Many have asked what the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will do when Robinson Center Music Hall is closed for renovations starting in 2014. Currently, a task force of board members, ASO staff, and musicians is researching and visiting venues throughout Central Arkansas that might serve as suitable performance spaces.

This is where the public has a part to play.

The ASO is hosting an open rehearsal tonight at 7:15 p.m. at the Wally Allen Ballroom in the Statehouse Convention Center. This rehearsal will be open to the public and FREE—so bring your friends and family. The ASO need hundreds of people to come and fill the room so that it can hear what the sound quality is like. The ASO also need your feedback. Will this be a suitable “second home” for the ASO while it is out of Robinson?

There is limited seating for this event, so please RSVP to Kelly Parker at (501) 666-1761, ext. 114 or kparker@ArkansasSymphony.org if you would like to attend.

The music to be played includes:

GIOACHINO ANTONIO ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville Overture
KLAUS BADELT/Ted Ricketts: Pirates of the Caribbean
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER/Calvin Custer: The Phantom of the Opera: Selections
JOHANN STRAUSS II: The Blue Danube
HANS ZIMMER/John Wasson: Music from Gladiator
IGOR STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite
CHARLES ROMAULD GARDES nee CARLOS GARDEL/John Williams: Tango (Por Una Cabeza)—Kiril Laskarov,violin