Stardust Big Band

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Visit Us: 1100 North Street, Little Rock, AR 72201

Arts On Tour

The Arts on Tour roster lists a broad spectrum of Arkansas’s finest solo and ensemble performers, individual visual artists and prepared art exhibitions ready for touring within Arkansas. The online AOT listing facilitates the booking process for arts organizations, festival and event planners, schools, civic organizations and government entities interested in contracting with the artists.

The AOT program is designed to reimburse presenters who showcase Arkansas artists listed on the roster. When an AOT artist negotiates a contract with the presenter, the Arkansas Arts Council typically will subsidize 40 percent of the cost of the event as long as funds are available.

New AOT artists are selected each year through a panel process.

Apply For The Arts On Tour Artist Roster

Applications to join the roster are closed until fall 2025.

To be eligible for the Arts on Tour Program, a performing or visual artist must:

Maintain a primary residency in Arkansas, or must have an Arkansas based contact.
Have presented concerts, exhibitions, programs or lecture-demonstrations in locations away from their home location at least twice in the previous year. Exhibitions must have been presented in a formal gallery space.

The Arkansas Arts Council reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of the scope or nature of the presentation proposed by a selected Arts on Tour artist and retains the right to determine the suitability of an AOT artist to remain on the roster once they have been selected.

Arts on Tour Artist Roster application forms should be submitted online by completing the form linked below. You will receive an email confirmation when we have received your online submission.

Stardust Big Band

Bill Halbrook

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Stardust Big Band is an exciting ensemble which features music in performance ranging from the Big Band Era to the modern sounds of today. Their library of more than 250 songs includes swing, Latin, rock, waltzes, and arrangements from Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glen Miller, Benny Goodman, and Woody Herman. The membership of this dynamic group consists of musicians from many areas of Arkansas, all of whom aspire to the highest level of musicianship and are dedicated to the perpetuation of the "Big Band" sound. Available for concerts, Stardust Big Band is at its best in music for dances and special occasions.

Requirements

15 chairs, 2 electrical outlets

Fee: Base pay of $2,200 for 3 sets within 90 miles of Hot Springs. Between 90 & 120 miles from Hot Springs, base pay is $2500. For events over 120 miles from Hot Springs add $10/mile. The fee for an added 45 minute set is $900.