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Arkansas Symphony audiences perhaps take for granted that the orchestra brings in, on a continuing basis, world-class soloists.

Arkansas Symphony audiences perhaps take for granted that the orchestra brings in, on a continuing basis, world-class soloists.

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Four celebrated choreographers are collaborating on four works, each one based on a movement of a Franz Schubert string quartet, for Ballet Arkansas "Modern Masters" concert this weekend.

"Earth.Seed," new frescoes by University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College faculty member Justin Bryant, goes on display Tuesday in the Windgate Gallery, in the Center for Humanities and Arts on the campus in North Little Rock.

With Tricia and Dr. Loverd Peacock as the event chairs of Opus XXXVIII -- the Symphony Grand Ball, designed to raise money for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestras youth programs -- it was only fitting that a peacock figure sporting an elaborate, cascading floral tail serve as the main decor piece for the event.

The Kyiv City Ballet, whose European and U.S. tour began Feb. 23 in Paris, the day before Russia invaded Ukraine, performs Peter Tchaikovskys ballet "Swan Lake" at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Vada Sheid Community Development Center at Arkansas State University-Mountain Home.

Music by three living composers is on the program for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's River Rhapsodies chamber music concert, 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Great Hall of the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock.

The Arkansas Symphony takes the stage Saturday and Sunday at Little Rock's Robinson Center Performance Hall for the fifth concert of the orchestra's 2021-22 Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks with a conductor who, while she hasn't conducted this band before, is nonetheless familiar with it.