University of Arkansas Student Alisha Jones to Open for Randy Noojin
Alisha Jones
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University of Arkansas music major Alicia Jones will be the opening act for Randy Noojin’s ‘Hard Travelin’ with Woody’ performance at the Jim and Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 5.
Jones, a native of Atlanta, moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she graduated high school before coming to the U of A in 2014.
“I came to the University of Arkansas because I wanted to be close to home and also because there is an amazing business side to learning about the music industry at U of A,” said Jones.
Since she was six years old, Jones has wanted to work in the music industry and now she is pursuing her career as a singer/songwriter. Since enrolling, Jones has performed with the Department of Music’s Inspirational Chorale, University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum, and the Inspire Soul Jazz Band.
This will be her first time opening for a major national production.
Alisha Jones will perform at 7:30 p.m., and Randy Noojin will kick off ‘Hard Travelin’ with Woody at 8:15 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now for “Hard Travelin’ with Woody”:
- General admission – $20
- Students, faculty and staff – $10
To get yours, visit faulkner.uark.edu or call the Box Office at 479-575-5387. You may also visit the Box Office, open Monday to Friday from 1:30-5 p.m.
About the Jim and Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center: The newest performing arts center at the University of Arkansas — a renovation of the old Field House — is named the Jim and Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center, in honor of the couple’s major gift to the project. Completed in September 2017, this world-class performance venue is 39,400 square feet, with seating for 587, and a stage that can accommodate as many as 250 performers. The center is the main performance venue for the university’s J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences Department of Music and hosts guest musical activities for the university and Northwest Arkansas community.
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Contacts
Nicole Cotton, Managing Director
Jim and Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center
479-575-5692,
ncotton@uark.edu
Andra Parrish Liwag, executive director of strategic communications
Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
479-575-4393,
liwag@uark.edu
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