Today, Visit Jackson and Jackson Convention Complex announced in a press conference the reopening of Thalia Mara Hall! MSO President/Executive Director Janet Reihle spoke on behalf of the Symphony.
Category: Symphony News
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Thalia Mara Hall Takes Center Stage Once Again
After an extended period of renovation and renewal, Thalia Mara Hall, Mississippi’s historic and celebrated performing arts venue, is preparing to open its doors and its next chapter.
– Press release written by Visit Jackson
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JSU Chorale brings the voice of tragedy, transcendence and solace
“Nonstop” is how Jackson State University Director of Chorale Activities Harry Cecil described first-semester JSU Chorale rehearsals for Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s January 24 concert “Transcendent Voices.” MSO positions JSU’s top vocal ensemble to unfold the heart of the evening’s program through the intertwining of Joel Thompson’s acclaimed Seven Last Words of the Unarmed (2015) and Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem (1888).
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Spirit and solace in MSO’s ‘Transcendent Voices’
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s “Transcendent Voices” concert, Saturday, January 24, at Christ United Church, melds contemporary relevance and classical tradition in profound ways for a transformative musical journey that stirs the soul.
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Hidden gem and glowing spotlight for MSO’s own in ‘Mozart Magic’
For Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s “Mozart Magic” concert January 10, Conductor Crafton Beck has conjured a program that glows with the genius of two masterpieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and lights up, too, with a lesser-known gem by another composer of the same era.
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MSO’s ‘Mozart Magic’ glows with genius
This January, Mississippi Symphony Orchestra pairs the glow of hundreds of candles with the soaring beauty of Mozart’s mastery to make a midwinter fan-favorite.
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Clarinetist Diez featured in ‘Epic Dreamscape’
Principal Clarinetist Jorge Diez made a splash onstage last year during his first season with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and is back in the spotlight for the upcoming Bravo concert “Epic Dreamscape,” November 22, 7:30 p.m. at Jackson Academy Performing Arts Center.
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Fantastic voyage awaits in MSO’s ‘Epic Dreamscape’
The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s second Bravo concert of the season, Saturday, Nov. 22, delivers Hector Berlioz’s gripping and passionate Symphonie Fantastique as the finale in an evening that also sparkles with key works by Claude Debussy and Carl Mara von Weber.
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Her voice, Walker songs – a ‘kismet moment’ for Jackson soprano
It was, of all things, a class in the business of opera at the Boston Conservatory that left soprano DeAnna Tisdale Johnson with a key nugget about this business of life. Her professor was also the director of all the operas they presented. He told them, “No matter what happens with your career in music, you should keep in mind what your true purpose is, and your true purpose doesn’t necessarily have to do with music.”
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MSO brings ‘Resonant Song’ to Cade Chapel
Concert and conversation combine in Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Series matinee “Resonant Song,” 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at Cade Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Soprano DeAnna Tisdale Johnson, a powerful voice onstage as well as in her role as Jackson Advocate editor/publisher, is a key highlight of the concert, featured in Three Songs on Poems by Margaret Walker.