June 4-17, 2017 was indeed very memorable as it gave us Season 22 of the prestigious Hot Springs Music Festival, an annual gathering of various international professional and pre-professional musicians to delight audiences with various classical musical arrangements.
Season 23 can’t come soon enough. Slated on the 3rd to the 16th of June, the upcoming season features the likes of Principal Conductor Stefan Sanders with music from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Star Wars and many more.
Also included in the 2018 orchestra repertoire are the Waltz & Love Them from The Godfather by Nino Rota, Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan by John Williams, and Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, among others.
Festival Passes are available at $150. These passes offer the best value for your buck as they provide concert-goers with access and preferred seating for all festival concerts and pre-concert talks, a souvenir program book, and restaurant discounts for the entirety of the festival.
Single-concert tickets are also available and are on a first-come, first-serve basis. Prices may vary per concert, but students under 17 years of age and with a valid student ID may attend ticketed concerts for $5. You may book your tickets online or at the gate.
All rehearsals are also open to the public and are free.
A few notes about the concert:
- Seating is available for general admission but is limited to the available spaces after Festival Pass holders are seated.
- Children of all ages are welcome at open rehearsals. However, only those 5 years or older will be admitted to concerts.
- The festival is serious in focus but casual in atmosphere. You can wear casual clothes.
- Artists and repertoire may be subject to change without prior notice.
The Hot Springs Music Festival is an annual event that brings together over 100 international musicians each June in the historic city of Hot Springs, Arkansas. For over 20 years, the festival pairs world-class mentors with exceptionally talented pre-professionals as they perform in orchestral, chamber, solo recital, and choral repertoire in front of tens of thousands in attendance each year.
