MUSIC: Fort Smith Symphony, conductor record world premieres of works by Quapaw-Cherokee composer

November 13, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.

by Eric E. Harrison

John Jeter conducts the Fort Smith Symphony in recording sessions for “Louis Wayne Ballard: The Four Moons & Other Works,” out Nov. 10 on Naxos. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)


Fort Smith Symphony music director John Jeter has been a trailblazer when it comes to programming and recording works by previously "unsung" American composers.

And the Naxos label has been right there with him.

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