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Artist of Distinction violinist also plays chamber concert

Violinist Vadim Gluzman will solo in the Brahms concerto with the Arkansas Symphony during the 2014-15 season.
Violinist Vadim Gluzman will solo in the Brahms concerto with the Arkansas Symphony during the 2014-15 season.

Violinist Vadim Gluzman, the Arkansas Symphony's 2014-15 Richard Sheppard Arnold Artist of Distinction, will join members of the orchestra for a River Rhapsodies Series chamber concert, 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Great Hall of the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock.

Gluzman will play Lonely Suite (Ballet for a Lonely Violinist), which Lera Auerbach wrote especially for him. The DDG Trio -- oboists Leanna Booze, Beth Wheeler and Lorraine Duso-Kitts -- will play the world premiere of The Featherlight Ballet by Stephanie Berg.

Algimantis Staskevicius, violin; Tatiana Kotcherguina, viola; and Felice Farrell, cello, will open the program with the Serenade in C major, op.10, by Ernst von Dohnanyi. And Gluzman will join Kiril Laskarov, violin; Ryan Mooney and Katrina Weeks, viola; and David Gerstein, cello, for the String Quintet No. 1 in a minor by Max Bruch.

Sponsor is Landers Fiat. Tickets are $23, $10 for students and active duty military. Call (501) 666-1761 or visit arkansassymphony.org.

Irish dance show

Women of Ireland, a touring production with a 20-member company of musicians, singers and dancers, will be onstage at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway.

The list of performers includes vocalists The O'Neil Sisters and dancers who have been part of the company for Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance and Riverdance, among them Anthony Fallon, a world champion and former Riverdance lead dancer.

Sponsor is Little Rock radio station KDIS-FM, 99.5. Tickets are $30-$40, $27-$37 for senior citizens, $10 for children, with discounts for UCA alumni, faculty and staff and free for UCA students with a current ID. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit uca.edu/tickets.

Architecture lecture

Deborah Berke, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and principal at the New York firm of Deborah Berke Partners, will give a lecture titled "Out of the Ordinary," 6 p.m. Tuesday in the lecture hall, Arkansas Arts Center, East Ninth and Commerce streets, Little Rock. A 5:30 reception will precede the lecture, which is under the auspices of the Architecture and Design Network and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. Email ardenetwork@icloud.com.

Oldies show

The Rhodes Show, including classic and modern country, Memphis rhythm-and-blues, original songs and covers of hits from the '50s-'70s, will be onstage at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Center for the Arts, Arkansas State University-Newport, 7648 Victory Blvd., Newport. The concert is part of the university's Concert/Lecture Series. Admission is free. Call (870) 512-7800 or visit the website, asun.edu.

Flute seminar

John Barcellona, director of woodwind studies and professor of flute in the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University-Long Beach, will be the guest artist for the Hot Springs Flute Ensemble's 11th flute seminar, in collaboration with Ouachita Baptist University, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. March 14 in the Mabee Fine Arts Center at OBU, 410 Ouachita St., Arkadelphia.

Cost of the seminar is $30 in advance, $35 at the door.

Barcellona will lecture on perfecting flute intonation; participants in a seminar flute choir will play Chamber Jazz by Chris Caliendo, written for Barcellona's university flute choir. He will also hold a master class, which requires advance registration; there's an additional fee of $20. Registration forms are available online at hotspringsflutes.com; call (501) 520-0306.

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