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| Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Conductor Search Finalists, 2009/2010 |
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra has selected five finalists in the search for the orchestra's next Music Director. UALR Public Radio's Ann Nicholson interviewed each of the finalists on Arts Scene.
Arts Scene is heard Sundays at 10am on KUAR, FM89, and at noon on KLRE, Classical 90.5. Click on the images below to hear the complete interviews online.

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George Hanson - Currently Music Director and Conductor of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. Has appeared with nearly 90 symphony orchestras and opera companies in 19 countries. Previously served as Associate Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony, assisted Kurt Masur at the New York Philharmonic and was Music Director of the Anchorage Symphony
Broadcast June 14, 2009 |

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Fusao Kajima - Music Director of the Bellevue Philharmonic in Bellevue, Washington. Previously Music Director of Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra and Papagena Opera Company; Assistant Conductor of Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Freiburger Theater, Staatstheater Darmstadt and Opera Company of Mid-Michigan.
Broadcast June 28, 2009 |

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Philip Mann - American Conducting Fellow and Assistant Conductor of San Diego Symphony. Served as cover conductor for the Cleveland Orchestra and as the Schmidt Conducting Fellow of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Broadcast June 21, 2009 |

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Arthur Post - Currently Music Director of San Juan Symphony in Durango, Colorado. Past Assistant Conductor and Resident Conductor of Pittsburgh Symphony, Associate Conductor of Israel Philharmonic, and Resident Conductor of New World Symphony.
Broadcast July 5, 2009 |

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Andre Raphel Smith - Music Director of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra in Wheeling, West Virginia. Has appeared as Guest Conductor with the New York Philharmonic, Boston, Chicago and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras and The Cleveland, Minnesota and Philadelphia Orchestras. Served as an Assistant Conductor to Kurt Masur at the New York Philharmonic, Assistant Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra, and Assistant Conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Broadcast June 7, 2009 |
 Click here for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra 2009/2010 Masterworks concerts listings, with more information on each candidate. |
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