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Sail into fall with LRWS as we explore travels here, there, and everywhere!  Join us as we launch our 17th season with works by composers both near and far. 

Sponsored by Bob Bidewell and Chris Vanlandingham
in honor of
Christine Erlander Beard,
guest artist and friend

Wilson: Shortcut Home

Debussy: The Engulfed Cathedral

Lukáš:  Musica Boema

Grainger:  Molly on the Shore

Gates: “Nocturne” from Concertino for Flute

Broughton: Piccolo Concerto, mvt. 3

Bennett:  Suite of Old American Dances

Goldman: On the Mall

Break out of the winter doldrums and prepare to smile, laugh, and elevate your mood.  
 (P.S. – if you are someone who can only take so much smiling, there is a piece that doesn’t fit the bill – it’s our version of “strange humor…”)

Bernstein/Grundman: Slava!

Weill: Little Threepenny Music (selected movments)

Arutunian/di Meij: Tuba Concerto

Sousa: Golden Jubilee

Grainger: Colonial Song

Mackey: Strange Humors

Pekkanen: Jokeri

Bryant: Radiant Joy

Connections and Collaborations

Connection, collaboration, continuity, community, coherence, cooperation… Composers create connections of all kinds in their music.  Come hear this collaborative program featuring horn and organ with LRWS!

Sponsored by Chris Vanlandingham in honor of
Del Weliver, head music librarian (retired), Interlochen Center for the Arts

Ticheli: Nitro

Wagner/Cailliet: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral

Van der Roost: Rhapsody for Horn, Winds, and Percussion

Holst: First Suite in E-flat, Op. 28, No. 1

King: Ragged Rosey

Elgar/Reed: Nimrod

Grainger: Shepherd's Hey

Weinberger/Bainum: Polka and Fugue from "Schwanda, the Bagpiper"

Celebrate the season as sounds of renaissance consorts, antiphonal brass, and woodwind choirs fill the air this December with sparkling and delightful color. And don’t miss your chance to sing along with the Little Rock Wind Symphony!

Gabrieli: Canzon primi toni

Anderson: Suite of Carols

Berlin: White Christmas

Herbert: March of the Toys

Lindberg: Mandrake in the Corner

Margolis (after Praetorius): Terpsichore

Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze

Salfelder: Cathedrals

Anderson: Sleigh Ride

Barker: It’s Christmas!

Hosted by MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History

Free Admission

It’s our annual salute to the red, white, and blue. We’ve got hand-clapping marches, flag waving patriotic songs, toe-tapping Broadway show tunes, and free ice cream. Bring the kids and your picnic baskets. Here’s to the Stars and Stripes Forever!

Sponsored by 

Sousa: Sound Off

Bennett: Suite of Old American Dances

Sousa: Liberty Bell

Sousa: Golden Jubilee

Williams/Hunsberger: Star Wars Trilogy

Latham: Brighton Beach

Kern and Hammerstein/Bennett: Show Boat

Williams: The Sinfonians

King: Ragged Rosey

Lowden: Armed Forces Salute

Ward/Dragon: America the Beautiful

Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever

Need a Diversion? Enjoy a Sunday of Gabrieli paired with other great works for brass ensemble and woodwind ensemble. Come experience the "chamber side" of Little Rock Wind Symphony in this early summer concert.

Gabrieli: Canzon per Sonare No. 2

Strauss: Serenade for Winds, op. 7

Bird: Serenade for Wind Instruments, op. 40

Mozart: Serenade in c minor, KV 388

Gershwin: Scenes from “Porgy and Bess”

Bonelli: Toccata “Athlanta”

Karg-Elert: Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals, op. 101

Ticket Info

Adult     $44      (Five
Senior   $35           Concerts)

Adult    $10
Senior   $8
Students  $5

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Little Rock, AR 72225

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