LITTLE ROCK — A Feb. 14 concert featuring violinist Rachel Barton Pine performing solo and with the Youth Rock Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, is the centerpiece of the Chamber Music Society of Little Rock’s 2012-13 season, the society’s 59th.
The rest of the lineup (performances at 7:30 p.m. in Parish Hall, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St., Little Rock):
Oct. 11: The American String Quartet - Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney, violins; Daniel Avshalomov, viola; and Wolfram Koessel, cello
Dec. 6: Narek Arutyunian, clarinet
April 4: Sebastian Baverstam, cello.
The musicians will also participate in master classes and “informances” for central Arkansas students.
Season tickets are $85; single tickets are $25, $35 for the Rachel Barton Pine concert, $10 for students. Call (501) 661-0520 or visit Chamber-MusicLR.com.
Symphony season I
The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas will open its 2012-13 season at 3 p.m. Sept. 16 in Baum Walker Hall, Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville, with the first of three Masterworks concerts.
Winona Fifield will be the soloist in Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto; the program will include the Overture to Tannhauser by Richard Wagner and Symphony No. 2 by Johannes Brahms. Music Director Paul Haas will conduct.
The remaining Masterworks concerts (7:30 p.m., Walton Arts Center; “creative conversations” with Haas, 6:30 p.m. in the center’s Starr Theater):
Jan. 26: Ching-Yun Hu, piano. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
March 9: Verdi: Messa da requiem. SoNA Singers, regional choirs; soloists TBA
The season also includes two pops concerts (7:30 p.m., Walton Arts Center):
Dec. 15: Christmas Concert, SoNA Singers and regional choirs
May 18: John Williams Tribute
Season subscriptions are $115, $165 and $215; single tickets, which go on sale Wednesday, are $28, $38 and $48, $5 for children with the purchase of an adult ticket, $10 for college students with ID. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit sonamusic.org.
Symphony season II
The Fort Smith Symphony will open its 2012-13 concert season with “Sounds of the Universe,” 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29 in the Arkansas Best Corp. Performing Arts Center, Fort Smith Convention Center, 55 S. Seventh St., Fort Smith.
The first of three concerts in the Zero Mountain Classics Series will feature Charlie Albright as soloist in the Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467, plus the Overture to Egmont by Ludwig van Beethoven and Gustav Holst’s The Planets, with the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Women’s Choir. John Jeter will conduct.
The other Zero Mountain Classics concerts (7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center):
Jan. 26: “Evening Serenade.” Er-Gene Kahng, violin. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in d minor (Arkansas premiere); Handel: Water Music SuiteNo. 2; Brahms: Serenade No. 1, op.11
May 4: “Sonic Boom!” David Carter, clarinet. Walton: Crown Imperial March; Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2; Respighi: The Pines of Rome.
The orchestra will also play three Smith Cadillac Pops Series concerts (7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center):
Oct. 20: “A Swingsational Classical Makeover.” Capitol Quartet
Dec. 1: “A Simply Sinatra Christmas”
April 20: “The Musical Magic of John Williams.”
Season tickets are $110 and $150, $70 and $90 for students. Single tickets are $35 and $30, $20 and $15 for students. Call (479) 452-7575.
Jug-band bluegrass
The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band - Leroy Troy, banjo and “accessories” (washboard, duck call, bicycle bell, etc.); Dan Kelly, fiddle; Ernie Sykes, upright bass; Mike Armistead, guitar and vocals; and Mike Webb, Dobro steel guitar - will perform at 7 p.m. Monday at the Collins Theatre, 120 W. Emerson St., Paragould, part of Jonesboro public radio station KASUFM, 91.9’s Bluegrass Monday concert series.
The station will pass the hat to pay the group; suggested donation is $5. Call (870) 972-2367 or e-mail mscarbro@astate.edu.
Big-screen Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation 25th Anniversary Event, 7 p.m. Monday, beams up two episodes of the TV series to movie theaters, including the Towne Center in Conway, the Tinseltown in Benton, the Breckenridge Village 12 in Little Rock and the Razorback Cinema in Fayetteville.
The cinecast, in advance of Tuesday’s release of the series’ first season on Blu-ray, will feature episodes No. 106, “Where No One Has Gone Before,” and No. 114, “Datalore,” plus introductions by Star Trek experts and restoration consultants Mike and Denise Okuda and a sneak preview of special features on the Blu-ray release. Tickets are available at Fathom-Events.com.
Flower workshop
The Thea Foundation will hold its third annual Flower Workshop with designer Tanarah Haynie of Little Rock’s Tanarah Luxe Floral, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Thea Center, 401 Main St., North Little Rock.
Haynie, a Fort Smith native who is a member of the American Institute of Floral Designers, will cover fundamentals, 9 a.m.-noon, and “Art and Design,” 1:30-4 p.m. with a 90-minute lunch break.
The workshop is limited to 10 attendees, and reservations are required. Fee is $100, which includes lectures, tools and floral products; all proceeds benefit the Thea Foundation. Register at theafoundation.org/flower-workshopwith-tanarah-haynie.
Painting classes
The River Valley Arts Center, 1001 E. B St., Russellville, will offer a series of six week painting classes with instructor Darlene McNeely: “Express Yourself in Oil,” 6-9 p.m. Tuesdays starting Aug. 7 and watercolor painting, 9 a.m.-noon Wednesdays starting Aug. 8. Cost per class is $75, $65 for center members.
McNeely will also lead a one-day glass painting workshop, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 18. Cost is $45, $35 members.
Call (479) 968-2452.
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