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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.
2025-2026 Schedule
September 26, 2026 Little Rock Winds
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! barbership 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, 2026 The Sounds of Christmas 7:30 p.m. - George S. Benson Auditorium
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 please 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.
The Casey Penn Band
Tuba Skinny
Emmet Cahill & Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
Valentine's Dinner and Concert - Julian & Anita Graef
Alex Ritchie
Meroë Khalia Adeeb, soprano
Christopher Adkins, cello
Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers
American Boychoir
Anam, Celtic ensemble
Andrea Anderson, harpsichord and clavichord
Rosario Andino, piano
Aquila Theater
Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
Artie Shaw Orchestra
Annie Moses Band
Aubrey Logan jazz trio
Maria Bachmann, violin
Bachmann-Klibonoff-Fridman Trio
Baltimore Consort
Barron Ryan, piano
Marvin Blickenstaff, piano
Bonnie Rideout Scottish Trio
Stephen Mark Brown, tenor
Brubeck Brothers Quartet
David Burgess, guitar
Emmet Cahill; tenor
Cambridge Buskers
Cantus
Capitol City Opera
Tony Caramia, piano
Carion Wind Quintet
Bill Carrothers, jazz piano
Cedar Hill with Tim Crouch
Chestnut Brass Quintet
Chinese Golden Dragon Circus
Ron Chioldi, piano
Chris Brubeck Trio
Clara Campbell Christian, piano
Chinese Golden Dragon Circus
Colorado Quartet
Commodores - U.S. Navy Jazz Band
Andrew Cooperstock, piano
Carmen Cusack, Broadway leading lady
Alice Downs, piano
Rosana Eckert, vocal jazz
Ethos Percussion Ensemble
Tom Gallant, oboe, with the Tesla String Quartet
Gravel Yard Bluegrass Band
Andrew Harnsberger, marimba
Carla Helmbrecht
Joel Fan, piano
Mac Frampton, piano
Ryan Fogg, piano
Julie Fowlis, Celtic music
GrooveLily
Pete Huttlinger, guitar
Intersection Trio, violin, cello and piano
Eugene Istomen, piano
Petar Jankovic, guitar
Janoska Ensemble
Janus Trio
Katona Twins, guitar
La Vera Constanza, basset horn trio
Layali El Andalus
Brad Leali, saxophone
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Colleen Mallett, soprano
Mantovani Orchestra
Jura Margulis, piano
Michael Mauldin, "An Evening with Mark Twain"
Maynard Ferguson Band
Megan McCorkle, soprano
Memphis Chamber Opera
Merling Trio
John McEuen & John Cable of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Raul Midón, guitar and singer/songwriter
National Shakespeare Company
Natural State Brass Band
Nebraska Theater Caravan
New York Classical Players, chamber orchestra
Newpoli, Italian folk music
Douglas Niedt, guitar
Octarium, vocal ensemble
Opera a la Carte
Orchid Ensemble, Chinese fusion
Jaimee Paul and Leif Shires
David Payne, "An Evening with C.S. Lewis"
Frank Pitts, baritone
Beth Porter, soprano
Quink, vocal ensemble
Ronald Radford, flamenco guitar
Jerome Reed, piano
Tatiana Roitman Mann and Cindy Wu, piano and violin
Gustavo Romero, piano
Rosa Inciaca, Argentine folk duo
Don Ross, guitar
Roman Rudnytsky, piano
Russian Renaissance
Russian String Orchestra
Neil Rutman, piano
Saint Louis Brass
Kathleen Scheide, harpsichord
Sinta Saxophone Quartet
Crispian Steele Perkins, natural trumpet
Stephanie Samarias, soprano
Sea Chanters
Ted Ludwig Trio
Tim and Kristin Smith, piano and cello
Swingle Singers
Dana and Sue Talley, tenor and piano
Dan Tepfer, piano
The Altinos, cello and piano
The Flying Karamazov Brothers
The Merling Trio
The Queen's Cartoonists
The Rhodes Show
The United States Army Band
The United States Marine Band
Gustavo and Maria Tolosa, piano
Priscilla Tsai and Oksana Poesbook, violin and piano
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