Artspree, UALR’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences performing arts series, presents one of America’s most promising young sopranos, Monica Yunus, in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in UALR’s Fine Arts Building.
The concert is presented in partnership with the Marilyn Horne Foundation. In addition to the concert, Yunus will be an artist-in-residence at UALR during the week of Nov. 13 to 16, presenting educational programs for choral students at Parkview Arts/Science Magnet High School on Monday, Nov. 13, and at UALR at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall for UALR students and the general public.
Tickets are $20 on the main floor and $17 in the balcony. UALR students are admitted free with a valid UALR ID. All other students are admitted for $10.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call (501) 529-3288 or visit ualr.edu/artspree.
Yunus is the daughter of microfinancier Muhammad Yunus, who won the Nobel Prize for economics this year for his work in improve the lives of millions of rural poor people in Bangladesh and throughout the world. His daughter is scheduled to sing at the upcoming Nobel Prize ceremony in Oslo, Sweden,
“Because of Monica’s connection with the business world through the work of her father, the UALR Business Forum, along with Colianni Pianos, will sponsor a recital at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 in the atrium of the Donald W. Reynolds Business Center,” said Pamela Pike, professor of music and director of Artspree.
UALR pianist Kristina Marinova-Pavlov will accompany Yunus at all her Little Rock appearances.