Arkansas Symphony
| Jan 29th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm | < Previous Page |
2013's first concert in the Fowler Center's Riceland Distinguished Performance Series is a visit by the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra based in Little Rock.
The concert, featuring works by Rossini, Stravinsky,
Tchaikovsky and Vaughan Williams, will be conducted by ASO Music Director
Philip Mann. Two of the orchestra’s members will be featured as soloists
during the concert: principal cellist David Gerstein and principal tuba player
Ed Owen.
The orchestra’s program will include a balance of favorite
masterworks with exciting newly found forgotten gems including the “Barber of
Seville Overture” by Gioachino Rossini, “Variations on a Rococo Theme” for solo
cello by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the “Tuba Concerto in F minor” by Vaughan
Williams, and “Firebird Suite” (1919 version) by Igor Stravinsky.
Featured soloist, Dr. Ed Owen, is a professor in the ASU
Music Department. He teaches applied tuba and euphonium, conducts the ASU
Tuba Ensemble and coordinates graduate studies. A performer in the
Arkansas Symphony since 2000, he will perform Vaughan Williams’ “Tuba
Concerto,” composed in 1954.
Tickets are $30 and $20 for adults, and $23 and $15 for
senior citizens and students, $24 and $16 for faculty and staff, and $10 and $6
for ASU students with a current ID. Group discounts are available for
groups of 15 or more.
For more details, contact Dr. Hymes at Fowler Center, whymes@astate.edu or (870) 972-3471.
