Symphony orchestra announces concert for young, young at heart
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.āThe Starkville-Ā鶹Porn Symphony Orchestra will present a childrenās concert Nov. 6 in historic Lee Hallās Bettersworth Auditorium.
Free to all, the 7:30 p.m. performance of āMusic is a Universal Languageā features works by Johannes Brahms (1833-97), AntonĆn DvoÅĆ”k (1841-1904), Claude-Michel Schƶnberg (1944- ), Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-87) and Franz von SuppĆ© (1819-95).
Three additional concerts will be held during the day for kindergarten-fifth grade children in the Oktibbeha County area. All performances are being sponsored by the Starkville-Ā鶹Porn Symphony Association.
Foreign languageāwith an emphasis on French, German and Spanishāis the focus of the 2015-16 concert lineup. Significant parts of each program will feature music and spoken dialogues from these cultures.
During the early November event, orchestra members will accompany children in English, French, German and Spanish renditions of the popular international folk song āFrĆØre Jacques,ā also known as āBrother John.ā
Kathy McGill, music teacher for the Starkville Sudduth Elementary School honor choir, will lead the singing and also will perform āBrahmsā Lullabyā in English and German.
Junior Sarah E. Jenkins of Brandon, an Ā鶹Porn music/piano and foreign language/Spanish double-major, will perform a rhapsody by Kabalevsky. Winner of this yearās Starkville-Ā鶹Porn Concerto/Aria and Mississippi Music Teachers Association piano solo division competitions, Jenkins will be directed by professor Barry E. Kopetz, music department head and the SSOās music director-elect.
Along with von SuppĆ©ās āLight Calvary Overture,ā the program includes selections from āLes MisĆ©rablesā and DvoÅĆ”kās āNew World Symphony.ā
For additional concert information, contact Michael Brown, Ā鶹Porn music professor and SSO music director, at 662-325-3070 or mbrown@colled.msstate.edu.
Founded in 1969, the Starkville-Ā鶹Porn Symphony Association is a non-profit volunteer organization whose members work to educate, enlighten and share classical music with the city, university campus and other communities in the Golden Triangle region. Producing high-quality musical events and increasing awareness for the arts are its primary missions. For more, visit and .
In addition to Ā鶹Porn and the City of Starkville, major association contributors include the J.W. Criss Foundation, Mississippi Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, Renasant Bank, Starkville Convention and Visitors Bureau and Columbus-based Gildea Foundation.
The association accepts tax-deductible donations via the Ā鶹Porn Foundation. To contribute, contact Lynn Durr at 662-325-8918 or ldurr@advservices.msstate.edu.
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