SoNA Closes Out Its Season with Drama, Romance, and Masked Intrigue
SoNA’s final MainStage concert of the season is landing at Walton Arts Center, and the program delivers. Behind the Mask: Romeo and Juliet moves through five composers tied together by one theme: masks, disguise, and the drama hiding underneath.
At the podium is guest conductor Tamara Dworetz, making her SoNA debut.
THE DEETS
📅 Saturday, March 7, 2026 | 🕢 7:30 PM
📍 Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville, AR 72701
🎟️ Single Tickets: $40 | $52 | $65
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A Night Built Around Disguise
The program is built around the theme of masks, disguise, and hidden identity, and it moves. Dvořák’s Carnival Overture opens with pure, fizzing energy. Carl Nielsen’s Maskarade Overture follows with a dose of playful mischief. Anna Clyne’s Masquerade adds a kinetic, contemporary edge, and Khachaturian’s Masquerade Suite: Waltz & Galop brings lush, cinematic sweep before Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet closes out the evening.
Five composers, one throughline. It’s the kind of programming that keeps classical music genuinely exciting.
A Conductor Worth Knowing
Tamara Dworetz is the Artistic Director of the Georgia Philharmonic, Associate Conductor of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestras, and a faculty member at Georgia State University. Earlier this season, she led the Atlanta Ballet through The Rite of Spring.
She was also recently featured in Maestra, a Netflix documentary produced by David Letterman that spotlights women at the top of the orchestral world. Her SoNA debut is one you won’t want to miss.
Seats are going, so grab yours before the curtain goes up. Secure your spot for an evening that closes out SoNA’s MainStage season in style.
