The ASO Stella Boyle Smith Music Center

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) announced today their plans for the new 20,000 square foot Stella Boyle Smith Music Center. The center will serve both as the symphony’s new home as well as a catalyst to expand extensive musical offerings that build to a crescendo to take Arkansas into the future. WER Architects is the architect of record and has been working with ASO leadership and Bailey Construction over the last two years on designs and fundraising plans for the new center.

 Planned for development in Little Rock’s East Village, this new community music center will allow ASO to meet current demand, expand music instruction offerings and allow the symphony to provide more programming for adults of all ages to complement the ongoing concerts at the Robinson Center. New music center facilities will include

  • a Grand Hall for rehearsals and concerts

  • multiple on-site practice spaces

  • state-of-the-art music classrooms

  • a dedicated streaming studio to serve students across the state

  • climate-controlled instrument storage

  • additional flexible space to serve future generations of Arkansans

 The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra has served hundreds of thousands of Arkansans since it was founded in 1966 with outstanding music education programming, a wide range of concert performances and community outreach programs. To find out more about the center and to donate, click here.

Kate Dimitrova