Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:
music: Concord Choir
Concord Choir – Performed three performances in Arkansas as part of its 16-day Part of the 2023 Mid-America Tour:
- ◼️ Tuesday night at 7:30pm, First United Methodist Church, 201 NW Second St., Bentonville, with the Bentonville High School Choir.Tickets are $25; visit eventbrite.com/e/the-concordia-choir-in-bentonville-ar-tickets-457043909637
- ◼️ Wednesday night at 7:30pm, St. James United Methodist Church, 321 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock. Tickets $20; Visit eventbrite.com/e/the-concordia-choir-in-little-rock-ar-tickets-457048744097
- ◼️ Tuesday, March 14 at 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 200 N. 15th St., Fort Smith. Tickets are $20.access eventbrite.com/e/the-concordia-choir-in-fort-smith-ar-tickets-457472020127.
The program includes “I Will Greatly Rejoice” by Knut Nystedt, “Psalm 2: Warum toben die Heiden” by Felix Mendelssohn and “Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden” by JSBach, BWV 230; “Ave Maria” by Javier Busto “, Edvard Grieg’s “Ave Maria” and Stephen Paulus’ “Brilliant Jewel”; J. Aaron McDermid’s “Carissimi”, René Clausen’s “Tonight, Eternity Alone”, Arr. Paul J. Christiansen “My Song in the Night,” Arianne Abela’s “Because You Sang,” and “Praise to the Lord,” arranged by F. Melius Christiansen; for Jake Runestad’s segment titled “Of angels and alleluias,” https:/ /www.nwaonline.com/news/2023/mar/05/concordia-choir-sets-three-arkansas-concert-dates/ “Alleluia,” “Who Will Separate Us?” James MacMillan (for Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral by Sir Edward Bairstow), “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” by Sir Edward Bairstow, and “Song of Cherubim” by Krzysztof Penderecki (sung in Church Slavonic); and one or more pieces selected from the list, including “Battle of Jericho” Arr. Root, “I’ll Be a Child of Peace” Arr. Elaine Hagenberg, “By an’By” Arr. Carroll Barnett, “Shout Glory” by Byron Smith , “Ogo Ni Fun Oluwa” by Rosephaye Powell (Glory to God Most High), “The Times They Are A-Changing” by Bob Dylan, “Beautiful Savior” by Adam Podd, arranged by F. Melius Christiansen.
“All Voices”
University of Arkansas at Little Rock to host collaboration “All Voices” Mondays at 7:30 p.m. in Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. The school choir will conduct a choral performance assessment plan in preparation for the upcoming competition. Lorissa Mason will conduct the UALR Orchestra. The show includes Susan Rabar, William Mehta Spencer, Eric Whitaker, Ross Finje Powell, Sean Kirchner, Anton Bruckner and Serge Rahe Maninoff’s work. Free admission. Call (501) 916-3291.
“New Canon”
Northwest Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Paul Haas at the Walton Center for the Arts in Fayetteville (495 W. Dickson St) on Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. “The New Canon.”The program includes new work to appear on SoNA’s upcoming album – Trevor New’s “Cohere I,” a virtual tie-in with multiple international locations, and Haas”https://www. nwaonline.com/news/2023/mar/05/concordia-choir-sets-three-arkansas-concert-dates/ “In saecula saeculorum” — and Johannes Brahms in F major Symphony No. 3, Op. 90. Concert sponsors are Mike and Mary Russell. Tickets are $36 to $60 with student discounts. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit www.sonamusic.org.
quartet concert
Quapaw Quartet of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra — Meredith Maddox Hicks and Charlotte Crosmer, violins; Timothy MacDuff, viola and Chava Appiah, cello — Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Riceland Hall, Arkansas State University Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro, which is Part of the University’s 2022-23 Lecture Concert Series. The concert was rescheduled after bad weather in January forced the concert to be postponed. Program: “Five Folk Songs in Counterpoint” by Arkansas-born composer Florence Price; “Attaboy,” arranged by Crosmer; and String Quartet in D Minor by Jean Sibelius , Op. 56, “Sounds of Intimacy.” Free admission. Members of the quartet will also give a master class for university music students at Riceland Hall at 4pm.Call (870) 972-2094 or visit astate.edu/LectureConcert.
“Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Bloom” plays today at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. (Democrat Gazette/Jati Lindsay Special Reporting) theater: “Farm Boogie”
“Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Bloom,” Based on Kwame Alexander’s children’s books “Acoustic Rooster” and “Indigo Blume,” today at 4 p.m. at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, 495 W. Dickson St. Alexander with writing partner Mary Rand Hess and music Randy Preston at the World Premiere Kennedy Center Commission. Indigo Bloom and “special guests” Dairy Parton, Duck Ellington and Chickee Minaj explore jazz, soul, bossa nova, go-go, rock ‘n’ roll, rap, folk, country and other musical genres, while she and other characters Tell a story about being afraid, being brave and believing in yourself. The show is part of the center’s Kellogg Children’s Series. Tickets are $10.Call (479) 443-5600 or visit Walton Arts Center.org.
On the podium: levitt lecture
Investigative reporter Mara Leverittauthor of “The Devil’s Knot,” https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2023/mar/05/concordia-choir-sets-three-arkansas-concert-dates/ “Mena Quiet” and “The Boys” On Track,” the second Terre Ware Book Author Lecture at the Vada Shed Community Development Center, Arkansas State University Mountain Home, 1600 S. College St., Mountain Home, Tuesday at 7 p.m. Free admission Field. Call (870) 508-6109 or email [email protected]