Saturday, March 21, 2009, 8:00 pm. Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” with orchestra- Combined UALR Community Chorus, Concert Choir, Parkview and Mount St. Mary’s High School Choirs. Location - Second Presbyterian Church, Little Rock. Admission $15 / UALR students free with ID. For tickets: (501) 569-8993. For info: (501) 569-3294
Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building. Admission free. Call (501) 569-3294
Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building. Admission free. Call (501) 569-3294
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
Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building. Admission free. Call (501) 569-3294
Selections by Scarlatti, Bach, Debussy, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Tan Dun. Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building. Admission free. Call (501) 569-3294
Monday, March 2, 2009 7:30 pm. Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building. Admission free. Call (501)569-3294.
Ed Owen is Associate Professor of Tuba & Euphonium at Arkansas State University. His primary duties include teaching Applied Tuba and Euphonium, conducting the ASU Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble and Brass Choir, and serving as Coordinator of Graduate Studies. He currently performs as Principal Tuba of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and Brass Quintet, the Delta Symphony Orchestra, and the ASU Brass Quintet.
Born and raised in central Arkansas, the son and grandson of Missionary Baptist pastors, he began his musical studies in the children’s choirs of First Baptist Church in Bryant. He received the Bachelor of Arts in Music Education degree from Arkansas Tech University (summacum laude), the Master of Music in Tuba Performance and Doctor of Musical Artsin Performance and Literature from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.Prior to his appointment at ASU, Dr. Owen served on the faculties of the University of Southern Mississippi, Ouachita Baptist University and Indiana State University. A dedicated and enthusiastic teacher, his students are regular participants in local, state, and international competitions. He has conducted Tuba & Euphonium Ensemble concerts at the International Tuba & Euphonium Conferences in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and Greensboro, North Carolina.
Dr. Owen’s orchestral engagements have included the Meridian Symphony, Champaign-Urbana Symphony, Great Music West Festival Orchestra and Brass Quintet, Sinfonia da Camera, Illinois Contemporary Chamber Players, and the Terre Haute Symphony. As a soloist he has appeared with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, the Delta Symphony Orchestra, the Arkansas State University Wind Ensemble, and the Symphonic Bands of Arkansas Tech University, University of Illinois, and Bryant High School. An active clinician, Dr. Owen is in demand for master classes and clinics on brass performance and techniques. He has studied tuba with Andy Anders and Mark Moore. Dr. Owen has done extensive research on the brass chamber music of Dutch composer Jan Koetsier. He recently published a series of three articles on theTuba Works of Jan Koetsier in the Journal of the International Tuba and Euphonium Association. Additional research interests include using the principles of Italian Bel Canto to improve legato technique of brass instruments and developing and identifying solo repertoire suitable for use in worship services.
Ed and his wife, Delania, are the proud parents of Ashton and Isabella.