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We had a fantastic time performing in Little Rock, AR last night! It was wonderful to share works by , and our commissioned pieces by and . And it was such an honor to perform music by Florence Price and William Grant Still in their own hometown! Truly, an unforgettable experience 💖🎶

Thank you to Dr. Linda Holzer, the University of Arkansas Little Rock School of Art + Design, School of Literary and Performing Arts, and the Sequoyah National Research Center for hosting our program! We are very grateful for your shared interests in bringing communities together, encouraging compassion, and cultural exploration through music.

We are thrilled to visit the University of Arkansas Little Rock in just a couple of weeks! Our concert will feature works by , , Florence Price, William Grant Still, and .

Local folks, we hope you’ll join us on Friday, Sept. 19 for a pre-concert lecture with Jerod Tate at 6:45pm, followed by our concert at 7:30pm, in Morgan Hall at the Stella Boyle Smith Symphony Center. This concert is free and open to the public. 💖🎶⁣

We had a wonderful time performing at today! It was such a joy for us to share ’s piece “Heloha Okchamali” with our friends and colleagues. 🎶💖

Thank you to everyone who came to listen and cheer us on! And many thanks to for another great ClarinetFest, to Jerod for writing us this fantastic piece, to for their support of this commission, and to and for their sponsorship of our performance today! Wishing everyone safe travels back home!

*This commission has been made possible by the CMA Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Mellon Foundation.

Friends, we are getting so excited for our upcoming performance at ClarinetFest 2025! We will be performing our 2019 commission piece* “Heloha Okchamali” by next week on Saturday, July 12 in Fort Worth, TX. Looking forward to seeing and hearing our ICA friends there! 🎶✨⁣
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*This commission has been made possible by the Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Mellon Foundation.⁣⁣