The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Youth Ensembles presents: Side by Side on May 2rd at 7 p.m. at the Robinson Center Music Hall. Featuring all four ensembles, the concert culminates with the members of the top Youth Orchestra joining the ASO on stage and performing side by side with ASO professional musicians. Also featured is Stella Boyle Smith Concerto Competition winner, Hannah Cruse, oboe, performing as soloist with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.
Adult tickets are $15; K-12 free, all seats are general admission. Tickets available at www.ArkansasSymphony.org; 501-666-1761; at the Robinson Center beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 2nd.
ARTISTS
Hannah Cruse, oboe
Casey Buck, conductor, Preparatory Orchestra
Kiril Laskarov, Andrew Irvin, conductors, Prelude Orchestra
Tom McDonald, conductor, Academy Orchestra
Geoffrey Robson, conductor, Youth Orchestra
Philip Mann, Music Director and conductor, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
PROGRAM
Preparatory Orchestra
Casey Buck, conductor
| Arr. Bob Phillips | Sword Dance |
| Arr. Noah Klauss | Loch Lomond |
| Richard Meyer | Dragonhunter |
Prelude Orchestra
Kiril Laskarov, Andrew Irvin, conductors
| Eliot Del Borgo | Concertino in G |
| Leopold Mozart/Arr. Rondeau | Entrée and Allegro in C |
Academy Orchestra
Tom McDonald, conductor
| F. Handel | Concerto Grosso in G op. 6 no. 1
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| Edward Barnes, Willem Mouw, violins
Eilis Jones, cello
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| Arr. Noah Klauss | Concerto for 4 violins and cello in D op. 3 No. 1
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| Kevin Li, Angela Wang, Alex Small, Jalin Parry, violins
J.D. Hill, Cello
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| Arr. Brubaker | Complete Harry Potter |
INTERMISSION
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
Philip Mann, Music Director and Conductor
| W.A. Mozart | Concerto for Oboe, K. 314
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| Hannah Cruse, oboe
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Side by Side
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestra
Geoffrey Robson, Conductor, Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestra
Philip Mann, Music Director and Conductor, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
| D. Shostakovich | Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
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