SoNA 2023-24 Subscription Brochure

Paul

“Enter tainment

...music for the ears.”

–Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Welcome to Our 2023-24 Season!

Dear Friends of SoNA,

We look forward to our 2023-24 Season with great anticipation! Some of our favorite things will be presented on our stage this season – from the most famous of classics, to bringing new music to life for the very first time.

The new season features everything from the most widely recognized pieces — including Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (Ode to Joy) and Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story — to music that is rarely performed, like William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony and Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3

A first for SoNA will include performing music that has never been heard, as we are commissioning composer Aldo López-Gavilán to create a piano concerto for star pianist Lara Downes.

We will also perform concerts that speak to the season, including the audience favorite A Very SoNA Christmas with the SoNA Singers, as well as a seasonally spooky concert just before Halloween with Haunted Harmonies featuring guest conductor Lawrence Loh.

There’s truly something for every music lover this season, and we hope to see you this fall!

Paul Haas Music Director

2023-24 Season at Walton Arts Center

Great Romantics

September 23, 2023 – 7:30PM

Leonard Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2

Haunted Harmonies: A Halloween Concert

October 28, 2023 – 7:30PM

A spooky mix of thrilling music celebrating the scariest holiday of them all.

Lawrence Loh, guest conductor

A Very SoNA Christmas

December 9, 2023

2PM & 7:30PM

A mix of sacred and secular holiday favorites with local guest soloists, The SoNA Singers and collegiate choruses.

The Great Unknown

January 20, 2024 – 7:30PM

Samuel Barber – Symphony No. 1

Aldo López-Gavilán – Piano Concerto

Lara Downes, piano

William Dawson – Negro Folk Symphony

Defying Expectations

February 17, 2024 – 7:30PM

Darius Milhaud – Le boeuf sur le toît

Max Bruch – Violin Concerto in G Minor

Winona Fifield, SoNA Concertmaster

Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3

Ode to Joy: Beethoven’s Ninth

April 6, 2024 – 7:30PM

Astor Piazzolla – Fuga y Misterio

Giacomo Puccini – Selections of Concert Arias

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9O

Season Subscriptions: $196, $257, $323

+ Includes all six mainstage concerts (listed below)

+ A savings of over 10% per ticket, per concert

Student Subscriptions: $50, $55, $65 (with valid I.D.)