Contemporary Christian Grammy and Dove winner Amy Grant will perform at 7 p.m. Monday at the El Dorado Municipal Auditorium, 100 W. Eighth St., El Dorado. Doors open at 6. Tickets are $30, $35 and $40. Call (870) 862-4747 or visit the website, mainstreeteldorado.org.
Sitar and sax
The Sangeet Millennium Ensemble, fusing North Indian music on the sitar with saxophone, Indian tabla drums and often bass and Indian vocals, kicks off the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Artspree season, 3 p.m. today in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. Tickets are $15, $5 for non-UALR students, free for UALR students with ID. Call (501) 569-3294.
Spanish Brass
Spanish Brass -- Carlos Beneto and Juanjo Serna, trumpet; Manuel Perez, French horn; Inda Bonet, trombone; and Sergio Finca, tuba -- will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall at the University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway, part of a two-day residency at the university.
Admission is free. A 6:30 p.m. Spanish Culture Fair, highlighting the different regions of Spain and staffed by UCA Spanish-language students, will precede the concert in the lobby.
The program will include Arrebato by Albert Guinovart; Pentabrass by Ramon Cardo; De Cai by Pascual Piqueras; and brass quintet arrangements of the Prelude and Fugue in c minor, BWV 549, by Johann Sebastian Bach; the Overture to La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi; Seguidillas by Tomas Bretin; Asturias by Isaac Albeniz; Andaluza by Enrico Granados; Intermedio (La Boda de Luis Alonso) by Geronimo Gimenez; and The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan.
Admission to all events is free. Call (501) 450-5768 or email bshires@uca.edu.
Fiddling sisters
The Quebe Sisters -- fiddler/singer sisters Hulda, Sophia and Grace Quebe -- will perform Western swing, vintage country and traditional Texas-style music at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Blue Lion at UAFS Downtown, 101 N. Second St., Fort Smith, part of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith's Season at The Blue Lion. Tickets are $25. Call (479) 788-7300 or visit uafs.universitytickets.com.
Symphony season
The Conway Symphony Orchestra will accompany the Lantern Theatre's shadow-puppet performances of The Halloween Tree, based on the Ray Bradbury novella, 8 p.m. Oct. 7-8, in McCastlain Hall at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. The orchestra will also play for a pay-what-you-can reprise, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27, at Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock, to benefit El Zocalo Immigrant Services.
The rest of the orchestra's 32nd season (except as noted, all performances, 7:30 p.m., Reynolds Performance Hall, UCA, Conway; Israel Getzov conducts):
• Oct. 29: Neil Rutman, piano. George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Gioacchino Rossini: William Tell Overture; Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
• Dec. 3, 3 p.m. Dec. 4: "Christmas Double Feature." P.I. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (highlights), with Arkansas Festival Ballet; Gian Carlo Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, with UCA Opera
• March 11: Gustav Holst: The Planets; STEAM fair for students
• April 22: Kelly Johnson, clarinet. W.A. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished"; commissioned piece by Ryan Key, Conway Composer's Guild McBeth Competition winner.
Subscriptions are $64-$116, with discounts for students, children and UCA faculty/staff. Call (501) 450-3265 or (501) 269-1066 or visit ConwaySymphony.org.
Village season
The Hot Springs Village Concerts Association opens its 25th anniversary season with Artrageous, a musical ensemble that performs while drawing huge pictures, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday in Woodlands Auditorium, Ponce De Leon Center, 1101 DeSoto Blvd., Hot Springs Village.
The rest of the season (all performances, 7:30 p.m., Woodlands Auditorium):
• Oct. 12-14: "American Portraits," Dallas Brass with tenor Daniel Rodriguez
• Nov. 9-11: Transit Authority, Chicago tribute band
• March 8-10: Irish Tenors & Celtic Ladies
• April 5-7: "Inspiration of Broadway," with lead singer J. Mark McVey.
Five-show memberships are $100. Tickets to each show are $30. Call (501) 922-4231 or visit HSVconcertsassoc.org or hsvticketsales.com.
Artist mini-grants
The Arkansas Arts Council is accepting applications for Arts in Education and Arts for Lifelong Learning "mini grants," which provide funding for residency programs for up to 10 days at pre-K-12 schools and community organizations between Oct. 1 and Aug. 31. For additional details and to apply, visit arkansasarts.org (in the "Available Grants" section). Call (501) 324-9769 or email cynthia.haas@arkansas.gov.
Sedaris tickets
Tickets -- $25-$50 -- are on sale for humorist and author David Sedaris' one-person show, 8 p.m. April 21 at Robinson Center Music Hall, West Markham Street and Broadway, Little Rock. Visit the offices of Celebrity Attractions 300 S. Spring St.; call (501) 244-8800 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Weekend suggestions
The Weekend Theater is accepting recommendations of plays and directors for its 2017-2018, 25th anniversary season. Email by Oct. 15 to playselection@weekendtheater.org. If possible, provide a copy of the script (which will become the theater's property) and note it in your email submission; place them along with a copy of your submission in the black mailbox on the theater's front door, 1001 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, or mail to P.O. Box 251130, Little Rock, Ark. 72225. Call (501) 374-3761 or email info@weekendtheater.org.
Style on 09/18/2016