2025
January 28 – “The Quilt” Film Screening at Arlington ISD Center for Visual & Performing Arts
March 11 – “The Quilt” Film Screening at TCU with Black Musicians Association
May 2 – Artist Work Partnership with Mark Cuban Heroes Basketball Center, Center Table Mother’s Day Drive-Thru Food Giveaway
May 14 – Arlington Jones presents “I Can Improvise & Groove” at Arlington ISD Center for Visual & Performing Arts
2024
Thanks to everyone who supported The Music Stand Arts Festival 2024! It was a great success! Click link to see what happened and access the digital program. See you at the next one! Stay tuned for details.
AUGUST 14-17, 2024
Arlington TX
Stay tuned for the next run performance dates!
Promise of the Heart
Jazz Soul Chamber Opera™
Composed and Directed by Arlington & Hope Jones
Set in the 1930s at the height of the jazz age, Promise of the Heart is a story of Abe who follows his heart and leads his family on a journey to find global success in the music business but his dreams and destiny are almost derailed by despair, deceit, death and doubt.
The new style of opera, developed by Arlington & Hope Jones, combines classical, jazz, and soul music to create an avant-garde sound and an enduring experience.
Click here for digital program.
World premiere December 20, 2023 in Arlington TX
Second run August 17, 2024 two shows in Arlington TX