Posted August 2010
The Red River Chorale will hold auditions for its 2010 – 2011 concert season on August 16th at 7:00pm in the Choir Room of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, 626 4th Street in downtown Alexandria. Founded in 2005, the chorale is a non-sectarian group of approximately fifty singers from Central Louisiana. It is open to any [...]
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Posted August 2010
This is no ordinary fall for the Rapides Symphony. In addition to the normal run-up to the beginning of the concert season, we will also be launching our Rapides Symphony Community Music School, a really exciting program for the Symphony and our community. The RSO Community Music School is designed to serve students of all [...]
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Posted June 2010
The Red River Jazz Band proudly presents the 2010 “USO Big Band Celebration: Remember the Big Band Era” on Sunday, June 27th at 3:00pm at the Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center. This show recaptures the memories and music from the 1930’s, 1940’s, and 1950’s when Big Bands were popular music entertainment and swing was the style. [...]
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Posted June 2010
It’s getting hot out there and that means, at least for me, enjoying the cool comfort of the air conditioned indoors. Well, I have two great suggestions for you to pass days this summer: 1. Attend the Symphony’s first ever “Symphony Sweepstakes” fundraiser (more about that later); and 2. Make a summer listening list to [...]
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