It was once a once-a-season thing for the Arkansas Symphony to bring one of its principals forward to solo in front of, instead of inside, the orchestra. But it has been a while since that happened.
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra s principal flutist moves to the front of the stage to play an 18th-century (but forward-looking) concerto and a local organist is at the keyboard for a titanic symphonic war horse in the orchestra s third Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks concert, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Little Rock s Robinson Center Performance Hall.
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After a season full of incredible performances, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks series comes to a close with a bang in the sixth and final concert.
Arkansas Symphony officials aren t confirming that the current season s guest conductors are finalists for the vacant position of music director, saying only that these are the conductors the orchestra members have requested to experience.