A bright gaze ahead and a poignant look back — local composer James Sclater’s new concerto celebrating Shellie Brown Kemp’s rise to concertmaster with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra ties past with present in a stirring tribute.
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Heavenly combo, candles aglow in ‘Mozart & Friends’
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s “Mozart & Friends by Candlelight” concert, January 13 at Belhaven University Center for Arts, widens the spotlight to shine on the composer’s contemporaries as well, bringing in a fresh take for this popular annual chamber concert.
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Music and poetry speak to the soul in MSO’s ‘American Constellation’
The rhythm, the lyricism and the gamut of emotion that great poetry evokes are the very characteristics that make verse a great partner in music performance, and Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming “American Constellation” Bravo Series concert sets a sterling example, on November 4 at Thalia Mara Hall.
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New directions, key connections in MSO’s Symphony in the Community
MSO’s 79th season sees its Matinee Series occupying a more formal spot on the 2023-24 lineup, with fall and spring “Symphony in the Community” concerts that reach directly into Cade Chapel’s west Jackson neighborhood and forge ties with Jackson artists and the music they create right here in the capital city.
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Greatest hits of Billy Joel and Elton John, ‘Back to Back’ with MSO
Billy Joel and Elton John: Each awesome in his own right.
Their music together in a single evening: Awesome squared.
Hit songs from the two in the hands and instruments of featured performers and a live symphony orchestra: Fourfold fantastic!
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Billy Joel, Elton John hits are ‘Back to Back’ with MSO
Billy Joel, Elton John hits are ‘Back to Back’ with MSO Jeans ’n Classics returns to cover pop icons’ most beloved songs Jackson, Mississippi — The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra goes to the top of the pops charts with the welcome return of the Jeans ’n Classics band and a show celebrating the songs of two pop...
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MSO’s first-ever International Composition Competition winning work to debut at June’s Premier Orchestral Institute
MSO’s first-ever International Composition Competition winning work to debut at June’s Premier Orchestral Institute Jackson, Mississippi — Mississippi Symphony Orchestra announces the winner of its first-ever International Composition Competition leading up to the 2023 Premier Orchestral Institute set for June when the piece will debut. The inaugural winner Leonardo Federico Hoyos, a violin professor at...
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Brilliant array of talent and masterworks make chamber concert a must
The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s final chamber concert of the season – “Woodworth Array” – blooms with beauty and joy in the marvelously intimate space of Tougaloo College’s Woodworth Chapel, 7:30 p.m. April 15. Resonating in that historic setting, it takes listeners on a merry journey of music.
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Cuellar keys into the ‘fun’ of Ravel concerto in MSO spotlight
The piano has been a lifelong, irresistible magnet for Scott Cuellar and when the guest artist takes his seat on the bench for Ravel’s Concerto in G at MSO’s Bravo Series finale April 1, he’ll continue a pattern set before he was even out of kindergarten.
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Instrumental dialogue is at the heart of ‘Spring Delights’
Aaron Copland’s Quiet City finds a favored spot with Linda Naef and Darcie Bishop, the MSO soloists who’ll bring its exquisite melodies to listeners’ ears and touch a chord or two of longing in the process.