A String Fort Smith

06/10/2026

Thank you, loyal fans, for contributing to our operating budget at our benefit concert! The concert at JKC Cellars marked the completion of A String Fort Smith’s sixth season and it truly ended on a high note!
Thank you, faculty and student members, for a wonderful year. To our seniors: Eli, Justin, Hieu, Xin, Omar, Ellie, Allison, Joshua, Erin, Mariah, Jessica, and Luis, you will be missed but not forgotten! Best of luck to each of you. We look forward to hearing of your great accomplishments in the future!

05/20/2026

Members of ASFS were treated to an exhilarating performance last night by the “Curtis Chamber Orchestra” at the Walton Arts Center!

05/09/2026

A String Fort Smith student members Adrian Mazariegos and Trieu Le, violin, played with faculty member Dr. Pecos Singer, violoncello, and
founder and director, Lori Fay, violin, in Fayetteville this past week, performing the Link Up program “The Orchestra Swings” for area third - fifth grade classes. Link Up - a program of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute - is an interactive program offering students the opportunity to play with an orchestra!

Pictured left to right:
Adrian Mazariegos, Dr. Pecos Singer, Trieu Le, Lori Fay

05/02/2026

It was a lovely evening at Southside honoring the graduating orchestra members, hosted by Mike Burkepile.
Honored to work with these fine orchestra directors!

04/24/2026

The UAFS orchestra, directed by Dr. Pecos Singer, will present their spring concert this Tuesday evening, April 28th at 7pm in the Breedlove auditorium.
ASFS, directed by Lori Fay, will also perform a selection on this program.
And you really do not want to miss the COLLABORATION of ASFS and the UAFS orchestra performing a symphony by Mozart on this program! Hope to see you there!
Pictured are Dr. Pecos Singer and Lori Fay.

04/20/2026

A String Fort Smith proudly presents the full recording of our April 10th performance at First United Methodist Church featuring works by Rutter, Tchaikovksy, Squire, Piazzola, and Barber!

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04/12/2026

ASFS presented two outstanding concerts this past week - thank you, fans, for your continued support! Our annual benefit concert will be held on Sunday, June 7 at 3 pm at JKC Cellars. Hope to see you there!

The ASFS Quartet perfomed during the reception after the concert at FUMC last night. Pictured left to right are: Hiểu Le, Justin Han, Kenzie Haynes, and Joshua Chung.

03/27/2026

ASFS faculty members and friends played chamber music yesterday for the fun of it! The highlight of our session was our “World Premiere” performance of Mr. Cory Winter’s “Music in 4 Parts”.
Pictured left to right: Lori Fay, founder and director and violin; Cory Winters, viola (and violin, pictured here); Nathan Boyd, double bass (and violoncello, pictured here); Anthony Verge, assistant director and violin (and violoncello, pictured here); Matt Owensby, viola; and Charlotte Scott, viola.

03/23/2026

Hot off the press! ASFS announces their two upcoming Spring Concerts. Hope to see many of you very soon!

03/18/2026

Congratulations to ASFS faculty members Anthony Verge, assistant director and violin; Nathan Boyd, double bass, and Mike Burkepile, violin, for the "Outstanding" ratings their orchestras received at this year’s Concert Assessment! We are so proud of you😁