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Istanpitta Early Music Ensemble

Istanpitta performs music of the 10th to 14th century Middle Ages including many traditional Middle Eastern dances. The ensemble consists of 3-5 musicians playing a variety of period instruments including oud, lute, saz, early percussion, shawms, recorders, transverse flutes, krummhorns, vielles, Medieval harp, bagpipes and voice. The ensemble performs live at formal concert venues, universities as well as fairs and festivals

Sunday, September 14, 2008, 3:00 p.m.
Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall
$20 main floor / $17 balcony
UALR students free / Other students $10

Nathan Granner & Beau Bledsoe, tenor & guitar

Close friends and musical compatriots with a fearless attitude toward classical music, Nathan Granner and Beau Bledsoe are earning standing ovations everywhere they go.

Thursday, November 6, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall
$20 main floor / $17 balcony
UALR and all students free

Tickets and Information:
Call UALR Artspree at 501-569-3288

Aviv String Quartet

Aviv String Quartet performs annually as the resident quartet at the Upper Galilee Chamber Music Festival at Kfar Blum, as well as major venues throughout Israel. These accomplished performers have made their mark at the Wigmore Hall in London; the Auditorium du Louvre, Theatre de Ville and Theatre du Chatelet in Paris; Carnegie Hall in New York; and the Library of Congress and Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Appearing at notable festivals worldwide, the Aviv String Quartet participated in the Amadeus Quartet summer course at the Royal Academy of Music in London and represented Israel at 1998 Encounters chamber music course in Jerusalem under the direction of Isaac Stern and with members of the Emerson and Juilliard Quartets.

Monday, March 9, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall
$20 main floor / $17 balcony
UALR students free / Other students $10

Tickets and Information:
Call UALR Artspree at 501-569-3288

The Cleveland Duo and James Umble,
violin, violin/piano, saxophone

This exciting threesome are pioneers in the chamber music world. With their unusual instrumental combination of violin, piano and saxophone they have been performing throughout North America since 1993. Their unique programming combines new music, exclusive transcriptions, and familiar repertoire for any of their six possible combinations.

Thursday, April 9, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall
$20 main floor / $17 balcony
UALR students free / Other students $10

Tickets and Information:
Call UALR Artspree at 501-569-3288