk. After hearing this important work one is left to wonder… Who was Josef Suk? “I do not bow to anyone, except to my own conscience and to our noble Lady Music… and yet…

Not so fast… My name is Brandon Dorris, and I’m the Associate Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the ASO. If anyone can suggest anything to add to my title, let me know, because I am set to win the hardest to read name tag award! There are a lot of things I love…