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Bravo 4: Alluvial Soundscape
March 9, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Alluvial Soundscapes
Inspirations from the river that unites us. A tribute to the ancient Mississippian Culture featuring clarinetist Ken Graves.
History meets symphony in composer James Lee III’s Visions of Cahokia, inspired by the ancient capital of Mississippian Native American culture that flourished along the waterways of North America before European contact. Hear a spiritual nod to the mighty Mississippi in Duke Ellington’s The River, and an impressionistic journey out to sea in Debussy’s atmospheric La Mer, while Copland’s gorgeously fluid Clarinet Concerto gets star treatment by MSO’s own Ken Graves.
James Lee, III The celebrated composer graduated from the University of Michigan with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. His orchestral works have been commissioned and premiered by the National Symphony Orchestra, as well as prominent orchestras across the country and around the world. Lee is a winner of a Charles Ives Scholarship and the Wladimir Lakond Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and is currently a Professor of Music at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD.
Kenneth Graves MSO’s Principal Clarinet, graduated from the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and completed a Master of Music degree at the University of Southern California, with post-graduate studies at the Colburn School. As a concerto soloist, he has performed with orchestras across the South and several widely-known national music festivals.
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6:30pm
Box Office opens at the venue.
7:00pm
Venue doors open.
Limited, free street parking is available at Thalia Mara Hall and its surrounding streets.
Accessible parking is available on West Street.
Paid parking is available at City Centre Garage located across Pascagoula Street on the north side of Thalia Mara Hall. All four surrounding streets allow garage entrance. The parking is about $10 a vehicle.
Dr. Timothy Coker, Professor Emeritus of Music at Millsaps College, will lead a pre-concert lecture with a fascinating look at the evening’s music at 6:30pm on the Mezzanine (top floor) of Thalia Mara Hall.