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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 […]
2020-06-10 23:50:00
Six Composers Selected for New Music USA's Amplifying Voices Program - Works to be Performed by 24+ Orchestras
[…] It sometimes confronts social injustices. Washington has a B.A. in music and an M.A. in education from Truman State University, a Master of Music in composition from NYU, and is currently working on a PhD in composition at Princeton. www.shelleywashington.com About the Orchestras The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 55th season in 2020-2021. ASO is the resident orchestra of Robinson Center Music Hall. Arkansas Symphony Orchestra performs more than sixty concerts each year for more than 165,000 people through its Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks Series, Acxiom Pops Live! Series, River Rhapsodies Chamber Music Series, and numerous concerts performed around the state of Arkansas, in addition to serving central Arkansas through community outreach programs and bringing live symphonic music education to over 26,000 school children. ASO employs 12 full-time […]
2014-03-02 12:21:07
It's not an opera, but there are few sacred pieces as operatic as Giuseppe Verdi's titanic Requiem, which four soloists, a double chorus of well over 200, conductor Philip Mann and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra performed superbly, operatically and most dramatically Saturday night at Little Rock's Robinson Center Music Hall.
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