Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks Concert Season

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks concert season will open Oct. 3 and 4, 2026, with a major America 250 celebration honoring Arkansas-born composer Florence Price alongside George Gershwin and Aaron Copland. The program features Price’s “Ethiopia’s Shadow in America,” Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and Copland’s “Symphony No. 3,” which incorporates the iconic “Fanfare for the Common Man.”