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.
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Pepsi Pops salutes America250 with patriotic flair
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s Pepsi Pops delivers beloved standards and toe-tapping favorites to celebrate the United States’ 250th for a doubly historic occasion, Friday, May 8, at Old Trace Park on the Ross Barnett Reservoir.
Cozy up to a sensual classic and a jazzy surprise in MSO’s Chamber 5
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.
Debussy, Dvořák and ‘Dig It’ from MSO at Galloway
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra puts an exclamation point on this season’s Chamber Series in a cozy concert combining classical music standouts and a jazzy, funk-influenced surprise, Saturday, May 2, at Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church.
House concert raises $38,000-plus to help bring music back to Beth Israel
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.
2026 POI International Composition Competition Winner Announced
Congratulations to Ecuadorian composer Josué Plúa Trujillo for winning the 4th POI International Composition Competition! His work “Theme and Variations on a Danzante” will be premiered on June 12, at 7:00 pm at Millsaps College.