6th Annual ASO & ASYO Side-by-Side
to be Presented January 31 2009
LITTLE ROCK, AR – The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and the Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestras, conducted by John C. Jarboe, Tom McDonald, Casey Buck and James Hatch, will present the 6th annual Side-by-Side concert on Saturday, January 31 at 7:00 PM at the Robinson Center Music Hall in downtown Little Rock. This concert will feature performances by the Preparatory Orchestra, the Prelude Orchestra, the Academy Orchestra as well as a performance by the ASO with the ASYO together, conducted by ASO Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson. The program includes Wagner Overture to Die Meistersinger and selections from Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4. Tickets to the Side-by-Side concert are $20 for adults and $6 for students. Visit the ASO Ticketing Services Office online anytime at http://www.arkansassymphony.org/ or call (501) 666-1761 ext. 21 Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for tickets.
The Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestras
The Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestras began as a dream of the Arkansas Symphony’s founders in the 1960s, and today continues to attract Arkansas’ leading student-musicians. Ranging in age from nine to eighteen and traveling from more than 36 communities throughout the state, the ASYO has grown to 200 members. It is the goal of the ASO to provide quality ensemble experience and concentrated personal attention to any student desiring to participate in the ASYO program. Further, it strives to provide all the tools necessary to achieve this goal. The three orchestras are led by a team of dedicated professional musicians who are committed to a standard of excellence that all have come to expect from the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.
Purchasing Tickets
Tickets to the Side-by-Side concert are $20 for adults and $6 for students. Visit the ASO Ticketing Services Office online anytime at http://www.arkansassymphony.org/ or call (501) 666-1761 ext. 21 Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for tickets.
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
With a budget of $3.5M, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 43rd season in 2008-2009 under the leadership of Music Director David Itkin. The ASO is the resident orchestra of Robinson Center Music Hall, and performs more than thirty concerts each year through its Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks Series, ACXIOM Pops LIVE! Series, River Rhapsodies Chamber Series, and numerous special events including The Masters and SuperPOPS!. National audition tours and new recruitment initiatives enable the ASO to attract the finest and most well trained orchestral musicians to its ranks, upholding the ASO’s reputation for excellence. An impressive roster of distinguished guest artists that has included such luminaries as Itzhak Perlman, Van Cliburn, Aretha Franklin, Maya Angelou, Al Jarreau, Bernadette Peters, Danny Glover, LeAnn Rimes, James Earl Jones, Yo-Yo Ma, Olivia Newton John, Alicia DeLarrocha, President William Jefferson Clinton, Michael Bolton, Kenny Loggins, Martina McBride, Maureen McGovern, Liza Minnelli, Natalie Cole, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Marvin Hamlisch, Robert Klein, Lucie Arnaz, Michael McDonald, Linda Ronstadt, Sir James Galway and Joshua Bell is another reflection of the ASO’s international reputation.
