21/05/202521/05/2025Premier Orchestral Institute, Symphony News

MSO’s POI: A life-changing week for musicians, a festival of music for all

Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s Premier Orchestral Institute each June is so much more than a music camp summer intensive to hone students’ skills. The esteemed strings workshop showcases world-class guest artists and faculty, pulling in a tourism element with its Music Festival of nightly concerts open to the public.

20/05/202521/05/2025Premier Orchestral Institute, Press Releases, Symphony News

MSO’s summer institute brings a festival of music

Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s Premier Orchestral Institute (POI) and Music Festival June 9-14 turns the capital city into a classical music hub – more than 100 participants, including internationally acclaimed music faculty and guest artists plus talented students from around the world – with a string of concerts that are open to the public.

24/04/202524/04/2025Season 80 Concerts, Symphony News

The charm of Pepsi Pops endures — 44 years of picnic-perfect appeal

In the fading light of day on the breezy shore of Barnett Reservoir, boats bob on the water, little kids bop in front of the musicians onstage and the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra delivers music of our memories at Pepsi Pops. Patriotic classics, movie themes, Billboard and Broadway hits are kicked up a notch by symphonic splendor and the laidback, outdoor charm of springtime in Mississippi.

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