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Arts and Life Performance Series

Music

Bringing world-class performers to our Searcy audience

Individual event tickets may be purchased at www.hardingtickets.com for less than the price at the door. Children 12 and under are admitted free of charge at most events. Likewise, most Arts and Life events require no ticket for those holding a valid Harding I.D. Tickets are required for everyone attending "The Sounds of Christmas" concert in the Benson Auditorium. Valentine's Dinner tickets are sold separately and include free admission to the concert.

Harding Music is most grateful for Centennial Bank's generous sponsorship of the Arts & Life Performance Series.

Centennial Bank logo: a white diamond shape outlined with blue with the bank's name and a blue star on a red background.

2025-2026 Schedule

September 26, 2025
Little Rock Winds

Large photo collage of the individual members of the Little Rock winds posing with their instruments on a stage.

The Arts & Life Performance Series at Harding University is pleased to collaborate with Main Street Searcy, providing entertainment for "Get Down Downtown" to be held at Courthouse Square (In case of rain, an announcement will be made if we need to move the entertainment to the Administration Auditorium of the Anthony & Wright Administration Building.)

          Schedule:
          6:00 Belles & Beaux
          7:00 JAZZ! barbershop quartet from Springfield, Missouri
          7:45 Thundering Herd Marching Band
          8:00 Little Rock Winds

The Little Rock Winds, Central Arkansas' premier wind symphony, will present "Tinseltown Tunes," a 70-minute concert of movie and T.V. theme songs.  Free admission for all.

 

December 5, 2025
The Sounds of Christmas
7:30 p.m. - George S. Benson Auditorium

Solo male in tuxedo performing at the Sound of Christmas performance.

Emmet Cahill, Irish Tenor
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
H.U. Grand Chorus
Members of the H.U. Symphony Orchestra

Due to the immense success of "The Sounds of Christmas" concert last year, Arts & Life is pleased to partner with Emmet Cahill, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, and Harding University's Grand Chorus & Orchestra members for our second-annual gala Christmas event. 

Emmet Cahill, hailed as "Ireland's Most Exciting Young Tenor," has been touring North America for 13 years as lead singer of PBS phenomenon Celtic Thunder.  He has also recorded 6 World Billboard #1 albums.  He has performed in over 80 cities across the U.S. and Canada, and has sold out New York's Carnegie Hall.  

All seats in the Benson Auditorium are ticketed, and prices vary, depending on seat location. 

Contact Information


Music Department
501-279-4343
music@harding.edu

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