Stephen Feldman

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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 an panel audition/interview process twice a year that involves an informal presentation and a discussion of marketing and promotional plans with panel members.

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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.

New Arts on Tour artists are selected each year through an audition/interview process that involves an informal presentation and a discussion of marketing and promotions plans with panel members. Interviews and performances will be held in person. Applicants will demonstrate their programming with a 10 minute or less presentation/performance to panelists. Each applicant must provide their own equipment for demonstration and be able to set up in a timely manner.

Stephen Feldman

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A gifted and enthusiastic communicator in recital, educational settings, and as soloist with orchestra, cellist Stephen Feldman offers a variety of programs. Dr. Feldman is currently Associate Professor of Cello at the University of Central Arkansas and is a founding member of UCA’s Diana Piano Trio and Little Rock’s SOMA String Quartet. For school demonstrations and more informal setting, Stephen presents an engaging mix of unaccompanied cello music, combining works of J.S. Bach, alternative style compositions including pieces of Mark O’Connor and Cajun Cellist Sean Grissom, and folk-inspired 20th-Century solo compositions by Gaspar Cassado and Zoltan Kodaly. Depending on the age group, the program can also include an introduction to string instruments and music as a form of communication. For evening programs, presenters can choose between an all-Bach program and a program that includes both Bach compositions and other virtuosic works for solo cello: Bach Suites—A recital of three of J. S. Bach’s Suites for Unaccompanied Cello; The Virtuoso Cellist—A full recital of virtuosic solo cello compositions including a solo Bach Suite, Gaspar Cassado’s Suite for Violoncello Solo (1926), Zoltan Kodaly’s Sonata for Violoncello Solo, Op, 8 (1915), or similar work; An Evening with Cellist Stephen Feldman—A more informal program with extended spoken introductions to the repertoire performed. Compositions can include works by “Cajun Cellist” Sean Grissom, Turtle Island Quartet cellist Mark Summer, and violinist Mark O' Connor.