Arkansas Symphony Orchestra

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Arts On Tour

The Arts on Tour roster lists a broad spectrum of Arkansas’s finest solo and ensemble performers, individual visual artists and prepared art exhibitions ready for touring within Arkansas. The online AOT listing facilitates the booking process for arts organizations, festival and event planners, schools, civic organizations and government entities interested in contracting with the artists.

The AOT program is designed to reimburse presenters who showcase Arkansas artists listed on the roster. When an AOT artist negotiates a contract with the presenter, the Arkansas Arts Council typically will subsidize 40 percent of the cost of the event as long as funds are available.

New AOT artists are selected each year through a panel process.

Apply For The Arts On Tour Artist Roster

Applications to join the roster are closed until fall 2025.

To be eligible for the Arts on Tour Program, a performing or visual artist must:

Maintain a primary residency in Arkansas, or must have an Arkansas based contact.
Have presented concerts, exhibitions, programs or lecture-demonstrations in locations away from their home location at least twice in the previous year. Exhibitions must have been presented in a formal gallery space.

The Arkansas Arts Council reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of the scope or nature of the presentation proposed by a selected Arts on Tour artist and retains the right to determine the suitability of an AOT artist to remain on the roster once they have been selected.

Arts on Tour Artist Roster application forms should be submitted online by completing the form linked below. You will receive an email confirmation when we have received your online submission.

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra

Beth Robison, Director of Education and Community Engagement

(501) 666-1761 x116 Email Beth Website

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Beginning its 57th season in 2022-2023, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra is one of Arkansas’ most dynamic performing organizations. The ASO is the resident orchestra of Robinson Center Music Hall and performs more than thirty concerts each year through its Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks Series, ACXIOM Pops LIVE! Series and River Rhapsodies Chamber Series. In addition to serving Central Arkansas through numerous community outreach programs, the ASO players bring live symphonic music education to over 24,000 school children and over 200 schools.

The ASO's touring program "Music In Our Town" will suit your audience’s needs, with programs that include classical, pops, chamber and family concerts. The entire symphony is available for booking, as well as smaller groupings of ensembles to suit your venue. Players from the ASO can also provide educational programs through the "Arkansas Symphony Arts Partners" program.

Requirements

Up to 55 straight back chairs, 50 music stands, 40' x 60' performance space, acoustical shell, if available, dressing rooms, PA system.

Fee: $16,500 plus/depending on program. The Arts On Tour Program will reimburse $2,000 of that fee, or 40% of fees for smaller ASO musician or ensemble bookings.