Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s November 22 matinee at Cade Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Jackson bursts with “Spirited Jubilation.” It’s a fitting title and outlook for a concert that salutes the 250th birthday of United States, celebrates Margaret Walker’s poetry in new ways and concludes with Gloria from Gospel Mass by Robert Ray.
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Principal Trombonist Jude Morris, now in his third season, steps into the Thalia Mara Hall spotlight for the first time as the centerpiece draw of the Masterworks concert ‘Monumental Elegance' on November 7.
Young international prize-winning violinist Basil Alter will make his Mississippi Symphony Orchestra debut as guest soloist in the upcoming “American Celebration” concert on October 10.
Harpsichordist Shawn Leopard reached back to her Gulfport childhood to peg her first introduction to the instrument that has been so key to her music career, and to the composer who became her lifelong favorite. “As a child growing up, my father loved the music of Bach,” Leopard recalled. “And, he had this one recording that he would play all the time, and it happens to be the very concerto that I’m playing this season.”
MSO’s beloved season-capping Pops Series concert marks its 45th year on Friday, May 8, at Old Trace Park on the Ross Barnett Reservoir, bringing together family, friends, and fans for a spectacular evening on the water’s edge with Mississippi Symphony Orchestra.
International pianist and local favorite Alon Goldstein returns to Jackson for Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s April 11 “Mighty Keys” concert at Thalia Mara Hall – an evening that opens with the wit and melodious charm of Sergei Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé Suite and finishes with Johannes Brahms’ epic Piano Concerto No. 1.
Acclaimed international pianist Alon Goldstein’s solo recital at a Ridgeland house concert Wednesday night raised more than $38,700 for Beth Israel Congregation’s Piano Fund. The benefit sponsored by the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra used culture’s most universal language — music — as a tool for inspiration.
International pianist and local favorite Alon Goldstein returns to Jackson for Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s April 11 “Mighty Keys” concert at Thalia Mara Hall – an evening that opens with the wit and melodious charm of Sergei Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé Suite and finishes with Johannes Brahms’ epic Piano Concerto No. 1.
For our first stop, we’re off to the ultimate mashup of all time, Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience, happening March 27th in Jackson with Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Executive Director, Janet Reihle & blues musician, Keith "The Prince of the Delta Blues" Johnson
In Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s “Spring Delights” chamber concert, the music riding in on that breeze carries all the right sentiments of the season. The charm of street entertainment, the yearn of nostalgia, the convivial spirit of folk celebrations and the sap-rising vigor that pulls us outdoors – these are the connective threads that make springtime, and this concert, such a joy.
