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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Popular Beethoven and Blue Jeans is back


The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra presents Sharon Ibsen as guitar soloist for the upcoming Beethoven and Blue Jeans concerts, November 20 at 8 p.m. and November 21 at 3 p.m. in Robinson Center Music Hall in downtown Little Rock.
Isben is a master of guitar. She is a Grammy Award winner with world-wide acclaim. She has over 25 recordings to her credit. She is a versatile performer embracing many different styles.
Isben has consistently performed 60 to 100 concerts a season. She has appeared as soloist with over 160 orchestras.
The Minneapolis native studied guitar in Italy as a child. He has both her bachelors and masters for Yale. She also teaches guitar at The Julliard School.
The ASO program for Beethoven and Blue Jeans includes Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, the Battle Symphony, Manuel Ponce's Guitar Concerto with Mexican folk music at its core and festive dance rhythms, and Igor Stravinsky's Suite No. 2 built on piano exercises he wrote for his two children.
For tickets or more information go to www.arkansassymphony.org.

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