Category: Featured & Guest Artists

pianist Randy Klein & vocalist Aurelia Williams
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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.

Symphony in the Community MSO concert at Cade Chapel MB Church
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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.

MSO logo with colored bar stating for immediate release in lower third.
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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...

2023 premier orchestral institute's composer competition winner Federico Hoyos in close up playing violin.
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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...

Brilliant array of talent and masterworks make chamber concert a must
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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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MSO concert hails elemental impact of Black music

MSO concert hails elemental impact of Black music Trumpet virtuoso Nicholas Payton and his quartet are guest artists  Jackson, Mississippi — The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s highly anticipated February 25 concert puts the spotlight on two-time Grammy Award-winning luminary Nicholas Payton and his quartet, for an evening that salutes the fundamental role of Black artists and...