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2023-07-07 14:09:00
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR Announces an opening for Associate Conductor Download a PDF of this job description The Associate Conductor position is a one-year position to begin during the 2023-2024 season with the possibility of renewal. JOB DESCRIPTION: The Associate Conductor will: work alongside the Music Director in supporting the artistic development of the orchestra and its […]
2022-06-02 22:50:11
[…] p.m.; after-party, 9:30 p.m. Graves, known primarily for singing title roles “Carmen” and “Samson et Dalila,” has performed in major opera houses and in concert halls throughout the world, including, in March 2006, a recital at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. • Nov. 19-20: “Porgy and Bess” (music by George Gershwin, libretto by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward), in a concert version by Andrew Litton, featuring the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. • Feb. 11-12: “Divas in the Rock: A Whitney Houston Tribute.”
2022-03-30 23:51:51
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Releases World Premiere Recording of Florence Price "Piano Concerto in One Movement” with the Composer’s Orchestration
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 29, 2022)– The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) has released the world-premiere recording of groundbreaking Little Rock composer Florence Price’s own orchestration of her “Piano Concerto in One Movement.” Concert pianist Karen Walwyn joined ASO musicians and Artistic Director and Conductor Geoffrey Robson for the first commercial recording by ASO to be made available worldwide. This work was recorded at Robinson Center Performance Hall following a free community concert ASO performed in September 2021. The free concert celebrated the Little Rock community’s diverse musical traditions and kicked off a series of performances and events recognizing Florence Price’s musical legacy. The recording was released in advance of Florence Price Day, April 9, marking 135 years since her birth in Little Rock, Arkansas. “It is our hope that this recording will contribute depth and clarity to the interpretation of Florence Price's unique music. We feel the spirit of Little Rock in her music and believe […]
2022-03-26 05:25:00
Classical Music News of the Week, March 26, 2022
[…] orchestral music, has over thirty orchestras from across the United States signed up to premiere new works co-commissioned from nine of today’s leading composers: Valerie Coleman, Juan Pablo Contreras, Vijay Iyer, Tania León, Jessie Montgomery, Brian Raphael Nabors, Nina Shekhar, Tyshawn Sorey, and Shelley Washington. Each of the composer’s pieces will be performed by a minimum of four orchestras.The first premieres of these new works begin this spring. On April 9 and 10, 2022, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Akiko Fujimoto will premiere Tania León’s new work Pasajes (“Passages”) in Little Rock, Arkansas. On May 7, 2022, Juan Pablo Contreras’ piece MeChicano will be premiered by the Las Vegas Philharmonic, conducted by Music Director Donato Cabrera. On July 10, 2022, Shelley Washington’s new work Both will be premiered by the Aspen Music Festival and School, conducted by Ludovic Morlot. Tyshawn Sorey’s new piece, a saxophone concerto for Timothy McAllister, […]
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